Sap-sucking bugs manipulate their host plants’ metabolism for their own benefit

Tupiocoris notatus bugs copy plant hormones, inject them into tobacco leaves and may thus increase nutrient content (eLife, July 2018) more »

April 17, 2018

The microbiome of a native plant is much more resilient than expected

Their diversity and adaptability protect plant bacterial communities against antimicrobial substances (eLife, April 2018) more »

April 9, 2018

Why some beetles like alcohol

Alcohol used as a "weed killer" optimizes the harvest of ambrosia beetles (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, April 2018) more »

February 27, 2018

Scientists identify specialized brain areas for feeding and egg-laying in hawkmoths

Activity in specific areas in the olfactory center of female Manduca sexta correlates directly with different behaviors (Cell Reports, February 2018) more »

News

June 5, 2018
Tag der Vielfalt - Diversity @ MPI-CE

May 28, 2018
Newsletter PULS/CE, issue 31, May 2018, now online

Events

December 8, 2017 - August 26, 2018
Special Exhibition "Duftspuren - Die chemische Sprache der Natur", Phyletisches Museum

Seminars

July 31, 2018, 11:30 a.m.
Institute Seminar

Claudia Vickers: to be announced

October 18, 2018, 11:30 a.m.
Ernst Stahl Seminar Series

Claude Becker: to be announced

Recent publications

Pentzold: Silencing cuticular pigmentation genes enables RNA FISH in intact insect appendages The Journal of Experimental Biology

Hansson: The Drosophila melanogaster Na⁺ /Ca²⁺ Exchanger CALX Controls the Ca²⁺ Level in Olfactory Sensory Neurons at Rest and After Odorant Receptor Activation Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Bruno: Sensilla morphology and complex expression pattern of odorant binding proteins in the vetch aphid Megoura viciae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Frontiers in Physiology