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Since the fungus is widely used for the industrial production of protein mixtures, the new insight has potential implications for industry.

Biologists from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ collect the first reported evidence that communication and cultural behaviour are closely intertwined in chimpanzees.

Faculty Professor and head of the Biology department Rens Voesenek has been appointed Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion.

Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ has appointed biologist Rashmi Sasidharan as Professor of Plant Stress Resilience. Together with her research group, Sasidharan aims to pinpoint the mechanisms that help plants cope with stressful environments. This knowledge will pave the way toward more climate-resilient crops.

BioCliVE , an experiment in the Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Botanical Gardens by the Ecology and Biodiversity group of the department of Biology, replicates natural grasslands to study the effect of climate change on this kind of ecosystem.

Insights from a new study by Debottam Bhattacharjee, Jorg Massen and colleagues have consequences for the understanding of the evolution of cooperative behaviours.

Launch of the 3RCU campaign to stop the use of fetal calf serum.

Module allows studying the response of agricultural and natural ecosystems to future environmental conditions, such as lower amounts of rainfall.

Tuncay Baubec and his research group want to figure out how genes are turned ‘on’ and ‘off’ at the right time during development.

The new Phytotron at the Hugo R. Kruyt building has now been taken into use. Researchers Dr. M.A. (Angelica) Sanclemente and S.W.M. (Sanne) Poppeliers MSc and project manager Leon Knijn tell you the story of this special building project in the video above.

In two publications, Utrecht biologists and international colleagues describe processes used by plants to adapt to warmth.

Edwin Pos is one of the three nominees for the election of the greatest scientific talent of the Netherlands and Flanders by the magazine New Scientist.

Within just a few generations, bacteria on plants can adapt from harmful to beneficial. This discovery could pave the way for developing special bacterial crop fertilizers.

Yawning appears to be a measure of brain size. Animals with larger brains yawn longer than those with smaller brains, according to research by biologist Jorg Massen.

Former Vice Dean and Professor of Molecular Plant Physiology Sjef Smeekens has been appointed Officer in the Order of Oranje-Nassau.

New genetic data could help food crops like tomatoes and rice could survive longer, more intense periods of drought on our warming planet.

The installation consists of a growth chamber, conveyor belts, several cameras and a 3D laser scanner. Researcher Bart Schimmel is putting Helios into operation.

Worldwide, large tracts of land are contaminated with PFAS. Instead of the classic "dig and dump" method, the university wants to explore the possibilities of sustainable remediation.

The Amazon rainforest may be home to thousands of hidden earthworks, made by pre-Columbian societies.

A study demonstrates, for the first time, that chimpanzees, like humans, can acquire skills from one another that they cannot innovate themselves.