News from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ) in Cologne, Germany - Basic molecular biological research on plants and microbeshttps://bsky.app/profile/mpipz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpipz.bsky.social/post/3mk3qmfapcc2t🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Tamara Susanto on successfully defending her PhD in the Charles Underwood Group at @mpipz.bsky.social! Wishing her all the best ahead. #phdone #plantscience #academiccareers22 Apr 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:c7svbx3ugvrxwyvant7lbpkg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3qmfapcc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mpipz.bsky.social/post/3mk3qje2kv22tCongratulations to Dr. Kang Wang on the successful PhD defense in the lab of George Coupland at @mpipz.bsky.social. Wishing all the best for the next steps ahead! #phdone #plantscience22 Apr 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:c7svbx3ugvrxwyvant7lbpkg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3qje2kv22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mpipz.bsky.social/post/3mk3qdet2o22t🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Niklas Kiel on defending his PhD in the Ruben Garrido-Oter Group at the @mpipz.bsky.social! All the best for what comes next. #Phdone #plantscience #academiccareers22 Apr 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:c7svbx3ugvrxwyvant7lbpkg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3qdet2o22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mpipz.bsky.social/post/3mibkqexzjk2c🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Magdalena Slawinska on her PhD defense in the lab of Ruben Garrido-Oter at @mpipz.bsky.social! Wishing all the best ahead. #phdone #plantscience #acacemiccareer30 Mar 2026 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:c7svbx3ugvrxwyvant7lbpkg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibkqexzjk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mpipz.bsky.social/post/3mhb3jy6axc22Dr. Maik Mendler has successfully defended the PhD in the lab of Franzsika Turck @mpipz.bsky.social. Congratulations on reaching this milestone and best wishes ahead! #phdone #plantscience17 Mar 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:c7svbx3ugvrxwyvant7lbpkg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhb3jy6axc22https://bsky.app/profile/mpipz.bsky.social/post/3meo2hzsi3c2iWhat a great talk by Kirsten Bomblies and an inspiring discussion on #womeninscience. 🌿Always believe in yourself - you belong here! 🧪🔬Learn more about our fantastic female scientists @mpipz.bsky.social here 👉 https://www.mpipz.mpg.de/5784211/interviews-2026 [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Feb 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:c7svbx3ugvrxwyvant7lbpkg/app.bsky.feed.post/3meo2hzsi3c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mpipz.bsky.social/post/3melblfzxhk2y🎓 Congrats to Dr. Meng Zhang on defending her PhD in the lab of @amarques.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social! Welcome to the circle of doctors and all the best ahead! 👏 #PhDone #NewDoctor #PlantScience11 Feb 2026 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:c7svbx3ugvrxwyvant7lbpkg/app.bsky.feed.post/3melblfzxhk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpipz.bsky.social/post/3mel3ajwqdc2jWe are excited to welcome Kirsten Bomblies as the speaker at our 🌿Annual Barbara McClintock Seminar🧪 and guest at our roundtable discussion @mpipz.bsky.social on “Women in Science,” held in celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. #11Feb #womeninscience11 Feb 2026 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:c7svbx3ugvrxwyvant7lbpkg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mel3ajwqdc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpipz.bsky.social/post/3mb4v23k7zc2cWe are #hiring! Join Miltos Tsiantis’s lab within the IMPRS @mpipz.bsky.social to identify genes driving root sucker formation in crucifer plants — combining evolution & genetics. 📆 Deadline: Jan 5, 2026 ✏️ Apply via: gradschool.mpipz.mpg.de ℹ️ More info: mpipz.mpg.de/imprs29 Dec 2025 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:c7svbx3ugvrxwyvant7lbpkg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb4v23k7zc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mpipz.bsky.social/post/3ma6vkw5xys2a📣📣Paper alert! Excited to share a new paper @pnas.org from the Tsiantis lab @mpipz.bsky.social and colleagues on how enhancer evolution shapes leaf diversity. 🌱🌿Congratulations! 👏🥳 Read more 👉 bit.ly/4583PdR #plantsci #evolution https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.251573212217 Dec 2025 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:c7svbx3ugvrxwyvant7lbpkg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma6vkw5xys2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mpipz.bsky.social/post/3ma4dq4wj4c2nWe are #hiring! In Nadine Töpfer’s group within the IMPRS @unicologne.bsky.social, the PhD candidate will use computational modelling to unravel metabolic interactions between plants and their root microbiota. 📆Deadline: Jan 5, 2025 ✏️Apply via: gradschool.mpipz.mpg.de ℹ️More info: mpipz.mpg.de/imprs16 Dec 2025 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:c7svbx3ugvrxwyvant7lbpkg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4dq4wj4c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpipz.bsky.social/post/3ma4djrd7u22nCongratulations to Mingming Fang on successfully defending his PhD! Completed at @mpipz.bsky.social in the lab of Miltos Tsiantis — all the best for what’s next! 🎉👏 #PhDone #NewDoctor #PlantScience16 Dec 2025 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:c7svbx3ugvrxwyvant7lbpkg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4djrd7u22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpipz.bsky.social/post/3m7per6svbc2xWe 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/imprs11 Dec 2025 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:c7svbx3ugvrxwyvant7lbpkg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7per6svbc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpipz.bsky.social/post/3m7mz6pzw3k2lWe 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.de10 Dec 2025 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:c7svbx3ugvrxwyvant7lbpkg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7mz6pzw3k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpipz.bsky.social/post/3m7hkrmdrsk2g📣🥳 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 https://vinfutureprize.org/laureates/professor-raphael-mercier/08 Dec 2025 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:c7svbx3ugvrxwyvant7lbpkg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7hkrmdrsk2g