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Four group leaders from the Department of Plant Microbe Interactions are among the most highly cited researchers worldwide
Paul Schulze-Lefert, Jane Parker, Stéphane Hacquard, and Ruben Garrido-Oter “have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research”
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New Doctoral Training Programme at MPIPZ Cologne
Successful project start of the MSCA-COFUND project Reconstruction Biology in Plant Science Doctoral Training Programme (rePLANT) at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research. [more]
<span>An ear for frogs</span>

An ear for frogs

July 30, 2024
Jozefien Van de Velde from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne traveled to Australia for two months in search of frogs in the outback. This was no easy task, as her study subjects are nocturnal, hide underground in dry conditions, and only emerge after heavy rain. [more]
MPIPZ Fascination of Plants Day
Open Minds scholarship holders visited the MPIPZ [more]
Soapbox Science Event in Cologne inspires science enthusiasts
Bringing science to the streets [more]
<span><span><span><span>Pint of Science in Cologne</span></span></span></span><br /> 
Science in the pub
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<span><span><span>Max Planck Plant Science PhD researchers connect</span></span></span>
From May 22nd to 24th, a delegation of 15 doctoral researchers from the Potsdam-Golm Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (MPIMP) visited the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ) in Cologne. This was the first inter-MPI event connecting PhD students from the two plant institutes, initiated by the PhD representatives of both institutes. [more]
Paul Schulze-Lefert elected as Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Huge honor comes as recognition for his seminal work in the fields of plant immunity and the plant microbiota. [more]
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