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Ein Taucher nimmt Proben aus einer Seegraswiese.
A researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology takes samples in seagrass beds in the Mediterranean Sea. The measuring device determines the oxygen content in the seafloor.

unspecific Plants Biodiversity

Symbiont supplies seagrass with nitrogen

Seagrass is an important store of carbon dioxide. A bacterium enables the plant to thrive.

Mikrotitierplatte mit Fluoreszenzeffekten, darauf grafisch montiert das Prinzip eines Quantum Clusters
DNA quantum clusters, for example, form hairpin structures with silver atoms (left in the image) and can fluoresce with varying intensity (background image of a microtiter plate with fluorescent quantum cluster variants).

Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

A light switch for targeted genome interventions

Fraunhofer researchers are working on an alternative to the CRISPR-Cas gene scissors. Initial successes have already been achieved.

Vincenzo De Rocchis, Wilhelm Gossing und Martin Kern
The team of Kykeon Biotech with Vincenzo De Rocchis, Wilhelm Gossing and Martin Kern has won the audience award at the pitch of the start-up service of the Brandenburg TU Cottbus-Senftenberg.

Pharmaceutical industry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Cell-free protein production convinces at pitch

The Kykeon Biotech team wins the audience award of the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg.

red whiskered bulbul

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University of Bayreuth (2021): Diversity of ecological functions on marine islands decreases

Human impact reshapes ecological communities through the extinction and introduction of species. Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have studied these processes using the example of birds on ocean islands. They were able to show that the loss of species causes a long-term unification of ecosystems and their functions.

Martina Brockmeier (links); Barbara Sturm (rechts)
Martina Brockmeier and Barbara Sturm (l.t.r.)

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Two agricultural experts elected to head the Leibniz Association

Two bioeconomy experts will head the Leibniz Association in the future: Martina Brockmeier, an agricultural economist from Hohenheim, was elected as the new president and Barbara Sturm, an agricultural engineer from Potsdam, was elected vice-president.

An der Modellpflanze Ackerschmalwand haben Forscher mithilfe des Enzyms Cas9 erstmals Chromosomen neu zusammengesetzt.
in the genome of the model plant Arabidopsis, researchers have exchanged chromosomal fragments for the first time using the scissor enzyme Cas9.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research

Genetic scissors convert chromosomes

Genome editing at a higher level: Plant researchers from Karlsruhe and Gatersleben have used the molecular scissors CRISPR-Cas9 for the first time to exchange chromosome arms.

The mouth and nose protection masks made of bacterial cellulose can be disposed of in orga

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Face mask made of bacterial cellulose

Two designers from the USA have used bacteria to produce a mouth and nose protection mask that filters air particles and is also biodegradable.

Researchers want to combat citrus cancer in Brazil's orange plantations with novel active ingredient containers.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Plant protection with microgels

Fewer pesticides for more plant protection - this is the goal of a German-Brazilian team researching antimicrobial peptides to protect citrus fruits from bacterial "cancer infestation".

Vanilleschoten beim Trocknen
The flavoring vanillin can also be extracted directly from vanilla beans.

Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Vanilla aroma from lignin

Through electrolysis, chemists in Mainz have succeeded in producing high-quality vanillin from lignin.  

In the forest of the future, large, old trees could be a rarity.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Biodiversity

Forests of the future: Small trees at an advantage

Climate change has consequences for the future of forests: According to an international study involving Munich researchers, large trees in particular are falling behind.

Jasmonsäure bewirkt, dass beschädigte Blätter von Pflanzen für Fraßfeinde unbekömmlich werden.
Jasmonic acid causes damaged leaves of plants to become indigestible to predators.

Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Bioprocess developed for plant hormone

The plant hormone jasmonic acid is widely used, but the chemical synthesis of the precursor 12-OPDA is expensive. Researchers have now biotechnologically imitated the production process.

Im Modell: Blaues Licht setzt in einem Enzym auf neuartige Weise eine Monooxygenase-Reaktion in Gang. Dieser Aktivierungsprozess war bei Enzymen bisher unbekannt.
In the model: Blue light triggers a monooxygenase reaction in an enzyme in a novel way. This activation process was so far unknown in enzymes.

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Blue light activates new enzyme reaction

Biotechnologists from Münster have discovered an enzyme whose oxygen-transferring activity can be switched on by light.

Scientists from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) around Marc Nowaczyk and Volker Hartmann and from the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa around Noam Adir have now closed this so-called green gap.

Chemistry unspecific Chemistry

New biosolar cell closes green gap

By combining a photosynthetic protein complex with a light-collecting protein from cyanobacteria, researchers have succeeded for the first time in converting the green part of light into energy.

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Consumables Plants

Underwear

Our skin has to withstand quite a lot - heat and sun, cold and dryness, stress and wrong or no care. All too often, the right protection is neglected. Instead of body lotion, nourishing clothing made from seaweed is now supposed to help.

The cultivation of cattail is a climate-friendly alternative to the agricultural and forestry use of moor soils.

Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences

Bioeconomy project nominated for EU prize

The German-Dutch project "Bioeconomy-Green Chemistry” of the Ems-Dollart-Region is among the nominees for the European REGIOSTARS Award 2020.  

With digitalization, more and more data is being produced.

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Knowledge storage for bioeconomy research

Among the first consortia for the establishment of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NDFI) are also three large associations that are important for bioeconomy research.

Prof. Dr. Jan Schirawski

Agriculture and forestry Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology

The smut whisperer

Jan Schirawski is researching the genome of smut in order to better understand the mechanism of action of this plant parasite.

So sieht der EU-Pflanzenpassaufkleber aus.
This is what the EU plant passport sticker looks like.

Agriculture and forestry Plants unspecific

Health passport for plants

A label ensures the traceability of plants, plant parts and seeds within the European Union.

Monoculture or diversity on the field: agriculture must be made fit for the future.

Agriculture and forestry unspecific Agriculture sciences

The future of agriculture in focus

How can agriculture become sustainable? The Federal Cabinet has appointed a commission of experts to find solutions. An interim report should be available in autumn.

The BioEconomy HUB aims to support bioeconomy companies through access to pilot plants and established infrastructures, services and networks.

Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

BioEconomy HUB: Sugar instead of oil

Green chemistry instead of coal and oil: With the construction of the BioEconomy HUB in Leuna, Central Germany wants to promote bioeconomic business ideas and shape structural change in the region.