Welcome to the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research.

• Our Scientific Reports are published biannually since 2008.
• We issue press releases on the most important scientific results and events.
• Flyers in English and German provide information about the institute’s work.
• The institute holds an intensive dialogue with members and representatives of the media, politics, culture and the general public. The high number of visitors provides living proof of this close public relationship. Our guests include politicians, delegations from science, commerce and culture as well as students and members of professional associations.
• The Gatersleben Encounters, since 1995 co-hosted by the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, are of special importance for public relations. The series was brought to a first conclusion with the 10^th Meeting in 2003.
• The 2006 Gatersleben Discourse continued in the spirit of the Gatersleben Encounters and was held together with Evangelische Akademie Sachsen-Anhalt (Evangelical Academy Saxony-Anhalt).
• Since 1993, we successfully hold an Open Day once every year, since 2001 together with local partners. In 2001, 2003 and 2006 we gave not only presentations of our work but organised, together with the Gatersleben community, multicultural events and forums.
• Outstanding research results are presented both to professionals and the general public at fairs and larger exhibitions.
• On invitation by the Leibniz Association our institute participated repeatedly in the Parliamentary Evenings in Berlin (3) and Brussels (1) and, in 2006, in the Leibniz Forum in Magdeburg.
• The institute also participated in the 5^th Science Night in Halle in 2006.
• We support a limited number of projects within the Jugend forscht (Science by Young People) competition.
• Since 1993, the institute successfully organises together with the Society for Advancement of Cultivated Plant Research well received public events.
• We participate in the Green Gate Gatersleben site initiative, established in 2005, in order to coordinate joint activities.
• As part of its public relations policy, the institute also supports the work of the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Kultur in Gatersleben e.V..

Contact:
Roland Schnee
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
Public Relations
Phone: +49 (0)39482 5427
Fax: +49 (0)39482 5500
Email: schnee(at)ipk-gatersleben.de