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We congratulate all authors of our latest paper, which is published under the title “Global profiling of polyketide synthases in...

Congratulations to Harikumar Suma for successfully defending his PhD thesis on “Understanding Polymicrobial Interactions on Structured...

Congratulations to Kevin Schlabach for successfully defending his PhD thesis on “Exploring the Molecular Mechanisms of Butenolide...

Judith Boldt joined our group in October 2025 as a postdoctoral fellow. She will work on bioinformatic analyses of ancient DNA. Find out...

Maya Lobo joined our group in September 2025 as a Fulbright student. She will work on the characterization of biosynthetic gene clusters...

We congratulate Hari for being awarded the first prize in a photo competition organized by the JSMC! The event took place in the Zeiss...

Chang-Hun Ji joined our group in August 2025 as a postdoctoral fellow. He will work on the development of molecular biology tools for...

After two years since the first joint retreat of the PBT group together with the cooperating group of Christina Warinner, we continued...

Congratulations to Ina Wasmuth for successfully defending her PhD thesis on “Pseudomonas-Derived Secondary Metabolites in Traditional...

Juliane Kratz will continue her work on the characterization of ancient antimicrobial peptides as topic for her bachelor's thesis.​...

Colin Strohbach joined our group in May 2025 as a student research assistant and supports the paleobiotechnology team in different...

Jannis Schubert joined our group in May 2025 as a bachelor's student. He is working on in vivo studies of Pseudomonas-derived butelonides....