Microbiology

Research in the group of Microbiology focuses on understanding the mechanisms involved in secretion of proteins and the role of secreted proteins in bacterial membrane biogenesis and fungal growth and development. Microbiology is divided in the fungal and the bacterial group.

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Bacterial Group Microbiology
Bacterial group

The research program of the bacterial group studies cell envelope-related processes in Gram-negative bacteria and focuses on three lines: 

  • biogenesis of the bacterial outer membrane
  • protein secretion
  • vaccine development
Bacterial group
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Fungal group

The research program of the fungal group focuses on: 

  • the location of production and secretion of proteins in fungi 
  • the role of secreted proteins in pathogenicity and the formation of reproductive structures
Fungal group

News

Bakken waarin paddensteoelen groeien (foto: Ivar Pel)
12 April 2018
'Paternal’ and ‘maternal’ DNA in fungi active at different times
Researchers from Delft, Utrecht and Wageningen have discovered that the genes from the parental DNAs are expressed at different times in mushroom development.
Margot Koster
6 March 2018
Margot Koster (Biology) wins 2018 Lecturer Award
Margot Koster, lecturer in Microbiology and programme director for the Biology Bachelor’s programme, has won the 2018 Lecturer Award.
De Koreaanse kunstenaar Jiwon Woo en hoogleraar Microbiologie Han Wösten
18 January 2018
Han Wösten wins yet another Bio Art & Design Award
Professor of Microbiology Han Wösten and Korean artist Jiwon Woo have won one of the three ZonMw Bio Art & Design (BAD) Awards for 2017
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Biogenesis of the outer membraneFungal infections
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N-glycosilation and Glycoengineering in the Mushroom Forming Fungus Schizophyllum commune
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