News and calendar of the Laboratory of Biochemistry
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International team delves into the hidden life of disordered proteins
March 30, 2022 - News - Almost everything we know about proteins is derived from research into folded proteins. Yet about half of proteins are unfolded, or rather,... -
Wageningen’s back-up vaccine performs well in tests
October 13, 2021 - News - Over the past year, the Virology, Bioprocess Engineering and Biochemistry research groups have successfully continued their work on a back-up COVID-19... -
In memoriam: prof. dr. J.J.M. (Jacques) Vervoort
July 20, 2021 - News - Sadly, on Monday 19 July 2021 prof. dr. J.J.M. (Jacques) Vervoort passed away at the age of 66. -
Wageningen Scientist Dolf Weijers to join KNAW
April 29, 2021 - News - Professor of Biochemistry Dolf Weijers of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has been selected to join KNAW. This was announced by the Royal... -
WUR scientists awarded NWO ENW-KLEIN subsidy for innovative research
April 2, 2021 - News - How do the laws of physics affect the mechanics of plant growth? And, how can science help prevent inbreeding in endangered species with a limited... -
Breakthrough in research into mechanical forces in plant cells
July 16, 2020 - News - Researchers have long been searching for ways to observe and measure the mechanical forces that act on plant cells. Professor of Physical Chemistry... -
Plant biologists discover simple principle of plant responses to hormone
May 18, 2020 - News - In a new study researchers from Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands and colleagues in Japan and Spain have found a simple... -
Two Wageningen science talents go to top foreign institutions
April 14, 2020 - News - Two young researchers at Wageningen University & Research can do their research at foreign research institutes thanks to a Rubicon grant from NWO.... -
Plants too have a sense of direction
January 30, 2020 - News - It is long known that animals have a built-in compass. But for plants too it is important to know what is up, down, inner and outer. Without this... -
2019 UFW Research Award for two plant hormone researchers
September 3, 2019 - News - The 2019 University Fund Wageningen (UFW) Research Award goes to Sumanth K. Mutte MSc, Dr. Hirotaka Kato, both at the Biochemistry group of Wageningen...