News and Events

Official delegates from EIT Food visited CPSBB       On 22 May, 2023, a delegation led by the executive director of EIT Food, Dr. Andy Zinga, met with student and teaching community, business and political representatives,  scientists and innovators. Head of the Funding Department, Assistant Prof. Dr. Veselin Petrov, took part in the meeting...

Scientist from CPSBB was nominated for Pythagoras Prize for young researchers     Dr. Liliya Mihaylova, researcher from the Plant Cell Biotechnology Department of CPSBB, was among the first three awarded young scientists for the Pythagoras Prize of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science in the category “Life Sciences and Medicine”. The official awarding...

    Academia representatives, business companies, and students participated in the Career Day of the Agricultural University, Plovdiv. The event gave businesses the opportunity to present job vacancies and corporate internship programs to the students. Hristina Vancheva, PR Expert of CPSBB, gave a brief introduction to a corporate video presentation of CPSBB and welcomed students...

CPSBB presented the PlantaSYST project to Bulgarian and British academic institutions for potential partnership in transnational education     Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vesela Kazashka (Administrative Director, CPSBB, Dr. Vasil Kolev (Project Manager, CPSBB), and Mrs. Christina Vancheva (PR expert, CPSBB) participated in an online webinar organized by the British Council in Bulgaria. The event gathered...

The third edition of CPSBB’s Green Initiative was held in Plovdiv   For a  third consecutive year  the “Green Initiative” of CPSBB was held in Trakia district of Plovdiv on 16 March, 2023. The main goal of the campaign is to improve the area around the newly built campus of CPSBB, as well as the...

  CPSBB was presented at the biggest agricultural fair in Bulgaria – AGRA on 22-25 February 2023. The Center and its partner – “Maritsa” Vegetable Crops Research Institute (MVCRI) participated with a mutual stand where six  tomato and pepper varieties, developed in a collaboration between the two institutes, were presented to visitors. As a partner...

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...

  CPSBB took part in a regional meeting “From Science to Innovations”, organized by the Executive Agency “Programme Education”. The event was held in Stara Zagora on 29 November 2022. All participants were welcomed by the Executive Director of the Executive Agency – Prof. Georgi Vaysilov. The regional meeting was attended by managers and coordinators...

Scientists from CPSBB, BioAtlantis Ltd. (Ireland), and Bio Insumos Nativa (Chile) held an online workshop with eight lectures, dedicated to the recent developments in the molecular mechanisms of biostimulants and their role in mitigating the effects of climate change. There were applicants from all continents, except Australia (India – 20 subscriptions, Bulgaria (12), Pakistan (8),...