Spotlight
Emma Slack and Jörn Piel elected to the EMBO Membership
The new EMBO Members and Associate Members are recognized for their outstanding achievements in the life sciences
Metabolic interactions shape diverse population dynamics among leaf bacteria
Microbial communities are shaped by complex metabolic interactions, yet how these translate into population behavior is hard to predict. An interdisciplinary team led by the Vorholt and Stocker groups link specific metabolic mediators to distinct ecological outcomes among leaf bacteria.
Bacterial factories: A key to climate-friendly chemistry
The chemical industry is involved in virtually every product we use in daily life. However, it is also responsible for a significant share of global CO₂ emissions. ETH researcher Ronja Rappold wants to change that. As an ETH Pioneer Fellow, she is developing microorganisms that convert CO₂ into useful chemicals as part of her planned ETH spin-off Teno Bioworks.
From Molecules to the Biochemistry of Cells: D-BIOL's curriculum reform finds its textbook
Five years after the Department of Biology redesigned its Bachelor's curriculum, the textbook that grew out of that reform is now available from CRC Press — including an open-access edition.
Structure and function of a fungal AB toxin-like chimerolectin involved in anti-nematode defense
A recent "EMBO J" paper by the Künzler group (IMB) in collaboration with the Krengel group at University of Oslo (UiO) reports on a new class of fungal nematotoxins that shows structural and functional similarity to bacterial and plant AB toxins.