CEPLAS-News
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]
CEPLAS Symposium 2021
CEPLAS members reported on their research and took the opportunity for an exchange with other researchers on the two-day symposium. [16/11/2021]
Second funding phase for SPP 2125 DECRyPT
Alga Zuccaro coordinates the 24 working groups who have been granted funding from the DFG for the second phase of the SPP. [03/11/2021]
CEPLAS event on "future meat"
Around 70 interested participants in the online discussion with Urs Niggli, Petra Kluger and Matias Zurbriggen. [01/11/2021]
CEPLAS members in new DFG research group "CSCS"
Maria von Korff and Rüdiger Simon are part of the new DFG research group 'Cereal Stem Cell Systems'. [27/10/2021]
New publication about regulation of meristems
New research published by Rüdiger Simon´s team in eLife now uncovers how secreted peptides regulate meristem size and shape. [22/10/2021]
New publication by Martin Lercher
A new article in PLOS Biology by the group of CEPLAS member Martin Lercher shows how an enzyme's affinity for its substrate can be predicted. [20/10/2021]
CEPLAS scientist in Terra X
Borjana Arsova from the Root Dynamics Group (FZJ) was interviewed in the ZDF documentary Terra X. [18/10/2021]
W1 professorship for Anna Matuszyńska!
CEPLAS member Anna Matuszyńska received the nomination to become a W1 professor in Computational Live Sciences at RWTH Aachen. [18/10/2021]
CEPLAS event with Urs Niggli on October 28th
In an online event a sustainable agriculture without animal farming and alternatives for a meat production with animals will be discussed. [15/10/2021]
New fellowships within the Graduate School
The CEPLAS Graduate School offers a new PhD program starting in October 2022. Application deadline is November 30, 2021. [14/10/2021]
Pflanzenforschung 4.0 - part three!
The 3rd part of our science communication project in the frame of the Wissenschaftsjahr 2020|21 - Bioökonomie has just been released! [12/10/2021]
CEPLAS opened lab doors for children
CEPLAS participated together with the Center for Advanced Imaging (CAi) in the WDR event "Türen auf mit der Maus" on October 3. [05/10/2021]
Open position
Position as a student/ scientific assistant (f/m/d) at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf available. [04/10/2021]
CEPLAS Faces with Martin Lercher
Martin Lercher (HHU) explains in his interview why the new study program "Quantitative Biology" is radically new and at the same time overdue. [08/09/2021]
"Each day as a scientist is different"
Postdoc Thomas Perrot (HHU) explains in the new issue of CEPLAS Faces why he appreciates the daily life as a scientist. [02/09/2021]
"Why research on barley can improve not only our beer"
The new issue of the Planter's Punch from postdoc Edgar Demesa-Arevalo is about barley and its importance as a crop and plant for research. [26/08/2021]
"Coming to Germany was a turning point in my career"
In CEPLAS Faces On Air Paloma Duran from the Max Planck Institute Cologne gives insights into her life as a scientist. [25/08/2021]
Women Scientists explain their research to the public
CEPLAS members Alisandra Denton, Adélaïde Raguin and Priyamedha Sengupta joined the Soapbox Science event. [23/08/2021]