How minimal genetic differences can turn healthy food into a deadly danger

You are what you eat - this old saying could take on a new dimension according to latest research results

25-Aug-2023 - Researchers at the Faculty of Biology at TUD Dresden University of Technology have investigated the interaction between genes and nutrition using the fruit fly as an example. Their results are surprising and show that, minimal genetic differences in the mitochondria can cause healthy food to be ...

Prof. Thomas Henle from Dresden University of Technology elected to the "Hall of Fame" of food chemistry

25-Aug-2023 - On the occasion of the 51st German Food Chemistry Days in Bonn, Prof Dr Thomas Henle, Chair of Food Chemistry at the Dresden University of Technology, was awarded the Joseph König Memorial Medal on 22 August. This prize, endowed with 7500 euros, has been awarded by the Board of the German ...

Green adhesives made from whey

New process for obtaining valuable ethyl acetate

02-Sep-2022 - In collaboration with TU Dresden, Fraunhofer researchers have developed a process for obtaining valuable, high-purity ethyl acetate from whey. This can be used, for example, to produce environmentally friendly adhesives, thereby replacing conventional ethyl acetate extracted from fossil-based raw ...

The “2020 World Food Prize“ awarded to TUD honorary doctor Prof. Rattan Lal

The World Food Prize is regarded as the “Nobel Prize” in the field of food and agriculture

28-Oct-2020 - The “2020 World Food Prize” was awarded to the internationally renowned soil scientist Prof. Rattan Lal. The laureate is “Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science“ and Director of the “Carbon Management and Sequestration Center“ at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. In ...

Alcohol consumption and risks increasing globally

10-May-2019 - While alcohol consumption in Europe is declining, the global average is rising - especially middle-income countries such as China and India have increased over the past three decades. The results of an international study led by psychologists from TU Dresden suggest that WHO is unlikely to meet ...

Heat causes hormone stress in tomato plants

Biologists at TU Dresden are investigating temperature-resistant tomato plants in order to reduce yield losses

03-Aug-2018 - The prolonged heat wave this year is causing considerable yield losses in agriculture and horticulture in large parts of Germany. This is not only due to a lack of irrigation, but also to the influence of heat on the metabolism of plants.Tomatoes are important yield crops in vegetable cultivation ...