Welcome to the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
We investigate how organisms interact with chemical signals.
We do research in the lab to better understand interactions at a molecular level.
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We do research in the glasshouse and in the field to better understand interactions and signals in their natural environment.
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We support the Initiative “Weltoffenes Thüringen”.
We are committed to ensuring that people from different backgrounds live and work together in a respectful manner.
Training and international collaborations are key features of our work.
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We believe diversity and inclusion leads to the best science.
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Research News
Current News and Announcements
Cell-type-aware regulatory landscapes governing monoterpene indole alkaloid biosynthesis in the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus. New Phytologist (2024)
Divergent biosynthesis of monoterpene indole alkaloids from geissoschizine. (2024)
Scots pines with tolerance to Melampsora pinitorqua and Diplodia sapinea show distinct metabolic profiles. Plant, Cell and Environment (2024)
The medal recognizes his many years of world-leading scientific work in insect ecology.
The doctoral researcher from the Department of Insect Symbiosis gave an excellent talk about the temporal and spatial dynamics of symbiont lineages in a grain pest beetle.
At the 39th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE), currently taking place in Prague, Jonathan Gershenzon, Managing Director of our Institute and Head of the Department of Biochemistry, was awarded the Society's Silver Medal.