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.

Vavilov Seminar / 11 June 2025

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Boas Pucker (TU Braunschweig and University of Bonn)

Title: “Exploring the genetic basis of specialized plant metabolism”

The seminar will start at 11:00 am.

The lecture will take place at IPK Vavilovhaus Seminarraum OG  1.26 plus Video stream via Zoom. Zoom Meeting-ID: 662 7933 3572, Kenncode: 457594

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Gatersleben Lecture / 24 June 2025

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Soyk (Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, Swizerland)

Title: “Decoding the genetic control of meristem transitions for crop engineering”

The seminar will start at 14:00 am at IPK Lecture Hall plus Video stream via Zoom.

Link: https://ipk-gatersleben-de.zoom-x.de/j/69381347985?pwd=yk1p8HZYJ9KgTGnBUyhQbudyOQyTnv.1 (Meeting-ID: 693…

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Gatersleben Lecture / 12 August 2025

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Stig Uggerhøj Andersen (Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Plant Molecular Biology, Aarhus University, Denmark)

Title: “Tba.”

The seminar will start at 14:00 am in the lecture hall.

The lecture will take place at IPK Lecture Hall plus Video stream via Zoom. Link: Tba.

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Gatersleben Lecture / 16 September 2025

Speaker: Prof.Dr. Zoran Nikoloski (Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Bioinformatics, University of Potsdam, Germany)

Title: “Tba.”

The seminar will start at 14:00 am in the lecture hall.

The lecture will take place at IPK Lecture Hall plus Video stream via Zoom. Link: Tba.

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Gatersleben Lecture / 14 October 2025
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Vavilov Seminar / 04 November 2025

Speaker: Dr. Sarada Krishnan (Global Crop Diversity Trust, Bonn, Germany)

Title: “Coffee genetic resources”

The seminar will start at 11:00 am.

The lecture will take place at IPK Vavilovhaus Seminarraum OG  1.26 plus Video stream via Zoom. Zoom Meeting-ID: 620 4129 6128, Kenncode: 767621

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Gatersleben Lecture / 11 November 2025

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Malcolm Bennett (Faculty of Science, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Leicestershire, UK)

Title: “Tba.”

The seminar will start at 14:00 am in the lecture hall.

The lecture will take place at IPK Lecture Hall plus Video stream via Zoom. Link: Tba.

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Gatersleben Lecture / 09 December 2025

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sarah E. O’Connor (Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany)

Title: “Tba.”

The seminar will start at 14:00 am in the lecture hall.

The lecture will take place at IPK Lecture Hall plus Video stream via Zoom. Link: Tba.

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