News 2019

The Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry has been awarded the TOTAL E-QUALITY award for the fourth time in a row. For the first time this year the award was given with the add-on 'diversity'. The…

During the first weeks of school holidays in Saxony-Anhalt, we were pleased to welcome many high school students at our institute. On July 12, the Saxony Anhalt Student Academy visited, followed by…

Scientists of the Independent Junior Research Group around Jun.-Prof. Martin Weissenborn, together with colleagues from RWTH Aachen University and the University of New South Wales (Australia), have…

The Martin-Luther-University and the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) are involved in the GRK. The press release of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg from 17.07.2019 is also…

The IPB has joined an initiative by the VIB Ghent and signed a position paper on the ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on genome editing. In July 2018, the ECJ ruled that crop plants…

On 6th of June, the Institute again elected an Equal Opportunities Commissioner. Women and men were able to stand for election. 56 of the women entitled to vote came to the election. Melanie Rasch and…

On 28 May 2019, all three Leibniz Institutes situated in Halle (IAMO, IPB and IWH) came together to show their colours for diversity. At their joint stand on the market place, a silhouette artist made…

Scientists at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry were able to identify a gene in the model plant Medicago truncatula (barrelclover) that plays a key role in the defense against plant…

Researchers at the IPB have recently elucidated new molecular processes of flower development in tomato plants, giving us a better understanding of how seeds develop in these plants. “A lot of data…

The research training group is a cooperation project between the MLU, the IPB and the Fraunhofer Institute IZI in Halle.

Press release by Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg on May 29, 2019…