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Gatersleben Lecture with Prof. Dr. Sarah O´Connor

13.01.2026 Im Rahmen der Gatersleben Lecture spricht Prof. Dr. Sarah O´Connor (Director, Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena) zum Thema: ”Harnessing the Chemistry of Natural Products”. Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf der Webseite unter Veranstaltungen/Vorträge.
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100 Years of the Institute and a Pan-Galactic Genebank Cultivation Programme

The event featured keynote speakers from Germany, Denmark and Switzerland, as well as a laudatory speech on one’s own behalf and a Star Wars parody concerning the IPK Leibniz Institute’s Galactic Genebank. The farewell symposium for Evelin Willner, Andreas Börner and Frank Blattner at the end of November certainly had plenty of highlights and surprises to offer.
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Mansfeld Prize 2025 goes to Zsa Zsa Boyny

On Wednesday evening, the Rudolf Mansfeld Prize 2025 was awarded as part of the ‘Science - Explained Simply’ lecture series. Zsa Zsa Boyny, a doctoral student at Justus Liebig University in Giessen, won the award, which is endowed with 1,500 euros. The prize money comes from the Association for the Promotion of Crop Plant Research in Gatersleben (Gemeinschaft zur Förderung der…
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IPK successful in Leibniz competition

The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) was successful in this year's Leibniz competition. Two projects - one led by the IPK and one involving the IPK - have now been selected by the Leibniz Association's Senate for funding of one million euros each.

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In the current funding round, the Leibniz Association is supporting a total of 26 projects.
Science award for IPK researcher

On Wednesday, IPK scientist Narendra Narisetti received the Wernigerode Science Award at a ceremony held in Wernigerode Town Hall, attended by Saxony-Anhalt’s Minister of Science, Armin Willingmann. Nicolaus von Wirén delivered the laudatory speech.

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Sachsen-Anhalts Wissenschaftsminister Armin Willingmann und Nicolaus von Wirén, Geschäftsführender Direktor des IPK bei der Preisverleihung für Narendra Narisetti.
A matter close to the heart

In collaboration with the German Red Cross (DRK), the IPK is holding its first blood donation session on 29 October. Nils Stein initiated this campaign, but this day also has special significance for Katrin Menzel.

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Katrin Menzel und Nils Stein haben die Aktion am IPK angestoßen und koordiniert.
‘Good data is the key’

Next Wednesday marks the start of the next Gatersleben Research Conference (GRC), which is being held as the ‘19th International Symposium on Integrative Bioinformatics’ (IB). Conference chair Uwe Scholz discusses perennial topics such as the FAIR principles and emerging trends such as artificial intelligence (AI), as well as the speaker he is most looking forward to hearing.

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