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 / 18 August 2026

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Tim Beissinger (Heritable Agriculture, San Carlos, CA/USA) 

Title: “From G×E to Real-World Impact: Scaling Crop Predictions with AI”

The seminar will start at 14:00 am in the lecture hall plus Video stream via Zoom.

Link: https://ipk-gatersleben-de.zoom-x.de/j/64783767811?pwd=hndGuIynz0tMsTZ3oKnPjTsgHfQDL8.1 (ID: 647 8376 7811 / Kenncode: 184928) 

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Gatersleben Lecture / 15 September 2025

Speaker: Prof.Dr. Ian Henderson (University of Cambridge, Department of Plant Sciences, RG Genetic and Epigenetic Inheritance in Plants, Cambridge, UK)

Title: “Genetic and epigenetic structure of plant centromeres”

The seminar will start at 14:00 am in the lecture hall plus Video stream via Zoom.

Link: https://ipk-gatersleben-de.zoom-x.de/j/64783767811?pwd=hndGuIynz0tMsTZ3oKnPjTsgHfQ…

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Gatersleben Lecture / 13 October 2026

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Eric Lam (Department of Plant Biology School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ/USA)

Title: “From Functional Orphans to Multitasking Mediators - Plant Metacaspases for stress management”

The seminar will start at 14:00 am in the lecture hall plus Video stream via Zoom.

Link: https://ipk-gaterslebe…

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