News of the Laboratory of Microbiology
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New European Marie Curie training projects approved
- WUR participates in nine projects within the recent Innovative Training Network (ITN) call. In two of these projects -EATFish and TRANSIT – WUR... -
Diana Machado de Sousa appointed as Personal Professor at Microbiology
- The Executive Board of Wageningen University & Research has appointed Diana Machado de Sousa as Personal Professor in Microbial Physiology within... -
Investment of 14 million for better use of micro-organisms
- Together with Wageningen University & Research and the Delft University of Technology, the Dutch Research Council (NWO) will invest almost 25... -
Two Wageningen science talents go to top foreign institutions
- Two young researchers at Wageningen University & Research can do their research at foreign research institutes thanks to a Rubicon grant from NWO.... -
Chlamydia-related bacteria discovered deep below the Arctic Ocean
- Chlamydia are infamous for causing sexually transmitted infections in humans and animals or even amoeba. An international team of researchers have now... -
'Slimming bacterium' tested on humans for the first time
- Professor Willem de Vos discovered in 2014 the 'slimming bacterium' Akkermansia muciniphila, which helps mice to prevent obesity. Now he has... -
Researchers redefine scenario for the origin of complex life
- How did complex life on Earth emerge about two billion years ago? An international team of researchers from Sweden, United States, Australia and The... -
Three Wageningen top researchers win ERC grants to boost cutting-edge research
- Three top researchers John van der Oost, Lourens Poorter and Dolf Weijers have won an Advanced Grant of the European Research Council (ERC). The... -
Thijs Ettema appointed professor of Microbiology, successor to Willem de Vos
- The Executive Board of Wageningen University & Research has appointed Dr Thijs Ettema as professor of Microbiology. He succeeds Professor Willem... -
How do we provide the world with sufficient and clean water?
- One of the large problems the world is facing, is how to supply sufficient and qualitatively good freshwater. This issue is high on the agenda of the...