<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Dear Colleague,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">The Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS) – a joint initiative of the University of Cologne, the University of Duesseldorf, the Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research and the Forschungszentrum Jülich - in cooperation with the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben is organising the<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font color="#77bb41" class="">International CEPLAS/IPK Summer School 2022 “Translational Plant Biodiversity Research”<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><font color="#77bb41" class="">in Kall-Steinfeld (near Cologne), Germany from 9 – 13 May 2022.</font><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">This is an excellent opportunity for PhD students </span><span lang="EN-US" class="">and early postdoctoral researchers</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">to get an insight into the latest developments in plant science </span><span lang="EN-US" class="">and the exciting research conducted in CEPLAS and IPK</span><span lang="EN-GB" class="">, to present their own research, and to network with colleagues and renowned plant scientists.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">The fee for the whole programme incl. accommodation and full board is EUR 80. Travel costs are not included.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Further details can be found at <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.ceplas.eu/en/training-careers/ceplas-courses-and-excursions/ceplas-summer-school-2022/" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">https://www.ceplas.eu/en/training-careers/ceplas-courses-and-excursions/ceplas-summer-school-2022/</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">and at the attached poster.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">We should be very grateful if you could circulate the email in your department/school and share it with other colleagues who might be interested.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">For any further questions please e-mail </span><a href="mailto:ceplas-summerschool@uni-koeln.de" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">ceplas-summerschool@uni-koeln.de</span></a></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Yours sincerely,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Andreas Weber (CEPLAS)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Stan Kopriva (CEPLAS)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Nicolaus von Wirén (IPK)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jens Freitag (IPK)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></body></html>