2025-02-27
A team of scientists from VU Amsterdam, Princeton University, SPUN and AMOLF published an article on plant-fungal trade in Nature today. The VU Amsterdam delegation included our MiCRop team members Toby Kiers, Vasilis Kokkoris, Justin Stewart, Malin Klein
2025-02-26
MiCRop PhD candidate Roland Berdaguer has received a Faculty of Impact grant for a project entitled Microbes fighting crop pests for sustainable farming. With this grant Roland is going to develop a finding of the University of Amsterdam into a product of
2025-02-20
The Amsterdam Microbiome Expertise Center (AMEC) 2025 Day brought together leading researchers, industry experts, and young scientists to explore the latest advancements in microbiome science. Held at the Artis Amsterdam Zoo's Royal Hall and Tiger Hall on
2025-02-11
Discover the fascinating world of microbes and microbiomes at our Amsterdam Microbiome Day, where leading researchers from UvA (SILS, IBED), VU (AIMMS, A-Life), Amsterdam UMC and ACTA will present groundbreaking work in microbiome and microbiology researc
2025-01-28
Are you an early-career researcher with a passion for plant science? Would you like to apply your enthusiasm to a highly relevant project in the field of plant-microbiome interactions? Then we have the right offer for you.
2025-01-27
What are mycorrhizal fungi and why are they important? These as well as other questions and topics related to (mycorrhizal) fungi will be covered by Justin Stewart, a PhD-candidate of MiCRop employed at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
2025-01-27
In this video, dr. Yang Song explains how growing genetically identical potatoes does not necessarily lead to identical yields. She and colleagues from Utrecht University and TU Delft found that the microbiome plays a key role in this phenomenon, and that
2025-01-21
Kris de Kreek of Wageningen University & Research gives an update on his research at the Lab of Entomology. Plants undergo stress in various ways, including drought, nutrient deficiency and grazing. At the Lab of Entomology, Kris studies the defense mecha
2025-01-15
In this video, Rahul Jain from the University of Amsterdam takes us on a tour of the lab facilities to show how we study the role of microbes during plant stress (in this case from nitrogen). He will also show a result from one of his experiments and expl
2025-01-07
Potato vigour, the growth potential of seed potatoes, is a key agronomic trait that varies significantly across production fields due to factors such as genetic background and environmental conditions. Seed tuber microbiomes are thought to influence plant
2024-10-03
Location: Wageningen Max hours per week: 38.00 Max salary: €5.278,- Duration of agreement: 36 months Apply until: 10/15/2024
2024-09-28
The UvA Open Science Day will be held on Saturday 5 October 2024 from 12:00 to 17:00 at Science Park in Amsterdam. As in previous editions, MiCRop will once again exhibit the Virtual Reality game to the visitors as well as a small lab setup (including tom
2024-09-27
What role do insects play in our future food production? Would you feed them to chickens, or would you rather eat them yourself? Come find out at "Feeding the Future" on Saturday 28 September 09:30-17:00 in Theater Junushoff, Wageningen (free entry!). Fin
2024-09-26
The MiCRop VR was exhibited today on the UvA Communication Platform at Roeterseilandcampus, the main campus of the UvA. The UvA Communication Platform is a gathering of communication workers from all departments of the UvA, where they can network and lear
2024-09-18
Magical scenes at MU Hybrid Art House as Justin Stewart (@thecrobe) took the audience on an underground journey in the world of mycorrhiza, revealing how plants and fungi trade nutrients. Spectacular!
2024-08-29
A team of researchers, including from MiCRop, have identified an enzyme in rice plants which is likely involved in the production of strigolactones (plant hormones which signal underground fungi for mutual symbiosis). This was published in an article toda
2024-07-10
The microbiome was featured as the central theme of an article in Bionieuws Magazine (edition 12, 5 July 2024). The article includes various research outputs from MiCRop, particularly from Roeland Berendsen (The ISME Journal, 2018) and Lemeng Dong, who we
2024-06-26
Professor Toby Kiers was invited to join Koning Willem-Alexander en Koningin Máxima for the June 2024 Uitblinkerlunch. Professor Kiers was able to discuss the role of fungi in sustainable agriculture and climate.
2024-06-25
Over 230 researchers from all over the world gathered last week at the Royal Tropical Institure (KIT) in Amsterdam to attend the 5th Plant Microbiome Symposium, organised by MiCRop. The symposium provided excellent opportunities to share knowledge through
2024-05-15
The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science (ECS) in The Hague has approved the continuation of a second term for MiCRop, and with that, the continued financing of our project for the coming five years. This was stated in an official letter from
2024-05-01
The Virtual Reality-application of MiCRop was exhibited today at the Expeditie NEXT Science Fair in Zutphen to resounding success! While the VR-game is still in development by MiCRop and the visualisation lab, it was still considered extremely popular amo
2024-04-17
"Farmers of the future will work together with their fungi", such is the title of an interview with Toby Kiers published by We Are the ReGeneration last month. In her interview, Toby delves into the rising scientific interest in fungi, the changing public
2024-04-16
Dr. Hilde Herrema will be giving a talk about the Holomicrobiome at the NCOH Annual Meeting on Thursday 30th of May at Amsterdam UMC, location AMC. The full title of her talk will be "The Holomicrobiome Initiative; tapping into the potential of the microb
2024-04-09
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant global health threat, leading to increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Addressing AMR requires a multifaceted approach that considers human, animal, and environmental health – known as the
2024-04-02
A study published in Nature last month described how researchers used machine learning to predict the "lifestyle" of certain microorganisms (meaning whether they are beneficial or harmful to their host plants). For this, the researchers created an algorit
2024-03-22
Students that attended the Bètapartners Conference at the Bertrand Russell College in Krommenie were the first today to try out a beta-version of the VR application developed by MiCRop. The VR application is a game which aims to introduce the young player
2024-03-15
The Dutch cabinet has allocated €200 million from the National Growth Fund to the Holomicrobiome initiative. This was announced today on the website of Holomicrobiome. The funds will serve to stimulate research into the microbiome and the economically int
2023-06-12
The Hugo de Vries Prize 2022 was awarded to Eline Ampt for her outstanding thesis on the relationship between biodiversity and plant diseases in natural ecosystems
2023-06-08
New publication on genetic factors involved in rice-microbe interaction and their relevance in drought tolerance
2023-06-07
Toby Kiers and three other researchers have been awarded with the highest awards in Dutch scientific community
2023-03-22
Expedition to the Galápagos Islands to uncover invisible life and its relationship with the local flora
2023-01-06
MiCRop researchers Harro Bouwmeester, Lemeng Dong, Chengsheng Li, Marnix Medema and a team of international collaborators have identifed a maize line that is resistant to Striga
2023-01-02
Giannis starts his new position at the Agricultural University of Athens
2022-12-22
He now holds a personal chair in Bioinformatics at Wageningen University
2022-12-18
Sanne will strengthen the team with her communications and marketing experience
2022-11-14
Perspectives article in Science by Jos Raaijmakers & Toby Kiers
2022-11-10
Webinar on NanoSIMS in Life and Medical Sciences on 14 November
2022-10-27
Anniversary lecture at Spui25 in Amsterdam on 14 November
2022-10-01
The joint initiative of Wageningen University & Research and Utrecht University has officially opened
2022-09-30
Saturday, 1 October 2022, it's Open Day at many places in the Netherlands: Come meet MiCRop at Science Park 904 in Amsterdam!
2022-09-26
We are happy to welcome Jié Hu and Rahul Jain!
2022-07-27
Fantastic article about the importance of fungal networks in the New York Times
2022-07-22
Article in Trouw about sampling fungal networks on bus stops in Utrecht
2022-07-18
A team of MiCRop researchers at the international miCROPe conference
2022-07-13
The Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN), a new fungus-focused non-profit with its ambitious effort to map the global distribution of mycorrhizal fungi
2022-07-06
A new publication in Nature Communications, partly funded by MiCRop, by the groups of Jos Raaijmakers and Marnix Medema.
2022-07-01
Marnix Medema awarded Vidi grant for his work to develop integrative-omics-based methods to computationally identify plant biosynthetic pathways and link them to their metabolic products, to provide new insights into pathway evolution.
2022-06-29
Conference on plant-microbe interactions on 13-17 November 2022 in Copenhagen. Call for abstracts is open!
2022-06-24
Two days of exciting science, inspiring talks and lots of discussions in Amsterdam
2022-06-17
Corné Pieterse has been awarded with the highest prize in Dutch academia
2022-05-20
Workshop bringing together computational, cell, and evolutionary biologists
2022-02-24
We are happy to announce our first live MiCRop Annual Meeting
2022-02-08
MICROBE-ASSISTED CROP PRODUCTION-OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES & NEEDS
2022-01-12
Gordon Research Conference: Interfaces with Soil and Microbes
2021-09-17
The FFU Conversation Series are short lectures where guest lecturers or researchers can present their ideas about a topical food issue or present their recent research to the FFU community.
2021-07-22
Review on multi-omics data integration methods to unravel signalling relationships.
2021-07-12
Review on metabolic interactions and beneficial microbe recruitment, published in Current Opinion in Biotechnology.
2021-06-25
More than 70 participants discussed the progress, challenges and possibilities in two online sessions
2021-06-09
Review on stress responses in plants, published in Metabolites
2021-05-31
The importance of the relationship and trade between plants and fungi
2021-05-12
Articles featuring, among others, MiCRop PIs Corné Pieterse and Toby Kiers in Bionieuws
2021-04-28
Invitation to submit to Metabolites Special Issue “Integration of Metabolomics with Other Omics Technologies to Investigate Metabolism and Signaling in Plants”
2021-04-21
Toby Kiers awarded Vici grant for research on fungal networks
2021-03-08
Review article published as result of collaborative effort between MiCRop and colleague researchers from China Agricultural University.
2021-02-10
In this series, we interview the researchers that are driving MiCRop. Meet Rumyana Karlova, assistant professor at Wageningen University!
2021-02-08
Find and read the latest publications in scientific journals and their abstracts by consortium members.
2021-01-19
PhD positions in the field of soil microbial toxicity of pesticides
2020-12-02
In this series, we interview the researchers that are driving MiCRop. Meet Giannis Stringlis, postdoctoral researcher Utrecht University!
2020-11-20
The internal kick-off meeting took place online on Friday, 20 November 2020.
2020-10-22
Tonight is all about plant science on TV: science programme Zembla features among others Harro Bouwmeester representing MiCRop, and in 'Grote Vragen', you can follow Christa Testerink and her research. Watch it live on NPO 2 or afterwards online.
2020-10-21
In this series, we interview the researchers that are driving MiCRop. Meet Karen Kloth, postdoc at Wageningen University!
2020-10-19
The Amsterdam Microbiome Initiative in the spotlight at BioNieuws. This initiative is looking for the common role(s) of microorganisms in microbial communities, independant of their location.
2020-09-07
Three new PhD students and a postdoc started their work at the Wageningen research team
2019-09-07
De overheid investeert 40 miljoen euro in twee innovatieve biologische onderzoeksprogramma’s naar wortelmicrobiomen van planten en hersenaandoeningen.
2019-08-31
Zes groepen topwetenschappers van verschillende Nederlandse universiteiten krijgen in total 113,8 miljoen euro voor hun onderzoeksprogramma.
2019-08-30
Six consortia of top researchers are being awarded a total of 113.8 million euros to conduct groundbreaking scientific research programmes in the coming years, the Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced.
