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New Planter's Punch 

CEPLAS doctoral researcher Svenja Augustin (HHU) reveals how her favorite plant Arabidopsis thaliana maintains its ability to grow.

Publication on amaranth domestication 

Markus Stetter (UoC) published a paper about how genetic incompatibilities and evolutionary rescue by wild relatives shaped amaranth domestication.

Discussion event on plants as CO2 storage 

CEPLAS scientists discussed the role of plants in the fight against climate change with a guest from Münster and the audience.

CEPLAS doctoral researcher received Rudolf Mansfeld Prize 2023 

Tom Winkler (UoC) has been awarded the prize for his master thesis about gene expression during amaranth domestication.

School in Duisburg wins Carbon Challenge 

A school team from Franz Haniel Gymnasium achieved the highest amount of biomass on a 1-square-meter parcel.

CEPLAS speaker at Chancentalk at the BMBF 

Maria von Korff Schmising and IPK researcher Robert Hoffie talked about their research and new genomic techniques at the Federal Ministry of Education…

CEPLAS-Events

28/09

Seminar

28/09/2023, 16:30

Speakers: Prof. Masayoshi Nakamura, ITbM, Nagoya University; Prof. Akira Yoshinari, ITbM, Nagoya University

29/09

CEPLAS Friday

29/09/2023, 14:00 Event MPIPZ, Cologne

Speakers: Uwe Sonnewald (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg), André Marques (MPIPZ)

23/10

Seminar

23/10/2023, 16:30

Speaker: Prof. Bing Yang, University of Missouri

27/10

CEPLAS Friday

27/10/2023, 14:00 Event HHU, Düsseldorf

Speakers: Agnieszka Golicz (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), Michael Raissig (Universität Bern)

24/11

CEPLAS Friday

24/11/2023, 14:00 Event UoC, Cologne

Speakers: Martin Mascher (IPK Gatersleben), Viola Willemsen (Wageningen University & Research)

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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