Spectroscopy (greek „Ghost seeing“) is the interaction of light and matter. The literal translation is quite appropiate, because with the use of these techniques, not the real molecules/atoms can be seen, but only their images and „shadows“ they produce. The result is a chart, where energy, time, frequency,…. are related, this we call a spectrum. weiterlesen...
Plant Surfaces and Interfaces: Lignin, Suberin and Cutin As plants evolved from aquatic to terrestrial environment complex phenolic compounds (lignin) and natural polyesters (cutin, suberin) have played a major role by building hydrophobic surfaces and interfaces. The deposition of lignin as an additional interface between the cellulose microfibrils and hemicelluloses has been essential weiterlesen...
European Research Consolidator Grant Scattering and tapping on soft-hard-open nuts SCATAPNUT One of the most important evolutionary success stories in plants is the development of seeds encased in maternal tissue, referred to as the seed coat (or testa) 1. The enclosure of the developing embryo affords its protection in many different environments, including harsh conditions weiterlesen...
Already the third time pupils in the age between 11-14 years visited us at BOKU on 24th of February to learn more about „Tricks of plants for technical applications“. Beside gaining knowledge on micro-and nanostructures of plants they had fun in e.g. experiencing the self- cleaning capabilities of leaves or how strong wood is.
The whole team presented results at the 21. Meeting of the Austrian Society of Plant Biology ATSPB. 26.05. – 28.05.2016 in Berchtesgaden (Haus der Berge) and we are very happy that Martin Felhofer won the poster award.
Batirtze Prats Mateu will attend the conference on „Chemometrics in analytical chemistry“ in Barcelona (6-10th of June) and present her results on using multivariate data analysis (non negative matrix factorization and vertex component analysis for analysis of plant cell wall Raman images.
The potential of Raman imaging combined with multivariate analysis as well as Atomic force microscopy to investigate in-situ plant cell walls will be presented at the X!V CELL WALL MEETING in Chania (Crete) in Chania (Greece) from 12th to 17th of Jun28e
New paper on „Waterproofing in Arabidopsis: Following Phenolics and Lipids In situ by Confocal Raman Microscopy“ in a special issue on Non polysacharide plant polymeric materials in „Frontiers in Chemistry“. Results will be presented at Plant Biology Europe EPSO/FESPB 2016 Congress 26.-30.06.2016 in Prag
Invited lecture at the meeting „Exploring lignocellulosic biomass“ Reims, France, June 23-24 2016 FARE (Fractionation of AgroResources and Environment) is a joint lab between the French National Research Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the Reims Champagne-Ardenne University (URCA). FARE celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2016 with a scientific seminar, presenting the state-of-the-art in the weiterlesen…
A hiking tour with our guests Jessica Huss (MPI of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam) and Monika Chylinska (Institut of Agrophysics, Lublin) in the Wienerwald .
48 Schüler/innen auf der BOKU zu Gast, um mehr zu erfahren über „Kann die Technik von Tricks aus dem Pflanzenreich lernen?“17.
SCATAPNUT (Scattering and tapping on soft hard open nuts) With the five year project (1,99 Mio€) we will enlarge our instrumental set up and group and focus on the micro- and nano-level of nut shells. The objectives of SCATAPNUT are threefold: 1) develop in-situ methods for in-depth characterization at the micro- and nano level 2) weiterlesen…
We are happy that Monika Chylinska (Department of Microstructure and Mechanics of Biomaterials, Institute of Agrophysics PAS, Lublin, Poland) got an OEAD stipendium to join our group for a 3 month stay to do Raman imaging on tomato plant cell walls