The Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences (EPS)
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Fascination of Plants Day 18 May 2021, the birthday of the plant
Each year on the 18th of May plant scientists around the globe organize events with goal to get as many people fascinated by plants as possible. Each country celebrates the birthday in a different way. [...]
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) selects Prof. Dolf Weijers as one of the new members
Each year the KNAW selects 23 new members (including three foreigners). This year Professor of Biochemistry Dolf Weijers was selected based on his scientific as well as on his scholar achievements. Both, the Wageningen Science [...]
Hugo de Vries Award 2020- Kay Moisan and Sjon Hartmann
The Hugo de Vries price for the best botanical PhD thesis of 2020 was awarded to two former EPS PhD students: Kay Moisan "Odours from friends and foes – ecological consequences of volatiles from soil-borne [...]
Dolf Weijers and Joris Sprakel receive NWO ENW-KLEIN subsidy
Plants cells are continuously exposed to mechanical stress during growth and development. The mechanical forces are converted via a complex feedback loop into chemical signals, ultimately leading to changes in gene activity. In this project, [...]
Upcoming Courses & Meetings
Defenses
- Paving the way for FAIR data in plant phenotyping
- Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Online 11:00
, - A first glimpse on the molecular mechanism behind Ty-1, an atypical dominant resistance gene
- Friday, June 18, 2021
Online 11:00
, - Tripartite interactions between Brassica oleracea, soil microbes and shoot- and root feeding insects
- Monday, June 28, 2021
Online 11:00
, - Peeling the onion – Unravelling the biology of fungal onion pathogens causing leaf blight, neck rot and white rot
- Monday, June 28, 2021
Online 16:00
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