Assigments and Research Activities

• Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes
• Isolation, maintenance and characterization of fungal cultures and their preparation for studies on their biologically active secondary metabolites
• Fermentation of fungi in small scale and bioreactors and extraction, and isolation of their secondary metabolites (e.g. by MPLC and prep. HPLC)
• Biological and physicochemical characterization of natural products using cell-bioassays (antimicrobial, cytotoxic, neutrotrophic activities)

Current Projects

• New concept for organic tomato breeding

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Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut