What effect bacterial communities have on root growth
CEPLAS members Stanislav Kopriva (UoC) and Tonni Grube Andersen (MPIPZ) identified several plant growth promoting volatiles.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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