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- The structure and evolution of an enzyme in psychoactive fungi
An international research team has investigated the biosynthesis of psilocybin, the main ingredient of hallucinogenic mushrooms. They gained new insights into the structure and reaction mechanism o...
- How bacteria use electricity and carbon dioxide to produce useful chemicals
In microbial electrosynthesis, microorganisms use CO2 and electricity to produce alcohol, for example. How this process works biologically, however, has only been speculated about until now. Re...
- Bacteria join forces against a common enemy
Two bacterial species cooperate chemically with each other to fight off amoebae that generally consume them. A team of researchers from Jena has now discovered this on coorperation-based defense me...
- Visualising the distribution of chemical substances on samples with non-flat surfaces
The chemical analysis of biological tissues with three-dimensional shapes has previously been a major problem. Researchers from three different institutes of the Beutenberg Campus in Jena, Germany,...
- Leibniz Prize 2015 announced for discovery of a new family of antibiotics
Nature harbours some of the most effective treatments for diseases - however, identifying and analysing these substances is a major scientific challenge. Prof. Dr. Christian Hertweck is one of the ...