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part of the Agrotechnology and Food Sciences Group,
Wageningen University
Microbiology in the news
Hauke Smidt appointed to Personal Professor by Wageningen University
For this article, click on the following link: Professor Hauke Smidt
Willem de Vos is the Most Entrepreneurial Scientist in the Netherlands in 2010
On 8 June 2010, Valorisation Day, the award for the 'Most Entrepreneurial Scientist' went to Willem de Vos. He was chosen from 14 candidates, nominated by the rectors and deans of all the Dutch universities. Praised for his noteworthy and innovative entrepreneurship as well as his considerable scientific reputation (he received the Spinoza Award in 2008), his nomination was based mainly on Microdish B.V., a company he founded.
For the full article in Dutch and to read Willem de Vos' response to receiving this award, please go to the Valorisatie.nu website.
Gut bacteria and fat
Recent research suggests that obesity is influenced by the combination of bacteria in the gut. Microbiologists in Wageningen and Amsterdam found that obese mice had more gut bacteria of a type that efficiently turns food into storable fats. Their findings have been published in Diabetologia. Willem de Vos and his co-researchers are now investigating the relation between gut bacteria and obesity in human beings.
For the article in the Resource, please click on the following link:
http://resource.wur.nl/wetenschap/detail/dik_worden_van_efficiente_darmbacterien/
European Award for Prof Dr Willem M. de Vos
Professor Dr Willem M. de Vos has been selected as one of the top research leaders by the European Research Council (ERC) in its second competition for
"Advanced Grants".
For more information, read the press release on ERC website.
Publications
A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing - Willem M. de Vos, Erwin Zoetendal, Michiel Kleerebezem, Sebastian Tims et al. - published in Nature (4 March 2010)
Comparative genomic analysis of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG reveals pili containing a human-mucus binding protein - Willem M. de Vos -
published online first in PNAS (17 Sept 2009)
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Electron transfer in syntrophic communities of anaerobic bacteria and archaea
Alfons J.M. Stams & Caroline M. Plugge - published online first in Nature (Aug 2009)
Differential NF-{kappa}B pathways induction by Lactobacillus plantarum in the duodenum of healthy humans correlating with immune tolerance - published online first in PNAS (3 Feb 2009)
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