2005

6 Dec 2005	Changing land use in West Africa
	LEI has made a major contribution to the EU project VINVAL (Impact of changing land cover on the production and ecological functions of vegetation in inland valleys in West Africa). In this project... more
25 Nov 2005	Alumnus award for Dr Azene Bekele-Tesemma (Ethiopia) and two Dutch alumni
	Wageningen University honours outstanding alumniThree remarkable Wageningen alumni will be given awards during the 87st Dies Natalis (Foundation Day) of Wageningen University on 9 March. The award... more
23 Sep 2005	Update: Wageningen UR action plan
	Creating more room for education and researchWageningen University and Research Centre (Wageningen UR) wants to makemore money available in the coming period for education and research, tosecure and... more
12 Sep 2005	Biophysics chair group published in Nature
	Koen Broess, Bart van Oort, and Herbert van Amerongen, of the Biophysics chair group, have published in Nature in July 2005. Together with French, Chinese and British scientists, they researched the... more
25 Aug 2005	Quality Management System for CGN
	CGN has adopted a quality management system that has been externally certified since December 2004. The English version of the Quality Manual describing organization and procedures has been made... more
23 Aug 2005	Horticultural development in Africa and Asia
	Horticulture and floriculture are an important vehicles for pro-poor growth and development. The research 'Pro-Poor Horticulture in East Africa and South East Asia' aims to show governments and... more
7 Jul 2005	Hoe groene planten zich beschermen tegen beschadiging door licht (in Dutch)
	Meer dan de helft van alle groen dat we op aarde zien zit gebonden aan een eiwit - light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) genaamd - dat zonlicht opvangt en doorgeeft in planten. Dit vormt de basis voor... more
28 Jun 2005	Multi-million dollar research project is designed to mislead malaria mosquitoeswith odour
	An international team of scientists will in the coming five years set up aresearch project on developing diversions to mislead malaria mosquitoes withodours. With these the number of cases of malaria... more
10 Jun 2005	Fungus to fight malaria
	Fungus can be used to reduce malaria transmission, two research groups have announced. Malaria is transmitted between people by blood-feeding mosquitoes. By infecting mosquitoes with fungi while... more
23 May 2005	European Commission: Wageningen University is the first institution in the Netherlands to be awarded the ECTS Label
	The European Commission has awarded the prestigious ECTS label to Wageningen University. It is therefore the first institution of higher education in the Netherlands that is allowed to use this... more
15 Apr 2005	Lycopene in Tomatoes (only in Dutch)
	Recent publications about lycopene by Prof. Dr. Ir. D.D. Bicanic: Eenvoudige meting bepaalt lycopeengehalte in ketchup, Food Holland URL:... more
21 Mar 2005	Master of Science diplomas awarded to 81 international students from 33 countries
	In front of a lecture hall filled with family members, friends, other students, as well as ambassadors and embassy representatives from several countries, 81 international students at Wageningen... more
25 Jan 2005	Wageningen UR helps tsunami victims
	Using knowledge and expertise to help with rehabilitation in the affectedregions.Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands wishes to offer its knowledge and expertise to the... more
19 Jan 2005	Extinct aurochs lives on in impressive monograph
	‘The aurochs is fearless and large-horned’, according to a 9thcentury Anglo-Saxon rune verse from North Germany. Old Germanic legends, runeverses, language reconstruction, archaeological finds,... more
7 Jan 2005	Towards an integrated assessment tool European agricultural and environmentalpolicies
	The European Commission asked for the development of an integratedcomputer toolkit for an ex ante assessment for effective and efficientagriculturaland environmental policies for the EU-25 in a... more
23 Apr 2004	's Werelds meest bekeken eiwit geeft zich bloot (in Dutch only)
	To read the article, please, click on the hyperlink.  's Werelds meest bekeken eiwit geeft zich bloot more
19 Apr 2004	De dynamiek van DNA (in Dutch only)
	De kisten zijn uitgepakt, de stekkers zitten in het stopcontact, het echte werk kan beginnen. Met behulp van een nieuw geavanceerd camera- en lasersysteem kan de leerstoelgroep van Herbert van... more
14 Apr 2004	's Werelds meest bekeken eiwit geeft zich bloot (in Dutch only)
	's Werelds meest bekeken eiwit geeft zich bloot more