Our main research interests concern the ‘Pigments of Life’, among them chlorophyll and vitamin B12: their discovery, their chemical and biological synthesis, their biologically important structure and chemical reactivity, as well as their biological functions, based on which, applications in the life sciences and in medicine are investigated.
The Kräutler group is a founding member of the ‘Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck’ (CMBI).
Key Lectures
Exploring the Chemistry of Vitamin B12 Biology Eschenmoser Lecture 2023 Laboratory of Organic Chemistry ETH Zürich, Switzerland, Mai 8th, 2023 Eschenmoser Lecture 2023
The Magic of Cobalt and Corrin Keynote lecture Tetrapyrrole Discussion Group Meeting, University of Kent, Canterbury, April 26th, 2023
The Switchings of B12 Gordon Research Conference on Vitamin B12 and Corphins Queen's College, Oxford, UK, September 18th 2005
Taming the Tiger - A Tale of the Pigments of Life Plenary Lecture International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, New Orleans, USA, Juli 15th 2004
B12 - an Organometallic Chameleon Gordon Research Conference on Cobalamins, Colby College, Waterville, USA, Juli 10th 2003
The Pigments of Life 7th Schrödinger Lecture Trinity College, Dublin; Ireland; Oktober 27th 2001
Chlorophyll Breakdown - A Global Biological Phenomenon as a Molecular Paleobotanical Looking-Glass Organisch/Biologisch-Chemisches Kolloquium TU Berlin Dec, 7th, 2023
Novel chemistry of chlorophyll breakdown in vacular plants Plenary lecture Intl. Conf. Tetrapyrroles, Photosynthesis and Photosynthetic Organisms (ICTPPO), Shizuoka, Japan, Sept 20th, 2023
Phyllochromobilins – ubiquitous natural photoswitches in higher plants Gordon Research Conference on Photosensory Receptors & Signal Transduction, Lucca, Italy, March 5th , 2018
News on Phyllobilins - The Bilin-Type Chlorophyll Catabolites Gordon Research Conference - Chemistry and Biology of Tetrapyrroles, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, July 21st, 2014
The Yin-Yang of Chlorophyll Plenary Lecture International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Jeju-Island, Korea, July 4th, 2012
News on an Old Puzzle - Chlorophyll Breakdown in Leaves and Fruit Eli Lilly Lecture Recent Advances in Synthesis and Chemical Biology IX, Dublin, December 10th 2010
Blue Blushes of Bananas - Revelations of Overlooked Natural Tetrapyrroles GE Healthcare / Royal Soc. of Chem. Lecture, Cardiff University, UK, September 28th 2009
Vom Verschwinden des Chlorophylls Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Lepoldina, Halle/Saale, Germany, April 28th 2009 pdf
Zur Herbstverfärbung - Wie die Natur das Grün aus den Blättern holt Loschmidt-Lecture 11. Österreichische Chemietage, Leoben, September 19th 2005
Organisch/Biologisch-Chemisches Kolloquium