MICROP Staff

Data Analysis Team

Dr. Bas Dutilh

Assistant Professor

Utrecht University, Metagenomics Group

metagenomics, viruses and bacteriophages, microbial ecology, comparative genomics, genome evolution, bioinformatics, computational modelling

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Prof. dr. Fred van Eeuwijk

Biometris, Wageningen University, Mathematical and Statistical Methods

statistical genetics and genomics, genotype-to-phenotype modelling, plant breeding, statistics, quantitative trait loci, selection methods

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Dr. Marnix Medema  

Assistant Professor

Wageningen University

bioinformatics, natural products, specialised metabolism, microbiome, biosynthetic gene clusters, omics integration

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Prof. dr. Age Smilde

University of Amsterdam, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences

statistics data analysis, Systems biology, metabolomics

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Assistant Professors

Dr. James Weedon

Assistant Professor

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

microbial ecology, biogeochemistry

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Dr. Anouk Zancarini

Assistant Professor, Tenure tracker

University of Amsterdam, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Plant hormone biology

plant-microbe interactions, microbial ecology, plant ecophysiology, data integration

 

Tenure Track

Dr. Rumyana Karlova 

Assistant professor

Wageningen University, Laboratory of Plant Physiology

stress resilience in crops

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Postdocs

Dr. Lemeng Dong

University of Amsterdam, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Plant hormone biology

molecular biology, plant metabolism, biochemistry, metabolic engineering, plant metabolite biosynthesis and evolution, plant interaction with other organisms

 

Dr. Karen Kloth

Postdoctoral researcher

Wageningen University, Lab. of Entomology

plant-insect interactions, plant resistance, aphids, phloem, genetical genomics

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Dr. Giannis Stringlis

Utrecht University, Plant - Microbe Interactions

plant-microbe interactions, plant root immunity, root exudate metabolomics, rhizosphere microbiome, induced systemic resistance.

 

 

PhD students

Malin Klein

VU University/University of Amsterdam

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Sébastien Jaupitre

University of Amsterdam

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Research project

 

Dario X. Ramirez-Villacis

Environmental Biology, Utrecht University.    

Characterise the stress-induced assembly of the root microbiome of wild and domesticated potatoes in native and agricultural soils in the centre of origin (Ecuador). Establish well-characterized microbial repositories from wild and domesticated potato plants under siege. Validate microbial candidates for their impact on root development, growth and disease protection.

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