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Here we go again: The Plant Science Student Conference (PSSC) 2017 will take place next week, from 6^th to 9^th June, 2017. PhD students from the IPB and the IPK Gatersleben alternate in organizing and…

On April 10 and 11, 2017, scientists of the Leibniz Research Alliance Bioactive Compounds and Biotechnology met for the annual Leibniz Conference on Bioactive Compounds. This year's meeting took place…

Molecular patterns on the surfaces of bacteria, viruses and fungi can trigger the plant's immune response. The corresponding receptors on the plant cell surface (Pattern Recognition Receptors, PRRs)…

IPB exhibition shows photos from 14 years of science outreach at the Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften

The 3^rd international Leibniz Plant Biochemistry Symposium will be held on 22^nd and 23^rd of June 2017 at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry in Halle. All interested persons are cordially…

Whenever the concentration of Calcium ions rises rapidly inside the cell, it functions as a universal signal. The signal's details are encoded in magnitude and time course of the concentration change.…

Press release by the ScienceCampus Halle on 27.04.2017 (in German)

Press release by the Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg on 20. April 2017 (in German)

It is not by accident, how large a petal or a seed becomes, because organ growth in plants is a finely tuned process. At the beginning of organ development cells divide. But then division halts and…

Exciting topics and excellent conditions for a thesis -Tebbe de Vries recently proved that you can find both at the IPB. He won the Master's Award of the Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology…