Lectures

Basics in Chemical Ecology

Chemistry and Biochemistry of Natural Products

Microbiology

Advanced practical Chemical Ecology

Interdisciplinary course - diverse methods can be learned:
Analytical chemistry: chromatography techniques (TLC, HPLC), mass spectrometry, (GC-MS, LC-MS, NMR)
Synthetic chemistry
Microbiology: Isolation of microbial symbionts, cultivation of microorganisms
Molecular biology: PCR, cloning, gel electrophoresis, mutagenesis
Enzymology: hereologous expression of enzymes, functional characterisation of enzymes
Chemical Ecology: bioassays, experiments to reveal the function of secondary metabolites