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Opening of CEPLAS photo exhibition

Opening of CEPLAS photo exhibition 

An exhibition on 10 years of CEPLAS research presents 27 photos and provides insights into plant research. [22/11/2023]

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Eight CEPLAS members honored as "Highly cited researchers" 

Congratulations to Jijie Chai, Wolf Frommer, Ruben Garrido-Oter, Stéphane Hacquard, Jane Parker, Paul Schulze-Lefert, Bart Thomma and Björn Usadel. [18/11/2023]

New Planter's Punch 

CEPLAS postdoc St. Elmo Wilken (HHU) explains how to understand the fundamental bases of interspecies metabolic interactions by mathematical models. [16/11/2023]

Early Career Researcher Retreat group photo

Early Career Researcher Retreat 

59 CEPLAS and IPK postdocs and doctoral researchers participated at the ECR Retreat last week in Schleiden-Gemünd. [07/11/2023]

Ute Armbruster

Publication about Photorespiration 

A team of researchers led by CEPLAS member Ute Armbruster (HHU) has investigated whether photorespiration protects against fluctuating light. [06/11/2023]

Parliamentary breakfast at state parliament in Düsseldorf

Parliamentary breakfast at state parliament in Düsseldorf 

CEPLAS members Petra Bauer, Maria von Korff Schmising and Rüdiger Simon met around 20 MP's at the state parliament in Düsseldorf. [27/10/2023]

Ernesto Llamas

New publication about the molecular mechanisms of protein aggregation 

CEPLAS member Ernesto Llamas (UoC) reports together with David Vilchez (CECAD) about a potential therapy for Huntington's disease. [27/10/2023]

Anna Matuzyńska and Tobias Pfennig were invited to the University of Embu, Kenia, to support a workshop on computational modelling

Two CEPLAS members support workshop in Kenia 

Anna Matuzyńska and Tobias Pfennig were invited to the University of Embu, Kenia, to support a workshop on computational modelling. [25/10/2023]

CEPLAS members receive funding from NRW

CEPLAS members receive funding from NRW 

CEPLAS scientists (UoC and MPIPZ) were successful with their proposal ‘Immunometabolism in Health and Disease (iHead)’. [24/10/2023]

Comic about resistance of barley plants 

In the new Planter's Punch doctoral researcher Kumsal Ecem Çolpan Karışan (HHU) reveals how to save our beer from global warming. [20/10/2023]

WDR campaign "Türen auf mit der Maus"

Children learn about treasure chambers of diversity 

CEPLAS opened the doors at HHU for about 50 children who gained insights into everyday laboratory life. [03/10/2023]

New publication on fungi infections 

Together with a team of researchers, CEPLAS member Michael Feldbrügge identified the molecular mechanisms of fungi infection. [28/09/2023]

Start-up Pitch Ernesto Llamas, BioRiver Boost

Congratulations!! 

CEPLAS Postdoc Ernesto Llamas won second place in the BioRiverBoost! 2023 start-up competition for life science founders! [26/09/2023]

New Planter's Punch 

CEPLAS doctoral researcher Svenja Augustin (HHU) reveals how her favorite plant Arabidopsis thaliana maintains its ability to grow. [22/09/2023]

Markus Stetter

Publication on amaranth domestication 

Markus Stetter (UoC) published a paper about how genetic incompatibilities and evolutionary rescue by wild relatives shaped amaranth domestication. [19/09/2023]

Discussion event on plants as CO2 storage

Discussion event on plants as CO2 storage 

CEPLAS scientists discussed the role of plants in the fight against climate change with a guest from Münster and the audience. [15/09/2023]

Andreas Graner awards Tom Winkler with the Rudolf Mansfeld Prize 2023.

CEPLAS doctoral researcher received Rudolf Mansfeld Prize 2023 

Tom Winkler (UoC) has been awarded the prize for his master thesis about gene expression during amaranth domestication. [13/09/2023]

Students of Franz Haniel Gymnasium

School in Duisburg wins Carbon Challenge 

A school team from Franz Haniel Gymnasium achieved the highest amount of biomass on a 1-square-meter parcel. [05/09/2023]

CEPLAS speaker at Chancentalk at the BMBF 

Maria von Korff Schmising and IPK researcher Robert Hoffie talked about their research and new genomic techniques at the Federal Ministry of Education… [31/08/2023]

Planter's Punch about the language of fungi 

The new Planter's Punch from postdoctoral researcher Concetta De Quattro (UoC) is about the regulation of fungal effector genes. [29/08/2023]

FastFungiFinder wins HHU idea competition 

Three students of the study program QuantBio won the first prize in the category "students" and spoke about their innovative idea in an interview. [25/08/2023]

Ute Armbruster

New publication about PSII assembly 

Together with a research team CEPLAS member Ute Armbruster (HHU) discovered the first eukaryote-specific factor of PSII assembly. [24/08/2023]

Jijie Chai

CEPLAS member receives prestigious Future Science Prize 

Jijie Chai (MPIPZ) has been awarded the Future Science Prize together with Jian-Min Zhou for their work an plant resistosomes. [18/08/2023]

Open position 

Position of a W3 professorship for Crop Biology at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf available. [17/08/2023]