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]
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]
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 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]
Six CEPLAS members among the most highly cited researchers
Congratulations to Jane Parker, Paul Schulze-Lefert, Bart Thomma, Wolf Frommer, Stéphane Hacquard, Rubén Garrido-Oter and Jijie Chai. [20/11/2024]
Fit for biology and medicine of the future
The first cohort of B.Sc. Quantitative Biology graduated at the end of the summer. [14/11/2024]
Article about CEPLAS research in Cologne University Magazine
The current issue of the Magazine includes an article about the research of Markus Stetter and Alga Zuccaro. [06/11/2024]
Congratulations to Emely Losemann
CEPLAS Graduate School member Emely Losemann successfully defended her PhD thesis! [31/10/2024]
Markus Stetter receives Jenny Gusyk Award for Family-conscious Leadership
The CEPLAS member was acknowledged for his leadership style, which actively supports the family and caregiving responsibilities of his team members. [30/10/2024]
Three CEPLAS members elected to Board of GFGSB
During the German Conference on Synthetic Biology, the Executive Board of the Joint Synthetic Biology Group was elected. [30/10/2024]
MycoDefender: Guardians of the Green - a comic about superheroes
Laura Armbruster (UoC) explains in a new issue of the Planter's Punch how beneficial fungi protect plants from pathogens. [29/10/2024]
Climate change and plant nutrition: Talk in the greenhouse
As part of the lecture series "Wissenschaft in Kölner Häusern" two CEPLAS members talked about the influence of climate change on plant nutrition. [28/10/2024]
Excursion to the Gulbenkian Institute
Students of the CEPLAS Graduate School Qualification phase participated in an exchange with the Gulbenkian Institute in Portugal. [24/10/2024]
Network meeting to boost plant science innovation
10 CEPLAS members met with representatives from BASF/ Nunhems and two universities to discuss opportunities for cooperation. [22/10/2024]
Doors Open with “the Mouse” - A Fascinating Look into the World of Microbes
CEPLAS institutes participated again in the WDR event "Türen auf mit der Maus" on Oct 3. [07/10/2024]