ERC Consolidator Grants for Ruben van Boxtel and Bas Dutilh
How do bacteriophages and bacteria interact? Bas Dutilh explains what he intends to do with this grant: “There are a billion times more viruses on Earth than stars in the universe. The most numerous are the bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria. For as long as bacteria have existed, they have been engaged in an evolutionary […]
Million euros for research on disease-resistant spinach
Utrecht plant scientists and bioinformaticians will receive almost 1 million euros for a research project on downy mildew, the most important pathogen of spinach. They are awarded by the Top Sector Horticulture & Starting Materials for a public-private partnership. The Top Consortium for Knowledge and Innovation announced this on 1 November. In the project, Guido […]
Presence of the fungus Fusarium Tropical Race 4 in Colombia confirmed
DNA-sequencing and pathogenicity tests confirmed that the Colombian isolates belong to what has been previously defined as the Fusarium odoratissimum TR4 lineage, that causes Fusarium wilt known as Panama disease. These analyses provided final proof that TR4 has indeed reached Colombia. An international research team, including Michael Seidl, has scientifically confirmed the presence in Colombia […]
Advanced Bioinformatics best Master’s course
The Utrecht University Graduate School of Life Sciences awarded ‘Advanced Bioinformatics: data mining and integration for Life Sciences’ the best Master’s course of the academic year 2018-2019. The Utrecht Bioinformatics Center is very proud of the teaching team who realised this course: Joep de Ligt, Pjotr Prins and Mark Wilkinson. Blended learning Course coordinator […]
A very successful 6th UBC symposium
On 7 October the Utrecht Bioinformatics Center symposium took place for the sixth time. The program reflected the breadth of bioinformatics within life sciences, and showed diversity of research carried out in the different computational groups at Utrecht Science Park. Keynotes and Principal Investigators Our keynotes prof.dr.ir Thijs Ettema and dr Sara Pulit presented their innovative […]