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Next Generation Plant Scientists 

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Establishing a Diverse Research Community 

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Why is Plant Sciences so exciting?

From Academia to Application: CEPLAS ECRs Explore Plant Breeding at BASF | Nunhems 

Next-gen scientists meet cutting-edge innovation in vegetable seed development.

ERC Advanced Grant awarded to Miltos Tsiantis 

CEPLAS member and MPI Director Miltos Tsiantis receives prestigious ERC Advanced Grant for his project CLONAL.

Laura Merx Podcast

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.

We made it! 

CEPLAS III proposal "SMART Plants in Dynamic Environments" successful in Excellence Strategy.

2nd TRANSPLANT Day 

The 2nd TRANSPLANT Day focussing on "Supporting Entrepreneurial Scientists and Science-Based Startups" took place in Cologne

Miltos Tsiantis

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…

CEPLAS-Events

27/06

CEPLAS Friday

27/06/2025, 13:00 Event MPIPZ, Cologne

Speakers: Paula Duque (Gulbenkian Institute), Jane Parker (MPIPZ)

28/06

Soapbox Science 2025

28/06/2025, 14:00 Public Event Düsseldorf

Science communication event for the promotion of female and non-binary scientists SAVE THE DATE!!!

03/07

Campus Walk: A (Time)Travel Through Plant Science at HHU

03/07/2025, 17:00 Public Event

Public event in the context of the HHU 60 year anniversary

07/07

Grüne Helden: Mit Pflanzen dem Klimawandel trotzen

07/07/2025, 17:00 Public Event Haus der Universität, Düsseldorf

Discussion event

26/09

CEPLAS Friday

26/09/2025, 13:00 Event UoC, Cologne

Speaker: Brandon Gaut (University of California, Irvine)

07/10

CEPLAS Symposium

07/10/2025 - 08/10/2025 Event Düsseldorf

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31/10

CEPLAS Friday

31/10/2025, 13:00 Event UoC, Cologne

Speakers: Isabel Saur (UoC), tba

07/11

Branch Out! Career Day 2025

07/11/2025 Event MPIPZ, Cologne

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28/11

CEPLAS Friday

28/11/2025, 13:00 Event HHU, Düsseldorf

Speakers: Brigitte Poppenberger (TUM), tba

About CEPLAS

The Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS) is a joint initiative of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), University of Cologne (UoC), Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research Cologne (MPIPZ) and Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ). In CEPLAS scientists are developing innovative strategies for sustainable plant production and the promotion of early career researchers.

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