Lecture

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Lectures and seminars

Our lecture and seminar series cover a wide range of topics in plant genetics and crop plant research. Formats such as the "Gatersleben Lecture" on overarching topics, the "Vavilov Seminar" on special questions of plant genetic resources, the "Watermann Seminar" on topics of bioinformatics and modelling or the "Cell Biology Seminar" are established formats with lecturers from all over the world. In addition to IPK staff, these formats are also open to guest students from our partner institutions.

Gatersleben Lecture / 11. Februar 2025

Prof. Dr. Gwyneth Ingram (CNRS, ENS de Lyon, France)

Title: "Embryo-Endosperm dialogues in developing seeds: Distinguishing in from out, and up from down"

Link: https://ipk-gatersleben-de.zoom-x.de/j/64461069570?pwd=zkilCYbbDnBkSE0qzRjuCviHm7VKaN.1 (Meeting-ID: 644 6106 9570 / Kenncode: 845617)

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Gatersleben Lecture / 18. März 2025

Double Lecture

First Speaker: Prof. Dr. Andrew Leitch (Professor of Plant Genetics and Co-director of MSc Plant and Fungal Taxonomy Diversity, School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, UK)

Title: ”Ecological filtering through genome size and potential mechanisms driving genome downsizing after polyploidy”

Second Speaker: Dr. Ilia Leitch (Trait…

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