EMBO | EMBL Symposium on Evolution & Ecology starts today

New Model Systems for Linking Evolution and Ecology

Organized by D. Tautz & D. Weigel

EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Wednesday 1 May – Saturday 4 May 2013

Online program.

A major obstacle in linking evolution and ecology has been that for … Read the rest

WeigelWorld most highly cited plant biology lab in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

According to a just published publication analysis in the Laborjournal, WeigelWorld is by the far the most highly cited plant biology lab in German speaking countries. 74 articles published in 2007-2010 were cited a total of 4,440 times, with … Read the rest

“Whodunnit” of Irish potato famine solved

Weigelworld teamed up with colleagues from Germany, the UK and the US to reveal that a unique strain of potato blight they call HERB-1 triggered the Irish potato famine of the mid-nineteenth century.

It is the first time scientists have … Read the rest