Archieves: Former Meetings of the Section Natural Products of the DBG

From 1^st to 3^rd September 2025, the Early Career Workshop (early career researchers, ECR) of the DBG's sections Natural Products and Applied Botany took place at the Michaeliskloster Hildesheim, Germany. Over thirty doctoral students and postdocs from 16 institutions across Germany, as well as from the United Kingdom and Denmark, presented their current research work and used the forum for intensive scientific exchange. The two organisers, Prof. Dr. Dietrich Ober and Prof. Dr. Christian Zörb, report about the topics and research focuses discussed in the first joint meeting of the two Sections. 

The research of early career scientists (ECR) and their networking were the focus of the conference “Specialized products from plants and microbes – a natural source for biologically active compounds” of DBG’s Natural Products Section. Competently and enthusiastically, the more than twenty participants presented and discussed their research results from the broad field of plant and microbiological compounds. Prof. Dr. Maike Petersen and Prof. Dr. Ute Wittstock summarize topics and research focus of the participants and explain, in which way participants profited from the in-person meeting, which was financially supported by DBG.

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Nach wiederholter, Pandemie-bedingter Verschiebung des traditionellen Sektions-Workshops für Wissenschaftler*innen im frühen Karrierestadium lud Professor Jonathan Gershenzon - statt nach Jena - zu einem alternativen Format ein: Für einen Nachmittag trafen sich 120 Naturstoff-Forschende am 29. März 2022 in einer Videokonferenz, die neben spannenden Vorträgen auch Raum für Diskussion der Forschungsergebnisse bot. Sektionssprecherin Prof. Ute Wittstock von der TU Braunschweig und Gastgeber Gershenzon vom Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Ökologie berichten über die Themen der geladenen internationalen Gäste und beschreiben, welche Techniken der Naturstoffforschung gerade einen Aufschwung bescheren.