CEPLAS-News

TRANSPLANT Day: Bridging Academia and Industry in Plant Sciences  

More than 60 participants followed two inspiring presentations and an interactive panel discussion at the first TRANSPLANT Day. [18/03/2025]

School students in CEPLAS lab won first prize 

Two students won first prize in the Biology section of the Bonn-Köln Jugend Forscht Regionalwettbewerb for their project in Alga Zuccaro's lab. [27/02/2025]

Women in Entrepreneurship program 

Büşra Elkatmış has been selected as one of 100 early-career women researchers for the 2025 DWIH San Franscisco Women in Entrepreneurship program [25/02/2025]

Learning nature’s coding language 

In a new issue of the Planter's Punch, CEPLAS doctoral researcher Amelie Kok (MPIPZ) provides insights into the book of life, the DNA. [25/02/2025]

Marc Somssich received SciComm Award 

The CEPLAS member (MPIPZ) received the prize at the Conference Molecular Biology of Plants 2025 for his outstanding social media contributions. [24/02/2025]

Interview with Franziska Turck 

In a new issue of CEPLAS Faces, group leader Franziska Turck (MPIPZ) reveals which female plant scientist fascinates her. [19/02/2025]

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 

Three CEPLAS female scientists share their perspectives on the significance of this day and why advancing women in science remains essential. [11/02/2025]

HHU awarded a guest professorship to Marcel van Verk  

Marcel van Verk, Vice President for Crop Data Science at KeyGene, is now guest professor at HHU. [10/02/2025]

Crop Innovation & Business Conference in Cologne 

CEPLAS is hosting partner of this year's international conference that will take place from March 30 to April1. [04/02/2025]

Interview about digital plant models 

In a new issue of the Planter's Punch CEPLAS members Chilperic Armel Foko Kuate and Jérémie Muller-Prokob talk about their project. [04/02/2025]

Joint dual career fellowship for a research couple at HHU 

Research projects join forces: Collaborative Research Centers in Biology and CEPLAS supported joint research stay of research couple. [16/01/2025]

New position 

New positions as postdoctoral researchers (f/m/d) at the Institute of Synthetic Biology at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf available. [14/01/2025]

Apply now! 

The call for our CEPLAS research internships 2025 is now open! [08/01/2025]

CEPLAS Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024 

CEPLAS issues an overview of its Equity, Diversity and Inclusion measures and updated internal statistics. [19/12/2024]

Understanding plants through Artificial Intelligence  

In a new issue of the Planter's Punch, CEPLAS postdoc Simon Zumkeller (FZJ) explains how AI can help to predict gene expression levels in plants. [18/12/2024]

Congratulations to Ellen and Sebastian! 

CEPLAS Graduate School members Ellen Oldenburg and Sebastian Triesch sucessfully defended their PhD thesis! [17/12/2024]

Interview with Antje Heese 

In a new issue of CEPLAS Faces guest professor Antje Heese (HHU) reveals why she is engaged in Equal opportunity and Diversity. [16/12/2024]

New position 

New position as a Postdoc – Plant light signal transduction (f/m/d) at the Institute of Plant Sciences at University of Cologne available. [10/12/2024]

Novel light-based technologies to control cellular behavior 

In two pioneering studies, a research team led by Matias Zurbriggen marked a significant advancement in tissue engineering and synthetic biology. [05/12/2024]

Healthy Crops team developed resistant rice varieties 

Led by CEPLAS member Wolf Frommer (HHU), the researchers aim to protect East African rice harvests against the aggressive Xoo strains. [03/12/2024]

How fungal enzymes hijack the immune system of plants 

A research group led by Alga Zuccaro (UoC) published a paper about the fungi colonization of plant roots in the Journal Cell Host & Microbe. [28/11/2024]

New positions 

New positions as a Bioinformatician and a Research Technician (f/m/d) at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research Cologne available. [28/11/2024]

New ways to enhance plant defense 

In a new issue of the Planter's Punch Yanrong You (HHU) explains the connection between the pipecolate metabolic pathway and the microbiome. [27/11/2024]

Interview with Michael Feldbrügge 

In a new issue of CEPLAS Faces, Michael Feldbrügge (HHU) reveals which observation was an important eye-opener in his professional career. [21/11/2024]