Our new Nat Eco Evo review @mhanusch.bsky.social and @thomasdussarrat.bsky.social on the Chemodiversity Landscape received some attention from the German ministry for research, and also places our @chemodiversity.bsky.social DFG RU in the spotlight :). www.research-in-germany.org/our-service/...

📢 New press release: Our new publication on “Ecological role of emergent properties in the chemodiversity landscape” led by @mhanusch.bsky.social, @thomasdussarrat.bsky.social and @robinheinennl.bsky.social is now featured in a press release 🔗 aktuell.uni-bielefeld.de/2026/06/16/i...

Invisible Chemical Landscapes Shape Life

Plants, animals and microorganisms are constantly communicating via chemical signals. A research team has now shown that these signals merge in the environment to form complex ‘chemical landscapes’ th...

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🌱🐛💧Plants respond to similar challenges species-specifically, but also show conserved components in their responses. The first results of our joint experiment of the Research Unit are now published. The experiment was led by @xxiao-metabolomics.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Species-specific, accession-specific, and common responses of foliar phytohormones and morphological traits to drought and herbivory - BMC Plant Biology

Background Plants are exposed to various environmental challenges. Especially with ongoing climate change, droughts and insect outbreaks are expected to become more frequent. Plant responses to these ...

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Our review, co-led by @mhanusch.bsky.social, @thomasdussarrat.bsky.social&@robinheinennl.bsky.social, is now out in Nature Ecology & Evolution 🌿📚 We dive into the concept of chemodiversity and discuss how it may influence ecological functions across landscapes 🌍🧪 Excited to finally share this work!

Robin Heinen@robinheinennl.bsky.social · 3mo ago

An exciting day today. Our work, co-led by @mhanusch.bsky.social and @thomasdussarrat.bsky.social was published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. In this review, we explore the concept of chemodiversity and what role it could play for ecological functions at landscape-level. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

#Plastic Responses to #Single and #Combined #Environmental Stresses in a Highly #Chemodiverse #Aromatic Plant #Species onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience @pplplantarum.bsky.social @chemodiversity.bsky.social @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social @molplantsci.bsky.social @jpschnitzler.net

Plastic Responses to Single and Combined Environmental Stresses in a Highly Chemodiverse Aromatic Plant Species

Plants face various environmental stresses, to which they respond in different ways. Due to climate change, it is expected that plants will encounter increased phases of drought and changes in herbiv...

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#Chemodiversity is an important driver for plant–arthropod interactions 🌿 🪲 🐝. For more info check out this very impressive work by RU members Lina Ojeda-Prieto, @robinheinennl.bsky.social binheinennl.bsky.social and Wolfgang W. Weisser together with Eliecer L. Moreno doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Intraspecific plant chemodiversity at plot level has contrasting effects on arthropod functional groups

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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How do highly chemodiverse plants respond to drought and/or herbivory stress? Check out our newest team effort on the fascinating fine-tuned #chemodiversity of Tanacetum vulgare doi.org/10.1111/ppl....

Monday morning throwback to our wonderful meeting on #chemodiversity in Großbeeren – hosted by @nmvandam.bsky.social. Again a big thank you to Matthias Erb, Karin Gorzolka, @ainhoamartinez.bsky.social, Stefan Dötterl, Eva Castells, John D'Auria and Kirsten Leiss for their enlightening contributions.

“How can we transfer our knowledge on natural #chemodiversity to crop plants?” was the topic of our workshop in Großbeeren last week. We are proud of our Young Investigators who presented their research. Especial big thanks to our guest speakers for their great talks and wonderful discussions!

Nicole M. van Dam@nmvandam.bsky.social · 11mo ago

How can we #transfer our knowledge on #chemodiversity to agriculture? That was the theme at our @chemodiversity.bsky.social workshop last week at @igzleibniz.bsky.social It was a marvellous workshop with excellent talks from invited speakers and our #young #investigators alike!👍💪

Our speaker, Caroline Müller @chemecolcm.bsky.social, just came back from the meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology @chemicalecology.bsky.social. She returned with new insights into fascinating research & the Silverstein-Simeone Award. What an honour & great achievement!

Check out this Special Issue on the "Ecology and Evolution of Plant Chemodiversity". We are excited to share some of our research findings in this issue and to emphasise the importance of the research on #chemodiversity. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14388677...

Special Issue Ecology + evolution of plant chemodiversity published: 12 Jul 2025 edited by members from DFG.de Research Unit @chemodiversity.bsky.social in our society's journal #PlantBiology @Wileyplantsci #PlantSci #ecology #evolution #chemodiversity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14388677...

Special Issue: Ecology and evolution of plant chemodiversity: Plant Biology: Vol 27, No 5

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Another work in our facility #15 #PlantScience, Today we started an experiment on drought & herbivory interactions on #metabolic diversity & plasticity in poplar as part of @chemodiversity.bsky.social. @sunsicker.bsky.social @rrjunker.bsky.social @nmvandam.bsky.social @robinheinennl.bsky.social

Jörg-Peter Schnitzler@jpschnitzler.net · last yr.

Another work in our facilities #14 #PlantScience Phenotyping of drought stress of oat genotypes from @nadiakamal.bsky.social. A pre-testing or lines before starting a large #HighThroughputPhenotying (HTP) experiment on a big platform, we offer within #DPPN (dppn.plant-phenotyping-network.de).

Deciphering organ‐specific chemical changes following insect herbivory in Populus nigra using comparative metabolomics. @sunsicker.bsky.social & my lab are happy that the #metabolicatlas of herbivory-induced metabolomic changes in poplar is now online. A new paper within @chemodiversity.bsky.social

Deciphering organ‐specific chemical changes following insect herbivory in Populus nigra using comparative metabolomics

This study investigated the organ-specific metabolic response of black poplar to feeding by generalist Lymantria dispar caterpillars using targeted and non-targeted metabolomics.

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Our @chemodiversity.bsky.social RU has begun harvesting its 'core experiment' for the second model system; bittersweet nightshade. Lots of measuring, scanning, chemical sampling and root washing and we're now halfway done! Thanks to a great team, and the facilities of @jpschnitzlerlab.bsky.social

#PlantScience, plants on a crane: we just started the 2nd chemotypic plasticity & diversity experiment within @chemodiversity.bsky.social with Solanum dulcemara testing drought stress & herbivory with @nmvandam.bsky.social, @rrjunker.bsky.social, @sunsicker.bsky.social, @chemecolcm.bsky.social

Jörg-Peter Schnitzler@jpschnitzler.net · 2y ago

#PlantScience today we started with #VOCs sampling in our joint @chemodiversity.bsky.social experiment on chemotypic plasticity & diversity in tansy under drought stress & herbivory….next days will be full of sampling for #metabolomics, #transcriptomics & #microbiome analyses.

Scientists from our institute and @uni-kiel.de led by @sunsicker.bsky.social show that endophytic fungi boost the chemical defenses of poplars by producing their own alkaloid to fend off herbivores. They alter insect communities and influence aphid-ant interactions. www.ice.mpg.de/491257/PR_Wa...

Hidden allies

An endophytic fungus of the genus Cladosporium fungus which lives inside the leaves of black poplar, not only increases the production of defensive substances in the trees, but also produces an alkalo...

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If you're a #lifescientist looking to develop your skills in #datascience, including using @python.org and the applications of #AI and #machinelearning then this course is for you! Applications are closing soon - you have until 2 March: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve... 🧬🖥️🧪 #GeneSky

Science course announcement: “Chemical Ecology: A Multidisciplinary Approach”, @mpi-ce.bsky.social, Jena, Jun.23 – Jul 4, 2025. The course explores chemical interactions between organisms, covering evolution, methods, and new applications. events.gwdg.de/event/1003/ #ChemicalEcology

ICE 2025 International Chemical Ecology Course

ICE 2025 PhD Course International Chemical Ecology Course Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany June 23 - July 4, 2025 In collaboration with Penn State University, USA and SLU, Swed...

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Interested in a 3 yr. PhD position on the role of chemodiversity in Solanum dulcamara in plant-herbivore interactions? Like to become member of our RU team? Apply at University of Hohenheim in Anke Steppuhn´s lab at Dept. of Molecular Botany (Deadline 28.02.25) www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/job-openi...

Job vacancies: University of Hohenheim

Current job opportunities at the University of Hohenheim

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Today, we started harvesting the @chemodiversity.bsky.social Common Experiment on Tansy at the @jpschnitzlerlab.bsky.social. Lots of young researchers and students are helping out today! Good progress! @mhanusch.bsky.social @thomasdussarrat.bsky.social @marvin-hildebrandt.bsky.social a.o.

Read the latest article of the RU from Malacrinò, A., Jakobs, R., Xu, S. and Müller, C. (2025), Influences of plant maternal effects, chemotype, and environment on the leaf bacterial community. Plant Biol J. doi.org/10.1111/plb.... #chemodiversity #maternaleffects #environment #microbialcommunity

Influences of plant maternal effects, chemotype, and environment on the leaf bacterial community

Plant maternal effects and growth environment, rather than terpenoid chemotype, determine the leaf microbial community of Tanacetum vulgare, but specific terpenoids are correlated with the abundance ...

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We have a new PhD position available in our group to study the Influence of Global Change Factors on Plant-Insect Interactions. Please pass this information to potentially interested people: uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/406...

Research Position (PhD candidate)

<div>The Department of Chemical Ecology investigates the role of natural products that are involved in communication between individuals of the ...

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#PlantScience today we started with #VOCs sampling in our joint @chemodiversity.bsky.social experiment on chemotypic plasticity & diversity in tansy under drought stress & herbivory….next days will be full of sampling for #metabolomics, #transcriptomics & #microbiome analyses.

Sawflies are fascinating: Just published new insights in their responses to nutritional stress: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

Life Stage‐ and Sex‐Specific Sensitivity to Nutritional Stress in a Holometabolous Insect

Our study provides novel insights into trait-specific sensitivity to nutritional stress across sex and life stages. By integrating life-history, behaviour and metabolism, we explore mechanisms on an ...

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📌 Schon in den Kalender eingetragen? 📅 Jeden Monat informieren wir über die verschiedenen DFG-geförderten Kongresse und Tagungen zu wissenschaftlichen Themen – nun stehen die Termine für März. Die wichtigsten Infos gibt es hier: 👇 www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...

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Check out the latest Issue of New Phytologist with an article by two of our RU members Meike J. Wittmann and Andrea Bräutigam @andreabraeutigam.bsky.social! How does plant chemodiversity evolve? Testing five hypotheses in one population genetic model nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

How does plant chemodiversity evolve? Testing five hypotheses in one population genetic model

See also the Commentary on this article by Speed & Ruxton, 245: 924–926.

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Hallo Bluesky! Wir sind die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. #DFG Als Selbstverwaltungsorganisation der #Wissenschaft in Deutschland fördern wir erkenntnisgeleitete #Forschung. Hier erhaltet Ihr Infos u.a. zu Förderangeboten, Ausschreibungen und Anträgen. Wir freuen uns auf den Austausch!

🌟Congratulations to Caroline Müller for winning the prestigious ISCE Silverstein-Simeone Award 2025! This great achievement celebrates her dedication and outstanding contributions to Chemical Ecology. Well-deserved recognition of her hard work! #SilversteinSimeoneAward #ChemEcol #RUChemodiversity

Exciting Update! Discover the latest publication of our RU by Dominik Ziaja and @chemecolcm.bsky.social Müller in Plant Biology's newest issue. Visit onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14388677... #Chemodiversity #Research #ScienceNews