Thanks to @mibinet.bsky.social for hosting this edition of INSPIRE with Prof. Annegret Wilde @freecyano.bsky.social from @uni-freiburg.de! At INSPIRE, a collab between CEPLAS, MibiNet and @trr341.bsky.social we invite women scientists to share their research and personal career journey. Great talk!
Plz spread the words
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@gasb-synbio.bsky.social
@gdchbiochem.bsky.social
@claudialudy.bsky.social
@febspress.bsky.social
@gbmev.bsky.social
@embl.org
@femsmicro.org
@ceplas.bsky.social
@cmfi.bsky.social
@biochemsoc.bsky.social
@sebiology.bsky.social
Huge congrats to Dr. Eliza Loo! The associated MibiNet researcher has secured a "Klaus Tschira Boost Fund" grant to explore targeted programming of plant microbiomes. Fantastic news for @hhu.de and the MibiNet team!
#MibiNet #HHU
@elizaloopi.bsky.social
www.hhu.de/en/detail-re...
Apply to be a Speaker at Soapbox Science Rheinland 2026 in Cologne.
Take your Science to the Streets! Apply to be a Speaker at Soapbox Science Rheinland 2026 in Cologne.
The event is a collaborative effort between @hhu.de and @unicologne.bsky.social, driven by the excellence clusters @ceplas.bsky.social, @cecad.bsky.social and ML4Q.
#womeninscience #soapboxscience
🎉Congratulations to Nhu Tran @locthuynhu.bsky.social ! Nhu successfully defended her PhD thesis in the group of Juliette de Meaux @meauxjuliette.bsky.social at @unicologne.bsky.social ! We wish you all the best for the next step in your career!
📣 12 open postdoc positions in @ceplas.bsky.social !! www.ceplas.eu/en/training-...
We @teamthomma.bsky.social look for a postdoc on The Secret Lives of Soil-Borne Fungal Pathogens: Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Intermicrobial Interactions in Soils (see project 4)
CEPLAS, the cluster of excellence on plants sciences, is looking for PhD candidates for a number of exciting projects. See below for more info on the topics and on the recruiting process, and here: www.ceplas.eu/en/training-...
CEPLAS starts a number of new projects, and we are looking for 12 Postdocs ❗
CEPLAS projects are always highly collaborative, that means postdocs working with us will always closely interact with several CEPLAS research groups. Find all postdoc openings here: www.ceplas.eu/en/training-...
🚨Job Alert – Please RT!
We’re looking for bright minds to join our community!
We are looking for 12 postdocs and 7 PhD students!
Details on all projects and application: www.ceplas.eu/en/training-...
@leibnizipk.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social @hhu.de @fz-juelich.de @unicologne.bsky.social
🏆Last week Laura Redzich @amandlaawethu.bsky.social successfully defended her PhD thesis! The research was carried out in the Frommer lab @hhu.de . Congratulations, and best wishes for the next steps in your career! 🎊
🧬⚡ Call for abstracts & participants | GRC 2026 ⚡🧬
Together with Vamsi Mootha, I’m chairing the 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Mitochondria & Chloroplasts (July 19 - 24, 2026). We’d love to see your application.
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Am Welthülsenfrüchte-Tag hat sich IPK-Forscherin Kerstin Neumann mit Kolleginnen und Kollegen zum Abendessen in Quedlinburg getroffen - und natürlich gab es Hülsenfrüchte. Alles andere Wichtige zum Thema Leguminosen erklärt sie im Interview.
➡️Alle Infos: tinyurl.com/27vvvryb
At today's International Day of Women and Girls in Science we’re celebrating the many amazing women researchers like Ellen who push science forward every day. Thanks for contributing to excellent science for tomorrow's plants 🌱
#WomenInScience #PlantScience
🎉 Congratulations to Mary Ngigi @mngigi.bsky.social ! Yesterday Mary successfully defended her PhD thesis in the group of Petra Bauer @botanyhhu.bsky.social @hhu.de! We wish you all the best for the next step in your career!
It's finally out!...
Using single-cell and spatial transcriptome data, and data imputation, we created BARVISTA, a website able to perform almost genome-wide information on gene expression profiles at single-cell resolution in barley spikes!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
‼️Please RT: The CEPLAS Graduate School call for 2026 is now open! Detailed info on our website: bit.ly/4q19JWk
@hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de @leibnizipk.bsky.social @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social
AI model Helixer predicts eukaryotic genes ab initio, directly from a plain text FASTA file.
No RNA-seq.
No protein homology.
No repeats, hints, or curated evidence.
Raw genome → accurate gene models.
Deep learning + HMM, published in @natmethods.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How do plants fight disease? 🌱 #NASmember Jane Parker studies NLR proteins that help plants sense attackers and launch powerful immune defenses. She shares her latest findings on how these proteins signal plants to resist disease in a new @pnas.org QnAs: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Überschrift: Highly cited researchers. Darunter sind 9 türkisfarbene Kreise platziert, sechs davon sind mit Porträts der Ausgezeichneten gefüllt.
🎖Sechs HHU-Forscher gehören zu den Highly Cited Researchers 2025.
Das Unternehmen Clarivate hat Forschende ausgezeichnet, deren Arbeiten weltweit besonders häufig zitiert werden. Gleich sechs Wissenschaftler der HHU zählen dazu. Sie gehören im Web of Science-Index zu den besten 1 % ihres Gebiets.1/4
Volles Haus beim 1. Kölner Wissenschaftsfestival! CEPLAS und @mpipz.bsky.social geben spannende Einblicke in die Pflanzenforschung!
MibiNet & @ceplas.bsky.social Data Management Team supported this new publication in making its raw data FAIR and accessible in the DataHUB🎉. This is how transparent research is done!
analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#FAIRdata #OpenScience #DataHUB #DataPLANT
Ensuring effective removal of transgenes before release of genome-edited crops - @research-science.bsky.social @ceplas.bsky.social @hhu.de go.nature.com/3WbbKlW
📣 New @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social preprint, another joint-venture of @wolki95.bsky.social & @antonkraege.bsky.social, co-directed by @nicksnelders.bsky.social. Here’s a 🧵
TaCoCass folks in a cassava field
Cassava leaves with red petioles and some cassava flowers and fruits
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
📚 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
@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
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...
🌍 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
🌟 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
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)