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Jeroen S. Dickschat

Jeroen S. Dickschat

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Chemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
14751
World Ranking
8037
National Ranking
572

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
15153
World Ranking
9151
National Ranking
662

Overview

Jeroen S. Dickschat is a researcher affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany with a primary focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly output spans several main fields including medicine and organic chemistry, contributing to an interdisciplinary approach within molecular biology and pharmacology.

Their research engages multiple subfields, notably molecular biology, pharmacology, organic chemistry, biotechnology, and cancer research. A significant portion of their work centers on plant biochemistry and biosynthesis as well as microbial natural products and their biosynthesis. Other notable areas include natural product bioactivities and synthesis, sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae studies, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, and marine sponges and natural products.

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Dickschat include Bernd Goldfuß, Houchao Xu, Heng Li, Anwei Hou, and Gregor Schnakenburg. This network supports a substantial collaborative research environment.

The scientist has a prolific publication record in several respected scientific journals. Recurrent venues for their work include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

Some of their recent papers demonstrate a focus on the biochemistry and biosynthesis of terpenes, reflecting the themes in their research topics. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Discovery of non-squalene triterpenes" (2022), published in Nature
  • "Biosynthesis, evolution and ecology of microbial terpenoids" (2021), published in Natural Product Reports
  • "Germacrene A-A Central Intermediate in Sesquiterpene Biosynthesis" (2020), published in Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Nature-driven approaches to non-natural terpene analogues" (2020), published in Natural Product Reports
  • "Diving into the world of marine 2,11-cyclized cembranoids: a summary of new compounds and their biological activities" (2020), published in Natural Product Reports

Best Publications

  • antiSMASH 4.0-improvements in chemistry prediction and gene cluster boundary identification.

    Kai Blin;Thomas Wolf;Marc G. Chevrette;Xiaowen Lu

  • Bacterial volatiles: the smell of small organisms

    Stefan Schulz;Jeroen S. Dickschat

  • The Ecological Role of Volatile and Soluble Secondary Metabolites Produced by Soil Bacteria

    Olaf Tyc;Chunxu Song;Jeroen S. Dickschat;Michiel Vos

  • Quorum sensing and bacterial biofilms

    Jeroen S. Dickschat

  • Bacterial terpene cyclases.

    Jeroen S. Dickschat

  • From lignin to nylon: Cascaded chemical and biochemical conversion using metabolically engineered Pseudomonas putida.

    Michael Kohlstedt;Sören Starck;Nadja Barton;Jessica Stolzenberger

  • Induced‐Fit Mechanism in Class I Terpene Cyclases

    Philipp Baer;Patrick Rabe;Patrick Rabe;Katrin Fischer;Christian A. Citron;Christian A. Citron

  • Discovery of non-squalene triterpenes

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  • A novel type of geosmin biosynthesis in myxobacteria.

    Jeroen S Dickschat;Helge B Bode;Taifo Mahmud;Rolf Müller

  • Comparative "Omics" of the Fusarium fujikuroi Species Complex Highlights Differences in Genetic Potential and Metabolite Synthesis

    Eva-Maria Niehaus;Martin Münsterkötter;Robert H. Proctor;Daren W. Brown

  • Volatiles released by a Streptomyces species isolated from the North Sea.

    Jeroen S. Dickschat;Torben Martens;Thorsten Brinkhoff;Meinhard Simon

  • Biosynthesis of volatiles by the myxobacterium Myxococcus xanthus.

    Jeroen S. Dickschat;Silke C. Wenzel;Helge B. Bode;Rolf Müller

  • Biosynthesis of the Off‐Flavor 2‐Methylisoborneol by the Myxobacterium Nannocystis exedens

    Jeroen S. Dickschat;Jeroen S. Dickschat;Thorben Nawrath;Verena Thiel;Brigitte Kunze

  • Mechanistic Investigations of Two Bacterial Diterpene Cyclases: Spiroviolene Synthase and Tsukubadiene Synthase

    Patrick Rabe;Jan Rinkel;Etilia Dolja;Thomas Schmitz

  • Terpenoids are Widespread in Actinomycetes: A Correlation of Secondary Metabolism and Genome Data

    Christian A. Citron;Julia Gleitzmann;Gianfranco Laurenzano;Rüdiger Pukall

  • Biosynthesis, evolution and ecology of microbial terpenoids

    Mariana Avalos;Paolina Garbeva;Lisa Vader;Gilles P van Wezel

  • Genome mining of Streptomyces ambofaciens.

    Bertrand Aigle;Bertrand Aigle;Sylvie Lautru;Sylvie Lautru;Dieter Spiteller;Jeroen S. Dickschat

  • Pyrazine Biosynthesis in Corynebacterium glutamicum

    Jeroen S. Dickschat;Susanne Wickel;Christoph J. Bolten;Thorben Nawrath

  • Bacterial Diterpene Biosynthesis.

    Jeroen S. Dickschat

  • Isoprenoids in three-dimensional space: the stereochemistry of terpene biosynthesis.

    Jeroen S. Dickschat

  • Two Bacterial Diterpene Synthases from Allokutzneria albata Produce Bonnadiene, Phomopsene, and Allokutznerene

    Lukas Lauterbach;Jan Rinkel;Jeroen S. Dickschat

  • Novel Pyrazines from the Myxobacterium Chondromyces crocatus and Marine Bacteria

    Jeroen S. Dickschat;Hans Reichenbach;Irene Wagner-Döbler;Stefan Schulz

  • Identification and biosynthesis of tropone derivatives and sulfur volatiles produced by bacteria of the marine Roseobacter clade.

    Verena Thiel;Thorsten Brinkhoff;Jeroen S. Dickschat;Susanne Wickel

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Schulz
Stefan Schulz Technische Universität Braunschweig
Tobias G. Köllner
Tobias G. Köllner Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Rolf Müller
Rolf Müller Saarland University
Helge B. Bode
Helge B. Bode Goethe University Frankfurt
Bettina Tudzynski
Bettina Tudzynski University of Münster
Jonathan Gershenzon
Jonathan Gershenzon Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Michael Groll
Michael Groll Technical University of Munich
Erhard Bremer
Erhard Bremer Philipp University of Marburg
Thorsten Brinkhoff
Thorsten Brinkhoff Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Meinhard Simon
Meinhard Simon Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

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