NEWS & VIEWS
Building your own semantic database
In a three-piece blog series, we guide you through the concept of our FAIR Data Station. In this third and final part, we describe how you can build your own Semantic database
Being FAIR still sounds like work… Why bother?
In a three-piece blog series, we guide you through the concept of our FAIR Data Station. In this second part, we answer the question: Why even bother?
Data FAIRification the easy way - Getting started
In a three-piece blog series, we guide you through the concept of our FAIR Data Station. In this first part, we explain how to get started.
Calling for a systems approach in microbiome research and innovation
Based on research projects and publications on microbiomes, researchers recently concluded that a systems approach is needed to fully unlock the potential of microbiomes.
UNLOCK celebrates International Microorganism Day
September 17th is International Microorganism Day. In this article, we explain the definition of microorganism and how you can contribute to IMD.
The Modular Bioreactor Platform - Case study 1
In this case study, we explain the use of constructed wetlands to remove micropollutants from water.
FACILITIES
Biodiscovery Platform
Isolate, investigate and discover yet unknown micro-organisms and communities in a high-throughput way.
Modular Bioreactor Platform
Mix and match different bioreactors to investigate sustainable solutions for environmental challenges.
Parallel Cultivation Platform
Cultivate and investigate a wide array of microbial communities in extremely well-defined conditions.
FAIR Data Platform
Make sure your data is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (= FAIR) in collection, storage and analysis.
PEOPLE SUPPORTING UNLOCK
I am very confident that UNLOCK will provide an integrated world‐class facility that will greatly impact the world's main international research quests.
The novel opportunities offered by UNLOCK will enable us to develop highly efficient and sustainable applications for water treatment. We therefore enthusiastically support the implementation of UNLOCK.
Being able to cultivated and preserve mixed microbial communities, together with their molecular characterization and the improved access to their data, will open up new avenues for basic and applied life sciences
I expect that we and the research groups and companies we collaborate with will greatly benefit from direct use of this facility and of its outcomes.
The UNLOCK experimental and data platform will facilitate remarkable insights into untapped microbial resources, with the potential to lead to disruptive changes across a broad range of scientific fields and industries.
Through its integrated approach, UNLOCK involves the unprecedented combination of cultivation and characterisation for tapping into the extensive resources of microbial consortia. It is a truly uniquely approach which will undoubtedly lead to ground-breaking discoveries in microbiology in the future.
TIMELINE
Summer 2022
UNLOCK event
The official launch of UNLOCK is coming soon. Keep an eye on our website or subcribe to our newsletter!
27 June 2021
Launch website
On World Microbiome Day, we officially launched the full UNLOCK website. Have a look around!
1 September 2020
Construction phase
Behind the scenes, the UNLOCK team started constructions on the planned facilities.
30 April 2020
UNLOCK funded
Wageningen University & Research and the Delft University of Technology are rewarded with a 25-million subsidy to invest in research facility UNLOCK.
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