Publications with IMPRS doctoral researchers

Dwivedi, S.; Garde, R.; Schuster, S.: How hosts and pathogens choose the strengths of defense and counterdefense: a game-theoretical view. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12, 1379868 (2025)

Florean, M.; Schultz, H.; Wurlitzer, J.; O’Connor, S. E.; Köllner, T. G.: Independent evolution of plant natural products: Formation of benzoxazinoids in Consolida orientalis (Ranunculaceae). Journal of Biological Chemistry 301 (1), 108019 (2025)

Grzech, D.; Smit, S. J.; Alam, R. M.; Boccia, M.; Nakamura, Y.; Hong, B.; Barbole, R.; Heinicke, S.; Kunert, M.; Seibt, W. et al.; Grabe, V.; Caputi, L.; Lichman, B. R.; O’Connor, S. E.; Aharoni, A.; Sonawane, P. D.: Incorporation of nitrogen in antinutritional Solanum alkaloid biosynthesis. Nature Chemical Biology 21, pp. 131 - 142 (2025)

Kimbadi Lombe, B.; Zhou, T.; Caputi, L.; Ploss, K.; O’Connor, S. E.: Biosynthetic origin of the methoxy group in quinine and related alkaloids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 64 (5), e202418306 (2025)

Moreira-Soto, R. D.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Oviposition dynamics and niche utilization in two sympatric Drosophila species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 51, 21 (2025)

Pal Mahadevan, V.; Galagovsky, D.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Preference for and resistance to a toxic sulfur volatile opens up a unique niche in Drosophila busckii. Nature Communications 16, 767 (2025)

Stathaki, A.; Alam, R. M.; Köllner, T. G.; O’Connor, S. E.: Engineering of insect juvenile hormone III biosynthesis in the plant Nicotiana benthamiana. Metabolic Engineering 88, pp. 77 - 84 (2025)

Walther, C.; Vallet, M.; Reichelt, M.; Giri, P.; Rothe, B.; Medina van Berkum, P.; Gershenzon, J.; Unsicker, S.: A fungal endophyte alters poplar leaf chemistry, deters insect feeding and shapes insect community assembly. Ecology Letters 28 (2), e70007 (2025)

Schneider, F.; Zafra-Delgado, O.; Koellner, T. G.; Hellwig, F.: Unravelling evolution in the homoploid complex of Baccharis L. in Chile. Authorea (2025)

Schotte, C.; Florean, M.; Czechowski, T.; Gilday, A.; Alam, R. M.; Ploß, K.; Wurlitzer, J.; Li, Y.; Sonawane, P.; Graham, I. A. et al.; O’Connor, S. E.: BAHD news from Euphorbia peplus: identification of acyltransferase enzymes involved in ingenane diterpenoid biosynthesis. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)