Functions of OsDof25 in regulation of OsC4PPDK

Relative little is known about the functions of the so-called Dof zinc factors in plants. Here we report on the analysis of OsDof25 and show a function in regulation of the important C4 photosynthesis gene, OsC4PPDK in rice. Over-expression of OsDof25 enhanced the expression of OsC4PPDK in transient expression experiments by binding in a...

OsJAR1 is required for JA-regulated floret opening and anther dehiscence in rice

Jasmonates are important phytohormones regulating reproductive development. We used two recessive rice Tos17 alleles of OsJAR1, osjar1-2 and osjar1-3, to study the biological function of jasmonates in rice anthesis. The florets of both osjar1 alleles stayed open during anthesis because the lodicules, which control flower opening in rice, were...

Overkoepelend systeemmodel maakt slimme sensornetwerken toekomstbestendig

Er komt een tijd dat al onze spullen aan het internet hangen en zelf kunnen zien, horen, voelen en meten en zelfs actief taken kunnen uitvoeren. Maar zelfs dan is nog lang niet alles geregeld. Om alle genetwerkte sensorsystemen optimaal te laten samenwerken, onder steeds veranderende omstandigheden en doelen, is er een nieuwe ontwerpbenadering...

Passiefhuizen vragen eigen installatie-ontwerp (3)

Met de gewijzigde inzichten en bouweisen is de positie van de installatietechniek in het bouwproces grondig gewijzigd. Vooral bij het ontwerp van passiefhuizen blijkt het niet altijd even gemakkelijk om de installatietechniek een juiste plaats te geven in de veranderde (bouwkundige) context. De nadruk moet liggen op een goede ventilatietechniek...

Speech of Jan Mengelers, President of EARTO ITRE Committee, European Parliament, Public Hearing on Horizon 2020 - Brussels, 20th March 2012

Op 20 maart sprak Jan Mengelers, voorzitter van de TNO Raad van Bestuur en tevens president van EARTO, tijdens een openbare hoorzitting over Horizon 2020 in het Europees Parlement. Jan Mengelers waarschuwde voor het risico dat veel Research and Technology Organisations (RTO’s) hun deelname aan Horizon 2020 zullen moeten terugbrengen ten opzichte...

Paving the way for innovation in enhancing the intake of whole grain

A major objective of EU projects is to promote the communication of results and the transfer of technology in publications, presentations, dedicated conferences, training activities and websites. In HEALTHGRAIN the dissemination has been extended beyond these activities, by the creation of close links with stakeholders. These have been...

Frameworks and technologies for exchanging and sharing product life cycle knowledge

Frameworks and technologies for exchanging and sharing product life cycle knowledge (PLK) are discussed. A life cycle-centric knowledge management approach with stakeholders-in-the-loop allows for a life-long evaluation of the instantaneous performance and the consequential decision making about the rest of the product's useful life. The...

Report of the 2010 RSPCA/UFAW Rodent Welfare Group meeting - The effects of husbandry on welfare and promoting good practice

A Transgenic Study on Affecting Potato Tuber Yield by Expressing the Rice Sucrose Transporter Genes OsSUT5Z and OsSUT2M

In many plants, sucrose transporters are essential for both sucrose exports from sources and imports into sinks, indicating a function in assimilate partitioning. To investigate whether sucrose transporters can improve the yield of starch plant, potato plants (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Désirée) were transformed with cDNAs of the rice sucrose...

The upcoming and proliferation of ubiquitous technologies in products and processes

Ubiquitous computing is a research field that started in the late 1980s, and is now believed to be at the brink of a steep acceleration in terms of technology development and applications. Ubiquitous computing is often regarded as the third wave of computing, after a first wave of mainframe computing and a second wave of PC computing. It aims at...