Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
	; Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Category:	research Institute
Carrier:	Max Planck Society
Legal form of the carrier:	Registered association
Seat of the wearer:	Munich
Facility location:	Jena
Type of research:	Basic research
Subjects:	Natural sciences
Areas of expertise:	Chemical ecology
Basic funding:	Federal government (50%), states (50%)
Management:	David G. Heckel
Employee:	260
Homepage:	www.ice.mpg.de

The Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology ( English : "Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology" MPICE) is based on the Beutenberg campus in the Thuringian town of Jena . In March 1996 the Max Planck Society founded the institute in the university town to conduct basic research. Research focuses on the relationship between plants , the insects that eat plants and their environment. The main focus is on chemical interaction, which is examined by the eponymous chemical ecology . The managing director is currently David G. Heckel .

Around 170 scientists, including numerous doctoral students and students, work in five departments and five research groups.

Molecular Ecology Division headed by Ian T. Baldwin
Biochemistry department headed by Jonathan Gershenzon
Evolutionary Neuroethology Division headed by Bill S. Hansson
Entomology department headed by David G. Heckel
Natural Product Biosynthesis Department headed by Sarah O'Connor
Emeritus group Bioorganic Chemistry under the direction of Wilhelm Boland
Max Planck Research Group Predators and Poisonous Prey under the direction of Hannah Rowland
Max Planck Research Group Extreme Events under the direction of Huw S. Groucutt
Research group sequestration and detoxification in insects under the direction of Franziska Beran
Research group olfactory coding under the direction of Silke Sachse
Research group Physiology of Plant Defense under the direction of Axel Mithöfer
Research group biosynthesis / NMR under the direction of Christian Paetz
Research group for mass spectrometry / proteomics under the direction of Aleš Svatoš
Max Planck Fellow Group Interaction in Plankton Communities under the direction of Georg Pohnert

International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS)

The MPI for Chemical Ecology is involved in the International Max Planck Research School "The Exploration of Ecological Interactions with Molecular and Chemical Techniques" in Jena. Further partners in the IMPRS are the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology in Jena. The IMPRS is an English-language doctoral program . The spokespersons for the IMPRS are Jonathan Gershenzon and Ralf Oelmüller. The IMPRS is in turn part of the "Jena School for Microbial Communication", which was founded in 2006 and comprises three doctoral schools.

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[1] Homepage of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

[2] Website of the Max Planck Research Group Predators and Prey

[3] Website of the Max Planck Research Group Extreme Events

[4] Website of the research group Sequestration and Detoxification in Insects

[5] Website of the olfactory coding research group

[6] Website of the Physiology of Plant Defense Research Group

[7] Website of the research group Biosynthesis / NMR

[8] Website of the mass spectrometry / proteomics research group

[9] Website of the Max Planck Fellow Group Interaction in Plankton Communities

[10] Homepage of the IMPRS

[11] JSMC - Jena School for Microbial Communication