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13.11.2023: We are hiring!
Are you as excited about research on chemodiversity of plants as we are?
Join our research unit as Postdoc or PhD student.
We have several vacant positions at Bielefeld University in the department of Chemical Ecology:
- Postdoc combining research and teaching
- Postdoc working on a big collaborative project of the research unit
- PhD student
30.10.2023: Call for Papers
Special Issue in Plant Biology
The “Ecology and Evolution of Plant Chemodiversity” is a fascinating! So fascinating that Plant Biology will have a special issue on this important research topic. As editors we welcome contributions considering different levels of chemodiversity. This includes research articles - ranging from laboratory work, over greenhouse studies and field observations to modelling approaches, well as reviews. For more info, see https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14388677/homepage/cfp-chemodiversity
Deadline for submission: 30th April 2024
21.09.2023: Celebrations!
DFG granted us a second phase of the Research Unit
We are very grateful that the DFG granted us another three years of funding for our Research Unit. We are very much looking forward to continuing our joint effort to disentangle the fascinating world of chemodiversity.
29.09.2022: Young Investigators Module on Storytelling
Using Lego to talk about science
In a workshop on storytelling by City2Science our Young Investigators talked about their research using new methods. For example, they enjoyed using Lego to tell their scientific stories.
26.-28.09.2022: Conference - Synthesis: Ecology and Evolution of Intraspecific Chemodiversity of Plants
Meeting of FOR 3000 with international and national keynote speakers
We enjoyed a great conference with wonderful contributions and fruitful discussions.
A big thank you to our keynote speakers:
- C. Robin Buell
- María-José Endara
- Adela González-Megías
- Robert A. Raguso
- Sergio Rasmann
- Maaria Rosenkranz
- R. Uma Shanker
- Eva H. Stukenbrock
- Martin Volf
- Tobias Züst
07.-10.03.2022: Workshop on Evolution of Chemodiversity
Meeting of FOR 3000 in Leipzig
Our second Research Unit Meeting in Leipzig was held at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv). In the workshop we focused on different perspectives from evolutionary biology, ecology, genomics and chemistry to discuss the evolutionary emergence and maintenance of chemical diversity in plants.
We had exciting and insightful talks by our invited guest speakers Omer Nevo (idiv), Susan Whitehead (Virginia Tech), Dietrich Ober (Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel), Mike Speed (University of Liverpool), Pengjuan Zu (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich).
News
04. and 05.10.2021: MetaboLights Workshop with Steffen Neumann and EMBL-EBI Team
Workshop for FOR 3000 and associated groups
Steffen Neumann from IPB Halle gave us a great introduction into MetaboLights and ChEBI. We also got first hand insights from Claire O'Donovan and Thomas Payne of the Metabolomics team at EMBL-EBI.
Make your data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and open!
03.09.2021: Workshop by Sabine Blackmore on "Gender and the Academic Career"
Workshop for PhD students and Postdocs
The online workshop with Sabine Blackmore dealt with challenges, ways and chances of an Academic Career and the implicit gender stereotypes and biases in academia. After insightful discussions there was also time to reflect on the FOR 3000, own biases and how to raise awareness and improve.
04.08-06.08.2021: Workshop "Plant Chemodiversity"
Meeting of FOR 3000 Research Unit in Marburg
For the first time (almost) all members of the Chemodiversity Research Unit met in Marburg. The goal of this workshop was to discuss and develop a general framework of chemodiversity.
We had inspiring talks by invited guest speakers Renee Borges (Indian Institute of Science) and Tobias Köllner (Max-Planck-Insitute for Chemical Ecology).
02.-03.08.2021: Young Investigator Module on Scientific Illustration Workshop byJohannes Richers
How to illustrate your science well
The scientific illustration workshop with Jo Richers provided the Young Investigators of FOR 3000 with a hands on experience of how to improve the ability to analyze and create useful illustrations.
Solanum dulcamara plants at the experimental station
The Solanum dulcamara plants at the experimental station in Bad Lauchstädt are already visited by pollinators and flea beetles. We are looking forward to see what the team around Nicole van Dam and Redouan Adam Anaia will find out about the ecological consequences of chemodiversity in this fascinating plant species.
27.05.2020: Setting up the common garden in Bielefeld
Gorup effort for science
We are excited that after days of hard work our common garden experiment in Bielefeld is set up. We’re looking forward to learn more about the ecological consequences of chemodiversity in Tanacetum vulgare on aphids, florivores and pollinators.
