<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 187, 65);">6 PhD fellowships within the CEPLAS Graduate School</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;"><span 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 style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;"><span 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" 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> students with a bachelor’s degree</b> through a unique qualification phase to the PhD. <b>The program starts in October 2024. Application deadline is January 7, 2024.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p></body></html>