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JLU PhD student Mamunur Rashid is undertaking a research exchange at UQ from September to November 2025, under the supervision of Dr. Karen Massel, Research Fellow at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI). During his stay, Mamunur is focusing on CRISPR-Cas genome editing approaches and gaining hands-on experience in cloning techniques, tissue culture as well as transient and stable transformation strategies in various legume crops. His training a

The second IRTG 2843 "Q-Retreat" was held in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast from September 29 until October 3, 2025, with a large group of participants from JLU, JKI and HGU joining our colleagues in Queensland along with five of our International Scientific Advisory Board members for a week of science, training and networking. Highlights included elevator pitches where students presented their research to some unexpected guests (including the Pope, the US president, Gordon

Two new cooperation projects have been initiated with UQ in 2025 with funding from Germany's federal research ministry BMFTR, within the framework of the federal funding programme "Modern Plant Breeding Research". The consortium SORBOOM (led by Andreas Stahl at JKI and Steffen WIndpassinger/Agnieszka Golicz at JLU) includes generous funds for training in sorghum gene editing at UQ; JLU PhD student babette Knoblauch has is visiting the lab of Karen Massel at UQ from September-