CEPLAS: Impressions

Impressions from CEPLAS research

Wildgerste am MPIPZ — Investigation of 3000 non-domesticated wild barley plants. They have brittle spikes and are therefore bagged to collect seed material.

Foto of precision air seeder — Sowing of 5000 different Spring barley genotypes to analyse phenotypic performance under various environmental conditions.

Arabidopsis thaliana plants at different stages in the greenhouse. Many of the CEPLAS groups are working with this model plant.

In-vitro cultures of Cardamine hirsuta, which is a model system to study evolution of plant development.

The perennial plant Arabis alpina is used in several experiments regarding flowering control.

Massenspektrometrie — Plant Metabolism and Metabolomics Lab: Metabolite analysis by gas-chromatography coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC-MS).

Impressions from CEPLAS events and activities

CEPLAS Symposium and Young Researcher Retreat, October 2017

Lecture series "Vom Maisanbau der Mayas zu heutigen Superfoods", June/July 2017 (more information)

Launch of the Competence Area IV "Food Security", May 2017 (more information)

Fascination of Plants Day, May 2017 (more information)

CEPLAS Career Speed Dating, April 2017 (more information)

Excursion to KWS SAAT SE in Einbeck, January 2017 (more information)

Young Reseachers Seminar, October 2016