CEPLAS-News

Wolf Frommer elected to the National Academy of Sciences
The CEPLAS member is one of 120 members that have been elected in recognition of their distinguished achievements in original research. [02/05/2024]

New position
New position as a postdoc (f/m/d) at the Institute for Plant Sciences (UoC) available. [02/05/2024]

New CEPLAS ECR representatives
Craig Dent and Anupama have been elected as new postdoc representatives, Ella Ludwig and Laura Merx as new PhD representatives. [29/04/2024]

CEPLAS encouraged girls in Science on Girls' Day
Kerstin Schipper from Florian Altegoer's lab (HHU) gave 10 girls insights into scientific work and the everyday life of a scientist. [29/04/2024]

New position
New position as a student assistant (f/m/d) at the Institute for Plant Genetics at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf available. [24/04/2024]

New publication about plant and animal immunity
Together with a research team CEPLAS members Takaki Maekawa (UoC) and Jane Parker (MPIPZ) uncovered parallels in plant and animal immune systems. [12/04/2024]

Seven (seemingly un-)solvable riddles
In a new issue of the Planter's Punch doctoral researcher Susanne Vollmer (HHU) presents her project in a series of riddles. [11/04/2024]

New position for Vera Göhre
CEPLAS member Vera Göhre (HHU) started a professorship at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. [11/04/2024]

Crop Innovation & Business Conference in Ghent
From March 24 to March 26, 2024, seven CEPLAS members participated in the “Crop Innovation & Business Conference” in Ghent, Belgium [03/04/2024]

PlantAct! Conference in Düsseldorf
The first PlantAct! Conference took place at HHU Düsseldorf from March 11 to 13 and was co-organized from CEPLAS. [19/03/2024]

International CEPLAS-IPK Summer School 2024
The Summer School takes place from September 22 to 26 in Kloster Drübeck, Ilsenburg. Registration is open until May 12. [18/03/2024]

How sugar transporters organize the microbiota colonization in roots
CEPLAS postdoctoral researcher Eliza Loo (HHU) identified together with a research team three SWEET sugar transporters. [13/03/2024]

Early Career Researchers awarded prizes
Svenja Augustin and Sebastian Triesch received prizes from the German Society for Plant Sciences. [07/03/2024]

CEPLAS photo exhibition opens in Cologne
The exhibition on 10 years of CEPLAS research shows 27 pictures and is now on display at “Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek”. [06/03/2024]

CEPLAS Women in Plant Sciences Day
The annual event is dedicated to CEPLAS female early career researchers and offers a program that aims at supporting their career advancement. [27/02/2024]

ISINIP Symposium in Düsseldorf
The 21st International Symposium on Iron Nutrition takes place from July 8 to 12 and is organized by CEPLAS member Petra Bauer (HHU). [26/02/2024]

New positions
2 new positions as postdoctoral researchers (f/m/d) in plant metabolism and immunity at the University of Cologne available. [26/02/2024]

Interview with Tobias Jores
In a new issue of CEPLAS Faces Tobias Jores (HHU) reveals why a switch in methods led to the most important decision in his scientific career. [20/02/2024]

New position
New position as an Innovation manager (f/m/d) in the field of Plant Sciences at the University of Cologne available. [20/02/2024]

Comic about a tiny Bacillus
The doctoral researcher Christian-Frederic Kaiser (HHU) tells a story about a tiny bacillus helping a plant to survive. [16/02/2024]

Modification of the circadian clock adapts barley to short growing seasons
Together with a research team, CEPLAS member Maria von Korff Schmising (HHU) published a paper in the Journal Plant Physiology. [16/02/2024]

EU parliament voted in favor of NGT
Following the EU Commission, the EU Parliament today also voted in favor of a new regulation on the use of New Genomic Techniques (NGT). [08/02/2024]

SEB Conference in Prague in July
CEPLAS IPK session "Translational Plant Biodiversity": Call for abstracts is open until March 8. [07/02/2024]

Carbon Challenge winner visited CEPLAS lab
13 students from Franz-Haniel-Gymnasium Duisburg received insights into photosynthesis at the Institute of Plant Biochemistry (HHU). [06/02/2024]