Compact news from the past few months
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Congrats to Markus for successful PhD defence!
Congratulations to Markus Günther for successfully defending his PhD thesis on “Diversity, Function, and Biosynthesis of Polyketides in...
Thorben continues as student research assistant
Besides genetic and molecular biological work, Thorben Kirbach will support the paleobiotech project as a student research assistant....
We welcome our new lab member Zhiyong Yin
Zhiyong Yin joined our group in March 2026 as a postdoctoral fellow. He will work on the analysis of modifications of natural products....
Group members went to Irsee Symposium 2026
Martin, Judith, Sabrina, Alex, and Pierre visited the 38th Irsee Natural Product Symposium at Irsee Monastery. At the event, co-organized...
Paper highlighted on JACS cover & chemistry news
The artwork for our recent publication titled "Microbial DL-Peptidases Enable Predator Defense and Facilitate Structure Elucidation of...
New publication in The ISME Journal
We congratulate all authors of our latest paper, which is published under the title “Growth Promotion of Milk-Associated Candida...
Martin Klapper appointed as deputy head of PBT
Martin has become deputy head of the department of paleobiotechnology (PBT). He has gained a great deal of experience and has been among...
Another new publication in the journal JACS
We congratulate all authors of our latest paper, which is published under the title “Microbial DL-Peptidases Enable Predator Defense and...
New publication in the journal JACS
We congratulate all authors of our latest paper, which is published under the title “Actifensin Evolution in the Human Oral Cavity over...
New publication in the journal PNAS
We congratulate all authors of our latest paper, which is published under the title “Global profiling of polyketide synthases in...
Congratulations to Hari for successful PhD defence!
Congratulations to Harikumar Suma for successfully defending his PhD thesis on “Understanding Polymicrobial Interactions on Structured...











