KWS: R&D Talent Campus – Open House on 29 May 2026 (register asap)
The plant breeding company KWS in Einbeck is planning an open house with workshops, tours, presentations on Friday 29 May from 11:00-17:00h.
All areas of research and development at KWS Einbeck will open their doors to early career researchers to give them an insight into their work.
The visit includes guided tours – field excursions, robots in the greenhouse, genotyping, seed production research and quality lab – as well as workshops about data science and plant breeding, application training, CV check – and presentations about breeding, genome editing and careers. Experts from all areas will be involved.
Spaces are limited, so if you are interested please register as soon as possible.
Information stands
- Breeders of our main crops explain their work
- From sowing to harvesting: all the special machines of a breeding station
- Digital tools for field trialing
- Root phenotyping: how roots grow in the soil
- Phenotyping with drones: multispectral from a bird’s eye view
- Phytopathology: insects, fungi, nematodes and other pathogens
- Chemical Analytics and process analysis
- Catch crops – concepts for agriculture, soil health, CO2 balance
- Biological seed treatment
- Breeding technologies – data and genomics specialists support breeding
- Genome Editing: new breeding technologies and their application at KWS
- Regulatory Affairs: paving the way to approval
- From lab to market: how KWS protects intellectual property
- Marker lab: examine the DNA
- The art of engineering for seed production
- Career opportunities at KWS
Hands-on activities
- The start of a new generation of varieties: crossing plants by hand
- Tissue culture: placing plant parts on a special diet in vitro
- Leaf harvest for the marker lab
- Live view of root growth: navigate a camera through the soil
Guided tours
- Field Excursion
- Greenhouse: extensive possibilities for cultivation and trials – all year round
- PhenoFactory – robots in the greenhouse support breeding against drought stress
- Genotyping: our marker lab
- Lab for Chemical Analytics
- Seed production research
- Seed quality lab
- Seed processing technology: guided tours through production facilities and the MakerSpace
- Our new treasure trove for breeding seed lots
Workshops
- Hackathon – data science meets plant breeding
- Application training: preparing your own career
- CV check: What matters when presenting your own vita
Presentations
- Diverse breeding and research topics
- Growing challenges for phytopathology
- Genome Editing – how regulation impacts the use of this necessary tool for plant breeders
- Careers at KWS – Employees talk about their personal development
- How to start with KWS and how to “Make yourself grow?”
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