News

25.03.2025

Lea Berg's image has been shortlisted for the Node-FocalPlane image competition.

Lea Berg's exceptional image of the mature Brachypodium leaf epidermis is one of 15 finalists in the Company of Biologist's Node-Focal Plane competition, which was organised on the occasion of the Biologists @ 100 conference in Liverpool.

24.03.2025

On-site filming of the CSCS video took place in Regensburg!

On March 13, 2025 on-site filming was done by the CSCS members Cecilia Lara-Mondragon and Martina Balboni at the Institute of Plant Sciences in Regensburg with the support of Guojing Jiang and PICT GmbH.

13.03.2025

CSCS at the 67th annual maize genetics meeting in St. Louis, USA

Dr Yaping Zhou gave an excellent oral presentation at the Maize Development and Cell Biology workshop prior to the 2025 maize genetics meeting in St. Louis, USA.

13.03.2025

Our PI Prof. Dr. Frank Hochholdinger from University of Bonn received the 2025 maize genetics cooperator award!

Frank Hochholdinger, professor for Crop Functional Genomics at the INRES and Carolin Marcon, project leader of the BonnMu group, were honored with the 2025 Maize Genetics Cooperator Award by the Maize Genetics Cooperation at the 67th maize genetics conference in St. Louis, USA.

13.02.2025

CSCS at the 38th Molecular Biology of Plants Conference of the Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft (DBG) in Hennef, Germany

Our CSCS research group was represented by two scientific talks from Prof. Dr Rüdiger Simon (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf) and PD Dr. Karina van der Linde (University of Regensburg).

29.01.2025

Congratulations to Karina van der Linde on her successful habilitation!

Our junior research group leader Dr Karina van der Linde successfully defended her habilitation on 15 January 2025. We would like to congratulate her and wish her the best of luck and success for her future career!

21.01.2025

3rd CSCS Annual Retreat in Bern, Switzerland

Our 3rd annual CSCS meeting in Bern provided a unique opportunity for the entire research unit to discuss our research in the beautiful Swiss mountain landscape. Many thanks to you all for 3 days of fantastic scientific presentations and great discussions ❤️!!!

09.10.2024

CSCS at Perspectives on Protein Networks in Plants in Strasbourg, France.

Prof. Dr Yvonne Stahl and her PhD student Anika Dolata from Goethe University Frankfurt had the opportunity to present their research results as a keynote lecture and poster at the Symposium on Protein Networks in Plants that took place in Strasbourg, France.

02.10.2024

CSCS at 6th European Maize Meeting in Antwerp, Belgium.

Through their scientific talks at the 6th European Maize Meeting 2024 in Antwerp (Belgium), the PostDocs Dr Yaping Zhou and Dr Cecilia Lara Mondragon have contributed to the visibility of our CSCS research network in the scientific community.

18.07.2024

CSCS at 27th International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

Dr. Guojing Jiang and Jia-Chi Ku from University Regensburg had the great opportunity to present for the first time their CSCS project results at the 27th ICSPR.

11.07.2024

SAVE THE DATE International Brachypodium Research Conference 2025 (IBRC2025) July 6 - 10, 2025

CSCS is happy to support its member Prof. Dr. Michael Raissig in organizing the International Brachypodium Research Conference 2025 in Monte Verità, Switzerland!

01.07.2024

Dr. Martina Balboni wins poster prize at the Flowering Workshop in Palermo

The poster of the CSCS project by Dr. Martina Balboni receives an award at the Flowering Workshop in Palermo

20.06.2024

CSCS at Workshop on Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Flowering in Palermo, Italy

From 16-20 June 2024 representatives of the CSCS consortium visited the Workshop on Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Flowering in Palermo, Italy.

31.07.2023

CSCS on IBC2023 conference in Hammamet, Tunisia

From Jul 10-13, our Brachy people from Raissig lab @unibern visited the 5th International Brachypodium conference in Tunisia.

07.07.2023

CSCS at SEB Centenary Conference 2023 in Edinburgh, UK

The Society for Experimental Biology celebrated 100 years in 2023 and CSCS was represented by two scientific talks!

26.06.2023

CSCS at Translational Research In Crops Conference, Ghent, Belgium

Dr. Thirulogachandar Venkatasubbu and Anika Dolata from HHU Düsseldorf represented CSCS on TRIC23 in Ghent.

19.06.2023

CSCS at 5th European Maize Meeting in Bologna, Italy

Several CSCS members travelled to Italy to join the European Maize Meeting in Italy in June 2023.

19.05.2023

CSCS on 10th Int. Symposium on Root Development, Ghent, Belgium

Prof. Yvonne Stahl und her PhD student Anika Dolata both gave talks about their work on RAM.