MPIPZ Cologne
@mpipz_cologne
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ) - Basic molecular biological research on plants and microbes
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⏰Tic Toc... Last chance to grab tickets for today’s #pint25de! Join us in Cologne for an evening of exciting talks from the world of #plant science with our scientists from @mpipz_cologne. 🌿🌱Don't miss out - science is best served with a pint 👉 pintofscience.de/events/cologne
#Köln liebt Wissenschaft, und das Pint of Science Festival kehrt mit Veranstaltungen auf 🇩🇪 & 🇬🇧 zurück 🥳 The city of #Cologne is up for a treat at the #pint25de, with exciting events in both English & German 🍻 Programm und Tickets: pintofscience.de #wisskomm #scicomm
📢Your PhD journey starts NOW! Join our #webinar on Sept 4 (1-3 PM CEST) & explore #PhD opportunities at Max Planck's IMPRS in NRW, Germany! 🇩🇪 Gain insights into groundbreaking research & register here: events.gwdg.de/e/PhDatMaxPlan… #MaxPlanck #Research #Germany #Science
Beautiful science – fantastic picture 🌹🥳. Congratulations on the cover @Nature 👏 #plantscience #cover
I am super happy to see our dog rose's paper featuring the cover of the July 3rd issue of @Nature read more here: tinyurl.com/dog-rose
Very nice surprise to find this News & Views from Adrian and Joiselle about our recent paper on pentaploid dog roses nature.com/articles/d4158…
📣Great news – Congratulations to @TonniGrube and all winners of this year’s award! 👏🥳🎉 #plantscience
New! The winners of Rising Stars in Plant Sciences 2025 (RSPS2025) come out. Congratulations to Dr. Tonni Grube Andersen, Dr. Charles Melnyk, Dr. Li Wan, Dr. Bing Wang, and Dr. Zhen Yan!🎇🎇🎇
📢We are #hiring! 📢Please RT! @mpipz_cologne has a group leader position available in the broad area of Plant Development and Diversity. Apply now! 👉bit.ly/4nkUvLa #plantscience
📣📣Paper Alert. New paper out @Nature by the group of @marques_et_al from @mpipz_cologne and colleagues on the role of centromeres in pentaploid dogroses. 🥳🥳🎉Congratulations 👏👏 To learn more👉bit.ly/3GbcLpC #plantscience
Nature research paper: Bimodal centromeres in pentaploid dogroses shed light on their unique meiosis go.nature.com/4naBMSw
📣We are thrilled for our director Miltos Tsiantis who has just been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant @ERC_Research for his project ‘CLONAL’ to study the development and diversity of root suckers. Congratulations! 👏🥳Read more: bit.ly/43KuvBe #ERCAdG
📣 Good news today for 255 outstanding research leaders who have been offered ERC Advanced Grants. The new funding, worth nearly €652 million, is part of the 🇪🇺EU’s #HorizonEurope programme. Read more 👉 europa.eu/!TkwhWc #ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @EUScienceInnov
📣The #DFG has announced the funding decisions for the Excellence Strategy! 🥳🎉Congratulations to CEPLAS – the Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences – and all its partners! 👏👏 @HHU_de @UniCologne @fz_juelich @LeibnizIPK @mpipz_cologne @ceplas_1 mpipz.mpg.de/5688387/CEPLAS…
Are you looking to advance your bioimage analysis skills? Then don't miss the deadline for #EMBOBioImage 🔬✨ 📩 Apply by 4 June ➡️ s.embl.org/bia25-01-x 🗓️ 14 – 19 September 📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual In this advanced course you'll learn cutting-edge concepts and tools…
🌿🌱We are thrilled to share that Prof. Miltos Tsiantis @mpipz_cologne has been elected as Fellow of the @royalsociety in recognition to his work on plant organ development. 👏👏Huge congratulations! 🥳🎉 👉mpipz.mpg.de/5687512/tsiant… royalsociety.org/news/2025/05/n…
Celebrating a new PhD at @mpipz_cologne! 🎓 Dr. Ram Sevak Raja Kumar defended her thesis in @hacquard_st’s lab. Congrats, and all the best for what’s next! 🌟 #PhDone #PlantScience
📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on May 23 at 10:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2025 Plantae Fellows.🌱 👉 Free registration at plantae.org/plantaepresent… #plantscience
“Science has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party” President @vonderleyen, with a new €500M initiative to attract top global talent. In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, & shared by all humanity.
📢 7th International Fascination of Plants Day 2024 🍃 - Success stories – Enjoy the best from over 670 interactive events in over 65 countries. 💡 Learn more: bit.ly/4lvTAa2 #PlantDay #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU
Interested in hearing more about the story behind our latest paper? Check out our blog post and the latest @NaturePodcast episode! 📝 go.nature.com/3G73vT7 🎙️ nature.com/articles/d4158…
📢 Excited to share our work out now in @Nature! 📢 We present the phased pan-genome of the European tetraploid potato, based on 10 historical cultivars representing 85% of European potato diversity. Learn more below! 🔗 nature.com/articles/s4158… 1/7
📢📢Paper Alert! New publication out in @Nature by @LabSchneeberger @mpipz_cologne and @LMU_Muenchen on the genome reconstruction of ten historic potato cultivars. 🥔🌱Congratulations! 👏👏Learn more 👉bit.ly/3GeGcGX nature.com/articles/s4158…
We developed MetaFlowTrain, an easy-to-build, highly parallelized, and cheap fluidic system for discovering microbial bioactive molecules, studying exometabolite-mediated cooperation/competition in microbiomes and much more. 👏 @Chesneau_G Give it a try: nature.com/articles/s4146…