CEPLAS-News
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]
We are deeply saddened...
...by the untimely passing of our respected colleague and friend Dr. Udo Gowik. [04/02/2020]
Dialogue event Genome Editing
At a joint dialogue event VBIO e.V. and WGG e.V. advocate an adaptation of the GMO Directive. [31/01/2020]
Microorganisms under climate stress
CEPLAS researchers from MPIPZ publish results in Nature Ecology & Evolution. [31/01/2020]
Apply now!
The call for this year's CEPLAS research internships for undergrads is open! [28/01/2020]
New publication on Iron deficiency
CEPLAS member Petra Bauer publishes results on the regulation of iron deficiency in the journal Plant Physiology. [27/01/2020]
Open positions
Research Assistant positions at Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne [20/01/2020]
New postdocs at CEPLAS
During the last months seven new postdocs have started and will in the future support the research in CEPLAS. [16/01/2020]
CEPLAS spokesman is new president of the Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft
Since January, Prof. Dr. Andreas Weber has succeeded Prof. Dr. Karl-Josef Dietz of Bielefeld University. [15/01/2020]
Milena Malisic is the new representative of the CEPLAS PhDs´
This week, Milena Malisic was elected as the new representative of the CEPLAS doctoral students. [20/12/2019]
CEPLAS involved in project for the development of innovative experiments in schools
Together with the Technische Hochschule Köln, CEPLAS researchers developed school experiments for the smart growth of plants. [20/12/2019]
Leopoldina and DFG want new genetic engineering legislation
The Academies of Sciences and the German Research Foundation (DFG) yesterday published a recommendation on the decision on genetically modified… [05/12/2019]
Open positions
Two positions as Research associates at the Institute of Quantitative Genetics and Genomics of Plants [02/12/2019]
Congratulations Dr. Jan Schulze Hüynck
CEPLAS Member Jan successfully defendet his PhD thesis! [28/11/2019]
Open position
Academic expert position in Imaging at University of Cologne/MPI for Plant Breeding Research [28/11/2019]
Open position
Currently we have several open positions! Academic expert in Imaging at HHU, PhD in Computational Genomics at HHU, technician at UoC! [22/11/2019]
Lively discussion at third event of "An der Wurzel gepackt"
Researchers from CEPLAS explain climate change and challenges for plant breeding [21/11/2019]
Six members of CEPLAS honored as "Highly Cited Researchers”
Six members of CEPLAS honored as "Highly Cited Researchers” [21/11/2019]