NEWS
UNLOCK celebrates International Microorganism Day
September 17th is International Microorganism Day. For this reason, we explain the definition of microorganism and how you can contribute to IMD.
UNLOCK celebrates World Microbiome Day
Today is World Microbiome Day 2021, on which we celebrate all microbes all around the world. It's also the day on which we officially UNLOCK our new website.
Investment of 14 million for better use of micro-organisms
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) will invest almost 25 million euros in UNLOCK, which is aimed to study mixed microbial communities and their application.
Microbes matter
BLOGS
New publication: Designing a Diet-based Minimal Microbiome
Recently, UNLOCK-scientists composed a synthetic community of ten key microbes from the human intestinal tract: The Diet-based Minimal Microiobome.
Building your own semantic database
Finally, in this third part of our blog series on our FAIR Data Station, we describe how you can build your own Semantic database
Being FAIR still sounds like work… Why bother?
Previously, we introduced you to 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. First, in this blog, we explain how to get started.
Calling for a systems approach in microbiome research
Based on research projects and publications on microbiomes, researchers recently concluded that a systems approach is needed to fully unlock the potential of microbiomes.
The Modular Bioreactor Platform - Case study 1
In this case study, we explain the use of constructed wetlands to remove micropollutants from water.
The Parallel Cultivation Platform – Case study 1
In this article, we describe a case study on the storage of polymers by micro-organisms under different temperatures.
The Biodiscovery Platform - Case study 1
In this case study, we describe the design of a synthetic microbial community from a source of microbes we always carry with us: the human gut.
Technical details amplicon analysis
NG-Tax 2.0 allows FAIR high-throughput analysis and classification of marker gene amplicon sequences. Read about its performance here.
PUBLICATIONS
OTHER MEDIA
- National Roadmap video for NWO (made by Public Cinema)
- Hauke Smidt explains the concept of UNLOCK
- Animation explaining UNLOCK (by Folded Paper)
Search by category
Search by category
Most recent posts by UNLOCK
Recent Posts
-
New publication: Designing a Diet-based Minimal MicrobiomeApril 22, 2022/0 Comments -
Building your own semantic databaseNovember 30, 2021/ -
Being FAIR still sounds like work… Why bother?November 23, 2021/