01/2018 - Present: PhD Candidate, Netherlands Insitute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, the Netherlands

Microbial disruption of the signalling between Sorghum and the parasitic weed Striga

Promotors: Prof. Jos Raaijmakers and Prof. Wietse de Boer

03/2017 - 08/2017: MSc Internship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Internship thesis at the Ané Lab titled - " The contribution of the soil microbiome to the crop rotation effect in a corn-soybean rotation".

Supervisor: Prof. Jean-Michel Ané

Daily Supervisor: Marian Lund, Ph.D. Candidate

2015 - 2017: MSc Plant Biotechnology, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands

Master thesis at the department of Phytopathology titled - "N-acetylglucosamine affects interactions between tomato xylem endophytes".

Supervisor: Prof. Reindert Nijland

08/2014 - 01/2015: Erasmus+ Grant, Umeå University, Sweden

Followed courses mainly focused on plant biotechnology and bacterial physiology.

2012 - 2015: BSc Biology, University of Porto, Portugal

Bachelor thesis where I studied the potential of several xenobiotics as elicitors of endocrine disruption and oxidative stress in the microcrustacean Daphnia magna.

Supervisor: Prof. Sara C Antunes 

 

De Boer Group
Bacteria and fungi are two key groups of micro-organisms in soils. Their activities are essential for carbon and mineral cycling and plant performance. Fungal...Read more
Raaijmakers Group
The overall goal of our research program is to unravel 1) mechanisms involved in the assembly of plant microbiomes. The functions of microbiomes we study in...Read more

PROMISE (Promoting Root Microbes for Integrated Striga Eradication)

The overall goal of PROMISE is to engineer soil and plant microbiomes for enhanced crop productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa.

You can find more information on the PROMISE website.

 

Masteling, R. Voorhoeve, L., IJsselmuiden, J., Dini-Andreote, F., de Boer, W., Raaijmakers, J.M. (2020). DiSCount: computer vision for automated quantification of Striga seed germination.  Plant Methods, 16:60

Masteling, R., Lombard, R., de Boer, W., Raaijmakers, J.M., Dini-Andreote, F., (2019) Harnessing the microbiome to control plant parasitic weeds. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 49: 26-33

Masteling, R., Castro, B.B., Antunes, S.C., Nunes, B. (2016). Whole-organism and biomarker endpoints in Daphnia magna show uncoupling of oxidative stress and endocrine disruption in phenolic derivatives. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf., 134(1): 64-71

Masteling, R. (2019) Striga, Sorghum en micro-organismen, De Jonge Gewasbeschermer. Gewasbescherming. Jaargang 50, 2019(3), 86   (in Dutch) https://www.knpv.org/db/upload/documents/Gewasbescherming/2019gb50nr3.pdf