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Our newsletter contains concise news items (until now only in german).
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Learn about what we are working on and how we aim to create impact in the world!
In this section we would like to provide you with some background information about our citizen science project PUKI. For this purpose we have compiled a number of documents:
● a flyer
● a brief project outline (in DE)
● background information on the PUKI project and PUKI research (in DE)
● examples of student research projects (in DE)
● a brief introduction to plant genetics (in DE)
Right now, most of the documents are only available in german. We are currently working on the english versions!
Citizen University Blog
In our posts on the Citizen University Blog you will find exciting information about our target plants and the data we collected with your help. The order is from latest to earliest.
4. Why diversity and basic research are so important. In German and English.
3. Initial results from PUKI – lots of sun please! In German and English.
2. Now it's the Jackson 5: Citizen science project now has five stars of plant research. In German and English.
1. A small plant becomes a star for citizen science. In German and English.
The citizen science team introduces itself
• Petra Bauer, professor and initiator of the PUKI project
• Tim Blank, doctoral student and specialist in diplotaxis in the PUKI team
• Justine Floret, doctoral student
• Vera Hesen, postdoctoral researcher
• Leonard Klamann, student and research assistant
• Anja Linstädter, professor and specialist in the study of plants in their natural environment
• Bruno Walther, scientific coordinator of PUKI
• Huiyao Zhang, master's student at the University of Potsdam
Impressum
Address
Institute of Botany, Building 26.14
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Universitätsstraße 1
40225 Düsseldorf
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Editorial office of the PUKI website
PUKI
Institute of Botany, Building 26.14
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Universitätsstraße 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Tel.: +49 (0)211 81-13427
PUKI (Plant • Environment • Climate • Interaction) is a citizen science project of the SFB TRR 341 (TRansRegional Collaborative Research Center) “Plant Ecological Genetics” funded by the German Research Foundation.
The Collaborative Research Center is led by several institutions: Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (which hosts the project within the Institute of Botany), the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Philipps University Marburg, Ruhr University Bochum, the University of Potsdam, and the University of Cologne.
PUKI is also supported by the Institute of Botany and the Citizens' University of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.
