Grijze Cellen: Eos Pipet 2016

PIPET PRIZE PRESENTATION

During these Gray Cells, the five laureates of the Eos Pipet 2016 for their promising research.

• Plant geneticist Dieter Blancquaert on developing a rice variety with more vitamin B9.
• Educator Els Consuegra about gender discrimination in the classroom.
• Bio-engineer Michiel Dusselier about more environmentally friendly bio-plastics.
• Physical engineer Kurt Lajaeghere about the reliability of computer models.
• Biomedic Martijn Schuijs about how farm dust protects against allergies.

The young researchers receive in the preparation of their presentation, help from the Dutch stand-up comedian, coach and moderator Bas Birker.

After the presentations, Marleen Temmerman, as chairman of the Eos Pipet 2016, concludes the evening with a speech and the award ceremony of the pipette. You decide the public winner!

THE FIVE LAUREATES

Dieter Blancquart graduated as a biologist from Ghent University in 2007 and received his doctorate in 2013. His research into rice with a higher vitamin B9 content appeared in Nature Biotechnology. He has been working at the Experimental Center for Floriculture since June 1, 2016.

Els Consuegra

studied educational sciences at the Vrije Universiteit of Brussels. In 2015, she obtained her PhD with her research into gender discrimination in the classroom. Since this year she has been a guest professor at the University of Ghent and a lecturer at the teacher training course of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). She is also vice-chairman of the Board of Directors of the VUB

Michiel Dusselier graduated as a bioengineer from KU Leuven in 2009 and obtained his doctorate four years later. He then went on to study for another year at the California Institute of Technology, and for a year now he has been a postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven. His research appeared in Science.

Kurt Lejaeghere graduated as a physical engineer from Ghent University in 2010, where he also received his PhD four years later. After two stints as a researcher at the University of Vienna, he returned to Ghent, where he is active as a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Molecular Modelling.

Martijn Schuijs

began his studies in biomedical sciences at the University of Utrecht. After three years he went to Imperial College London, where he obtained his master's degree in 2011. He is currently pursuing a PhD at VIB/Ghent University. His study on farm dust was published in Science.