MICROBIOMES4SOY PhD students: Meet Miriana Vicino
In the MICROBIOMES4SOY project, we are collaborating with the support of wonderful early-career researchers. To highlight their contribution to the project, we invite you to meet our PhD Students through these short introductions. Discover the people behind the science: their motivations, research focus, and hopes for the impact of their work. Meet Miriana, working contributing to […]
MICROBIOMES4SOY PhD students: Meet Maria Papadopoulou
In the MICROBIOMES4SOY project, we are collaborating with the support of wonderful early-career researchers. To highlight their contribution to the project, we invite you to meet our PhD Students through these short introductions. Discover the people behind the science: their motivations, research focus, and hopes for the impact of their work. Meet Maria from Greece, […]
MICROBIOMES4SOY PhD students: Meet Anastasija Jušković
In the MICROBIOMES4SOY project, we are collaborating with the support of wonderful early-career researchers. To highlight their contribution to the project, we invite you to meet our PhD Students through these short introductions. Discover the people behind the science: their motivations, research focus, and hopes for the impact of their work. Meet Anastasija, based in […]
Happy World Food Day! Video with DonauSoja and AIT partners
On this World Food Day 2025, we’re proud to share the new video from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency in collaboration with the MICROBIOMES4SOY project. Featured in the video:🌱 Sustainable, non-GM soya cultivation with improved environmental performance🧫 The role of R&I projects for sustainable soya production in Europe🐟 The LegumeHub Europe´s knowledge platform for legumes🙋♀️ […]
Can beneficial microbes enhance soya bean growth and drought resilience?
Insights from the MICROBIOMES4SOY lysimeter trial During the summer of 2025, researchers at the University of Bologna’s experimental farm conducted a lysimeter* trial as part of the MICROBIOMES4SOY project. The aim was to explore how microbial co-inoculation could improve soya bean growth, yield, and tolerance to drought stress. *A lysimeter is a device used to […]
What is the future of sustainable protein? Interviews with the experts in MICROBIOMES4SOY!
During the MICROBIOMES4SOY annual meeting, which took place in Cork, Ireland in June 2025, we captured the insights from our partners working on each topic. We start with Angela Sessitsch from AIT Austrian Institution of Technology, who coordinates the project and introduces its vision. Next, we have Maria Papadopoulou, PhD student from Utrecht University (UU). Maria’s […]
Inside the SOYBIOME Dietary Trials: Exploring how tofu may influence gut health
As part of the MICROBIOMES4SOY project, researchers are investigating how plant-based alternatives to red and processed meat, specifically tofu, can impact human health, especially the gut microbiome. The SOYBIOME dietary trial is a key part of this research, aiming to understand how swapping out meat for a soya-based product affects digestion, inflammation, and overall well-being. […]
New Partner Joins MICROBIOMES4SOY: ULPGC Brings Marine Science Expertise to the Consortium
We’re excited to announce that the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) has officially joined the MICROBIOMES4SOY consortium! Located in the Canary Islands, Spain, ULPGC is a public university with a strong multicontinental focus, connecting Europe, Africa, and Latin America. Internationally recognised for its excellence in marine sciences, ULPGC is deeply committed to […]
8th AMICI Symposium & Austrian Bioinformatics Workshop 2025
Anastasija Jušković, a second-year PhD student at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, had the pleasure of representing the MICROBIOMES4SOY project with a poster presentation at the 8th AMICI Symposium & Austrian Bioinformatics Workshop 2025, held in Vienna. The symposium brought together researchers from various disciplines to discuss the latest insights in microbial ecology, planetary […]
MPIPZ Highlights Microbial Scalability at IS-MPMI 2025
At the IS-MPMI Congress 2025 in Cologne (July 13–17), the MPIPZ team presented a poster titled “The Potential of Phosphate-solubilizing Root Commensals: Scalability from Lab to Field?”. This showcased their work within MICROBIOMES4SOY where MPIPZ is responsible for the functional validation of phosphate-solubilizing microbes (PSMs). Key takeaways for MICROBIOMES4SOY : 🔗 IS-MPMI Congress Overview
