Janevska S^*#, Weiser S^*, Huang Y, Lin J, Hoefgen S, Jojić K, Barber AE, Schäfer T, Fricke J, Hoffmeister D, Regestein L, Valiante V, Kufs JE^# (2024) Optimized psilocybin production in tryptophan catabolism-repressed fungi. Microb Biotechnol 17(11), e70039.

Seibel E, Um S, Bodawatta KH, Komor AJ, Decker T, Fricke J, Murphy R, Maiah G, Iova B, Maus H, Schirmeister T, Jønsson KA, Poulsen M, Beemelmanns C (2024) Bacteria from the Amycolatopsis genus associated with a toxic bird secrete protective secondary metabolites. Nat Commun 15(1), 8524.

Seibold PS, Dörner S, Fricke J, Schäfer T, Beemelmanns C, Hoffmeister D (2024) Genetic regulation of L-tryptophan metabolism in Psilocybe mexicana supports psilocybin biosynthesis. Fungal Biol Biotechnol 11(1), 4.

Fricke J, Schalk F, Kreuzenbeck NB, Seibel E, Hoffmann J, Dittmann G, Conlon BH, Guo H, Wilhelm de Beer Z, Vassão DG, Gleixner G, Poulsen M, Beemelmanns C (2023) Adaptations of Pseudoxylaria towards a comb-associated lifestyle in fungus-farming termite colonies. ISME J 17(5), 733-747.

Kreuzenbeck NB, Dhiman S, Roman D, Burkhardt I, Conlon BH, Fricke J, Guo H, Blume J, Görls H, Poulsen M, Dickschat JS, Köllner TG, Arndt HD, Beemelmanns C (2023) Isolation, (bio)synthetic studies and evaluation of antimicrobial properties of drimenol-type sesquiterpenes of Termitomyces fungi. Commun Chem 6(1), 79.

Dörner S, Rogge K, Fricke J, Schäfer T, Wurlitzer JM, Gressler M, Pham DNK, Manke DR, Chadeayne AR, Hoffmeister D (2022) Genetic survey of Psilocybe natural products. ChemBioChem 23(14), e202200249.

Kreuzenbeck NB, Seibel E, Schwitalla JW, Fricke J, Conlon BH, Schmidt S, Hammerbacher A, Köllner TG, Poulsen M, Hoffmeister D, Beemelmanns C (2022) Comparative genomic and metabolomic analysis of Termitomyces species provides insights into the terpenome of the fungal cultivar and the characteristic odor of the fungus garden of Macrotermes natalensis termites. mSystems 7(1), e0121421.

Conlon BH, Gostinčar C, Fricke J, Kreuzenbeck NB, Daniel JM, Schlosser MSL, Peereboom N, Aanen DK, de Beer ZW, Beemelmanns C, Gunde-Cimerman N, Poulsen M (2021) Genome reduction and relaxed selection is associated with the transition to symbiosis in the basidiomycete genus Podaxis. iScience 24(6), 102680.

Fricke J, Sherwood AM, Halberstadt AL, Kargbo RB, Hoffmeister D (2021) Chemoenzymatic synthesis of 5-methylpsilocybin: A tryptamine with potential psychedelic activity. J Nat Prod 84(4), 1403-1408.

Schalk F, Fricke J, Um S, Conlon BH, Maus H, Jäger N, Heinzel T, Schirmeister T, Poulsen M, Beemelmanns C (2021) GNPS-guided discovery of xylacremolide C and D, evaluation of their putative biosynthetic origin and bioactivity studies of xylacremolide A and B. RSC Adv 11(31), 18748-18756.