Lab News

Lucas Patty has yet, after his recent publication in the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer (dec 2017), published another paper! The new paper is entitled “Imaging linear and circular polarisation features in leaves with complete Mueller matrix polarimetry”. Previously they showed that the photosynthetic apparatus in leaves induces circularisation ofunpolarised light due to

Niclas defended his PhD thesis, titled “Balance on many scales: Growth and gene expression in Bacillus subtilis” on January the 18th 2018. James Locke, Frank Schreiber, Rutger Hermsen, Sander Tans, Leendert Hamoen and Bas Teusink were in the thesis committee. A big thanks to the committee for their efforts, and congrats to you Dr. Niclas!

Rosanne interviewed Bas Teusink for a  podcast to further explain the concepts discussed in the book ‘The vital question’ by Nick Lane. You can listen to the podcast here

In this paper we describe a methodology for the prediction, analysis and tests of consistency of single-cell growth and protein expression data from a few basic statistical principles. You can find it here.  

Together with our colleagues of the Theoretical Biology group at the University of Utrecht, we will organise a Winter Masterclass on 15-16 February 2018. As with all good things in research, this masterclass will be focused on quality instead of quantity. It is aimed at providing a thorough understanding of a relatively small number of

Bas was awarded a 950k euro grant to study microbial interactions in yoghurt. More information on the AIMMS website

Jurgen is now certified to teach at university level (University Teaching Qualification or Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs). Yesterday he received his certificate, flowers and a digital presenting device after completing the individualised track for this course. His course teacher described his teaching as:  ‘Jurgen’s enthusiasm is contagious’  

In a newly published study, the most effective way to break down hydrocarbon in oil contaminated soil in the Niger Delta has been examined. The study involved members of the IUCN Niger Delta Panel, in addition to international remediation experts and scientists, amongst whom were Rob van Spanning and Juami van Gils from the Department