Who we are

UU Plants is embedded in the Institute of Environmental Biology in the Department of Biology at the Faculty of Science at Utrecht University.

Our mission is to discover novel molecular, genetic and physiological mechanisms of how plants interact with and adapt to their biotic and abiotic environments.

Our aims: Use this knowledge to address pressing societal challenges such as food security, biodiversity decline and the transition to sustainable agriculture. Train and educate the next generation of plant biologists.

Who we are

UU Plants is embedded in the Institute of Environmental Biology in the Department of Biology at the Faculty of Science at Utrecht University.

Our mission is to discover novel molecular, genetic and physiological mechanisms of how plants interact with and adapt to their biotic and abiotic environments.

Our aims: Use this knowledge to address pressing societal challenges such as food security, biodiversity decline and the transition to sustainable agriculture. Train and educate the next generation of plant biologists.

Research groups

Plant Stress
Resilience

“Exploring plant resilience to climatic stressors”

Plant-Microbe Interactions

“Exploring the plant’s natural immune system”

Experimental and Computational Plant Dev.

“Exploring plant development and its adaptation to environmental stresses”

Translational Plant Biology

“Exploring plant science to improve crops”

Recent articles

Fully automatic monitoring of plant growth, development and disease progression with Helios

Thanks to Helios, a new research installation that is part of the Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre (NPEC), it is now possible to automatically monitor the growth and development of more than a thousand plants, while gaining insights into how microorganisms affect…

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