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  1. Proof of Concept for Cell Culture-Based Coffee

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, November 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  2. Raspberry Ketone Accumulation in Nicotiana benthamiana and Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Expression of Fused Pathway Genes

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, September 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  3. Comparative transcriptome analysis of Veratrum maackii and Veratrum nigrum reveals multiple candidate genes involved in steroidal alkaloid biosynthesis

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  4. Production and sensory analysis of grape flavoured beer by co-fermentation of an industrial and a genetically modified laboratory yeast strain

    Article • European Food Research and Technology, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  5. De novo transcriptome assembly of Conium maculatum L. to identify candidate genes for coniine biosynthesis

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  6. Sambucus nigra L. cell cultures produce main species-specific phytochemicals with anti-inflammatory properties and in vitro ACE2 binding inhibition to SARS-CoV2

    Article • Industrial Crops and Products, October 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  7. Tailoring sensory properties of plant cell cultures for food use

    Article • Food Research International, July 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  8. Formation and analysis of structured solid foam patties based on crosslinked plant cell suspension cultures

    Article • LWT, July 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  9. Life cycle assessment of plant cell cultures

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  10. Plant cell cultures of Nordic berry species: Phenolic and carotenoid profiling and biological assessments

    Article • Food Chemistry, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  11. Contrasting Dihydronaphthoquinone Patterns in Closely Related Drosera (Sundew) Species Enable Taxonomic Distinction and Identification

    Article • Plants, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  12. Variation in the fatty acid profiles of two cold water diatoms grown under different temperature, light, and nutrient regimes

    Article • Journal of Applied Phycology, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  13. Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for anthranilate and methyl anthranilate production

    Article • Microbial Cell Factories, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  14. Lab Cultured Meats

    Article • February 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  15. Plant cell cultures as food—aspects of sustainability and safety

    Article • Plant Cell Reports, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  16. Editorial: Proceedings of ISPMF 2018 - Plant Molecular Farming

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, April 2020, Frontiers

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  17. Agrobacterium-Mediated Genetic Transformation of the Medicinal Plant Veratrum dahuricum

    Article • Plants, February 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  18. Cellular agriculture — industrial biotechnology for food and materials

    Article • Current Opinion in Biotechnology, February 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  19. Methyljasmonate Elicitation Increases Terpenoid Indole Alkaloid Accumulation in Rhazya stricta Hairy Root Cultures

    Article • Plants, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  20. Marine Microalgae: Promising Source for New Bioactive Compounds

    Article • Marine Drugs, September 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  21. Plant cells as food – A concept taking shape

    Article • Food Research International, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  22. Biotransformation of Cyclodextrine-Complexed Semisynthetic Betulin Derivatives by Plant Cells

    Article • Planta Medica, March 2018, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  23. Tobacco BY-2 Media Component Optimization for a Cost-Efficient Recombinant Protein Production

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, January 2018, Frontiers

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  24. The killer of Socrates: Coniine and Related Alkaloids in the Plant Kingdom

    Article • Molecules, November 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  25. Variability in the production of tannins and other polyphenols in cell cultures of 12 Nordic plant species

    Article • Planta, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  26. Biotechnology of the medicinal plant Rhazya stricta: a little investigated member of the Apocynaceae family

    Article • Biotechnology Letters, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  27. Metabolite profiling of the carnivorous pitcher plants Darlingtonia and Sarracenia

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2017, PLOS

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  28. Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS)-Based Analysis of Molecular Lipids in Algae Samples

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  29. UPLC-ELSD Analysis of Algal Lipid Classes and Derivatization of Bound and Free Fatty Acids and Sterols for GC-MS Methods

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  30. Analysis of Indole Alkaloids from Rhazya stricta Hairy Roots by Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

    Article • Molecules, December 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  31. Bioconversion to Raspberry Ketone is Achieved by Several Non-related Plant Cell Cultures

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, November 2015, Frontiers

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  32. Polyketide synthases from poison hemlock (Conium maculatumL.)

    Article • FEBS Journal, September 2015, Wiley

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  33. Elicitation of furanocoumarins in poison hemlock (Conium maculatum L.) cell culture

    Article • Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  34. Establishment of transgenic Rhazya stricta hairy roots to modulate terpenoid indole alkaloid production

    Article • Plant Cell Reports, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  35. Determination of terpenoid indole alkaloids in hairy roots ofRhazya stricta(Apocynaceae) by GC-MS

    Article • Phytochemical Analysis, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  36. Optimization of Invasion-Specific Effects of Betulin Derivatives on Prostate Cancer Cells through Lead Development

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2015, PLOS

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  37. Selection and validation of reference genes for transcript normalization in gene expression studies in Catharanthus roseus

    Article • Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  38. Nile Red staining of phytoplankton neutral lipids: species-specific fluorescence kinetics in various solvents

    Article • Journal of Applied Phycology, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  39. Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) cell culture with bioactive substances: Establishment and mass propagation for industrial use

    Article • Engineering in Life Sciences, August 2014, Wiley

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  40. Algae–bacteria association inferred by 16S rDNA similarity in established microalgae cultures

    Article • MicrobiologyOpen, May 2014, Wiley

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  41. Evaluation of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Petit Havana SR1) hairy roots for the production of geraniol, the first committed step in terpenoid indole alkaloid pathway

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  42. Disposable Bioreactors for Cultivation of Plant Cell Cultures

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  43. Mixotrophic continuous flow cultivation of Chlorella protothecoides for lipids

    Article • Bioresource Technology, September 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  44. Lipid content in 19 brackish and marine microalgae: influence of growth phase, salinity and temperature

    Article • Aquatic Ecology, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  45. Metabolic engineering and elicitation of pharmaceutically active metabolites in Rhazya stricta (Apocynaceae)

    Article • Planta Medica, August 2013, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  46. Metabolic Engineering of Plant Secondary Products: Which Way Forward?

    Article • Current Pharmaceutical Design, August 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  47. Plant Cells as Pharmaceutical Factories

    Article • Current Pharmaceutical Design, August 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  48. CathaCyc, a Metabolic Pathway Database Built from Catharanthus roseus RNA-Seq Data

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, April 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  49. Analysis of the Interface between Primary and Secondary Metabolism in Catharanthus roseus Cell Cultures Using 13C-Stable Isotope Feeding and Coupled Mass Spectrometry

    Article • Molecular Plant, March 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  50. The effect of high pH on structural lipids in diatoms

    Article • Journal of Applied Phycology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  51. Medicinal Plants, Engineering of Secondary Metabolites in Cell Cultures

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  52. Wave‐Mixed and Orbitally Shaken Single‐Use Photobioreactors for Diatom Algae Propagation

    Article • Chemie Ingenieur Technik, December 2012, Wiley

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  53. In-depth proteome mining of culturedCatharanthus roseuscells identifies candidate proteins involved in the synthesis and transport of secondary metabolites

    Article • PROTEOMICS, November 2012, Wiley

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  54. Differential patterns of dehydroabietic acid biotransformation by Nicotiana tabacum and Catharanthus roseus cells

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  55. Medicinal Plants medicinal plant , Engineering of Secondary Metabolites cell/cellular cultures secondary metabolites in Cell Cultures cell/cellular cultures

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  56. Jasmonate signaling involves the abscisic acid receptor PYL4 to regulate metabolic reprogramming in Arabidopsis and tobacco

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  57. Culture Establishment, Plant Cell

    Article • December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  58. Evidence for species differentiation within the Ancistrocladus tectorius complex (Ancistrocladaceae) in Southeast Asia: a molecular approach

    Article • Plant Systematics and Evolution, December 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  59. Vacuolar transport of nicotine is mediated by a multidrug and toxic compound extrusion (MATE) transporter in Nicotiana tabacum

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  60. Erratum to “Functional characterisation of genes involved in pyridine alkaloid biosynthesis in tobacco” [Phytochemistry 68 (2007) 2773–2785]

    Article • Phytochemistry, July 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  61. Functional characterisation of genes involved in pyridine alkaloid biosynthesis in tobacco

    Article • Phytochemistry, November 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  62. Implementation of functional genomics for gene discovery in alkaloid producing plants

    Article • Phytochemistry Reviews, February 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  63. Integrating Transcriptional and Metabolic Profiling to Unravel Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis in Plants

    Article • January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  64. Development ofin vitroTechniques for the Important Medicinal PlantVeratrum californicum

    Article • Planta Medica, August 2006, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  65. Gene-to-metabolite networks for terpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus cells

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2006, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  66. Unintended effects in genetically modified crops: revealed by metabolomics?

    Article • Trends in Biotechnology, March 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  67. Biotechnological utilization of plant genetic resources for the production of phytopharmaceuticals

    Article • Plant Genetic Resources, August 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  68. Ancistrocladus Benomensis (Ancistrocladaceae): A New Species from Peninsular Malaysia

    Article • Blumea - Biodiversity Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, July 2005, Naturalis Biodiversity Center

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  69. Asian mainlandNepenthes

    Article • Acta Botanica Gallica, June 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  70. Carnivorous plant chemistry

    Article • Acta Botanica Gallica, June 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  71. ent-Dioncophylleine A and Related Dehydrogenated Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloids, the First Asian Dioncophyllaceae-Type Alkaloids, from the “New” Plant Species Ancistrocladus benomensis

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, April 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  72. Ancistrobenomine A, the First Naphthylisoquinoline Oxygenated at Me-3, and Related 5,1‘-Coupled Alkaloids, from the “New” Plant Species Ancistrocladus benomensis

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, December 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  73. Anatalline and Other Methyl Jasmonate-Inducible Nicotine Alkaloids fromNicotiana tabacumcv. BY-2 Cell Cultures

    Article • Planta Medica, October 2004, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  74. In vitro germination and establishment of tissue cultures of Bulbine caulescens and of two Kniphofia species (Asphodelaceae)

    Article • Plant Cell Reports, August 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  75. Nepenthes insignis uses a C2-portion of the carbon skeleton of l-alanine acquired via its carnivorous organs, to build up the allelochemical plumbagin

    Article • Phytochemistry, March 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  76. In vitro propagation of the alkaloid-producing rare African liana, Triphyophyllum peltatum (Dioncophyllaceae)

    Article • Plant Cell Reports, September 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  77. A Photometric Screening Method for Dimeric Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloids and Complete On-Line Structural Elucidation of a Dimer in Crude Plant Extracts, by the LC−MS/LC−NMR/LC−CD Triad

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, April 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  78. ChemInform Abstract: Biosynthesis of Antidesmone in Cell Cultures of Antidesma membranaceum (Euphorbiaceae): An Unprecedented Class of Glycine‐Derived Alkaloids.

    Article • ChemInform, February 2001, Wiley

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  79. ChemInform Abstract: Revised Structure of Antidesmone, an Unusual Alkaloid from Tropical Antidesma Plants (Euphorbiaceae).

    Article • ChemInform, October 2000, Wiley

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  80. Biosynthesis of Antidesmone in Cell Cultures of Antidesma membranaceum (Euphorbiaceae):  An Unprecedented Class of Glycine-Derived Alkaloids

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, October 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  81. Revised Structure of Antidesmone, an Unusual Alkaloid from Tropical Antidesma Plants (Euphorbiaceae)

    Article • Tetrahedron, June 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  82. ChemInform Abstract: Acetogenic Isoquinoline Alkaloids. Part 131. Droserone from Cell Cultures of Triphyophyllum Peltatum (Dioncophyllaceae) and Its Biosynthetic Origin.

    Article • ChemInform, May 2000, Wiley

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  83. Ein neuer Biosyntheseweg zu Alkaloiden in Pflanzen: acetogenine Isochinoline

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, April 2000, Wiley

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  84. A New Biosynthetic Pathway to Alkaloids in Plants: Acetogenic Isoquinolines

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, April 2000, Wiley

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  85. Droserone from cell cultures of Triphyophyllum peltatum (Dioncophyllaceae) and its biosynthetic origin

    Article • Phytochemistry, February 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  86. The polyketide folding mode in the biogenesis of isoshinanolone and plumbagin from Ancistrocladus heyneanus (Ancistrocladaceae)

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, November 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  87. Metabolic Engineering of the Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Plants: Functional Genomics Approaches

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer

  88. Metabolomics of Plant Secondary Compounds: Profiling of Catharanthus Cell Cultures

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heiko Rischer