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]
School students in CEPLAS lab won first prize
Two students won first prize in the Biology section of the Bonn-Köln Jugend Forscht Regionalwettbewerb for their project in Alga Zuccaro's lab. [27/02/2025]
Women in Entrepreneurship program
Büşra Elkatmış has been selected as one of 100 early-career women researchers for the 2025 DWIH San Franscisco Women in Entrepreneurship program [25/02/2025]
Learning nature’s coding language
In a new issue of the Planter's Punch, CEPLAS doctoral researcher Amelie Kok (MPIPZ) provides insights into the book of life, the DNA. [25/02/2025]
Marc Somssich received SciComm Award
The CEPLAS member (MPIPZ) received the prize at the Conference Molecular Biology of Plants 2025 for his outstanding social media contributions. [24/02/2025]
Interview with Franziska Turck
In a new issue of CEPLAS Faces, group leader Franziska Turck (MPIPZ) reveals which female plant scientist fascinates her. [19/02/2025]
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Three CEPLAS female scientists share their perspectives on the significance of this day and why advancing women in science remains essential. [11/02/2025]
HHU awarded a guest professorship to Marcel van Verk
Marcel van Verk, Vice President for Crop Data Science at KeyGene, is now guest professor at HHU. [10/02/2025]
Crop Innovation & Business Conference in Cologne
CEPLAS is hosting partner of this year's international conference that will take place from March 30 to April1. [04/02/2025]
Interview about digital plant models
In a new issue of the Planter's Punch CEPLAS members Chilperic Armel Foko Kuate and Jérémie Muller-Prokob talk about their project. [04/02/2025]
Joint dual career fellowship for a research couple at HHU
Research projects join forces: Collaborative Research Centers in Biology and CEPLAS supported joint research stay of research couple. [16/01/2025]
Apply now!
The call for our CEPLAS research internships 2025 is now open! [08/01/2025]
CEPLAS Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024
CEPLAS issues an overview of its Equity, Diversity and Inclusion measures and updated internal statistics. [19/12/2024]
Understanding plants through Artificial Intelligence
In a new issue of the Planter's Punch, CEPLAS postdoc Simon Zumkeller (FZJ) explains how AI can help to predict gene expression levels in plants. [18/12/2024]
Congratulations to Ellen and Sebastian!
CEPLAS Graduate School members Ellen Oldenburg and Sebastian Triesch sucessfully defended their PhD thesis! [17/12/2024]
Interview with Antje Heese
In a new issue of CEPLAS Faces guest professor Antje Heese (HHU) reveals why she is engaged in Equal opportunity and Diversity. [16/12/2024]
Novel light-based technologies to control cellular behavior
In two pioneering studies, a research team led by Matias Zurbriggen marked a significant advancement in tissue engineering and synthetic biology. [05/12/2024]
Healthy Crops team developed resistant rice varieties
Led by CEPLAS member Wolf Frommer (HHU), the researchers aim to protect East African rice harvests against the aggressive Xoo strains. [03/12/2024]
How fungal enzymes hijack the immune system of plants
A research group led by Alga Zuccaro (UoC) published a paper about the fungi colonization of plant roots in the Journal Cell Host & Microbe. [28/11/2024]
New ways to enhance plant defense
In a new issue of the Planter's Punch Yanrong You (HHU) explains the connection between the pipecolate metabolic pathway and the microbiome. [27/11/2024]
Interview with Michael Feldbrügge
In a new issue of CEPLAS Faces, Michael Feldbrügge (HHU) reveals which observation was an important eye-opener in his professional career. [21/11/2024]
Six CEPLAS members among the most highly cited researchers
Congratulations to Jane Parker, Paul Schulze-Lefert, Bart Thomma, Wolf Frommer, Stéphane Hacquard, Rubén Garrido-Oter and Jijie Chai. [20/11/2024]