The Microbial Ecology Department (co)coordinates several large (inter)national research projects, in particular Promise II, Microp and BackToRoots. Promise II is an international, multidisciplinary research program to develop new strategies and prototype microbial products to control the root parasitic weed Striga on different crop species. The project is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and aims to combine new science (microbiomes, metabolomics, root transcriptomics) with existing crop management practices (intercropping, soil fertility management, synthetic chemistry) in a way that is feasible, effective and adoptable by smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. You will contribute to the Promise II project as well as to the Microp and BackToRoots programs as a projectmanager, supporting the overall project coordination.

Vacancy for a citizen science internship, developing a bioassay methodology that can be used with citizen scientists.

This internship is offered together with Rewilding Europe. The work entails close contact with supervisors from Rewilding Europe, searching for information on wild forests in Europe and contacting individuals who hold information about these forests.

Gezocht: enthousiaste, collegiale teelttechnicus met groene vingers en interesse in ecologisch onderzoek.

Het doel van deze stage is het opbouwen van een databank met verschillende lichaamsmetingen en bijbehorende foto’s van vogels, voornamelijk ganzen, onder gecontroleerde omstandigheden en ‘loslopend’. Deze gegevens zullen dienen als solide basis voor toekomstige projecten.

Sperm are critical to successful fertilisation in sexually reproducing animals. The function of sperm – to find and fertilise ova – is universal throughout the animal kingdom, yet the sperm cell is the most morphologically diverse cell type known.