CEPLAS Photo Exhibition: SMARTe Pflanzen für die Anforderungen von morgen 

"Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek" in Cologne until August 31

Next Generation Plant Scientists 

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Find out why plant science is really cool!

PlantAct! Conference in Düsseldorf 

The first PlantAct! Conference took place at HHU Düsseldorf from March 11 to 13 and was co-organized from CEPLAS.

International CEPLAS-IPK Summer School 2024 

The Summer School takes place from September 22 to 27 in Kloster Drübeck, Ilsenburg. Registration is open until April 30.

How sugar transporters organize the microbiota colonization in roots 

CEPLAS postdoctoral researcher Eliza Loo (HHU) identified together with a research team three SWEET sugar transporters.

Early Career Researchers awarded prizes 

Svenja Augustin and Sebastian Triesch received prizes from the German Society for Plant Sciences.

CEPLAS photo exhibition opens in Cologne 

The exhibition on 10 years of CEPLAS research shows 27 pictures and is now on display at “Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek”.

CEPLAS Women in Plant Sciences Day 

The annual event is dedicated to CEPLAS female early career researchers and offers a program that aims at supporting their career advancement.

CEPLAS-Events

23/04

Special Seminar

23/04/2024, 11:00 Event HHU, Düsseldorf

Special Seminar with Julian Schroeder, UC San Diego

26/04

CEPLAS Friday

26/04/2024, 13:00 Event UoC, Cologne

Speaker: Silvia Ramundo, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology; Ute Armbruster, HHU

15/05

CEPLAS Career Speed Dating

15/05/2024 Events

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24/05

CEPLAS Friday

24/05/2024, 13:00 Event HHU, Düsseldorf

Speaker: Naomi Nakayama, Imperial College London; Matias Zurbriggen, HHU

06/06

Special Seminar

06/06/2024, 16:00 Event HHU, Düsseldorf

Special Seminar with Dirk Görlich, MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen

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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