<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"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 187, 65);">15 PhD fellowships within the CEPLAS Graduate School</span></b><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;"><span class="" style="font-kerning: none;">In CEPLAS - The Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences - researchers investigate in an interdisciplinary approach the characteristics and mechanisms of complex plant traits and their impact on plant performance and adaptation. This knowledge builds a foundation for sustainable cultivation of food, feed and energy crops. </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;"><span class="" style="font-kerning: none;">CEPLAS is a joint venture of the Universities of Cologne and Düsseldorf, the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research and the Forschungszentrum Jülich. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The CEPLAS Graduate School offers a comprehensive graduate program covering the fields of molecular plant sciences, plant genetics, synthetic biology as well as quantitative and computational biology. The program leads<b class=""> students with a bachelor’s degree</b> through a unique qualification phase to the PhD. <b class="">The program starts in October 2023. Application deadline is December 12, 2022.</b></span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""></div></body></html>