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2 Plant Science NWO ENW-M projects awarded
Functional dissection of transcription factor phase separation in plant hormone response Dr. Jan Willem Borst (WUR) Auxin transcription factors are involved in the regulation of plant growth and these proteins contain intrinsically disordered domains. These [...]
3 Projects awarded in EPS-WU Young Tenure Track call
Awarded projects: Back to the wild: Exploiting immune receptor diversity in wild relatives to improve Brassica crop resistance - Dr. Klaas Bouwmeester (WU - Biosystematics) Xanthomonas black rot is one of the most destructive diseases [...]
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 [...]
Upcoming Courses & Meetings
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- Genetics and diversity of Indonesian banana
- Monday, August 23, 2021
Online 11:00
, - Partner control in arbuscular mycorhizal symbiosis
- Monday, August 30, 2021
Online 13:30
, - Metabolite control of protein translation mediated by Conserved Peptide uORFs
- Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Sjors van der Horst
, - In silico protein science: form sequence to network
- Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Online 16:00
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