Scientists “revive” Stone Age molecules

Scientists “revive” Stone Age molecules

Press release from Leibniz-HKI, Jena (see original post)!   Scientists “revive” Stone Age molecules In a highly transdisciplinary study, scientists are rebuilding microbial natural products up to 100,000 years old using dental calculus of humans and Neanderthals....
The first WSS colloquium takes place

The first WSS colloquium takes place

Our department and the Microbiome Sciences group of Christina Warinner at the MPI-EVA hosted the first colloquium within the funding period of the Werner-Siemens-Stiftung (WSS) under the theme “Microbiome functional evolution: past to present”. The...
Impressions from our joint group retreat

Impressions from our joint group retreat

In March, just when the weather turned from rainy winter to sunny spring, it was time for a joint group retreat of both Pierre’s Paleobiotechnology group and Christina Warinner’s Microbiome Sciences group, located at the department of Archaeogenetics at...
Rupali Sathe

Rupali Sathe

Dr. Rupali Sathe Postdoc Phone: +49 3641 532-1376Email: rupali.sathe@leibniz-hki.de   Rupali obtained her bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from the University of Mumbai, India. With a growing curiosity in microbiology and biochemistry, she then joined the...
We welcome our new lab member Rupali

We welcome our new lab member Rupali

Rupali Sathe joined our group in March 2023 as a postdoc for a joint project from the Excellence Cluster “Balance of the Microverse” to investigate metabolic and ecological interactions of bacteria that inhabit microplastic. Find out more at Rupali’s...