Very proud to present more than five years’ work on olfactory coding in the locust antennal lobe. Hero: Dr Xingcong Jiang! cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Researchers led by Xingcong Jiang Bill Hansson and Silke Sachse @[email protected] write in Cell that odors are represented in rings in the antennal lobe of migratory locusts, a unique pattern differing from other insects and vertebrates ice.mpg.de/473108/PR_Jian…

Very excited that our study on transgenic migratory locusts is published in Cell. By expressing GCaMP in olfactory neurons we show a novel odor coding rule in the insect brain. Highly grateful to 1st author Xingcong Jiang for this tour de force! authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S00…

Work&Party Day at the institute - tasks nobody is responsible for are done together once per year! A day to clean the windows in the glasshouse, to weed our roof terrace and bicycle sheds, to take care of our new plantings ... and to finish with a BBQ - thanks to all volunteers!

Hidden partners: Jürgen Wierz et al. from the Insect Symbiosis Lab (Martin Kaltenpoth) describe Symbiodolus, a new endosymbiont found in various insect orders, in the The ISME Journal. Present in all life stages and tissues, this bacterium's ecological role remains to be explored. ice.mpg.de/474011/PR_Wierz

Forschende des Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology zeigten mit Fluoreszenz-in-situ-Hybridisierung, dass der bakterielle Endosymbiont Symbiodolus in verschiedenen Insektenordnungen und in allen Lebensstadien und Geweben infizierter Insekten vorkommt. doi.org/10.1093/ismejo… Bild: Jürgen Wierz, MPI Jena

Our institute band JAFFI giving a concert in Jena Lobeda as part of Fete de la Musique and Weltoffenes Thüringen! Great initiative! #thueringenweltoffen

Proud to announce that our director Jonathan Gershenzon is one of the new EMBO members: ice.mpg.de/477498/Jonatha…

We are delighted to invite your to our upcoming event "Empowering Women in Science" and encourage participation from individuals of all research fields, genders, nationalities, career stages, and aspirations. ice.mpg.de/477573/empower…

Great news from the 39th Annual International Society of Chemical Ecology Meeting in Prague! Jonathan Gershenzon was awarded the ISCE Silver Medal for his groundbreaking research on plant chemical defenses and how insects circumvent them. Congratulations! ice.mpg.de/477813/Jonatha… #ISCE2024 #ChemicalEcology

We have an open Post Doc position in plant-volatile interactions. Ideal if you love to use molecular tools to understand the natural world and improve agriculture. Excellent PhD in a relevant field is needed. Interested? Send your CV, grades, letter and refs to [email protected]

Ready to lead your own research team-?😎The Max Planck Society offers you the chance to head an independent Research Group at a participating Max Planck Institute of your choice - the next open topic call starts on Sep 9, 2024. Stay tuned for updates!🌟 mprg.mpg.de

Flies learn while laying eggs. If you are interested in a new Drosophila learning paradigm and in how oviposition experience affects oviposition preference, please check out Julio Otarola‘s new study at cell.com/iscience/fullt…

Living and working in #Germany: a guide for international guest researchers. As we want to make your arrival and stay as a guest scientist as easy and pleasurable as possible, we have compiled this brochure designed to orient you to the Max Planck world 👋mpg.de/4311252/living…

Antlions use a complex venom to overpower larger prey. Maike Fischer, Heiko Vogel et al. from Insect Symbiosis Lab (Martin Kaltenpoth) and Universität Gießen show in Communications Biology how their unique venom production helps them adapt to extreme habitats. ice.mpg.de/478714/PR_Fisc…

What happens when you throw together a bunch of researchers who study diverse symbioses using cutting-edge, complementary, but unique tools in diverse plant, animal, marine, terrestrial, etc. systems? We aim to find out! Join us! #SIC24 symbiosis-in-context.de

The new Evolutionary and Integrative Physiology group at Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology is now in now under construction! I'm thrilled (👇😅) to not only join this amazing institute but also the scientific legacy of the Max Planck Society. Be on the look out for upcoming PhD positions!

We invite applications for a PhD position on molecular and cellular effects of toxin resistance mutations in the new Evolutionary and Integrative Physiology Research Group Dr. Shab Mohammadi: jobs.ice.mpg.de/jobposting/2f6…

Caiqiong Yang successfully defended her PhD thesis on "Elucidation of triterpene functions in Nicotiana attenuata and insights into the metabolic basis of growth-defense trade-offs" yesterday. Congratulations!🥳

Time for interdisciplinary #LIFEScience CONNECTions! 🦠🌍🔬 LIFE offers funding through the "Connect" fund and more. Meet researchers and network with local companies & intitatives at the 3rd LIFE Symposium! 📅 Nov 6, 2024 🔗 kurzlinks.de/LIFESymposium Universität Jena Uniklinik Jena RT