The function of cells in their native habitat often cannot be reliably predicted from genomic
data or from physiology studies of isolates. Traditional experimental approaches to study the …

Research on learning and memory formation at the level of neural networks, as well as at
the molecular level, is challenging due to the immense complexity of the brain. The zebrafish …

The increase in antibiotic resistance calls for accelerated molecular engineering strategies
to diversify natural products for drug discovery. The incorporation of non-canonical amino …

BioOrthogonal Non-Canonical Amino acid Tagging (BONCAT) is a powerful tool for tracking
protein synthesis on the level of single cells within communities and whole organisms. A …

Among other features, the polarity of amino acid residues is the key parameter for
understanding their role in proteins. The wide occurrence of protein modifications in nature …

The noncanonical amino acid azidohomoalanine (Aha) is known to be an environment-
sensitive infrared probe for the site-specific investigation of protein structure and dynamics …

Recent time-resolved experiments and accompanying molecular dynamics simulations
allow us to monitor the flow of vibrational energy in biomolecules. As a simple means to …

Memory formation is a fundamental function of the nervous system that enables the
experience-based adaptation of behaviour. The formation, recall and updating of long-term …

To facilitate the observation of biomolecular energy transport in real time and with single-
residue resolution, recent experiments by Baumann et al.(Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58 …

Coastal salt marshes are key sites of biogeochemical cycling and ideal systems in which to
investigate the community structure of complex microbial communities. Here, we clarify …