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The iSPy pipeline at a glance to quantify nuclear ploidy.
A collaborative effort by the Formosa-Jordan lab from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, the Fox lab from Duke University, USA, and the Roeder lab from Cornell University, USA, developed a new computational pipeline
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Researchers in the groups of George Coupland at the Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne and their collaborators have elegantly shed new light on the existing model for how florigen and two other proteins interact at the shoot apex. The results have now been published in Nature.
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In a recent Nature Genetics publication, an international team led by Dr. Thomas Hartwig and Dr. Julia Engelhorn (MPIPZ, Cologne; HHU Düsseldorf) introduces a scalable method to map genomic regulatory regions—often referred to as “switches” for their role in controlling the timing and strength of gene expression.
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How centromeres enable a special form of reproduction

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Mercier is awarded together with four other researchers for introducing asexual reproduction through seeds into rice, an innovation that could hugely simplify efforts to propagate elite plant varieties, thus revolutionizing agriculture and contributing significantly to food security.
 

Communications

The European Union has reached a provisional agreement on a new regulatory framework for plants…
Professor Paul Schulze-Lefert has been elected as a Fellow of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. In…

Events & Seminars

Ykä Helariutta: Recruitment of bifunctional regulator thermospermine to methylated ribosomes directs xylem fate

Dec 10, 2025 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
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Stephen I. Wright: Adaptation and Maladaptation in Plant Genomes

Dec 17, 2025 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
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Xumei Chen: 5' Capping of RNA by cellular metabolites

Jan 21, 2026 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
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Together with our University partners in Cologne and Düsseldorf we train about 90 mostly international doctoral students and are inviting talented young researchers to apply for individual open positions and to our structured IMPRS programme.
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Since 2019, all MPIPZ postdocs take part of a Career Development Program. This program aims to support them success in their careers.
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