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DLO Researcher
I have been a researcher at Wageningen University & Research since 1997. I am especially concerned with natural substances from plants that give color, smell and taste, health and firmness, for example to flowers, tubers or fruit. I am fascinated by the question of how plants produce substances. Why is the one flower pink, the other purple and again another yellow? Why does a raspberry taste like raspberries? Why is one tomato more delicious than the other? You can approach that question in different ways. As a molecular biologist and biochemist, I want to know how to make those substances, how to construct those substances in a number of steps, which enzymes the plant uses and how these enzymes are regulated so that, for example, one tomato is more delicious than the other . If I think I know what it's like, I'll test whether I've understood it correctly: For example, I will see if I can make a purple color thanks to enzymes in places where it's not yet found in nature. This way, I can investigate what happens to a plant when it turns purple. Does he live longer? Does he get another shape? Are butterflies on it? and so on. With this knowledge, I hope to understand how beautiful plants come together. In addition to this interest in fundamental issues, I have a lot of experience with applied research, and I like to often work with companies. It's fun if you can use knowledge in surprising ways, for example, to make raw materials for plastic in a different, more sustainable manner, ensuring that we are no longer dependent on oil or gas. The plant has the future!This author has not yet published a post.