Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry
| Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry | |
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_27.jpg) Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry |
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| Category: | research Institute |
| Carrier: | none (legally independent) |
| Membership: | Leibniz Association |
| Facility location: | Halle (Saale) |
| Type of research: | Basic research |
| Subjects: | Natural sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | Biochemistry , natural product chemistry |
| Basic funding: | Federal government (50%), states (50%) |
| Management: | Steffen Abel |
| Employee: | approx. 190 |
| Homepage: | www.ipb-halle.de |
The Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry (IPB) is a non-university research facility based in Halle (Saale) . His research activities can be assigned to application-oriented basic research in the field of natural sciences in the fields of biochemistry and natural product chemistry . The institute is a foundation under public law of the state of Saxony-Anhalt and is a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Association (WGL).
history
The institute was founded in 1958 by Kurt Mothes as the "Workplace for Biochemistry of Plants", from which two years later the Institute for Biochemistry of Plants of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin emerged. Kurt Mothes' successor in 1968 was the chemist Klaus Schreiber , who headed the institute until 1989.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall , the institute was included in the federal-state funding of the so-called Blue List under the name "Institute for Plant Biochemistry" and under the direction of Benno Parthier . It has been a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Science Association since the mid-1990s .
tasks
The institute is of outstanding importance in its fields of work - plant biochemistry, plant hormone research and natural product chemistry as well as stress and developmental biology of plants - and enjoys international recognition. It performs important supraregional tasks for German biochemical plant research.
According to the 2006 Federal Research Report, the institute has the following tasks:
- Structures and bioactivities of natural plant substances ,
- Structure, metabolism and mode of action of phytohormones ,
- Signal transduction in stress-mediated plant development,
- Physiology and biochemistry of secondary metabolism,
- Interrelationships between plants and pathogens and symbionts .
The research area is divided into four departments
- Natural and active ingredient chemistry,
- Molecular signal processing,
- Metabolism and cell biology ,
- Biochemistry of Plant Interactions
as well as the two independent junior research groups
- Bioorganic chemistry
- Designer glycans
The IPB employs around 190 people, 100 of whom are scientists.
Cooperations
Together with the neighboring Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , the IPB makes joint appointments for professorships. This close cooperation benefits both research and teaching. In addition, there are close connections to the Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) in Gatersleben . The institute is a full member of the ScienceCampus Halle - Plant-Based Bioeconomy .
financing
According to the financing model of the so-called Blue List institutions, half of the institute is financed from funds from the federal government and the federal states in the form of deficit financing. The federal portion is borne by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research , three quarters of the state portion by the Ministry of Science and Research of the State of Saxony-Anhalt . The remaining quarter of the country share is divided among all countries according to the Königstein key . In total, the institute has a budget of 10.4 million euros in the 2007 budget year.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 45 ″ N , 11 ° 56 ′ 41 ″ E