CEPLAS-News
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]
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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]
A story about plants, microbes and iron
In the new Planter's Punch Milena Malisic (MPIPZ) tells a story in an illustrativ comic about plant performance under iron-limitation. [21/01/2022]
CEPLAS Faces with Kumsal Çolpan
In a new issue of CEPLAS Faces on Air the PhD Kumsal Çolpan (HHU) speaks about her experiences with Social Media. [13/01/2022]
New faces of the Grad School class 2021
We welcome the new doctoral students of the 2021 class, who have started last October. We introduce all of them in short profiles. [11/01/2022]
Open position
Position as an Field trial technician at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf available. [11/01/2022]
Why we are interested in making and breaking plant cell walls
Niklas Gawenda (HHU) reveals in his Planter's Punch why cell walls play a significant role in biofuel production. [21/12/2021]
Open position
Position as an CEPLAS student assistant (f/m/d) at the University of Cologne available. [20/12/2021]
Graduate Class 2021 in Portugal
The CEPLAS Graduate Class 2021 participated in the one-week course in Oeiras at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC). [20/12/2021]
Open position
Position as an CEPLAS academic expert in data science at the University of Cologne available. [14/12/2021]
Society for Plant Breeding invites to conference
This year's GPZ conference (Breeding plants for tomorrow’s world – challenges and solutions) takes place at the HHU from March 15th to 17th. [14/12/2021]
Open position
Position as a bioinformatics postdoctoral researcher in the field of plant-microbe interactions at the University of Cologne available. [09/12/2021]
How a plant pathogen evades immune system
In collaboration with a team of Utrecht University CEPLAS member Bart Thomma published a paper about plant microbiome-manipulating effectors. [06/12/2021]
Application deadline extended
The application period for the CEPLAS Graduate School was extended and is now on December 12th, 2021. [30/11/2021]
A route to high recombinogenic genotypes
A new paper published by CEPLAS member Benjamin Stich and his team (HHU) uncovers a new method to identify highly recombinogenic genotypes. [24/11/2021]
New Planter's Punch is out!
Daniel Moser (UoC) describes in a new issue of the Planter's Punch how bacteria might be able to trick the plant. [22/11/2021]
New publication about regulation of meristem transitions
Maria von Korff Schmising and former CEPLAS member Jinshun Zhong published a study in the Journal The Plant Cell. [18/11/2021]
Five CEPLAS members honored as "Highly Cited Researchers"
Congratulations to Wolf Frommer, Ruben Garrido-Oter, Paul Schulze-Lefert, Bart Thomma, Björn Usadel and former member Alice McHardy! [17/11/2021]
Open position
Position as a Biological technical assistant/ Agricultural technical assistant at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf available. [17/11/2021]