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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · 10d

A new crop in the lab. 🌱 Field day with TaCoCass team members — working to boost photosynthetic efficiency in cassava and secure a more sustainable food future. #Cassava #Photosynthesis #FoodSecurity

Cassava leaves with red petioles and some cassava flowers and fruits

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CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences @ceplas.bsky.social · 19d

📚 Within the last three years, our postdocs have contributed to more than 50 publications!
This outstanding achievement highlights their essential role in advancing CEPLAS research and shaping the future of plant science. 👏🌱✨
#PostdocAppreciationWeek #ResearchExcellence #CEPLAS

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GAIN4CROPS @gain4crops.eu · 19d

@forscherrobert.bsky.social from @leibnizipk.bsky.social explained how his research team used genome editing to replicate wild mutations found in East Asian barley, successfully transferring virus resistance to European breeding lines. 🌾🛡

#GiveGenesAChance

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GAIN4CROPS @gain4crops.eu · 19d

Professor @apmweber.bsky.social, our project coordinator from @hhu.de talked about how to improve water use efficiency in maize through genome editing. 🌽

He pointed out that the EU should allow gene editing to make organic farming more sustainable: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

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CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences @ceplas.bsky.social · 20d

🌍 Our current postdocs come from 15 countries - bringing diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas. This diversity is a key strength of our community and enriches our research every day. We’re proud of this global team! 💡🌱
#PostdocAppreciationWeek #DiversityInScience #CEPLAS

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CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences @ceplas.bsky.social · 22d

🌟 It’s Postdoc Appreciation Week! 🌟
We are proud to currently have 33 postdocs at CEPLAS driving our projects forward with their expertise, creativity, and dedication! 🌱 #PostdocAppreciationWeek #PlantScience @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social @leibnizipk.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de

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Isabel saur @izzysaurlab.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am thrilled &honoured, what a journey that was!
Only possible with the great support from family, all lab members, friends, current @unicologne.bsky.social / @ceplas.bsky.social & former colleagues & mentors.
With this project, we will do all that we can to help protect plants from diseases (1/2)

Universität zu Köln @unicologne.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎉 Three ERC Starting Grants for Cologne researchers:
Dr. Sabina Hillebrandt, Dr. Isabel Saur, and Professor Dr. Johannes Wohlfart. They will now receive up to €1.5 million in funding for a period of five years. Congratulations 🥳

Read more👇
uni.koeln/H4YG9

Millions in EU funding: Three ERC Starting Grants Awarded to Researchers at the University of Cologne

Three researchers at the University of Cologne have each received one of the most coveted European research grants for early-career researchers / for a total of 4.5 million euros over five years

uni.koeln

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CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences @ceplas.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢📢 We are hiring!! We are looking for a coordinator for science communication and a project manager! www.ceplas.eu/de/nachwuchs...

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · Sep 2

Job

Coordinator position: Science Communication #SciComm

In Excellence Cluster @ceplas.bsky.social
"SMART Plants for Tomorrow’s Needs"
@hhu.de ‬

www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

Job Openings

www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de

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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · Aug 25

DFG sucht zum 01.01.2026 Wissenschaftsmanager (m/w/d) im Bereich Pflanzenwissenschaften.
dfg.concludis.de/prj/shw/5218...

Wissenschaftsmanager*in im Bereich Pflanzenwissenschaften

Über uns: Wir sind die Selbstverwaltungsorganisation der deutschen Wissenschaft. Unsere Kernaufgabe ist die Auswahl der besten Forschungsvorhaben sowie deren Finanzierung und Begleitung. Die Gruppe „M...

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Aug 22

How amino acids are transported in plants | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

@hhu.de @franzikuhnert.bsky.social @weberlab.bsky.social @ceplas.bsky.social

How amino acids are transported in plants

Plants produce all amino acids essential for human life. This commonly occurs in specialised cell organelles, so-called plastids. A research team headed by Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (H...

www.eurekalert.org

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Leibniz IPK @leibnizipk.bsky.social · Aug 6

"Pflanzen sind die besten Chemiker der Welt", sagt John D'Auria vom @leibnizipk.bsky.social im Podcast querFELDein des @zalf.bsky.social. Mit Manuela Nagel erklärt er dort nicht nur das Projekt "Obi von Knobi", sondern auch, wie es zun dem Namen kam. Reinhören lohnt!!!

➡️https://tinyurl.com/yup3n7d

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · Jul 28

In silico encounters: Harnessing metabolic modelling to understand plant-microbe interactions

#FEMS Microbiol Rev by Martina Feierabend and Nadine Töpfer @ceplas.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/femsre/advan...

In silico encounters: Harnessing metabolic modelling to understand plant-microbe interactions

Abstract. Understanding plant-microbe interactions is vital for developing sustainable agricultural practices and mitigating the consequences of climate ch

academic.oup.com

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KWS Group @kwsgroup.bsky.social · Jul 28

✈️ Summer travel plans? Great! But maybe leave that cute cactus or mystery seed behind 🌵🛑 Bringing plants into the EU without a phytosanitary certificate can cause big plant health problems.
Read more from @plants4thefuture.bsky.social:

www.plantetp.eu/wp-content/u...

#PlantHealth #TravelTips

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Björn Usadel @usadellab.bsky.social · Jul 25

Is plant single cell/nuc. & spatial transcriptomics your passion? Do you want to understand plant adaptation using cutting edge molecular & bioinformatics tools? Then come and join us to work together with @ceplas.bsky.social & @wggc-de.bsky.social. #plantjobs
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...

Scientist - Plant Single Cell / Spatial Analysis

The Institute IBG-4 at Forschungszentrum Jülich is a key partner in the Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), one of Germany’s leading plant science research networks. The group of Prof. D...

www.fz-juelich.de

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CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences @ceplas.bsky.social · Jul 23

Please RT: We are hiring 📣! We are looking for a coordinator of our CEPLAS Graduate School!
If you are interested in working in an international and dynamic academic environment with highly motivated and talented ECRs, check out the details here: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...

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🔬🌱 CBGP | Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social · Jul 17

🎤🧑‍🌾🌾 Benjamin Menn, joint PhD student at the labs of Antonio Molina (CBGP) and Markus Pauly (HHU, @ceplas.bsky.social), also shared his research on sustainable crop protection solutions.🌾

#CropProtection #Agroecology

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Christian-Frederic Kaiser @cfkaiser.bsky.social · Jul 16

Today at #2025ISMPMI and up for some chat over root colonization patterns and the role of oxidative stress? We show how the spatial patterns of ROS shape the cell differentiation of B. subtilis. Our work at Grossmann Lab @hhu.de up on poster P429 - @ceplas.bsky.social @guidogrossmann.bsky.social

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Ksenia Krasileva @kseniakrasileva.bsky.social · Jul 14

Awesome to see next generation of group leaders from @earlhaminst.bsky.social presenting at #2025ISMPMI 👏

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · Jul 14

Our latest article in bioRxiv. A very good and comprehensive paper by Mathias Brands, Vicente Ramirez, Laura Armbruster et al. on the deconstruction of acetylated xylan in symbiosis. If you would like to learn more, please talk to Mathias at #2025ISMPMI, poster P-239.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Host-adapted enzymatic deconstruction of acetylated xylan enables mutualistic colonization of monocot roots

Intracellular accommodation of mutualistic fungi in plant roots depends on selective remodeling of host cell walls while minimizing activation of plant immune responses. In this study, we identify a h...

www.biorxiv.org

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · Jul 14

Enjoying TEAM scientific discussions at the #2025ISMPMI.

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CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences @ceplas.bsky.social · Jul 11

Great to see two teams from the Plant Science and #QBIO communities making it to the podium at yesterday’s HHU Ideas Competition by #CEDUS! 🌱🧠
Exciting projects and well deserved — very curious to watch these ideas grow! 🚀👏 @healthycrops.bsky.social @plantgen-hhu.bsky.social

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Leibniz IPK @leibnizipk.bsky.social · Jul 8

Das @leibnizipk.bsky.social ist neuer Partner im Exzellenzcluster @ceplas.bsky.social. Wie er von der Entscheidung erfahren hat, was mit den Partnern geplant ist und was junge Forscherinnen und Forscher davon haben, erläutert Nicolaus von Wirén im Interview.

➡️Alles Infos: tinyurl.com/4k5p7s6c

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CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences @ceplas.bsky.social · Jul 4

🎊Double congrats!! 1️⃣great science and 2️⃣ a really beautiful cover picture🌹! And actually, a third round of congratulations for that amazing cake 😋

André Marques @amarques.bsky.social · Jul 3

Celebrating with our traditional paper cake! 📄🍰🌹

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CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences @ceplas.bsky.social · Jul 4

Pflanzen, Forschung & ein bisschen Campusgeschichte!
Gestern waren wir unterwegs auf einer kleinen Zeitreise durch die Pflanzenforschung @hhu.de . Von Gewächshausern bis zu Hightech-Gebäuden: viel hat sich getan in den letzten Jahren!
Danke an alle, die mit uns auf Entdeckungstour waren! 💚

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