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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Interview with Franziska Turck
In a new issue of CEPLAS Faces, group leader Franziska Turck (MPIPZ) reveals which female plant scientist fascinates her.
CEPLAS-Events
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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CEPLAS Image Movie
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