December 5th is World Soil Day

Soils make an indispensable contribution to climate protection, biodiversity and food supply. They are therefore an indispensable basis of life for humans, animals and plants. They provide food and raw materials, store and filter water and can break down pollutants.

PHENET webinar series "Topic: digging into the complexity of soil components", 13th December 2024, online via zoom.

PHENET webinar series "Topic: genotypes x environment interactions across scales", 6th December 2024, online via zoom.

PHENET webinar series "Topic: biotic interaction in agroecosystems", 29th November 2024, online via zoom.

PHENET webinar series "Topic: assessment of crops and forests performance across scales", 22nd November 2024, online via zoom.

Jülich Plant Science Seminars (JPSS) - Andreas Hund - " Field phenotyping: concepts to dissect yield into its components by means of imaging with high spatial and temporal resolution" - ETH Zurich – 2nd of December 2024

RWTH Science Night “5 to 12” celebrates its 20th anniversary

For the twentieth time, RWTH invites you to the RWTH Science Night “5 to 12”. Presenting science in an unusual form at an unusual time once a year as Friday evening entertainment was the idea when the doors of the Kármán Auditorium were opened for five events before midnight in 2003.

Jülich Plant Science Seminars (JPSS) - Markus Biesalski - "Tailor-made functional papers – a complex low-cost material in high-tech applications" - TU Darmstadt - 4th of November 2024

Invitation to the Jülich Plant Science Seminar (JPSS) - Prof. Markus Biesalski

Jülich Plant Science Seminars (JPSS) - Arko Lucieer - "Bridging the scale gap – Advancing high-resolution biodiversity monitoring with hyperspectral and lidar drone technologies" - Tasmania, Australia - 2nd of October 2024

Invitation to the Jülich Plant Science Seminar (JPSS) - Arko Lucieer

Jülich Plant Science Seminars (JPSS) - Llorenç Cabrera-Bosquet - "Extracting Relevant Traits from Phenotyping Platforms: Beyond High-Throughput" - INRAE Montpellier - 2nd of September 2024

Invitation to the Jülich Plant Science Seminar (JPSS) - Llorenç Cabrera-Bosquet

Jülich Plant Science Seminars (JPSS) - Bertrand Muller - "High Throughput Plant Phenotyping and Envirotyping for Future-Proofing Agroecosystems" - INRAE Montpellier - 2nd of September 2024

Invitation to the Jülich Plant Science Seminar (JPSS) - Bertrand Muller

Closing of the lecture series “Circular Economy” and Innovation Challenge, RWTH Aachen, 7th Oktober 2024

For the third time in a row, the public lecture series “Meet the Circular Economy” took place at RWTH Aachen University in the summer semester 2024! For the first time this year, an Innovation Challenge on the lecture topics will follow, which will take place at RWTH on October 7. Please save the date!

Agriculture Research Day NRW 2024, Düsseldorf, August 29th 2024

The NRW-Agrar research network of the Ministry of Agriculture and Consumer Protection (MLV) in NRW presents current activities and research priorities.

M4C - Bioethics and Regulation Workshops - Vienna, Austria, November 25th to 27th, 2024

MICROBES-4-CLIMATE aims to deepen the comprehension of the complex relationships between microorganisms, plants, and soil within the framework of climate change.

PANGEOS summer school - Bucharest, Romania, 30. Sep – 4. Oct 2024

PANGEOS summer school on “Joint uncertainty analysis and protocol standardization assessment summer school on novel and operational hyperspectral data products”

DPPN-Access 2.0: Next call is open

DPPN-Access 2.0 is a follow-up project funded by the BMBF with the overall goal to provide a concerted, long-term and demand-oriented provision of the plant phenotyping facilities at the Research Center Jülich (FZJ), the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) in Gatersleben and the Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU). A next call for access is open now.

10th BioSC Spotlight: "Alternative Proteins made from Plants" September 3, 2024, RWTH Aachen University

High-quality proteins are an essential part of nutrition, but are also needed e.g. for pharmaceutical applications. To produce them in sufficient quantities in a resource-efficient manner, new protein sources need to be accessed. Various plants can be considered for this purpose. However, this brings a number of challenges, from breeding and cultivation to processing and social acceptance. The whole range of topics will be covered by the 10th BioSC Spotlight where scientists from the BioSC and external guests will contribute their expertise. A special focus will be on lupin as a case study.

NRW PhD Day "Future bioeconomy” – with focus: „Increasing efficiency in the bioeconomy with the help of novel tools“

We are glad to announce the 9th NRW PhD Day "Future bioeconomy” this time with the focus: „Increasing efficiency in the bioeconomy with the help of novel tools “.

CEPLAS: Opening CEPLAS photo exhibition „10 Jahre exzellente Pflanzenforschung“

Im Exzellenzcluster für Pflanzenwissenschaften, CEPLAS, entwickeln über 150 Forschende innovative Strategien zur Verbesserung von Kulturpflanzen, um unter den Bedingungen begrenzter Ressourcen und des Klimawandels eine nachhaltige Landwirtschaft zu ermöglichen und stabile Erträge zu gewährleisten. Nun gibt CEPLAS anlässlich seines zehnjährigen Jubiliäums Einblicke in 10 Jahre exzellente Pflanzenforschung.

Jülich Plant Science Seminars (JPSS) - Frank Ewert - "Sustainable and Resilient Plant Production and Land Use – Optimizing Trade-Offs and Synergies" - ZALF und Universität Bonn - 1st of July 2024

Invitation to the Jülich Plant Science Seminar (JPSS) - Frank Ewert

Workshop for AgroServ members - Bari, Italy, October 2.-3. 2024

AgroServ Workshop "Research Infrastructures Towards Agroecological Transition" that will be held the 2 - 3 October 2024 at CIHEAM BARI, Valenzano (BA), Italy

Registration reminder: AgroServ webinar on April 29th

On April 29th at 1pm (CET) AgroServ hosts a public webinar to discuss the current landscape of agroecology in Europe, and AgroServ's services potential for reaching a more sustainable food production.

PRO-GRACE-EMPHASIS policy symposium and Workshop - Brussels, June 27. - 28. 2024

The European project PRO-GRACE, in collaboration with the EMPHASIS European plant phenotyping infrastructure will be holding a policy symposium and workshop, June 27. - 28. 2024, Brussels, Belgium & Online

Global Bioeconomy Summit 2024 - Nairobi, Kenya, October 23. - 24. 2024

"One Planet - Sustainable Bioeconomy Solutions for Global Challenges", Oktober 23. - 24., Nairobi, Kenya

Jülich Plant Science Seminars (JPSS) - Bertrand Muller - Title: TBC - Jülich, IBG-2 Plant Sciences - 03.06.2024

Invitation to the Jülich Plant Science Seminar (JPSS) - Bertrand Muller / Llorenç Cabrera-Bosquet