EMBO Short Term Fellowship for Anita Bollmann

For studying the interactions of Sphingomonas and Pseudomonas

Anita Bollmann from the John Innes Centre received an EMBO Short Term Fellowship for her project “Studying plant-associated interactions of Pseudomonas and Sphingomonas in the A.thaliana phyllosphere”.

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Spiegel reports on debate with Renate Künast

Successful event in Heidelberg on October 29

Reporter criticizes Renate Künast for not addressing genetic modification, but mostly discussing other topics of agricultural relevance. Summary: A win for science based on points.

“Frau Künast meets the enemy”

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Congratulations, Dr. Moises Exposito-Alonso!

‘Summa cum laude’ for thesis on climate change & evolution

Moi defended his thesis on climate change and genetic evolution in Arabidopsis thaliana yesterday. For his effort, he was awarded a ‘summa cum laude’ — with distinction. The examiners agreed … Read the rest