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Beemelmanns Lab – Medical-Pharmaceutical Microbiota Research
Universität des Saarlandes

Our Projects

Insect-associated microbes Studying the microbiome of social insects, such as termites, helps to identify new aspects of small-molecule mediated symbiotic relations. At the same time it serves platform to identify new antibacterial and antifungal agents. Read more
Marine microbes Microbes associated with marine invertebrates are well-known to harbor an enormous biosynthetic potential. We combine new bioassays, genome sequencing and mining strategies to identify the encoded secondary metabolites with unique chemical scaffolds and potential pharmaceutical application. Read more
Shell overgrown with H. echiniata Morphogenic signaling molecules More and more examples show that bacterially produced small molecules contribute to the host’s fitness and development by acting as biological information carrier to maintain and modulate the multilateral interaction network. But fully characterized examples are still rare, and the mode-of-actions of those molecules are often not well understood. Read more
Beemelmanns Lab Natural product synthesis Many natural products are only produced in minor amounts and a full structural characterization is nearly impossible. In addition, many pharmaceutically interesting compounds are too toxic and need derivatisation to improve their pharmacological properties. Read more

Universität des Saarlandes

Department Anti-infectives from Microbiota
Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)
Saarland University, Campus E8.1
66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
Mail contact@beemelmanns-lab.de

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