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NL: Plant Research International
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Location: Wageningen, Holland
About Us
Plant Research International specialises in strategic and applied research. Thanks to the combination of knowledge and experience in genetics and reproduction, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, crop protection, crop ecology and agrosystems, we offer a unique range of perspectives for government and industry. We serve the entire agro-production chain with scientific products, from the DNA level to production system concepts. Plant Research International regularly has articles in the leading scientific publications and has a superb infrastructure.
Plant Research International and Eu-Sol
Within EU-SOL, the work of Prof. Gerco Angenent mainly focuses on the development of tomato fruits. For this, the role and function of several genes are studied in great detail in order to understand the basic fundamentals how tomato fruits develop. In addition, the relationship between fruit development and the development of taste and flavour in tomato is studied. In these studies, transcription factors are regarded to be the key regulators, and a so called Transcript Factor Platform has been established which can be used to quickly asses the role of a large number of these transcription factors in tomato.
The group of Dr. Arnaud Bovy is working on metabolite analyses in tomato and potato. Especially volatile compounds are studied, which are the main parameter for flavour and taste. In addition, also the occurrence and synthesis of health promoting compounds like vitamins and anti-oxidants are included in this research.
Within the entire EU-SOL research program, bioinformatics plays a crucial role. Dr. Roeland van Ham and his team are developing novel databases and computer programs in order to cope with the massive amounts of data produced throughout the EU-SOL consortium. Also, novel algorithms and procedures are developed in order to analyse the genomes of tomato and potato, both of which currently are being sequenced in a world wide effort.
Staff (working on EU-SOL)
- Prof. Gerco Angenent
- Dr. Arnaud Bovy
- Dr. Roeland van Ham
