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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.…

Professors Wout Boerjan (VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology) and John Ralph (University of Wisconsin-Madison, US) have been awarded the 2024 Marcus Wallenberg…

Research by Prof. Bert De Rybel’s team (VIB-UGent), in collaboration with the VIB Screening Core and Ghent University, uncovers how roots go through a puberty phase,…

Nitrogen (N) is essential for plant growth and development. Numerous studies have demonstrated that N signaling is closely intertwined with carbon (C) levels. However…

Did you know that engineering plant cell walls might be the key to a sustainable, plant-based future? In our latest Scientist on Stage blog, Lennart Hoengenaert, a…

A new publication by the lab of Sofie Goormachtig that demonstrates the role of a beneficial Microbacterium, called SRS2, that can promote plant growth even under…

VIB-UGent International Plant Biotechnology Outreach (VIB-IPBO) focuses on promoting a sustainable agro-industry in African Least-Developed Economies (LDEs). Thanks…

Whole genome duplication (WGD) is a common mutation in plants with profound evolutionary potential. Researchers from the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology…

"Nature Awards Science in Shorts" is an annual event hosted by the scientific journal Nature to celebrate science communication through short films. This…