{"id":8907,"date":"2026-03-05T13:24:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/?p=8907"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:36:49","slug":"vici-grant-for-roeland-berendsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/vici-grant-for-roeland-berendsen\/","title":{"rendered":"Vici grant for Roeland Berendsen"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8907\" class=\"elementor elementor-8907\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-994c54c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"994c54c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4196755\" data-id=\"4196755\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25da470 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25da470\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Roeland Berendsen has been awarded a prestigious Vici grant. His project, called ResistoBiome, combines AI, large-scale microbiome sequencing and advanced phenotyping at the Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre (NPEC) to predict plant health and disease resistance. By harnessing beneficial soil microbes, the project aims to reduce chemical inputs while maintaining resilient, high-yield potato cropping systems.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/cropxr.org\/vici-roeland-berendsen\/\">Read more on the website of CropXR<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a1bc687\" data-id=\"a1bc687\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a2bac6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a2bac6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Roeland-Berendsen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8909\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Roeland-Berendsen.jpg 536w, https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Roeland-Berendsen-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Roeland-Berendsen-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roeland Berendsen has been awarded a prestigious Vici grant. His project, called ResistoBiome, combines AI, large-scale microbiome sequencing and advanced phenotyping at the Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre (NPEC) to predict plant health and disease resistance. By harnessing beneficial soil microbes, the project aims to reduce chemical inputs while maintaining resilient, high-yield potato cropping systems. 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