CEPLAS cooperation with IPK
In an interview (text and video) Prof. Andreas Graner (IPK) and Prof. Andreas Weber (CEPLAS) speak about the cooperation. [11/05/2022]
New CEPLAS Postdoc positions
The call for our next cohort of CEPLAS postdocs is open. Application deadline is June 06, 2022. [09/05/2022]
Peer Power!
After starting online, the first on-site meeting of the new peer mentoring program for group leaders took place at the Cologne Biocenter last week. [09/05/2022]
CEPLAS meets industry!
CEPLAS PhD student visit Syngenta [08/05/2022]
CEPLAS Faces with Gunther Döhlemann
CEPLAS member Gunther Döhlemann tells us about his main motivation as a scientist and why he had loved to see Freddy Mercury live. [04/05/2022]
Girl’s Day in CEPLAS lab
At this year's Girl's Day, Guido Grossmann gave female students an insight into scientific work. [29/04/2022]
ERC Advanced Grant for Martin Lercher
CEPLAS member Martin Lercher (HHU) has been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant for his work on computer simulations. [28/04/2022]
New Planter's Punch about friends and foes
CEPLAS PhD student Pia Saake (UoC) reports in her Planter's Punch how plants distinguish between beneficial and detrimental microorgansims. [27/04/2022]
Pint of Science 2022 in Düsseldorf and Cologne
Five CEPLAS researchers participate in the international science communication festival "Pint of Science" on May 10th and 11th. [11/04/2022]
New research facilities for CEPLAS at HHU
Yesterday, the groundbreaking ceremony was held for the new PEAC research building, whose grant application was coordinated by Rüdiger Simon. [08/04/2022]
Sugar thieves in paddy fields
For the new Planter's Punch Laura Redzich (HHU) created a vivid comic about the sugar transport in rice plants and how bacteria can manipulate it. [29/03/2022]
CEPLAS Faces on Air with Mary Ngigi
CEPLAS PhD Mary Ngigi (HHU) tells us in a video why she decided to become a scientist and why the Soapbox Science event is so important for her. [26/03/2022]
New CEPLAS representatives
Ilyse Putz and Tatiana Stead have been elected as PhD representatives, Jan Buchmann and Anthony Piro as postdoc representatives for the next year. [18/03/2022]
Poster prize for Pia Saake
Congratulations to CEPLAS PhD student Pia Saake (UoC) who won a poster prize at this year's digital VAAM conference. [10/03/2022]
Potato genome deciphered for the first time
A group of researchers coordinated by CEPLAS member Korbinian Schneeberger (LMU/MPIPZ) have for the first time deciphered the highly complex genome of… [07/03/2022]
New publication on microbiota establishment
CEPLAS members Rubén Garrido-Oter and Paloma Duran (MPIPZ) show that terrestrial algae have a microbiota analogous to that of land plants. [24/02/2022]
CEPLAS Faces with Michael Bonkowski
Michael Bonkowski from the Institut of Zoology (UoC) reveals in his interview how his interest in science had already developed in his youth. [23/02/2022]
How to mimic the mycorrhizal symbiosis
The doctoral researcher Svenja Hermanns (UoC) describes in a new issue of the Planter's Punch the nutrient exchange between plants and fungi. [17/02/2022]
Apply for Soapbox Science 2022
The local event Soapbox Science Rhineland will take place on August 6th in Bonn. Applications are open until February 28th. [15/02/2022]
International CEPLAS/IPK Summer School 2022
Registration open for our Summer School on Translational Plant Biodiversity Research [14/02/2022]
Open position
Humboldt Research Fellowship for international postdocs is available at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. [09/02/2022]
Apply now!
The call for our CEPLAS research internships for undergrad students is now open! [09/02/2022]
Open position
Position as a student/ scientific assistant (f/m/d) at the Institute for Genetics at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf available. [07/02/2022]
CropBooster-P published video
The video explains how global agricultural productivity can be doubled by 2050 and targets non-experts. [25/01/2022]