News of the Laboratory of Microbiology
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Zooming in on microbiomes: meet the tiny predators that are vital for ecosystems
March 2, 2024 - Microbes in the soil are constantly on the move, hunting, feeding, and releasing nutrients to plants. PhD student Alejandro Berlinches de Gea studies... -
Zooming in on microbiomes: researching the intestinal bacteria of babies
February 29, 2024 - As important as gut bacteria are to humans, they are born without them. Athanasia Ioannou is trying to discover the role breast milk plays in the... -
New centre for research on microorganisms
February 23, 2024 - Wageningen microbiologists are to establish a new centre on the campus: the Wageningen Microbiome Center (WMC). Initiator Thijs Ettema: ‘There... -
Newly discovered bacterial defense system functions as self-destruct button
February 16, 2024 - Wageningen researchers have discovered a molecular self-destruct mechanism in a bacterium living on seaweed. With this mechanism the bacteria... -
Middelhoven Fund has supported students’ internships for 28 years
January 9, 2024 - The Middelhoven Fund was initiated by Wout Middelhoven, associate professor at the Laboratory for Microbiology. Since its founding twenty-eight years... -
iGEM Gold Medal for Team Wageningen
November 6, 2023 - PseuPomona – that is the name of a genetically engineered bacterium and the centre of this years’ Wageningen University & Research... -
Students protect fruit trees from frost damage with ‘birth control injection’
August 21, 2023 - Climate change brings about more frequent shifts between frost and warm days during winter, which is rather confusing for trees. Just as they're about... -
Thijs Ettema elected as new EMBO member
July 4, 2023 - EMBO, the European Molecular Biology Organization, has awarded Professor Dr. Thijs Ettema the special honor of an EMBO Membership. He receives this... -
Researchers identify closest microbial relatives of complex life
June 14, 2023 - In a new study, published in Nature this week, an international research group led from Wageningen University in The Netherlands presents the... -
Prof. Thijs Ettema elected as KNAW member
April 25, 2023 - Microbiologist Prof. Thijs Ettema has been elected as a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW). He is one of 18 new members in 2023. The...