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Maximilian Frey @maximilianfrey.bsky.social · Jan 31

The book "Natural Product Isolation and Identification" is now online. Happy to contribute to a protocol: "Extraction of Essential Oils and Terpene Volatiles from Plants and Identification by GC-MS-Based Techniques" (Krause & Frey, 2025)

link.springer.com/protocol/10....

Extraction of Essential Oils and Terpene Volatiles from Plants and Identification by GC-MS-Based Techniques

The extraction of plant essential oils (EOs) and analysis by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS) are standard methods when studying aromatic plants and the chemical composition of ...

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Maximilian Frey @maximilianfrey.bsky.social · Feb 13

- Elucidation of a biosynthetic route to xanthanolide sesquiterpene lactones: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

An independent biosynthetic route to frame a xanthanolide‐type sesquiterpene lactone in Asteraceae

Xanthanolide-type sesquiterpene lactones (STLs) are promising candidates for anti-cancer drug development. Since the middle of the last century, when the structure of the first xanthanolide-type STL ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Maximilian Frey @maximilianfrey.bsky.social · Feb 13

Our review paper on sesquiterpene lactones was published one year ago in February 2024. Since then there have been some fascinating developments in the field:

Full article: Sesquiterpene Lactones – Insights into Biosynthesis, Regulation and Signalling Roles www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Sesquiterpene Lactones – Insights into Biosynthesis, Regulation and Signalling Roles

Sesquiterpene lactones (STLs) are bitter tasting plant specialized metabolites derived from farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) that contain a characteristic lactone ring. STLs can be found in many plant ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Maximilian Frey @maximilianfrey.bsky.social · Aug 29

www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30...

We just published the paper "Cytochrome P450-Induced Backbone Rearrangements in Terpene Biosynthesis of Plants" in Molecules. Thanks to everyone involved. :)

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Maximilian Frey @maximilianfrey.bsky.social · Aug 29

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We just published the paper Biosynthesis of biologically active terpenoids in the mint family (Lamiaceae) in Natural Products Reports.

Thanks to everyone involved! :)

Biosynthesis of biologically active terpenoids in the mint family (Lamiaceae)

Covering: 2000 to 2025The Lamiaceae family, the sixth largest among angiosperms, is renowned for its rich diversity of terpenoids, many of which exhibit remarkable bioactivities, including anti-inflam...

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Maximilian Frey @maximilianfrey.bsky.social · Aug 29

www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/30...

We just published the paper "Cytochrome P450-Induced Backbone Rearrangements in Terpene Biosynthesis of Plants" in Molecules. Thanks to everyone involved. :)

www.mdpi.com

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Maximilian Frey @maximilianfrey.bsky.social · Aug 29

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

We just published the paper Biosynthesis of biologically active terpenoids in the mint family (Lamiaceae) in Natural Products Reports.

Thanks to everyone involved! :)

Biosynthesis of biologically active terpenoids in the mint family (Lamiaceae)

Covering: 2000 to 2025The Lamiaceae family, the sixth largest among angiosperms, is renowned for its rich diversity of terpenoids, many of which exhibit remarkable bioactivities, including anti-inflam...

pubs.rsc.org

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Nature @nature.com · Jul 23

This AI model can predict where ancient Latin texts come from, estimate how old they are and restore missing parts

go.nature.com/4lLQwGr

Meet Aeneas: the AI that can fill in the gaps of damaged Latin texts

The best results come when a human and the model work together.

go.nature.com

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IPB Halle @ipbhalle.bsky.social · May 26

Und auch unsere Expertin Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social könnt ihr am 3.6. ausfragen, wie das Immunsystem bei Pflanzen funktioniert und warum das überhaupt wichtig ist. 🥬💚(Auf 🇩🇪 oder 🇬🇧)

👉Hier #BookAScientist buchen: www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/ueber-uns/ne...
#wisskomm #PlantSci #scicomm

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Natural Product Reports @natprodreports.rsc.org · Apr 18

🎉We are delighted to welcome Professor Neha Garg @ngarg10.bsky.social from @gtresearchnews.bsky.social to the @natprodreports.rsc.org Editorial Board! #chemsky #natprod

Learn more about Neha here🔽
blogs.rsc.org/np/2025/04/0...

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Uni Halle @unihalle.bsky.social · Apr 15

Lässt sich der Nährwert von Gerste steigern? Wie können Pflanzen mehr Zellulose bilden? Fragen wie diese stehen im Zentrum des neuen Forschungsverbunds „Value Plant“ der Uni Halle, der mit rund 7,1 Mio. Euro gefördert wird. Verbundsprecher ist Prof. Dr. Ingo Heilmann von der MLU. mlu.de/6evf0

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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · Apr 8

Celebrating the 10-year anniversary of my Python for Life Scientists course at Uni Bonn! 🎉
Proud to have shared coding skills with so many researchers over the years.
📂 Slides are available on GitHub: github.com/bpucker/PyBo
#Python #LifeScience #OpenScience #Teaching
@puckerlab.bsky.social

Screenshot of Python course slide and picture of seminar room (before students arrived). Slides: https://github.com/bpucker/PyBo

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Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social · Mar 17

European Union takes giant leap forward toward embracing technologically-enhanced agriculture, advances de-regulation of gene edited crops geneticliteracyproject.org/2025/03/17/e...

European Union takes giant leap forward toward embracing technologically-enhanced agriculture, advances de-regulation of gene edited crops

On Friday 14 March 2025, Member States' representatives (Coreper) endorsed the Council's negotiating mandate on the regulation on plants obtained by new genomic techniques (NGTs) and their food and fe...

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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · Mar 15

Wrapping up our Applied Plant Transcriptomics course! From RNA-seq to de novo transcriptome assembly.
#Bioinformatics #PlantSciences
📑 Slides available here: github.com/bpucker/Appl...

Screenshots of the Applied Plant Transcriptomics slides: https://github.com/bpucker/AppliedPlantTranscriptomics

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Andrea Sinz 🧪 @sinzandrea.bsky.social · Mar 13

🧪 In these days, we all need some positive news 😀: Check out our latest work that has tremendous impact on patients’ lives. That’s why we all need science!🧪 A big thank you to all coauthors! 👏👏
@unihalle.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social #Academicsky #MedSky #ADCY5
@standupforscience.bsky.social

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Michelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social · Mar 11

What a title!
"This is the way the world ends; not with a bang but a whimper: Estimating the number and ongoing rate of extinctions of Australian non-marine invertebrates"
Biodiversity declines really concerning.
👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Nature Metabolism @natmetabolism.nature.com · Mar 7

Discovery of metabolites prevails amid in-source fragmentation

Nature Metabolism, Published online: 28 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s42255-025-01239-4Discovery of metabolites prevails amid in-source fragmentation

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · Mar 7

Latest story from Pia Saake: Plant Lipids Mediate Immune Responses to Fungal Lipids in Barley!

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Ergosterol‐induced immune response in barley involves phosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol phosphate metabolic enzymes and activation of diterpene biosynthesis

Lipids play crucial roles in plant–microbe interactions, functioning as structural components, signaling molecules, and microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs). However, the mechanisms underly...

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Plantae.org @plantaeofficial.bsky.social · Feb 27

#BlackHistoryMonth Plant Scientist Spotlight - Meet Sibongile Mafu!🌱

👉 See the full list of incredible plant scientists featured at buff.ly/41fCJQn

<span class="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#plantscience

Image Text: Sibongile Mafu. Assistant Professor @ University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Research: Plant Metabolic Engineering, Enzyme Diversity and Evolution

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SNP2Prot @snp2prot.bsky.social · Feb 25

Let’s kick off this kick-off!
Today and tomorrow we are meeting at the @ipbhalle.bsky.social to officially start the #snp2prot journey as a team 💪

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Maximilian Frey @maximilianfrey.bsky.social · Feb 13

- The rapidly growing number of genomes of STL producing Asteraceae plants: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/gen...

...next updates in one year ;)

Genome

Download a genome data package including genome, transcript and protein sequence, annotation and a data report

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Maximilian Frey @maximilianfrey.bsky.social · Feb 13

- Elucidation of a biosynthetic route to xanthanolide sesquiterpene lactones: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

An independent biosynthetic route to frame a xanthanolide‐type sesquiterpene lactone in Asteraceae

Xanthanolide-type sesquiterpene lactones (STLs) are promising candidates for anti-cancer drug development. Since the middle of the last century, when the structure of the first xanthanolide-type STL ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Maximilian Frey @maximilianfrey.bsky.social · Feb 13

- Identification of a sesquiterpene Kai2 receptor ligand: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Volatile communication in plants relies on a KAI2-mediated signaling pathway

Informational exchange in plants occurs stereospecifically via volatile terpenoids and the KAI2-like signaling pathway.

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Maximilian Frey @maximilianfrey.bsky.social · Feb 13

Our review paper on sesquiterpene lactones was published one year ago in February 2024. Since then there have been some fascinating developments in the field:

Full article: Sesquiterpene Lactones – Insights into Biosynthesis, Regulation and Signalling Roles www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Sesquiterpene Lactones – Insights into Biosynthesis, Regulation and Signalling Roles

Sesquiterpene lactones (STLs) are bitter tasting plant specialized metabolites derived from farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) that contain a characteristic lactone ring. STLs can be found in many plant ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · Feb 13

Many thanks for visiting us and sharing your exciting stories

Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social · Feb 12

I had a very stimulating day at @tubraunschweig.bsky.social sharing with @puckerlab.bsky.social and colleagues. Many thanks indeed @bpucker.bsky.social for the invitation!

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