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Exchange and Discussion during the event. Photo: Wingod Odemary, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
08.07.2026 - News

IGZ at Ubuntu Futures Tanzania 2026: Rethinking Food Systems through Relational Foresight

The ‘SPARKL’ project team met at the IGZ for the kick-off meeting. From left to right: Dr Katja Witzel (IGZ), Dr Andrea Matros (COMPOLYTICS), Dr Gwendolyn Wehner, Dr Claudia Breitkreuz (both JKI), Maike Erb-Brinkmann (PHYTOsolution), Dr Roxana Djalali Far
26.06.2026 - News

From waste to valuable resource: plant fortification from asparagus residues

Exchange and discussion during the Open Lab evening at Futurium. Photo: food4future/IGZ J. Duderstädt
10.06.2026 - News

Open Lab Evening at Futurium: Perspectives on Future Food Systems

IGZ PhD student Yannick Schwert at the DTU Aqua Shellfish Centre in Nykøbing, Denmark. Photo: P. Schmedes/DTU Aqua.
08.06.2026 - News

Between Fjord and Lab

Insights into Current Research and Collaboration between Germany and Denmark

Experimental quinoa field at Hohenheim University. Photo: IGZ / Damir Esenaliev.
02.06.2026 - News

Quinoa as a Crop for Marginal Soils: Potential and Challenges in Central Asia

Prof. Helmut Krug, founding director of the IGZ, remained closely associated with the institute until his death. Photo: IGZ archive.
18.05.2026 - News

Obituary for Prof. Dr. rer. hort. Helmut Wilhelm Walter Krug

A glimpse into the diversity of future nutrition: innovative dishes at the event ‘Algae and Nutrition – More Than Just Sushi’. Photo: HTW Berlin, J. Duderstädt
01.04.2026 - News

Algae and nutrition: More than just sushi

What does the future taste like? And how can we experience it?

Dr. Justyna Olas researches how plants integrate environmental stress signals into their development. Photo: IGZ/J. Vogt
11.02.2026 - News

Researching Climate-Resilient Plants: Dr Justyna Olas on Science and Leadership at IGZ

From right to left: Mahlet Awoke (IGZ); her supervisor Professor Katharina Löhr (ZALF/HNEE); Professor Stefan Sieber and Dr Claudia Coral, members of the examination committee (HU). Photo: private.
02.02.2026 - News

Mahlet Degefu Awoke Successfully Completes PhD on Climate-Smart Agriculture in Tanzania

Photo via Adobe Stock.
29.01.2026 - News

IGZ contributes expertise to DFG position paper on the diversification of cropping systems

Vanda Púčiková (2nd from right) with the examination board (from left to right): Professor Sascha Rohn (TU Berlin), Professor Monika Schreiner (IGZ), Professor Franziska Hanschen (IGZ/TU Berlin) and Professor Hajo Haase (TU Berlin). Photo: private.
27.01.2026 - News

Optimization of glucosinolate breakdown pathways in cabbage: Successful doctoral defense by Vanda Púčiková

Philipp Franken at the IGZ. Photo: IGZ
17.12.2025 - News

In Memory of Professor Dr Philipp Franken

Wen Zeng (left) with supervisor Professor Philip Wigge (right) after a successful defense. Photo: IGZ/Josep Vilarrasa Blasi
08.12.2025 - News

Completed PhD: Wei Zeng successfully defends his dissertation

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26.11.2025 - News

NitroScope: European Initiative on the Future of Nitrogen Management Launches in Ghent

Evening primrose in front of the Jänschwalde thermal power plant. Photo: IGZ/K. Witzel
19.11.2025 - News

Completion of the InnoWert Project: Wild Plant Species as a Chance for New Value Chains

Supervisor N. van Dam with J. A. Pajar after her successful defense. Photo: IGZ/S. Panthee.
12.11.2025 - News

Understanding Plant Defence Under Multi-Herbivore Attack: Successful PhD Defence by Jessil Ann Pajar

Prof. Dr. Stefan W. Hell (MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences) during his lecture „Molecular-Scale Resolution and Dynamics in FLuorescence Microscopy“. Photo: ©Torben Nuding / Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings
05.11.2025 - News

Between AI and Sustainability: IGZ Early Career Researcher at the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Chemistry 2025

The IGZ stands in the foyer of the Futurium in Berlin Photo: IGZ / A. Ghandtschi
03.11.2025 - News

Future Up Close: The IGZ at the Family Day in the Futurium

On 23 October, Valeriya Denisova (second from right) received the Better World Award from Kerstin Kosanke (LAND BRANDENBURG LOTTO GmbH), Prof. Dieter Wagner (Universitätsgesellschaft Potsdam e.V.) and Hans-Henning von Grünberg (University of Potsdam). Pho
30.10.2025 - News

Better World Award 2025 for Valeriya Denisova: Research on Algae Cultivation in Brandenburg

Dr Damir Esenaliev presented the evolution of the LiK Study, including the findings from the 7th wave of data. Photo: University of Central Asia.
28.10.2025 - News

IGZ Co-Hosts the Life in Kyrgyzstan Conference 2025

13.10.2025 - News

Review: 100th Anniversary Celebration at the IGZ

01.10.2025 - News

Review: Cabbage field day at the IGZ

Mohamed Abdelfadil (IGZ, centre) after successfully defending his thesis with Prof. Kolb (ZALF, left) and Dr. Ruppel (IGZ, right). Photo: IGZ/K. Witzel
02.09.2025 - News

PhD success at IGZ: Mohamed Ramadan Abdelfadil defends dissertation on salt-tolerant microbiomes

André Sradnick and Margita Hefner head the HORTSYS 1 research group at the IGZ since May. Photo: IGZ/J. Vogt
21.08.2025 - News

Joint Leadership, Joint Vision

Dr Margita Hefner and Dr André Sradnick on their new joint leadership of a research group at the IGZ

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