Fertilization and grazing animals affect plant diversity by influencing the competition for light between plant species, researchers report in a Nature paper.
Cell biologist Anna Akhmanova is part of an international research team that receives close to 10 million euros to study how cells push into their environment.
Professor Roderik van de Wal from Utrecht University who led the research, says: "I assume that these findings will be incorporated in the next IPCC report."
With her research, Juliane Schroeter is taking a first step toward better informing clinicians in the timing and choice of alternative treatment strategies for young HIV patients.
With a special ceremony held today, Utrecht University biologist Corné Pieterse and sociologist Tanja van der Lippe received the Spinoza and Stevin Prize.