Plant scientist Dr. Eliza Loo, a research group leader at the Institute of Molecular Physiology at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), has been awarded funding for the next two years to conduct a project on microbial communities in crop plants. The goal of this research, funded through the “Klaus Tschira Boost Fund,” is to optimize these communities (mehr…)

Dr. Eliza Loo, a research group leader at the Institute of Molecular Physiology at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), has been awarded the 2024 Eduard Straßburger Prize for her research. She is being honored for her research on the microbiome of plant roots. The prize, worth 2,500 euros, from the German Botanical Society (DBG) was awarded during the society’s international conference on September 17 in Halle/Saale (mehr...)