CEPLAS-News

Open positions 

Open positions as Student/ Research Assistants available at the Institute for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics of Plants at HHU. [05/05/2020]

Third issue of CEPLAS Faces 

Rachel Denley Bowers talks about her mystery plant and what she would like to research in space. [27/04/2020]

Planter's Punch offers exciting insights in a video 

In an illustrative video the Institute of Quantitative and Theoretical Biology gives us a sneak peek into the world of computational biology. [23/04/2020]

Lively response to #stayathomeplants 

On our social media channels we asked for pictures of "#stayathomeplants". Thanks a lot for your feedback and the great pictures! [17/04/2020]

Open positions 

Research Associate and PhD position at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf [07/04/2020]

Björn Usadel is appointed to a W3 professorship at HHU 

Besides his work at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Björn Usadel is head of the Institute of Biological Data Science since 1 April (photo: Raimund Knauf). [07/04/2020]

Plant Breeding for the Bio-Economy 

CEPLAS member Günter Strittmatter writes in an article for the "Wissenschaftsjahr 2020" about the importance of Plant Breeding for the Bio-Economy. [30/03/2020]

Open position 

Team Leader (m,f,d) in Plant Genome Engineering [27/03/2020]

Plant Science @home 

For everybody currently stuck at home we have put together some nice little experiments [20/03/2020]

Planter's Punch is back! 

Read about one special aspect of the CEPLAS research program written by one of our early career researchers. [20/03/2020]

New issue of CEPLAS Faces 

In the current issue of CEPLAS Faces we interviewed Alga Zuccaro from the University of Cologne. [19/03/2020]

Our CEPLAS Equal Opportunity website has been updated! 

Get an overview of our old and new measures and our achievements so far. [19/03/2020]

New representatives of the CEPLAS Postdocs 

Rachel Denley Bowers and Uriel Urquiza have been elected as representatives of the CEPLAS Postdocs for the next year. [18/03/2020]

Open positions 

Open Positions as Postdoc at the MPIPZ in Cologne and as Student assistant at the Institute for Plant Genetics (HHU) [09/03/2020]

Sign in for Conference on Food for Future 2020 

Between 14 and 15 September 2020 scientists will discuss cross-disciplinary aspects of the future of food production. [09/03/2020]

CEPLAS sets impulses for a plant based bioeconomy 

Great participation at the "Salon Global Agriculture" in Berlin. [06/03/2020]

Articles wanted for Special Issue 

For a special issue of "Frontiers in Plant Science" contributions on "Plant tumor formation under plant-fungi interactions" are requested. [06/03/2020]

Apply to the CEPLAS Graduate School 

The call for this year's PhD program at CEPLAS Graduate School is open! [03/03/2020]

CEPLAS at Salon Global Agriculture 

At the event in Berlin, Peter Westhoff and Andreas Weber discuss about the significance of plant science for the bio economy. [02/03/2020]

CEPLAS researcher initiates cooperation in India 

HHU and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the objective to combat rice diseases in India. [28/02/2020]

In Seattle for science 

Deputy CEPLAS spokesman Stan Kopriva from the University of Cologne establishes contacts at the annual meeting of the AAAS in Seattle. [20/02/2020]

Open position 

PhD position available in the research group of Prof. Juliette de Meaux at the University of Cologne. [17/02/2020]

New series "CEPLAS Faces" 

In our new series we introduce one of our members every month. The first CEPLAS face is Markus Pauly. [14/02/2020]

Open position 

Open position as Coordinator for our BSc program in Quantitative Biology at the University of Cologne. [13/02/2020]