Fighting climate change with plants – science meets curiosity
A lively evening of discussion and debate at the Haus der Universität. [08/07/2025]
CEPLAS at Soapbox Science Rheinland 2025
Three CEPLAS women early-career researchers brought plant science to the public – sharing their research with passion and sparking curiosity. [01/07/2025]
SelmaMeyerMentoring Program 2024/25
CEPLAS Women Researchers Participate in SelmaMeyerMentoring Programme as Both Mentors and Mentees. [01/07/2025]
Planter's Punch: Tried and Tested or Mutated and New – How Plants Find Their Way
PhD student Laura explains how plants evolve through mutations – and why sticking with what works can be just as powerful as embracing change. [30/06/2025]
From Academia to Application: CEPLAS ECRs Explore Plant Breeding at BASF | Nunhems
Next-gen scientists meet cutting-edge innovation in vegetable seed development. [18/06/2025]
ERC Advanced Grant awarded to Miltos Tsiantis
CEPLAS member and MPI Director Miltos Tsiantis receives prestigious ERC Advanced Grant for his project CLONAL. [17/06/2025]
Planter's Punch: How Bacteria can help us feed the world
In our new Planter's Punch PhD student Laura Merx explains in a podcast how bacteria can help us feed the world. [28/05/2025]
We made it!
CEPLAS III proposal "SMART Plants in Dynamic Environments" successful in Excellence Strategy. [23/05/2025]
2nd TRANSPLANT Day
The 2nd TRANSPLANT Day focussing on "Supporting Entrepreneurial Scientists and Science-Based Startups" took place in Cologne [22/05/2025]
Miltos Tsiantis honored as Fellow of the Royal Society
CEPLAS Steering Committee member Miltos Tsiantis is among the over 90 scientists from around the world who have been elected as the newest Fellows of… [20/05/2025]
What effect bacterial communities have on root growth
CEPLAS members Stanislav Kopriva (UoC) and Tonni Grube Andersen (MPIPZ) identified several plant growth promoting volatiles. [08/05/2025]
Publication on the genetic control of barley architecture
Coordinated by Rüdiger Simon, researchers discovered the signaling pathway that regulates the control of meristems in barley. [07/05/2025]
CRISPR in plants: CEPLAS members provided insights at Cologne City Hall
Götz Hensel and Susanne Vollmer presented current developments in the use of molecular gene editing tools in plants. [06/05/2025]
Publication on the genetic diversity of European potato
Korbinian Schneeberger and Craig Dent (both MPIPZ) pieced together the genetic makeup of European potatoes and published the results in Nature. [24/04/2025]
The paradox of European potato
CEPLAS postdoctoral researcher Craig Dent (MPIPZ) reveals in a illustrative comic that potato DNA is at the same time diverse and not diverse. [23/04/2025]
New publication in "Science" about gene order
Martin Lercher’s group (HHU), together with collaborators from Linköping University, has discovered that bacterial genes are positioned by function. [14/04/2025]
Girls' Day: CEPLAS provided insights into science
CEPLAS PhD Sabrina Egli from Guido Grossmann's lab inspired 8 girls with luminous bacteria. [10/04/2025]
How cells repair their power plants
Together with other researchers CEPLAS academic expert Parisa Kakanj has uncovered a mechanism to protect and repair mitochondria. [09/04/2025]
CEPLAS brings Crop IB to Germany for the first time
CEPLAS members participated at the Crop Innovation & Business conference and interacted with experts from the agri-tech and agri-food community. [08/04/2025]
New mathematical models to increase photosynthesis efficiency
Oliver Ebenhöh and Andreas Weber (both HHU), together with researchers from the University of Groningen, have published a paper in Science Advances. [26/03/2025]
CEPLAS Faces interview with Stanislav Kopriva
CEPLAS member Stanislav Kopriva (UoC) reveals in an interview which personality he would like to meet. [25/03/2025]
Congratulations to Pia and Daniel!
CEPLAS Graduate students Pia Saake and Daniel Moser (both UoC) defended their PhD thesis. [25/03/2025]
Natural Gatekeeper: How plants use barriers to maintain healthy relationships
CEPLAS member Tonni Grube Andersen (MPIPZ) and his team have uncovered an important role of the Casparian strip. [24/03/2025]
TRANSPLANT Day: Bridging Academia and Industry in Plant Sciences
More than 60 participants followed two inspiring presentations and an interactive panel discussion at the first TRANSPLANT Day. [18/03/2025]