Press Releases

A guide through the genome 
One of the greatest challenges in modern plant research is to identify the differences in genetic information that are responsible for trait variation. A research team led by the "Crop Yield" working group at the Institute for Molecular Physiology at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne (MPIPZ), togeter with the Carnegie Institution of Science at Stanford, has now developed a method to identify precisely these special differences in genetic information.
Keeping competitors away drives colonization success in the plant microbiota
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, in Cologne, in collaboration with an international team of researchers, have identified natural chemical strategies that bacteria use to keep competitors at bay and successfully proliferate on plants. The study is now published in the journal PNAS.
 
Scientists provide evidence for new theory of genetic recombination 
New findings from researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, suggest an explanation for the century-old mystery of how chromosome recombination is regulated during sexual reproduction. Their findings are published in the journal Nature Communications.
 

News

Inspiration and sense of unity 
Prof. Patrick Cramer, President elect of the Max Planck Society visits the MPIPZ.

Communications

A great success for this years’ PhD retreat, held from 10-12 of May, bringing together a diverse group of PhD candidates and their supervisors for three days of learning, collaborating and bonding.
A huge congratulations to Jane Parker who is among the new Fellows elected to join the UK’s Royal Society for outstanding contributions in the field of sciences.

Events & Seminars

Christopher Grefen

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Jun 14, 2023 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPIPZ, Room: Lecture hall

Myriam Charpentier

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Jun 21, 2023 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPIPZ, Room: Lecture hall

Gabriel Castrillo: Deciphering the molecular bases of microbiota effect on plant growth

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Sep 6, 2023 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPIPZ, Room: Lecture hall

Career

PhD Program
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.
Postdoc Program
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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