CEPLAS-News
International CEPLAS-IPK Summer School 2024
The Summer School takes place from September 22 to 26 in Kloster Drübeck, Ilsenburg. Registration is open until May 12. [18/03/2024]
How sugar transporters organize the microbiota colonization in roots
CEPLAS postdoctoral researcher Eliza Loo (HHU) identified together with a research team three SWEET sugar transporters. [13/03/2024]
Early Career Researchers awarded prizes
Svenja Augustin and Sebastian Triesch received prizes from the German Society for Plant Sciences. [07/03/2024]
CEPLAS photo exhibition opens in Cologne
The exhibition on 10 years of CEPLAS research shows 27 pictures and is now on display at “Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek”. [06/03/2024]
CEPLAS Women in Plant Sciences Day
The annual event is dedicated to CEPLAS female early career researchers and offers a program that aims at supporting their career advancement. [27/02/2024]
ISINIP Symposium in Düsseldorf
The 21st International Symposium on Iron Nutrition takes place from July 8 to 12 and is organized by CEPLAS member Petra Bauer (HHU). [26/02/2024]
New positions
2 new positions as postdoctoral researchers (f/m/d) in plant metabolism and immunity at the University of Cologne available. [26/02/2024]
Interview with Tobias Jores
In a new issue of CEPLAS Faces Tobias Jores (HHU) reveals why a switch in methods led to the most important decision in his scientific career. [20/02/2024]
New position
New position as an Innovation manager (f/m/d) in the field of Plant Sciences at the University of Cologne available. [20/02/2024]
Comic about a tiny Bacillus
The doctoral researcher Christian-Frederic Kaiser (HHU) tells a story about a tiny bacillus helping a plant to survive. [16/02/2024]
Modification of the circadian clock adapts barley to short growing seasons
Together with a research team, CEPLAS member Maria von Korff Schmising (HHU) published a paper in the Journal Plant Physiology. [16/02/2024]
EU parliament voted in favor of NGT
Following the EU Commission, the EU Parliament today also voted in favor of a new regulation on the use of New Genomic Techniques (NGT). [08/02/2024]
SEB Conference in Prague in July
CEPLAS IPK session "Translational Plant Biodiversity": Call for abstracts is open until March 8. [07/02/2024]
Carbon Challenge winner visited CEPLAS lab
13 students from Franz-Haniel-Gymnasium Duisburg received insights into photosynthesis at the Institute of Plant Biochemistry (HHU). [06/02/2024]
New position
New position as an Innovation Manager (f/m/d) in the field of plants sciences at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf available. [26/01/2024]
Planter's Punch on resistance to BLB disease
The CEPLAS postdoctoral researcher Kirill Schentsniy (HHU) works on rice lines with improved resistance against the bacterial leaf blight disease. [23/01/2024]
Open position
Open position as an Academic Expert (f/m/d) in Data Management at CEPLAS at the University of Cologne available. [23/01/2024]
New professorship within CEPLAS
Markus Stetter was appointed to the W2 position on "Plant Ecological Genomics" at the University or Cologne. [19/01/2024]
New publication about resistant rice lines
Together with a research team CEPLAS member Yugander Arra (HHU) published a study about rice lines that are resistant to a severe virus in Africa. [18/01/2024]
PlantACT! Conference in Düsseldorf
CEPLAS is co-organizer of the first PlantACT! conference at HHU Düsseldorf from 11 to 13 March. Registration is open! Deadline for registration and… [16/01/2024]
CEPLAS Equal Opportunity Office Report 2023
CEPLAS issues an overview of its Equal Opportunity and Diversity measures and updates internal statistics. [21/12/2023]
CEPLAS Faces with Jane Parker
Jane Parker (MPIPZ) reveals what the most important decision in her career was and what advice she would give to young female scientists. [19/12/2023]
Excursion to the Gulbenkian Institute in Portugal
Once more the students of the CEPLAS Graduate School Qualification phase participate in an exchange with the Gulbenkian Institute in Portugal. [14/12/2023]
NFDI4Bioimage – TA3-Hackathon in Cologne
The CEPLAS Data Science and Data Management team supported the Hackathon which took place at CECAD at the University of Cologne. [13/12/2023]