Research in the focus

Laser dissection microscopy (LDM) is a method for obtaining specific tissues, cells, or even organelles under direct microscopic observation to enrich…

Different webinars organized by the DSI Scientific Network are now available for re-watch on YouTube.

Please visit the DSMZ YouTube channel to…

Human and animal cell lines serve as important model systems in cancer and infection research or drug screening. DSMZCellDive enables access to data…

In order to reduce the time for selection of resistant crosses and the uncertainties associated with field screening, researchers from the Department…

Re-watch the virtual discussion organised by the Bergey’s International Society for Microbial Systematics.

A special dialogue was held between the…

A team led by Prof. Dr. Jörn Petersen from the Department of Microbial Ecology and Diversity Research was able to show that the horizontal gene…

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new DSI Scientific Network website. More than 50 scholars from around the world have joined forces to…

Several viruses are known for being able to infect blueberry plants, most of them detected in Northern America. During the last decades blueberries…

Scarlett Sett and colleagues address the question who owns pathogens with pandemic potential and what are the corresponding international legal…

Andrey Yurkov and his colleagues review how evolving species concepts have been applied to understand yeast diversity. Initially, a phenotypic species…