First VIB labs achieve certification for sustainable practices
Two labs from VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology have received a Bronze level LEAF certificate for sustainable practices. The Jacobs and Boerjan labs have succesfully completed their first assessment and subsequent on-site audit. The LEAF assessment guides labs towards more sustainable practices in resource and energy efficiency, waste collecting and sorting, and overall people involvement. Congrats to both!
New insights in plant response to high temperatures and drought
Researchers at VIB-UGent have unraveled how the opening and closing of stomata - tiny pores on leaves – is regulated in response to high temperatures and drought.
Transformation Facility
The CGEF operates a maize and soybean transformation platform that can be accessed by other groups at VIB, other academic groups and companies. Next to transformation, we can help with related activities such as T-DNA copy number determination, construct design, cloning and genotyping. Together with the VIB Agro-Incubator we also can progress a project several generations and upscale seed.