Calendar Wageningen University & Research
Highlighted activities
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Online Winter School Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food
18 January 2021 - Course - Are you a Chinese BSc or MSc student, or scholar? Are you interested in the latest trends and technologies in the biotechnology, agriculture and food... -
Climate Adaptation Summit - Virtual Dialogue 3: Mobilizing investments for climate change adaptation in African food systems
18 January 2021 - Conference - Together with Wageningen University & Research, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food... -
SG - Finding Out Who You Are
19 January 2021 - Lecture - As a child you want to be like mom and dad, but during puberty that suddenly changes. This marks the start of a very important task in adolescence and... -
CineScience movie talk: Moneyball
20 January 2021 - Event - With their movie talk, drs. Sebastiaan Berendse and dr. Suraj Jamge show you how WUR supports researchers to maximize their impact through innovation,... -
SG - Our Multiple Faces
21 January 2021 - Lecture - When moving across cultures, one’s cultural identity may shift. Who we perceive we are is highly related to our social world, and to the way we... -
Crash course on Educational Governance@WUR
25 January 2021 - Course - We kindly invite you for the crash course on Education Governance@WUR, an interactive presentation by Arnold Bregt, Dean of Education.
The course is... -
SG - Identity and Inclusion in Non-Western Groups and Contexts
26 January 2021 - Lecture - Psychologist dr. Byron Adams looks at the relationships between inclusion and identity in predominantly non-Western contexts, like Sub-Saharan Africa... -
SG - Spice Trade and Life on Seventeenth Century Ambon
02 February 2021 - Lecture - Although the name Georg Rumphius (1627-1702) probably doesn't ring a bell, he is deserving a place in the pantheon of plant science. His botanical... -
Online Course How Mother can Influence Offspring
09 February 2021 - Course - How important are the epigenetic influences on the phenotype of our offspring? During this course the latest knowledge and insights of... -
SG - The Ambonese Wilderness
09 February 2021 - Lecture - After last week you might agree Georg Rumphius (1627-1702) deserves a place in the pantheon of plant science. A large part of his Ambonese Herbal is... -
CineScience movie talk: Normal Is Over 1.1
17 February 2021 - Event - With this movie talk, we discuss ‘the old’ and ‘the new normal’. Not in the context of the corona pandemic – that... -
Online Course Principles of Sensory Science
01 March 2021 - Course - Are you looking for an introduction in the world of sensory science with a focus on eating behaviour? Would you like to broaden and deepen your... -
Conference: Science and Technology for Meat Analogues
03 March 2021 - Conference - This international scientific Conference will present the latest research insights and findings related to the technology for the production of... -
Blended Course Planning, Design and Management: Public Space and Transitions
15 March 2021 - Course - Are you looking for ways of dealing with complex transition challenges in public space? Would you like to broaden and deepen your theoretical... -
CineScience movie talk: There Will Be Blood
17 March 2021 - Event - With their talk, Maximilian Kardung and prof. Justus Wessler introduce you to their research about the bioeconomy, an alternative to the fossil-fuel... -
Online Bachelor’s Open Day
20 March 2021 - Open house - Are you fascinated by environmental sciences, animal sciences, food sciences or social sciences and do you want to contribute to a better quality of... -
International Symposium on Dairy Cattle Nutrition 2020: Energy metabolism in dairy cows
25 March 2021 - Symposium - The energy metabolism of dairy cows in all its complexity is central to performance and production as well as animal health. This is evident in the... -
Crash course on Educational Governance@WUR
30 March 2021 - Course - We kindly invite you for the crash course on Education Governance@WUR, an interactive presentation by Arnold Bregt, Dean of Education. -
CineScience movie talk: The River
14 April 2021 - Event - With her movie talk, Petra Berkhout links the battles of a farming family in the 80s to the current challenges of farmers in a political landscape. A... -
Course Data Analysis for Metabolomics
15 April 2021 - Course - Metabolomics experiments based on mass spectrometry (MS) or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) produce large and complex data sets. This course will...
Promotions and inaugurations
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Designing Agrometeorological Information Services in Ghana by Combining Local and Scientific Forecasting Knowledge
T (Talardia) Gbangou MSc
18 January 2021 - PhD defence -
PhD defense of Ava Verhoeven - Using genome diversity to decipher nematode virulence and host susceptibility
18 January 2021 - PhD defence -
Development of industrial scale microalgae production
19 January 2021 - PhD defence -
Salt tolerance strategies of the ancient Andean crop quinoa
19 January 2021 - PhD defence -
Potential impact of underwater released exhaust gas from innovative ships on the marine ecosystem
Y (Yuzhu) Wei MSc
20 January 2021 - PhD defence -
Identification of effect and exposure biomarkers in human dietary intervention studies using various omics approaches
CJR (Charlotte) Michielsen MSc
22 January 2021 - PhD defence -
Investigating soil moisture dynamics for improved applications of radar satellites in agricultural water management
CD (Coleen) Carranza MSc
25 January 2021 - PhD defence -
Evaluating and deploying genome-scale metabolic models for microbial cell factories
TTN (Nhung) Pham MSc
25 January 2021 - PhD defence -
Variation in gastrointestinal metabolization of prebiotics; learnings from human milk oligosaccharides and modified starch
F (Fangjie) Gu MSc
26 January 2021 - PhD defence -
Development and application of tests for microplastic detection in soil
FA (Fabio) Corradini
26 January 2021 - PhD defence -
Impacts of anthropogenic activities on the ecology and ecosystem service delivery of Lake Ziway, Ethiopia
LB (Lemessa) Merga
27 January 2021 - PhD defence -
The influence of horizontal and vertical biodiversity on the effects of stressors on aquatic ecosystems
27 January 2021 - PhD defence -
Know your limits; Modelling consumer-resource interactions to derive nutrient thresholds for a sustainable Anthropocene
29 January 2021 - PhD defence -
Coping with risk and climate change in farming: exploring an index-based crop insurance in Burundi
Marcien M (Marcien) Ndagijimana
01 February 2021 - PhD defence -
Model-based Bayesian geostatistics for multi-scale mapping of soil and agronomic variables
01 February 2021 - PhD defence -
Pesticide Use in Nepal: The Assessment of Residues and Risks
G (Govinda) Bhandari
02 February 2021 - PhD defence -
Functional Characterization of PPAR targets HILPDA and SLC25a47
MA (Montserrat) de la Rosa Rodriguez MSc
03 February 2021 - PhD defence -
Improving estimates of the atmospheric oxidative capacity and Amazon fire emissions
S (Stijn) Naus BSc
03 February 2021 - PhD defence -
Micropollutants removal with activated carbon: adsorption and regeneration by biodegradation
L (Laura) Piai MSc
05 February 2021 - PhD defence -
PhD Defence Roel Maas
05 February 2021 - PhD defence - Upgrading low-quality feeds for tilapia by enzyme and probiotic supplementation