Laboratory of Nematology

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• 36 Active
• 80 Finished

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• Active

  Molecular basis of Plant-Parasitic Nematode-Virus interactions

  Pacheco Díaz, J. (PhD candidate), Smant, G. (Promotor), Lozano Torres, J. (Co-promotor) & van Sluijs, L. (Co-promotor)

  1/06/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Biogeography of root-knot nematodes and associated microbiomes at a European scale

  Willemsen, I. (PhD candidate), Helder, H. (Promotor) & Goverse, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/02/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Stepping down the evolutionary stairway of feeding cell induction by plant parasitic nematodes with spatial transcriptomics at a near-cellular level to design resistant crops

  Lathe, R. (PI), Lozano Torres, J. (Project Leader) & Korswagen, R. (CoI)

  1/10/24 → 1/10/27

  Project: PostDoc

• NEM-EMERGE belowground pathobiome

  de Graauw, S. (PhD candidate), Goverse, A. (Promotor), Helder, H. (Promotor) & Lozano Torres, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/04/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• CREEPIES – Climate relevant effects of microbial predation in eroding soils

  Scheel, M. (PI) & Geisen, S. (Project Leader)

  1/04/24 → 31/03/26

  Project: PostDoc

• NEM-EMERGE II: Heat-stable plant resistances

  van Weperen, J. (PhD candidate), Goverse, A. (Promotor) & Helder, H. (Co-promotor)

  1/03/24 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Nematode 100%
  • Temperature Sensitivity 50%
  • Cultivar 50%

• Understanding plant tolerance to nematode infections

  Willig, J.-J. (PI), Smant, G. (Project Leader) & Jongschaap, R. (Project Leader)

  1/02/24 → 1/02/27

  Project: PostDoc

• HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02

  Koorneef, G. (PI), van der Putten, W. (Project Leader), Wubs, E. R. J. (CoPI) & Lejoly, J. (CoPI)

  15/01/24 → 15/07/27

  Project: PostDoc

• INNOVATIONS FOR VACCINES AGAINST HELMINTH INFECTIONS (WORMVACS2.0)

  Bakker, G. (PhD candidate), Smant, G. (Promotor), Schots, A. (Co-promotor) & Wilbers, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Wise with worms

  Sweers, M. (PhD candidate), Smant, G. (Promotor), Schots, A. (Co-promotor) & Wilbers, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Epigenetic reprogramming in tomato.

  Pena Ponton, C. (PI), Angenent, G. (Project Leader) & de Maagd, R. (PI)

  15/06/23 → 15/06/27

  Project: PostDoc

• Ecosystem functioning and carbon storage in agricultural soils

  Vultaggio, G. (PhD candidate) & van der Putten, W. (Promotor)

  1/06/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Soil biodiversity analysis for sustainable production systems (SoilProS)

  Guandalin Zagatto, L. F. (PhD candidate) & van der Putten, W. (Promotor)

  1/06/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• SoilProS - Biogeochemistry of agricultural soils

  Tian, R. (PhD candidate) & van der Putten, W. (Promotor)

  15/05/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Durable resistance to Potato Cyst Nematodes in potato

  Langendoen, D. (PhD candidate), Smant, G. (Promotor), Goverse, A. (Co-promotor) & Sterken, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/04/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Development of markers for nematode-resistant Raphanus sativus selection

  Scholte, M. (EngD candidate), Smant, G. (Promotor) & Sterken, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/23 → 1/01/27

  Project: EngD

• The Role of Soil Biodiversity in Forest Restoration

  Bielen, S. (PhD candidate), van der Putten, W. (Promotor) & den Ouden, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Benchmarking soil biodiversity

  Schram, M. (PhD candidate) & van der Putten, W. (Promotor)

  1/11/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Soil Biodiversity 100%
  • Netherlands 50%

• SMART UP - Spatial Mapping of Root Transcriptomes Upon Nematode Parasitism

  Wang, Y. (PhD candidate), Smant, G. (Promotor) & Lozano Torres, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/05/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Crop Breeding 100%
  • Biologists 100%
  • Helminth 100%
  • Nematode 100%
  • Transcriptome 100%

• The identifcation and characterization of virulence genes in resistance-breaking populations of the potato cyst nematodes Globodera pallida and G. rostochiensis

  Schaveling, A. (PhD candidate), Smant, G. (Promotor), Goverse, A. (Co-promotor) & Sterken, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/02/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Globodera pallida 100%
  • Cyst Nematodes 100%
  • Cultivar 60%
  • Soil Fumigation 20%
  • Animal Pathogens 20%

• Disentangling Soil Biodiversity for Optimized Intercropping

  Teunissen, J. (PhD candidate), Smant, G. (Promotor), de Ridder, D. (Promotor), Geisen, S. (Co-promotor) & Kupczok, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Soil Biodiversity 100%
  • Biodiversity 100%
  • Functional Diversity 12%
  • Metagenomics 12%
  • Plant Development 12%

• Native soil suppresiveness vis-a-vis plant parasitic nematodes

  van Himbeeck, R. (PhD candidate), Smant, G. (Promotor), Geisen, S. (Co-promotor) & Helder, H. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/21 → …

  Project: PhD

• The effects of plant genome characteristics on CRISPR-mediated DSB induction frequencies and DSB repair mechanism

  Blumberg, L. (PhD candidate), Smant, G. (Promotor), Westerhof, L. (Co-promotor) & Wilbers, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • DNA Repair 100%
  • Crop Improvement 100%
  • Plant Genome 100%
  • CRISPR 100%
  • Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat 100%

• SMART UP - Spatial Mapping of Root Transcriptomes Upon Nematode Parasitism

  Pijnacker, A. (PhD candidate), Smant, G. (Promotor) & Lozano Torres, J. (Co-promotor)

  15/10/21 → …

  Project: PhD

• Population genetics of plant parasitic nematodes.

  te Molder, D. (PhD candidate), Smant, G. (Promotor), Sterken, M. (Co-promotor), van Sluijs, L. (Co-promotor), Bakker, J. (Other) & Riksen, J. (Other)

  4/10/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Nematode 100%
  • Population Genetics 100%
  • Plant Parasitic Nematodes 100%
  • Parasitic Plant 100%
  • Parasitic Nematodes 100%

• Microbiome predation as a global predictor of plant performance under global changes—focusing on litter decomposition

  Wang, Y. (PhD candidate), Smant, G. (Promotor) & Geisen, S. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Predation 100%
  • Protista 100%
  • Microbiome 100%
  • Predator Prey Interaction 75%
  • Biodiversity 50%

• Understanding the dynamics of rhizobiomes to enhance crop productivity

  Hu, S. (PhD candidate), Kammenga, J. (Promotor) & Geisen, S. (Co-promotor)

  1/08/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Dynamics 100%
  • Microbiome 100%
  • Protista 9%
  • Plant Growth 9%
  • Nitrogen Fixation 9%

• Climate-smart forestry: the effects of forest management and drought on carbon cycling in Dutch forest soils

  de Goede, S. (PhD candidate), van der Putten, W. (Promotor) & Sterck, F. (Co-promotor)

  15/06/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Forestry 100%
  • Forest Management 100%
  • Forest Soil 100%
  • Climate Change 80%
  • Soil Organic Carbon 60%

• Freezing hearts: Bio-inspired Cryoprotectants to Buy Time for Transplants.

  van der Kaaij, A. (PhD candidate), Smant, G. (Promotor), Nibbering, P. (Co-promotor) & Wilbers, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/20 → …

  Project: PhD

• Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in food forests of North-West Europe

  van der Zanden, I. (PhD candidate) & van der Putten, W. (Promotor)

  1/09/20 → …

  Project: PhD

• Learning from Nature: Manipulation of plant functional trait-driven plant-soil feedback to agriculture optimization.

  Bin, Z. (PhD candidate) & van der Putten, W. (Promotor)

  1/09/20 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Agricultural Ecosystem 100%
  • Agroecosystem 100%
  • Crop Protection 33%
  • Ecosystem Function 33%
  • Intensive Agriculture 33%

• The role of soil microbiome for ecosystem restoration in the Atlantic Forest

  Merloti, L. F. (PhD candidate) & van der Putten, W. (Promotor)

  1/05/20 → …

  Project: PhD

• Environmental risk assessment of macro- and micro-plastics in a terrestrial ecosystem. A case-study in Rwanda

  Nkeshimana, G. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Baartman, J. (Other) & Riksen, J. (Other)

  1/01/17 → …

  Project: PhD

• Parasitic nematodes modulate common protease-based activation of host innate immunity in plants and animals

  Varossieau, K. (PhD candidate), Smant, G. (Promotor), Goverse, A. (Co-promotor) & Wilbers, R. (Other)

  15/09/15 → …

  Project: PhD

• Crossing the ultimate tipping point: predicting death in C. elegans.

  Jovic, K. (PI), Bakker, J. (CoI), Kammenga, J. (CoI), Sterken, M. (CoI), Jovic, K. (PhD candidate), Kammenga, J. (Promotor) & Sterken, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/15 → …

  Project: PhD

• Recombinant plant antibodies for preventive immunotherapy of poultry against coccidiosis; Plant molecular biological aspects. i.s.m. WIAS

  Bakker, J. (CoI) & Schots, A. (CoI)

  1/01/99 → …

  Project: PostDoc

• Finished

  Plant holobiome responses to plant community diversity and their consequences for plant-plant interactions

  Wilschut, R. (PI), Smant, G. (Project Leader), Geisen, S. (CoI) & Mommer, L. (CoI)

  1/08/22 → 31/07/24

  Project: PostDoc

• Plasnobinu

  Schwelm, A. (PI) & Geisen, S. (Project Leader)

  11/11/21 → 11/11/24

  Project: PostDoc

• Restoration of Inner Mongolia grasslands.

  Han, X. (PhD candidate), Struik, P. (Promotor) & van der Putten, W. (Promotor)

  1/11/21 → 4/09/24

  Project: PhD

• Golgi on a chip

  Nibbering, P. (PI) & Schots, A. (PI)

  1/07/21 → 1/07/24

  Project: PostDoc

• Post-doctoral Plant Immunity

  Sukarta, O. (PI), Goverse, A. (Project Leader) & Smant, G. (PI)

  1/12/20 → 1/12/21

  Project: PostDoc

• Vaccine and therapeutic protein production in the ALiCE cell-free protein synthesis system

  Armero Gimenez, J. (PhD candidate), Smant, G. (Promotor), Wilbers, R. (Co-promotor) & Schots, A. (Other)

  1/11/20 → 21/02/25

  Project: PhD

  • Protein Synthesis 100%
  • SARS Coronavirus 75%
  • Diseases 50%
  • High-Throughput Screening 50%
  • Infectious Agent 50%

• The effects of extreme heat on the reproduction in a worldwide-invasive and synanthropic spider Steatoda grossa.

  Dong, Y. (PhD candidate), van der Putten, W. (Promotor) & Gols, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/20 → 22/10/24

  Project: PhD

  • Steatoda 100%
  • Reproductive Success 100%
  • Steatoda grossa 100%
  • Spider 100%
  • Thermal Exposure 50%

• The effect of context and trait-dependent factors on development and reproduction of the secondary parasitoid, Gelis agilis

  Shi, X. (PhD candidate) & van der Putten, W. (Promotor)

  1/10/20 → 15/11/24

  Project: PhD

  • Parasitoid 100%
  • Hyperparasitoids 40%
  • Cotesia glomerata 20%
  • Field Plots 20%
  • Life History 20%

• Uncovering the intimate links between soil biodiversity and plant performance

  Berlinches de Gea, A. (PhD candidate), Smant, G. (Promotor) & Geisen, S. (Co-promotor)

  1/08/20 → 10/01/25

  Project: PhD

• Molecular mechanisms translated to the acre: Using the tripartite interaction model between the Solanum tuberosum immune receptor Gpa2, its co-factor RanGAP2 and the matching Globodera pallida effector RBP1 as a fundament for understanding nematode resistance and virulence in the field.

  Putker, V. (PhD candidate), Goverse, A. (Promotor) & Sterken, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/08/20 → 15/05/25

  Project: PhD

  • Nematode 100%
  • Potato Cyst Nematode 100%
  • Plant Parasitic Nematodes 100%
  • Globodera 100%
  • Cyst Nematodes 100%

• SOFT (Steering Organic Farming Transition)

  Serrano Grijalva, L. (PI), van der Putten, W. (Project Leader), Veen, C. G. F. (CoI) & Ochoa-Hueso, R. (CoI)

  1/08/20 → 1/05/22

  Project: PostDoc

• The host-parasite supergenome: an untapped source for disease resistance

  Maulana, I. (PhD candidate), Kammenga, J. (Promotor), Goverse, A. (Co-promotor) & Sterken, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/03/20 → 29/10/24

  Project: PhD

• Sugar-coating of vaccines against parasitic worms

  Bunte, M. (PhD candidate), Kammenga, J. (Promotor), Schots, A. (Co-promotor) & Wilbers, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/02/20 → 21/05/24

  Project: PhD

• Chemical communication between potato plants and potato cyst nematodes

  Machado Bertran, A. (PI) & Goverse, A. (CoI)

  1/02/20 → 1/02/24

  Project: PostDoc