Rob van Spanning / Assistant Professor
Contact details
O|2 building, room 01E59
T: +31 20 59 87179
rob.van.spanning@vu.nl
Interests
- Bacterial respiration and bioenergetics
- Denitrification and nitrous oxide emissions
- Regulation and adaptive responses of bacterial regulatory networks
- Bioenergetics of Mycobacteria; in search of novel drug targets
- Microbial physiology
- Systems Ecology
EU-ITN network NORA
Our group and partners have received a €3.4 million grant to set up the training network NORA on nitrous oxide emissions. NORA educates 12 researchers in biological nitrogen cycle processes aiming at getting a fundamental understanding of the biological sources and sinks of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas. The PhD student appointed here is Daria Kaptsan. Information can be found at the NORA web site.
BE-BASIC related projects
- Dioxin bioremediation strategies in Vietnam (Thi Lan Anh Nguyen)
- Systems dynamics of benzene degrading consortium (Lucas Fillinger)
- Molecular tools for integrative systems ecology (Ulisses Nunes da Rocha)
Sys Eco related projects
- Robustness of oil degrading consortia (Paul Iturbe Espinoza; currently with Msc Juami van Gils)
- Microbe-mineral interactions in terrestrial Mars analogues: implications for life detection strategies (NSO-NWO; Joost Aerts)
- Photosynthesis in extreme environments on Earth as proxy for remote detection of extraterrestrial life (NWO; Lucas Patty)
Brief CV
Academic education
- 1983 Biology degree at VU Amsterdam, Microbial Physiology
- 1991 PhD at VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Genes involved in respiration of Paracoccus denitrificans
Work Experience
- 1983-1987: PhD period on molybdenum cofactor; Prof. Stouthamer, VU Amsterdam
- 1987-1991: PhD period on respiration; Prof. Stouthamer, VU Amsterdam
- 1991-present: Assistant Professor Systems Bioinformatics, VU Amsterdam
- 2007-2012: Editor Microbiology
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