Sex or food? Decision-making in single-cell organisms

Diatoms show complex behavior: The can select between the search for sex partners or nutrient sources. (The ISME Journal, October 2018) more »

October 15, 2018

How beetle larvae thrive on carrion

Burying beetles rely on their gut symbionts in order to transform decaying carcasses into nutritious nurseries for their young (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, October 2018) more »

September 21, 2018

Desert ants have an amazing odor memory

The insects can learn many food odors and remember them all their lives (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, September 2018) more »

August 28, 2018

Leaf molecules as markers for mycorrhizal associations

Metabolites in above-ground parts of a plant reveal a plant’s successful mutualism with mycorrhizal fungi (eLife, August 2018) more »

News

November 13, 2018
Newsletter PULS/CE, issue 32,
now online!

October 24, 2018
Tag der Bibliotheken

Events

October 23, - December 21, 2018
Art Exhibition with works by Marina Hauck

November 28-29, 2018
Annual Institute Symposium

Seminars

November 23, 2018, 11:30 a.m.
Institute Seminar

Sandra Irmisch: A novel anti-diabetic compound from plants: Biosynthesis, gene discovery, and metabolic engineering of montbretin A

December 10, 2018, 11:00
Institute Seminar

Honour McCann: Emergence and Evolution of Plant Infectious Disease

Recent publications

Beran: One pathway is not enough: The cabbage stem flea beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala uses multiple strategies to overcome the glucosinolate-myrosinase defense in its host plants Frontiers in Plant Science

Kirtzel: Enzymatic bioweathering and metal mobilization from black slate by the basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune Frontiers in Microbiology

Walsh: Multiple recombination events between two cytochrome P450 loci contribute to global pyrethroid resistance in Helicoverpa armigera PLoS One