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The two awardees with their prizes. Left to right: Dr. Marco Incarbone, Hanne Zillmer, Prof. Dr. Claudia Köhler (Managing Director at MPI-MP), Dr. Jiali Zhu, Dr. Tobias Lortzing (MPI-MP), Dr. Eleftheria Saplaoura (Targenomix), Sabine Kahlau (Targenomix).

Jeff Schell Prize for discoveries in mobile small RNAs and protein interaction landscapes

June 09, 2026

Max Planck Institute honours Dr. Jiali Zhu and Hanne Zillmer for outstanding achievements in plant science more

Four Arabidopsis plants in square pots show differences in plant growth and leaf health.

Plants hit the brakes on immunity to survive viral infections

May 28, 2026

Selective autophagy acts as an immune “fine-tuner” in virus-infected plants more

Two scientists in lab coats analyzing plant samples in a greenhouse filled with yellow flowers.

Friendly fungi hijack plant regulator to promote symbiosis

March 11, 2026

Study uncovers mechanism that helps fungi to colonize plant roots more

Flowers of tobacco plants. A tobacco plant that harbors defective mitochondria has wrinkled and male-sterile flowers (left). These defects can be rescued in the offspring by inheritance of healthy paternal mitochondria, resulting in restoration of flower beauty and fertility (right).

Paternal Mitochondria Rescuing Plant Fertility

March 03, 2026

New Study Reshapes Understanding of Mitochondrial Inheritance more

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