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Newsletter +++ December 2020

Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry

Mycorrhizing your way to sweeter tomatoes

Demand for mycorrhizal fungi in gardening tasks is steadily climbing, given its ability to boost growth and yield as a natural fertilizer. In a successful first, scientists from the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB), partnered the INOQ GmbH and the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) to develop a mycor­rhiza substrate for commercial tomato production. The fruit crop of mycorrhizal plants outperformed non-mycorrhizal control plants in terms of quality and richness of content. >> Read more

News Ticker Science

Production of vaccines with multicomponent reactions

IPB scientists and partners from Cuba have developed a multicomponent re­ac­tion for the production of multivalent pneumococcal glycoconjugates, which can be used as a vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae, the causative agent of sepsis, pneumonia, otitis media and meningitis. Published in Bioconju­g­ate Chemistry // >> Read more
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Isonitriles: Small molecules with great potential

Due to their expertise in multicomponent reactions, Bernhard Westermann and colleagues have been invited to write a review on isonitrile-initiated ligations of pro­teins. Isonitriles are a key reactant in numerous multicomponent reactions, which are preferably applied for bioorthogonal coupling and labeling of biomol­ecules. Published in ACS Omega // >> Read more
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Exploring the Arabidopsis proteome
IPB proteomics experts recently succeeded in performing deep proteome analytics of Ara­bi­dopsis thaliana and gained numerous in­sights. As a result of this deep sampling ap­proach, about 10,000 proteins per tissue and almost 16,000 proteins over the entire life cy­cle of the plant could be defined and quantified. Pub­lished in Molecular Plant //  >> Read more
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Downy mildew resistance of hop

Researchers from IPB, JKI and Hopsteiner GmbH recently published a study on the underlying genetics of downy mildew resistance in hop. They found that a small number of metabolites was correlated with downy mildew resistance and these were enriched in phenylpropanoids. Published in Plant, Cell & Environ­ment //  >> Read more
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Seed hemicelluloses tailor mucilage and salt tolerance

IPB scientists of the Independent Junior Research Group Designer Glycans re­cently shed light on the functions of various mucilaginous cell wall polymers of Arabidopsis seeds. They found effects on mucilage architecture and on ger­mi­nation during salt stress. Published in New Phytologist // >> Read more
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What are the active compounds in the toothbrush tree?
The roots and branches of toothbrush trees have been used for centuries in the Middle East for dental care. A team from Egypt and Halle has now investigated which bioactives are re­sponsible for the protective effect of these natural toothbrushes. Published in Journal of Pharma­ceutical and Biomedical Analysis //
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Citizen Science

From finding fungi to frying fungi: Workshop at the IPB 
Attention fungi friends! From Febuary 2021 on, the IPB offers a workshop in identify­ing fun­gi. For this purpose, mycologist Wolf­gang Brandt in­vites you to lectures and field trips (in German) to give you an insight into the beauty and di­versity of mushrooms. After finishing the course, interested people have the possibility to take the exam for the fungi expert. For first information (in German) look here

We wish all our partners and friends a Merry Christ­mas and a happy, heal­thy, and successful New Year! 

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