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CPSBB was awarded for “Building of the Year 2022”   The newly built scientific campus of CPSBB in Plovdiv was awarded for “Building of the Year 2022” in the category “Social Infrastructure – Science, Culture and Education”. The award was handed to Assoc. Dr. Vasil Kolev, Project Manager at CSBB, during an official ceremony in...

The newly built scientific campus of CPSBB was nominated for Building of the Year   The new building of the CPSBB in Plovdiv was nominated for “Building of the Year 2022” in the national contest for architecture organized by The City Media Group. The scientific campus of CPSBB was nominated in the category “Social infrastructure...

Something else we should know about organic farming   Dr. Vinelina Yankova and Dr. Tsvetanka Dincheva, both from The Maritsa Vegetable Crops Research Institute (MVCRI), were invited lectors in the School of advanced horticulture, an initiative within the PlantaSYST project. The subjects of the two lectures were dedicated to organic farming. The lectures were designed...

The CPSBB welcomes students and pupils to the newly built scientific campus in Plovdiv as a co-organizer of the international campaign European Researchers’ Night 2022, 30 September 2022 This year, the international initiative “European Researchers Night” 2022 brought together scientists, pupils, students and teachers demonstrating scientific achievements and research projects with the aim of increasing...

Researchers from the CPSBB received a prestigious e-poster award at the international PSE conference, 19-22 September 2022 The researchers from the Plant Cell Biotechnology Department of the CPSBB – Iva Stoykova, Ivanka Koycheva, Biser Binev, and Prof. Dr. Milen I. Georgiev – were awarded for Best e-poster presentation during the International Conference PSE 2022 – Natural Products...

The CPSBB and The PlantaSYST project were showcased with a photo exhibition in Sofia The PlantaSYST project and the Center of Plant System Biology and Biotechnology (CPSBB) are a main focus of the photo exhibition “Education and Science”, organized in the center of Sofia by the OP “Science and Education for Intelligent Growth” with the...

CPSBB was presented at Opora Zaden’s open field days in Tsalapitsa On 21 and 22 July 2022, CPSBB took part in the Open Field Days, organized by the seeds producer Opora Zaden in Tsalapitsa, Plovdiv. This is one of the major events in the agricultural industry, which gathers producers and researchers from all parts of...

Second training for journalists and representatives of the academic community on the project “Science and Journalism – Together against infodemic” was held in Plovdiv More than 30 journalists and representatives of the academic community took part in the second training on the project “Science and Journalism – Together Against Infodemic”, which took place in Plovdiv...

100 students from Plovdiv University visited CPSBB as part of their education in Plant Physiology. The students are enrolled in different BSc programmes (Biology, Biology and Chemistry, Biology and English, Ecology, and Molecular biology at the Faculty of Biology. Dr. Tsanko Gechev presented CPSBB to the students: its history, strategic objectives, organizational structure, research departments,...

Martina Savova, a researcher from the Plant Cell Biotechnology Department of CPSBB, was awarded from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) with the prestigious “Ivan E. Geshov” award for young scientist in the field of biomedicine and quality of life. Martina has demonstrated an innovative approach in her PhD thesis work to study molecular mechanisms...