Droevendaalsesteeg 10
6708 PB Wageningen
The Netherlands
Paulien klein Gunnewiek
About
Paulien klein Gunnewiek (1966) graduated as microbial technician at the RHMAS in Wageningen in 1988. From 1988 on, she worked at the NIOO at the department ME as a research-assistent together with professor Dr. W. de Boer.
Biography
Paulien klein Gunnewiek (1966) graduated as microbial technician at the RHAS in Wageningen in 1988. From 1988 on, she worked at the NIOO at the department ME as a research-assistent together with professor Dr. W. de Boer. She has experience with microbial, chemical and molecular techniques. Together with prof. Dr. W. de Boer and associating pHD's /post docs, she worked on a lot of different topics like (acid)nitrification, fungi-eating bacteria (Collimonas), wood degrading bacteria, fungal-bacterial interactions and Biocontrol. From 2023 she is joining the group of Viviane Cordovez, with the focus on the Galapogos Microbiome project. She is also responsible for the fungi- and bacteria-collection of the ME department. Since 2019 she is Biosafety officer at NIOO.
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Employment
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1988–PresentTechnician at NIOO
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2019–PresentBiosafety Officer at NIOO
Education
1984–1988
RHMAS Wageningen Microbiology
Projects & collaborations
Projects
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VolControl: Enhancing Production of Pathogen-Suppressing Volatiles
VolControl will examine the possibility to enhance control of soil-borne fungal crop diseases via stimulation of production of pathogen-suppressing volatiles by soil microbes. The working hypothesis is that these volatiles will be released by bacteria upon decomposition of selected organic materials that contain precursors of suppressive volatiles. During the first phase of the project, different organic materials will be screened and the ones that give the most promising results will be further tested for disease suppressing performance in greenhouse - and field trials. In addition, information will be provided on the identity of the produced suppressing volatiles and the microbes that release these volatiles. The project will be done in close collaboration with participating companies to optimize application perspectives
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Insectloop: Microbes involved in the decomposition of rest-streams of insect production
This is a sub-project of a WUR-NIOO project entitled "Closing the loop: exploiting sustainable insect production to improve soil, crop and animal health", coordinated by Prof. Marcel Dicke. Insects can transform waste streams into high-value proteins for food and feed. Consequently, insects provide valuable contributions to a circular economy. The project aims to investigate the valorisation of the rest-stream of insect production, i.e. moulting skins and faeces (‘frass’) to enhance soil health and crop health (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2022.01.007).
In the NIOO project, we study the decomposition rate of frass and moulting skins of three insects species (black soldier fly, mealworm, cricket) in arable soil as well as the composition of the fungal and bacterial decomposers. In addition, we study if the insect materials, which are rich in chitin, can be used to control soil-borne fungal plant diseases.