CEPLAS Photo Exhibition: SMARTe Pflanzen für die Anforderungen von morgen 

"Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek" in Cologne until August 26

CEPLAS Image Video 

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Next Generation Plant Scientists 

Check out our career options

Establishing a Diverse Research Community 

Equal opportunity support

Discover 

Find out why plant science is really cool!

CEPLAS member receives ERC Starting Grant 

Markus Stetter (UoC) has been awarded one of the prestigious European research grants for early career researchers.

Carbon Challenge 2024: Sunflowers made the difference 

A school team from Konrad Adenauer Gymnasium Langenfeld achieved the highest amount of biomass on a 1-square-meter parcel.

Students from Lima visited CEPLAS 

As part of a DAAD program, students from the University of Lima, Peru, visited the Institute for Synthetic Microbiology (HHU).

New position 

New position as a Student assistant/ SHK (f/m/d) at the Institute for Plant Sciences at the University of Cologne available.

CEPLAS and Soapbox Science Rheinland @NRW Tag 2024 

Four female scientists were invited by the NRW Ministry for Culture and Science to participate in the "Science Tent" during NRW Tag 2024.

CEPLAS projects presented at Future Tech Fest in Düsseldorf 

Two CEPLAS teams presented their projects at this year's Future Tech Fest, Germany's largest B2B start-up trade fair.

CEPLAS-Events

22/09

International CEPLAS-IPK Summer School 2024

22/09/2024 - 27/09/2024 Event Kloster Drübeck, Ilsenburg (Harz)

Translational Plant Biodiversity Research

27/09

CEPLAS Friday

27/09/2024, 13:00 Event HHU, Düsseldorf

Speaker: Kaisa Kajala, Utrech University, Tonni Grube Andersen, MPIPZ

10/10

Wissenschaft in Kölner Häusern

10/10/2024, 18:00 Public Event Cologne Biocenter, Glass houses

Science in exciting places in Cologne

25/10

CEPLAS Friday

25/10/2024, 13:00 Event UoC, Cologne

Speaker: tba

29/11

CEPLAS Friday

29/11/2024, 13:00 Event MPIPZ, Cologne

Speaker: Paul Schulze-Lefert, MPIPZ

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.

CEPLAS Movies

CEPLAS Image Movie

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