Relive the highlights of Crop Innovation & Business 2025!

Relive the highlights of Crop Innovation & Business 2025!

July 11, 2025

Our recent CropIB conference in Cologne, Germany, brought together breeding, AgBio and AgTech companies, academics, investors, startups and experts from the international agri-food industry to explore the future of crop innovation. If you haven't seen it yet — or want to experience the energy all over again — don’t miss the official aftermovie!

The benefits of removing alcohol from genomic workflows

The benefits of removing alcohol from genomic workflows

March 17, 2025

The contemporary genomic laboratory faces many challenges associated with nucleic acid isolation and purification. In part these are related to the hazardous reagents that have become the standard in the industry. The standardized methods using (magnetic bead-based) DNA isolation currently rely heavily on flammable and hazardous substances such as isopropanol, ethanol and chaotropic salts.

CEPLAS/TRANSPLANT: Bridging the Gap Between Fundamental Plant Science and Real-World Impact

CEPLAS/TRANSPLANT: Bridging the Gap Between Fundamental Plant Science and Real-World Impact

February 24, 2025

The Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS) is expanding its research transfer activities through the TRANSPLANT initiative, launched in 2024. This collaborative project, involving Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, University of Cologne, and Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Kleve, is funded by the NRW Ministry for Culture and Science. TRANSPLANT aims to maximize the impact of fundamental plant science research by fostering collaboration between academia, industry and farmers, and by promoting entrepreneurship among scientists, to drive innovation within NRW and beyond. Ultimately, TRANSPLANT seeks to translate research excellence at CEPLAS and Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences into enhancing socio-economic impact.

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