Photo report: in Oscar Kuipers' lab
03 May 2018
Professor of Molecular Genetics Oscar Kuipers works in the Linnaeusborg, the bright green Faculty of Science and Engineering building on the Zernike Campus. He and his team research all kinds of bacteria, particularly those that are resistent to antibiotics.
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These photo's have been published in New Scientist. Text: Emmeke Bos, photos: Bram Belloni.
Kuipers (centre): 'My job is mainly to supervise PhD students and postdocs. I also try to attract funding for new projects by coming up with original ideas.'
Kuipers and his team develop antimicrobial substances for the food and agriculture industry. The researchers use Petri dishes to cultivate natural remedies that will make plants healthier and increase the lifespan of food.
Kuipers: ‘More and more pathogens are becoming immune to existing antibiotics, but it takes a long time to develop new ones. That’s what we’re concentrating on.’
The Linnaeusborg rises up out of the ground like a reptile. In the sunny south side, research is conducted into plants, and in the northern part the research is on animals. The bridge between is dedicated to molecular research.
Researcher Luiza Morawska follows the Bacillus subtilis bacterium live with a special florescence microscope. The room is dark so as not to disturb the florescence signal. Morawska researches how bacteria transfer genes to each other.
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