The plant hormone auxin plays a central role in the growth and development of plants. Auxin acts in a concentration dependent manner and polar cell-to-cell transport of this hormone determines its distribution in the tissues of plants. This polar auxin transport is mediated by several families of auxin…

Besides the Hortus being a beautiful place where visitors can relax and learn more about plants, we also facilitate botanical research. Thousands of plants are cultivated for research purposes in our greenhouses. These include tropical orchids, ferns, the soursop family (Annonaceae), the dogbane family…

Small workshop

Surveying Indigenous Peoples’ culinary practices prior to the advent of European invasions in the Greater Caribbean

Host-Microbe Interactions is one of the four research themes of the Institute of Biology Leiden.

Information about the products of the extract library.

PBDL favors multidisciplinary research. Depending on the problems under investigation, PBDL establishes collaborations between experts from for example molecular genetics, molecular and electro cell physiology, biochemistry, organic chemistry, analytical mathematics, mathematical statistics and computational…

Dr. Kirsten Leiss and Prof. Peter Klinkhamer received 900.000 euro’s from “Stichting Toegepaste Wetenschappen (STW)” and the company “Rijk Zwaan” to develop plants that are resistant to thrips, a major agricultural pest all over the world.

We exploit secondary metabolites of plant to develop pharmaceutical compounds and we genetically modify plant genomes to improve crops.

The jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) is flowering at the Hortus botanicus in Leiden. The plant started producing multiple flower clusters three weeks ago and the first ones are now in full bloom.

How presence, abundance and enzymatic activities of AM and EM fungi differently affect soil carbon sequestration processes?

Increasing the efficiency of gene targeting (GT) as a genome editing tool in plants has been an important goal in plant biotechnology.

On this page the programme and sessions can be found. The programme will be updated regularly.

Dr. at Max Planck Institute for chemical Ecology, Jena - Germany

Can metabolomic profiling be used to predict resistance against insect herbivores in plants?

Sip2021 is sponsored by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences (EPS).

Within the Chinese medicine, more than 80% of the constituents of the preparations are derived from plants. Like any other organism, plants are constantly interacting with their changing and often harsh environment during the various phases of their life cycle.

This article discusses the coevolution of several species of the tribe Phyllantheae and moths of the genus Epicephala.

The research provides insight into disease behavior in both rural and semi-urban areas in Serengeti in Tanzania.

Development & Disease is one of the four research themes of the Institute of Biology Leiden.

Soil is a home for an unbelievable diversity and abundance of microbial life that is essential for supporting life on our planet.

Development of Natural Resource for New Medicines

Is translocation of nucleases possible via Agrobacterium T4SS and is it efficient enough for mutagenesis?

Lecture

Leiden researcher Dr Ben Zonneveld has determined the size of the genome - the amount of DNA per nucleus - of wild tulips. His conclusion is that there are more than 87 wild species. Various possibly new species have been discovered.

As we are working very hard to make our University more green, it is of upmost importance that you join us in our battle and start increasing the local biodiversity from your own house! Every bit will help, it is beneficial for you own mental health and most importantly it is fun! We have created this…

Can the (industrial) herbal extraction process be mathematically described and can this model be used to optimize the extraction in terms of quality and economical parameters?

How soil microbial composition impacts structure and composition of the aboveground plant and animal communities?

Promotor: Prof.dr. R. Verpoorte, , Co-Promotor: Young Hae Choi

Mycorrhizas are symbiotic associations between soil fungi and most plant species.

The Leiden University Green Office has some great news: you can now make the most environmentally-friendly search engine - Ecosia - your default on a public LU computer!

Supervisor: P.J.J. Hooykaas

And its application in deciphering hominin diets in palaeolithic eurasia

What is vegetation structure and composition in SFM primary forest, secondary logged over forest (logging FSC certified and logging non certified) in comparison to primary forest? What is avian guild diversity in SFM primary forest, secondary logged over forest (logging FSC certified and logging non…

The RNA guided endonuclease based on the CRISPR/Cas system of Streptococcus pyogenus is a potent new tool for genome engineering in plants.

A selection of recent publications from the Plant BioDynamics Laboratory.

Dissochaeta Blume (Melastomataceae, tribe Dissochaeteae) is well-known as a scrambling plant genus found in Southeast Asia, where it is an inhabitant of the tropical rainforests or evergreen forests.

Collaborators and advisors of the Plant BioDynamics Laboratory

What is the role of auxin in the initiation and process of somatic embryogenesis?

The Basics and Applications to Plant Sciences will be held physical. See below for more information.

Mathematical and computational analysis of the dynamics of polar transport of the plant hormone auxin.

PhD defence

My PhD thesis investigates the ecological significance of resistance against drought-induced air bubble formation inside the water conduits of plants (embolism), and the plasticity and functional aspects of stem anatomical traits in woody and herbaceous species.

The Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) is an internationally oriented institute for research and education in biology.

Aspergillus niger is an important industrial producer of organic acids and enzymes producing large amounts of spent fungal biomass.

Evolution & Biodiversity is one of the four research themes of the Institute of Biology Leiden.