“…most of the focus in community ecology has been, up to now, on more obviously functional phenotypes — morphological diversity, and metabolic diversity. They’ve shown that the chemical content of plants’ tissues is more closely related to their phylogenetic history than traits in those categories.”

Excellent review by molecular ecologist Jeremy Yoder on recent paper examining chemical ecology & diversity. #ecology #ChemicalEcology

https://www.molecularecologist.com/2023/07/25/the-key-to-a-productive-plant-community-may-be-the-members-chemistry/

RT @klvanalstyne
Intertidal seaweeds “eavesdrop” and maybe they “talk”. Check out our new #openaccess paper in @SciReports on chemical signaling in Ulva (sea lettuce). #chemicalecology #infochemical #marineplants #induceddefefenses
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30881-9

common flavonoids inhibit glutathione S-transferase Noppera-bo (a key enzyme in ecdysteroid biosynthesis) -- a potential new mechanism of insect growth regulation activity for quercetin derivatives, isoflavanones, etc. #chemicalecology
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-022-01233-2

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.26.518062v1

#microbiome #chemicalecology #fungi #secondarymetabolites #cheese

It is 10 years, I started a research group first at FSU Jena🇩🇪 and currently at DTU🇩🇰

What are we working on?
#Biofilms of #Bacillussubtilis & #Multispeciesbiofilms
#PlantMicrobeInteraction & #soil #SynComs
#ChemicalEcology (#surfactin), #Genomics & #QuantitativeEcology of #Bacilli
#ExperimentalEvolution of #Biofilms & #MicrobialInteractions
#BacteriaFungiInteraction
#Generegulation & #CircadianClock in B. subtilis

see more: https://tinyurl.com/4nzyn46m

#introduction

sticky flowers – who are they trapping and how do plants benefit from this mysterious floral phenotype? Alexander Chauta et al shed new light on these questions in his exciting new work with Bejaria resinosa #chemicalecology #plantecology https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-23261-2

It’s #introduction time! I’m Hannah, I’m leading the Lab of Colourful Animals at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany. We work together to understand the role that toxins play in driving the evolution of new adaptations in predators and prey. We research poison frogs in Costa Rica; snakes that eat toxic toads; milkweed plants, milkweed herbivores, and the predators of these herbivores.

#chemicalecology #behaviouralecology #molecularbiology #cardiacglycosides

This feels like a good place to escape twitter noise and focus on #science, #biology, #plantscience ,#chemicalecology, #sustainability, #entrepreneurship and everything in between. Glad to be here, and looking forward to many interesting conversations!

Join us for a free webinar on #ChemicalEcology with speakers Prof. Christelle A. M. Robert, Dr. Emily R. Burdfield-Steel and Prof. Shinichi Sunagawa. Register here: https://hubs.li/Q01rNdjm0

Michael also highlights that MSI allows following the metabolites directly on the (sliced) black apples at high spatial resolution
#ChemistryVisualized #ChemicalEcology #NaturalProducts

#PlantMicrobeInteractions2022

Latest @biorxivpreprint preprint from @balunaslab https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.12.516288v1 ‘Trachymyrmex septentrionalis ants promote fungus garden hygiene using Trichoderma-derived metabolite cues’ #NaturalProducts #ChemicalEcology #Symbiosis

Anyone else love #ChemicalEcology want to geek out about #ForLoveofInsects and troubleshoot #GasChromstography data analysis let's be friends!

… We’ve accidentally selected for epichloë+plants which can be problematic since the chemicals sicken livestock. An example of an alkaloid you might know—LSD is produced by this group of fungi!

Our group is #NSF funded to look at how Epichloë changes the microbiome within dune grass. Since it’s vastly changing the #ChemicalEcology we expect this to drive community composition and microbiome networks

A lot has changed since my #introduction:
Now I'm a #postdoc in Liège (Belgium) trying to figure out how #neuroethology works.
I will be working with two #Peromyscus species.
My focus is the processing of #smell, especially #predator #odours, but most likely also #SocialOdors

I'm still looking for more #AnimalBehaviour, #BehavioralEcology, and #ChemicalEcology folks to follow!

#AnimalBehavior
#biology
#ecology
#mammals
#science
#ethology
#Evolution
#ChemicalCommunication
#semiochmistry