New publication in Chemical Science

New publication in Chemical Science

We congratulate all authors of our latest paper, which is published under the title “Nonribosomal peptides protect Pseudomonas nunensis 4A2e from amoebal and nematodal predation” in Chemical Science! Soil-inhabitating bacteria are subjected to heavy...
We welcome our new lab member Thorben

We welcome our new lab member Thorben

Thorben Kirbach joined our group in October 2023 as a student research assistant. He will perform genetic, molecular biological, and paleotechnological works. Find out more at Thorben’s profile...
Workshop on genome-resolved metagenomics

Workshop on genome-resolved metagenomics

Anan from our lab has jointly organised a workshop with Dr. Carl-Eric Wegner from the Küsel lab and Dr. Zander Human, both from the Friedrich Schiller University, about genome-resolved metagenomics. The event was part of the Collaborative Research Centre ChemBioSys,...
Jasmin and James went to two conferences in Tartu

Jasmin and James went to two conferences in Tartu

James and Jasmin together with our collaborators Alexander Hübner, Irina Velsko, and Maxime Borry from the MPI-EVA in Leipzig visited Estonia for two conferences which were held in Tartu:   The 5th meeting of the Standards, Precautions, Advances in Ancient...
Congratulations to Bing for VAAM PhD thesis award

Congratulations to Bing for VAAM PhD thesis award

Shuaibing is the happy recipient of the annual PhD thesis prize from the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie – VAAM). With his thesis titled “Ecological Role of Natural Products in...
Inauguration of new robotics platform

Inauguration of new robotics platform

The newly established robotics facility was officially inaugurated at the Biotech Center of the Leibniz HKI. The highly modular platform is the answer to the urgent challenge of the intensifying antibiotics crisis. It enables the identification and development of...