Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

The Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology[1] is located on Beutenberg Campus[2] in Jena, Germany. It was founded in March 1996 and is one of 80 institutes of the Max Planck Society (Max Planck Gesellschaft).[3] Chemical ecology examines the role of chemical signals that mediate the interactions between plants, animals, and their environment, as well as the evolutionary and behavioral consequences of these interactions. The managing director of the institute is David G. Heckel.

The main building of the institute, located on top of the Beutenberg.

About 175 scientists, among them many PhD candidates and students, do their research in five departments and three research groups.

  • Department of Molecular Ecology (Ian T. Baldwin)
  • Department of Biochemistry (Jonathan Gershenzon)
  • Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology (Bill S. Hansson)
  • Department of Entomology (David G. Heckel)
  • Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis (Sarah O'Connor)
  • Emeritus Group Bioorganic Chemistry (Wilhelm Boland)
  • Max Planck Research Group Predators and Toxic Prey (Hannah Rowland)[4]
  • Max Planck Research Group Extreme Events (Huw S. Groucutt)[5]
  • Research Group Sequestration and Detoxification in Insects (Franziska Beran)[6]
  • Research Group Olfactory Coding (Silke Sachse)[7]
  • Research Group Plant Defense Physiology (Axel Mithöfer)[8]
  • NMR/Biosynthesis Research Group (Christian Paetz)[9]
  • Mass Spectrometry/Proteomics Research Group (Aleš Svatoš)[10]
  • Max Planck Fellow Group Plankton Community Interaction (Georg Pohnert)[11]

International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS)

The International Max Planck Research School "The Exploration of Ecological Interactions with Molecular and Chemical Techniques"[12] is a graduate program jointly organized by the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology in Jena. The IMPRS spokespersons are Jonathan Gershenzon and Ralf Oelmüller. The IMPRS is part of the "Jena School for Microbial Communication",[13] which was founded in 2006 and consists of three graduate schools.

References
  1. Homepage of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
  2. Beutenberg Campus Institutes - Homepage Beutenberg Campus e.V.
  3. Max Planck Institutes - MPG Homepage
  4. Website of the Max Planck Research Group Predators and Prey
  5. Website of the Max Planck Research Group Extreme Events
  6. Website of the Research Group Sequestration and Detoxification in Insects
  7. Website of the Research Group Olfactory Coding
  8. Website of the Research Group Plant Defense Physiology
  9. Website of the Research Group Biosynthesis/NMR
  10. Website of the Mass Spectrometry/Proteomics Research Group
  11. Website of the Max Planck Fellow Group Plankton Community Interaction
  12. Homepage der IMPRS
  13. JSMC - Jena School for Microbial Communication
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