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  Next Generation Sequencing reveals reference genome sequence for the rose Researchers have produced a high-quality reference rose genome sequence that will represent an essential resource for the rose community and also for...
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  Unilever makes equipment widely accessible on Wageningen Campus via Shared Research Facilities Since 2010, a number organisations and companies in and around Wageningen Campus have shared the high-quality research facilities of Wageningen...
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  NGS shows insights into evolutional losses of nitrogen-fixing rhizobium symbioses The contribution of Wageningen researchers to the Science publication: ‘Phylogenomics reveals multiple losses of nitrogen-fixing root nodule...
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  MRI brain scan reveals unexpected choice after smelling freshly baked bread Wageningen scientists drew an unexpected conclusion after experiments with odours; when smelling bread, test subjects did not choose bread more often....
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  Odours stimulate brain activity even without functional sense of smell Despite a diminished or even fully lost sense of smell, the brain continues to react to olfactory stimulation. This was shown in research by the Smell...
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  Food research with the new tribometer The Wageningen Resource magazine wrote this month about the use of the new tribometer for research into the creaminess of a product, which can help to...
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  Use of MRI in Biomarker Research in ADHD: the Impact of Nutrition The high-field MRI scanner for structural and functional MRI (fMRI) of Wageningen University & Research, Shared Research Facilities is used in the...
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  Seminar shows many opportunities for surface analysis During the seminar on January 25th, hosted by Shared Research Facilities, the presentations highlighted different techniques and technologies...
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  Laser microdissection coupled with RNA-seq analyses to unravel plant-microbe interactions To understand biological processes it is becoming increasingly important to analyse transciptional responses at the resolution of single cells or...
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  Detection of volatiles for a wide range of applications The presenters at the Shared Research Facilities seminar PTR-QiTOF for online volatile analysis on 12 December showed te possibilities of this...