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International team led by Dolf Weijers (WUR) receives ERC Synergy Grant of 12.1 million euros
An international team led by Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has been awarded an ERC Synergy Grant of 12.1 million euros. Over the next six years, the team will investigate how plants convert external stimuli [...]

NWO Vidi for Sebastian Pfeilmeier, University of Amsterdam
Protecting plants from Black rot disease Dr. J.S. Pfeilmeier (M), University of Amsterdam Cabbage and related vegetables suffer from Black rot, a bacterial disease that can destroy much of the harvest. The culprit, Xanthomonas campestris, [...]

Lizzy award for Jordi Floriach-Clark
A Lizzy Award has been awarded to EPS PhD candidate Jordi Floriach-Clark. Jordi is developing technology in his startup ChemPanoptics for better early screening of substances that combat harmful fungi in agriculture and healthcare. The [...]

Pleun Langerwerf and Jason Gardiner: Blog on a midway meeting between supervisor and PhD candidate
A PhD often moves through recognizable phases. The beginning is full of possibility and, sometimes, uninformed optimism. By the halfway point, early optimism often gives way to a more sober view of the project. That [...]

NWO Veni Grant for Peter Karssemeijer (WUR)
Congratulations to Peter Karssemeijer (Biosystematics, WUR) on receiving the prestigious Veni grant. The Veni is a personal scientific grant aimed at researchers who have recently obtained their PhD. The grant instrument allows recipients to conduct [...]
EPS events
EPS Theme 1 Symposium “Developmental Biology of Plants” – Nov 2026
November 19 @ 09:30 - 17:00
New Date: WUR Postdoc Day: Connect, Share & Succeed
November 24 @ 09:30 - 17:00
EPS 2nd year PhD meet-up – Shaping your PhD journey (NEW DATE) – Nov 2026
November 25 @ 12:00 - 16:00
Seminars
Defenses
Darkness Set the Stage, Salinity Changed the Script; Seedling Establishment Under Salt Stress
November 19 @ 10:30 - 12:00
From effector biology to durable genetic resistance: Insights from the tomato leaf mould pathosystem
December 4 @ 15:30 - 17:00
Compatibility and constraints in Fusarium oxysporum-cucurbit interactions
December 11 @ 14:00 - 15:30
Vacancies
2 PhD positions in of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS)”Chemical Communications in Ecological Systems”, Jena, Germany
Anja Mosselman2026-10-28T09:37:44+01:0028 October, 2026|
Postdoctoral position in root biology, Andersen Lab, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Anja Mosselman2026-10-01T13:05:17+02:001 October, 2026|
Postdoctoral Scholar in AI and Foundation Models for Plant Genomics, UC Davis Genome Center, USA
Anja Mosselman2026-09-03T10:12:32+02:003 September, 2026|















