Decoding of key infection strategy of fungal pathogens
Fungi utilize ancient antimicrobial proteins to attack hosts and their microbiomes [04/05/2026]
Category Research
Participation at CROP IB conference in Wageningen
CEPLAS and TRANSPLANT Highlight Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at CROP IB 2026. [01/05/2026]
Category Transfer
Girls' Day 2026
At this year’s Girls’ Day at Heinrich Heine University, schoolgirls were able to experience the work of plant researchers first-hand. [28/04/2026]
Category Equity and Diversity
An alliance for life
Animals and plants work together with their microbes in surprising ways (The article is only available in German) [28/04/2026]
Category Science communication
New Insights in Mechanisms of Plant Symbiosis
A recently published study shows how beneficial fungi can enter cereal roots without triggering an excessive immune response. [27/04/2026]
Category Research
Transforming knowledge, shaping education
The 6th TRANSPLANT DAY took place on Apr 15 at the University of Cologne under the motto: “Sowing knowledge: transforming excellent research into… [24/04/2026]
Category Transfer
Research on interaction networks in microbiomes
Crop scientist receives funding from the ‘Klaus Tschira Boost Fund’ [17/04/2026]
Category Research
Advancing Genome Editing in Rice together
Current guest researcher Dr Satendra Mangrauthia developed a genetically modified rice variety in cooperation with CEPLAS member Prof. Dr Wolf B.… [30/03/2026]
Category Transfer Category Research
Advancing Plant Biotechnology for Stress Resilience and Nutritional Food Security
CEPLAS Researchers participated in a joint collaboration and international conference [13/03/2026]
Category Research
Congratulations to Nhu Tran
CEPLAS Graduate School member Nhu Tran successfully defended her PhD thesis! [13/03/2026]
Category Training & Careers
From basic research to the field and back
5th Transplant Day Summary [11/03/2026]
Category Transfer
Beet Battle 2026
The school competition Beet Battle started. In this challenge, pupils grow plants and discover how much produce can be grown in one square metre of… [11/03/2026]
Category Science communication
Congratulations to Anastasija Plett
CEPLAS Graduate School member Anastasija Plett successfully defended her PhD thesis! [27/02/2026]
Category Training & Careers
Congratulations to Pengxin Yu
CEPLAS Graduate School member Pengxin Yu successfully defended his PhD thesis! [27/02/2026]
Category Training & Careers
Wolf Frommer receives funding from prestigious DFG Reinhart Koselleck programme
1.25 million euros for research into bacterial infection mechanisms in rice. [19/02/2026]
Category Research
We are hiring!
We are looking for 12 Postdoctoral Research Associates and 7 Doctoral researchers at CEPLAS. [18/02/2026]
Category Open positions
Congratulations to Laura Redzich
CEPLAS Graduate School member Laura Redzich successfully defended her PhD thesis! [13/02/2026]
Category Training & Careers
CEPLAS-TransPLANT participation at the SynBioReactor Summit 2026
CEPLAS contributed a plant science perspective on research translation and innovation at the SynBioReactor Summit 2026. [06/02/2026]
Category Transfer
Congratulations to Mary Ngigi!
CEPLAS Graduate School member Mary Ngigi successfully defended her PhD thesis! [27/01/2026]
Category Training & Careers
Mapping barley development
New insights into the genetic control of barley development open up opportunities for targeted trait improvement. [19/01/2026]
Category Research
Congratulations to Ruben Eichfeld!
CEPLAS Graduate School member Ruben Eichfeld sucessfully defended his PhD thesis! [09/12/2025]
Category Training & Careers
Congratulations to Raphaël Mercier
MPIPZ director Raphaël Mercier receives prestigious VinFuture Special Prize for Innovators with Outstanding Achievements in Emerging Fields. [09/12/2025]
Category Research
CEPLAS welcomes EU provisional agreement on the regulation of new genomic techniques
An important step to support the development of resilient and sustainable crops. [05/12/2025]
Category Research
New AI tool speeds up gene annotation across many species
The AI-based tool makes gene annotation significantly faster and more accurate, and has now been published in Nature Methods. [27/11/2025]
Category Research