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Richard Immink appointed as Personal Professor “Plant Reproduction in a Changing Climate”
March 19, 2025 - Researcher Richard Immink is appointed as Personal Professor of Plant Reproduction Biology in a Changing Environment by the Board of Directors of... -
Surprising discovery: Shade plants capture more light than expected
January 10, 2025 - Plants in the shade utilize more light for photosynthesis than previously thought. A team of researchers from Utrecht University and Wageningen... -
New Dawn Bio makes a piece of wood in the lab
October 31, 2024 - Making wood from cultured cells, without growing a tree: that's the idea behind startup New Dawn Bio. The company has been based on Wageningen Campus... -
Wageningen students win award for diagnostic test multiple sclerosis
October 28, 2024 - A team of Wageningen students has won the award for Best Diagnostic Project at the international iGEM student competition with their accessible test... -
Researchers discover new mechanism in shade avoidance: plants compete for light
October 21, 2024 - Plants that are close together do everything they can to intercept light. This 'shade avoidance' response has been extensively researched. It is... -
Plant researcher René Geurts elected EMBO member
July 9, 2024 - Molecular biologist René Geurts from Wageningen University & Research has been elected a member of the European Molecular Biology... -
AI will unravel secrets of non-coding genes
May 15, 2024 - From smart chatbots to apps that can write entire articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming an increasingly ubiquitous part of our lives.... -
iGEM Gold Medal for Team Wageningen
November 6, 2023 - PseuPomona – that is the name of a genetically engineered bacterium and the centre of this years’ Wageningen University & Research... -
New institute to develop 'smart breeding' method for more resilient and climate-adaptive agriculture
July 6, 2023 - The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) will contribute 15 million euros to the CropXR research programme into 'smart breeding' of... -
Clearance for 50 million euro programme proposal Plant-XR
September 22, 2021 - A revolutionary method to make crops more resilient to climate change and other threats is one step closer to becoming reality. A team of universities...