News of the Experimental Zoology Group
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Vacancy for a PhD position: Development and characterization of bio-inspired, fiber-reinforced modular walls
April 26, 2024 -
How flying mosquitoes escape a swatting hand
February 19, 2024 - We all know how difficult it is to swat a mosquito flying at night in your bedroom, but up to now we did not know why. Scientists from Wageningen... -
Best Student Presentation Prize at the annual SICB conference
February 9, 2024 - Congratulations to Noraly van Meer, one of our PhD candidates, on winning the DVM Best Student Presentation Prize at the annual SICB conference! -
Conference: Biomechanics in Nature (10-11 May, 2023)
March 1, 2023 - We are delighted to be hosting a Biomechanics in Nature conference on the occasion of the retirement of Johan van Leeuwen as professor of Experimental... -
Florian Muijres appointed as professor of Experimental Zoology
November 15, 2022 - Wageningen University & Research’s Executive Board has appointed Dr ir Florian Muijres as professor of Experimental Zoology (EZO). Muijres... -
Announcement: Symposium on Soft Robotics
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Yes, indeed, it is hard to swat a mosquito
February 8, 2022 - Everyone who ever went out of bed at night to swat mosquitoes knows: this is a difficult task. Scientists of Wageningen University & Research used... -
NWO funding for research on an alternative method to catch sole and plaice
September 29, 2021 - Scientists are going to better study the swimming and escaping behaviour of plaice and sole. With this knowledge, Wageningen University & Research... -
Florian Muijres receives grant for in-swarm mating of malaria mosquitoes
April 19, 2021 - Florian Muijres has been awarded a prestigious grant to study what the mating dance of malaria mosquitoes in a swarm looks like. In this research,... -
EZO research widely reported in NRC newspaper
March 9, 2021 - Last Saturday (March 6th, 2021) part of our biomimetics research was broadly mentioned in a scientific article in the NRC newspaper.