Yesterday marked a significant milestone as we secured a €200 million investment from the Growth Fund for our initiative, Holomicrobiome (www.holomicrobiome.nl). Combined with matching funds, our total budget will be approximately €400 million. This substantial investment aims to drive the Dutch economy forward while fostering a healthy and sustainable society. Today is a momentous day […]

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The recent ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, was an exciting platform for researchers to delve into the fascinating realm of host-microbiome interactions and their role in protecting and restoring marine ecosystems. As the session chair, I witnessed groundbreaking presentations that shed light on the hidden world of microbes and their […]

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Aschwin Engelen (CCMAR, Faro, Portugal) and I are organizing the session Host-microbiomes to protect and restore marine communities of animals, plants and algae in the ASLO-2023 Aquatic Sciences Meeting that will be held from 4-9 June, 2023 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, (https://www.aslo.org/palma-2023/). The session aims to bring together leading scientists who study the interactions of marine organisms […]

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