https://www.uu.nl/en en Tue, 07 May 2024 03:17:36 +0200 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:53:00 +0200 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/cutting-edge-plant-research-lab-npec-opens-its-doors-in-utrecht Equipped with advanced robotics, hyperspectral imaging, laser scanners, climate chambers, and other installations, the Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre (NPEC) opens its doors today in Utrecht. 134194 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:53:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/video-from-the-first-day-on-i-always-felt-welcome-here Trainee Ahmad and supervisor Laurens tell about the Incluusion Traineeship, in which status holders gain work experience in the Netherlands. 131285 Wed, 07 Jun 2023 18:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/from-incluusion-traineeship-to-paid-job Eleven status holders participated in an Incluusion Traineeship at the UU, serving as a spring board to a paid job. 127589 Tue, 21 Feb 2023 17:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/700000-euro-grant-for-rashmi-sasidharan Utrecht University biologist Rashmi Sasidharan receives a 700.000 Euro grant, allowing her to further extend her research on how plants cope with flooding. 111313 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 16:11:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/decade-long-study-leads-to-molecular-atlas-of-crop-roots New genetic data could help food crops like tomatoes and rice could survive longer, more intense periods of drought on our warming planet. 106844 Thu, 27 May 2021 11:34:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/marie-curie-european-fellowships-for-two-utrecht-science-researchers They have been awarded the prestigious grant for two years of research, Andrés Romanowski in Environmental Biology and Huaiyang Yuan in Theoretical Physics. 104024 Mon, 15 Feb 2021 12:47:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/little-is-yet-known-about-the-protective-layer-of-plant-roots Biologist Kaisa Kajala conducts research on the evolution of the exodermis, a protective layer in the roots of flowering plants. 103795 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/hard-to-crack-research-reveals-how-crop-roots-penetrate-hard-soils Scientists have discovered a signal that causes the roots of plants to stop growing in hard soils, which can be ‘switched off’ to allow them to punch through compacted soil – a discovery that could help plants to grow in even the driest of climates. 103109 Fri, 15 Jan 2021 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/Scientists-present-vision-for-todays-challenges Joint perspective on how these sectors can contribute to solving urgent scientific and societal issues 102586 Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:48:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/genoeg-rijst-voor-iedereen Christa Testerink en Ronald Pierik zijn geïnteresseerd in rijst en de manier waarop rijst groeit. Christa onderzoekt de invloed van zout en droogte op planten en Ronald werkt aan hoe planten groeien in hoge dichtheden. 108657 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 10:08:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/background/rijstonderzoek-in-de-filipijnen Wist je dat rijst niet onder water hóeft te worden gekweekt? In veel landen zetten ze rijst onder water om te voorkomen dat er onkruid gaat groeien. “Maar dat is tijdsintensief: de rijst moet dan plantje voor plantje worden geplant " Ronald Pierik werkte samen met het Filipijnse rijstinstituut IRRI aan het beter bestendigen van rijst tegen onkruid. 108664 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 11:31:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/waarom-arabidopsis Plantenonderzoeker Sjon Hartman vertelt waarom de plant Arabidopsis zo belangrijk is voor zijn onderzoek. 107827 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/size-of-grazing-animals-affects-nutrient-ratios-available-to-plants The average body size of grazing animals in a landscape affects the balance of nutrients that are available to plants, researchers from Utrecht University find. 98881 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 07:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Warthog and rhino latrine https://www.uu.nl/en/news/nearly-5-million-for-potato-project Plant biologist Rashmi Sasidharan has received an EU grant to study the stress tolerance of potato. 98173 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 11:06:00 +0200 Nieuws Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerAnt PoTato https://www.uu.nl/en/news/saskia-van-wees-appointed-professor-of-hormonal-regulation-of-plant-resistance Saskia van Wees was appointed as Professor of Hormonal Regulation of Plant Resistance at the Department of Biology on 1 March of this year. 97563 Fri, 26 Jun 2020 16:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Saskia van Wees https://www.uu.nl/en/news/rice-research-in-the-philippines The Utrecht plant scientist Ronald Pierik was in the Philippines for field experiments with rice. 86755 Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:02:00 +0100 Nieuws botu-rijstonderzoek-1 https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/gewassen-zijn-vergeten-hoe-ze-een-overstroming-overleven Utrechtse onderzoekers hebben ontdekt dat verschillende planten weliswaar de genen hebben die nodig zijn om een overstroming te overleven, maar dat ze deze genen niet meer kunnen activeren. 108672 Fri, 20 Sep 2019 15:08:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/plant-response-to-survive-flooding-still-present-in-crops Crops still have the genes required to survive flooding, but they seem to have lost the ability to activate these genes, like rice does. 83305 Thu, 19 Sep 2019 20:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Germain Pauluzzi https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/a-tale-of-three-gases-how-plants-prepare-to-survive-flooding Scientists have discovered how some plants can quickly detect that they are under water when flooded, and initiate processes that prevents them from drowning, a finding that could pave the way towards flood-proof crops that can thrive even under stressful conditions. 108668 Tue, 10 Sep 2019 13:55:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/zo-houden-planten-het-hoofd-boven-water In de natuur worden planten bedreigd door overstromingen of aanhoudende stortbuien. Utrechtse biologen ontdekken hoe planten zichzelf redden van de verdrinkingsdood. 108666 Fri, 06 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0200 Nieuws