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: It runs in the family: Discovery of enzymes in the oleuropein pathway in Olive (Olea europaea) by comparative transcriptomics. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)
How a salt pan ant Cataglyphis fortis navigates artificially complex environments. Journal of Experimental Biology 228 (4), JEB249369 (2025)
Exploring a role for the Arabidopsis TIR-X gene (TIRP) in the defense against pathogenic fungi or insect herbivory attack. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 26 (6), 2764 (2025)
The natural product chemist and Director at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena has been elected a member of the German National Academy of Sciences.
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The award recognizes her outstanding research in the chemistry and biochemistry of plant natural products, with particular emphasis on the detailed elucidation of metabolic pathways and the engineering of novel pathways and compounds for biomedical applications.