Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

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We are #hiring!
Join Raphael Mercier’s team within the IMPRS @mpipz.bsky.social to investigate meiotic recombination, focusing on inversions, selection & genome evolution.
📆 Deadline: Jan 5, 2025
✏️ Apply via: gradschool.mpipz.mpg.de
ℹ️ More info: mpipz.mpg.de/imprs

A Banner that shows the open call for the international PhD program on interdisciplinary Plant Biology in Cologne Germany between University of Cologne and Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research. A button reads "apply now!".

We are #hiring!
This IMPRS PhD project @algazuccaro.bsky.social group @unicologne.bsky.social explores plant–microbiome interactions.
🗓️ Deadline: Jan 5, 2025
✏️ Apply via: gradschool.mpipz.mpg.de
ℹ️ IMPRS: mpipz.mpg.de/imprs
🔗 Group: ag-zuccaro.botanik.uni-koeln.de

📣🥳 We are thrilled to share that our director, Raphaël Mercier @raphmercier.bsky.social has been awarded the VinFuture Special Prize for Innovators with Outstanding Achievements in Emerging Fields 🌱✨. Congratulations 👏👏 #plantsci #genetics 👉https://bit.ly/3MtCGLW
vinfutureprize.org/laureates/pr...

Shining a Spotlight on Polyploid Cells – a tool to uncover spatial patterns of DNA content across tissues Several research teams have collaborated to develop a new computing pipeline that enables high-throughput quantification of ploidy, i.e., the number of copies of chromosomes, in different tissues base...

Press release on our new work about inferring Spatial Ploidy (iSPy), a collaboration with the @roederlab.bsky.social and the Fox Lab, with @nickrussell31.bsky.social being the first author @mpipz.bsky.social @cp-cellrepmethods.bsky.social www.mpipz.mpg.de/5771290/pr-f...

Inferring Spatial Ploidy (iSPy), a high-throughput pipeline to quantify ploidy across tissues from microscopy images, now at @cp-cellrepmethods.bsky.social, try it out! Thanks @nickrussell31.bsky.social, @roederlab.bsky.social and Fox lab for such an exciting collaboration!
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Spatial ploidy inference using quantitative imaging Polyploidy (whole-genome duplication) is a common yet under-surveyed property of tissues across multicellular organisms. Polyploidy plays a critical r…

🚀New publication out by @pauformosa.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social and collaborators @duke-university.bsky.social, @cornelluniversity.bsky.social introducing a computational pipeline enabling high-throughput ploidy quantification. 🔬📊 👏👏 👉https://bit.ly/4pOipiq
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A Banner that shows the open call for the international PhD program on interdisciplinary Plant Biology in Cologne Germany between University of Cologne and Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research. A button reads "apply now!"

We are #hiring!
Join Juliette de Meaux’s group within the IMPRS @unicologne.bsky.social to explore the genomic & ecological drivers of gene flow in grassland Arabis species.
🗓️ Deadline: Jan 5, 2025
✏️ Apply via: gradschool.mpipz.mpg.de
ℹ️ More info: mpipz.mpg.de/imprs

A Banner that shows the open call for the international PhD program on interdisciplinary Plant Biology in Cologne Germany between University of Cologne and Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research. A button reads "apply now!".

We’re #hiring! Our #IMPRS @mpipz.bsky.social & @unicologne.bsky.social recruits 4 PhD students. We look for candidates with a keen interest in experimental & computational plant biology to join us in 2026!

Find details at www.mpipz.mpg.de/imprs/imprs-... and apply by Jan 5.

#PlantSciJobs

Florigen activation complex forms via multifaceted assembly in Arabidopsis Nature - In flowering plants, DNA–FD–14-3-3 recruits FT to the florigen activation complex both through DNA–FT interactions and by reducing liquid phase condensation of FD...

Honoured to have participated in this amazing story uncovering novel #florigen roles in #Arabidopsis Congrats to @HeGao @NaDing and collaborators!!
Check it out @nature.com
🌱 🌸 🧬 🔬

#bZIP #proteinphosphorylation @mpipz.bsky.social
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Florigen activation complex forms via multifaceted assembly in Arabidopsis - Nature In flowering plants, DNA–FD–14-3-3 recruits FT to the florigen activation complex both through DNA–FT interactions and by reducing liquid phase condensation of FD protein, which promotes dimerization,...

📣Paper alert! New paper out in @nature.com by the group of George Coupland @mpipz.bsky.social and colleagues on new roles for the florigen protein in flowering 🌱🌿. Congratulations!👏👏 👉https://www.mpipz.mpg.de/pr-coupland-2025-11-en
#Arabidopsis #plantsci
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A common pathway controls cell size in the sepal and leaf epidermis leading to a nonrandom pattern of giant cells Arabidopsis leaf epidermal cells have a wide range of sizes and ploidies, but the mechanisms patterning their size and spatial distribution remain unclear. This study shows that the pathway controllin...

Check out our story in @plosbiology.org about how a nonrandom, clustered giant cell pattern forms in the sepal and leaf epidermis! It has been a great journey with @gweissbart.bsky.social, Frances Clark, Xihang Wang, @roederlab.bsky.social and co-authors.
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🌱 Postdoc position in Plant Genomics/Bioinformatics!

Love genome plasticity, computational methods, and solving big questions in plant biology? Join our newly established Institute for Crop Biology at HHU Düsseldorf.

More info on schneebergerlab.org/career/
Apply by Nov. 30 | 3-year position

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🌟 We celebrate Dr. Mung Hsia Foo from Hirofumi Nakagami’s lab @mpipz.bsky.social for completing her PhD! 🎓👏 Best of luck for the exciting journey ahead! 🌱
#PhDSuccess #PlantScience #PhDone #ScientificAchievement

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🎉 Fantastic news! Dr. Raissa Krone from Stanislav Kopriva’s group within the IMPRS @mpipz.bsky.social and @unicologne.bsky.social has earned her PhD. Congrats on this great achievement and best wishes for what’s next! 🌿✨
#PhDSuccess #PlantScience #PhDone #ScientificAchievement

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👏 Congratulations to Dr. Lara Van Dijck from Jane Parker’s lab @mpipz.bsky.social on successfully completing her PhD! Wishing you continued success ahead! 🎓🌱
#PhDSuccess #PlantScience #PhDone #ScientificAchievement

Genetic variation at transcription factor binding sites largely explains phenotypic heritability in maize - Nature Genetics Pan-cistrome of the maize leaf under well-watered and drought conditions profiled by haplotype-specific MOA-seq highlights the relevance of transcription factor binding QTLs for understanding phenotyp...

📣New @natgenet.nature.com The Hartwig group @mpipz.bsky.social and colleagues @hhu.de unveil a scalable way to map plant genomic "switches" - these overlooked regions hold huge promise for crop breeding & climate resilience. 👉http://bit.ly/41BmCwD #plantsci
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Please RT: We are hiring 📣! We are looking for a coordinator of our CEPLAS Graduate School!
If you are interested in working in an international and dynamic academic environment with highly motivated and talented ECRs, check out the details here: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...

We’re pleased to announce two new vacancies for senior roles at our institute:

Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

🗓️ Closes 25 August

Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...

🗓️ Closes 5 September

Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships: Expressions of interest can be submitted until 31 October 2025.

Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.

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🎓👏 Congratulations to Dr. @nickdunken.bsky.social Nick Dunken on the successful PhD defense in the lab of @algazuccaro.bsky.social at the University of Cologne and @mpipz.bsky.social! Welcome to the circle of doctors!
#phdone #plantscience #sciencecareer

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📣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/PhDatMaxPl... #MaxPlanck #Research #Germany #Science

🥳 Well-deserved celebration 🥳🎉. What a wonderful tradition – fantastic science, brilliant cover picture @nature.com and awesome cake 🍰 🌹. Huge congratulations @amarques.bsky.social and team 👏👏

📣Great news – Congratulations to @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social and all winners of this year’s award! 👏🥳🎉 #plantscience

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📣📣We are #hiring! 📣Please RT! @mpipz.bsky.social has a group leader position available in the broad area of Plant Development and Diversity 🌿. Apply now!🌿 👉http://bit.ly/4nkUvLa #plantsci

🎉 We’re thrilled to share that our director Miltos Tsiantis has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant @erc.europa.eu for his project CLONAL, which will explore the development and diversity of root suckers. Congratulations! 🌱👏Learn more: bit.ly/43KuvBe #ERCAdG #plantsci

Promotional poster with images of an Arabidopsis flower development over time from a cluster of identical cells to the final flower and two models of Arabirbiopsis flower meristems highligting active genes. Text reads: 9th Plant Computational Biology Workshop, 8-12 September 2025, Sainsbury Laboratory, University fo Cambridge.

🚨 Calling all plant modelling enthusiasts!
Plant Computational Biology Workshop
Open to researchers at all levels
Workshop is free. Participants cover own travel, food & accommodation
📅 8-12 Sept | 💻 Talks, tools & hand-on sessions
🔗 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/computationa...
#ComputationalBiology #PlantSci

🎊 We made it!! @dfg.de has just announced that we have been successful with our CEPLAS III proposal in the current funding round of the Excellence Strategy! Many thanks to all our supporters! @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de @leibnizipk.bsky.social

🌿We are thrilled to share that Prof. Miltos Tsiantis @mpipz.bsky.social has been elected as new Fellow of the @royalsociety.org in recognition to his work on plant organ development 🌿🥳 🎉Congratulations! 👏👏 👉 bit.ly/435gPjT #plantsci

The Future is Female: Neue Horizonte der Pflanzenforschung K-Pop und Pflanzenforschung – haben mehr gemeinsam, als du denkst! <br /> <br /> Beim Pint of Science erwarten dich spannende Einblicke in die Welt der Pflanzengenetik...

⏰ 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.bsky.social 🌱🍻 Don't miss out – science is best served with a pint! #scicomm 👉
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Celebrating a new PhD at @mpipz.bsky.social! 🎓 Dr. Ram Sevak Raja Kumar defended her thesis in @hacquardst.bsky.social’s lab. Congrats, and all the best for what’s next! 🌟 #PhDone #PlantScience