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# the microbiome of indigenous plants and their native habitats #
 Jos Raaijmakers[Program Coordinator] Head of the Microbial Ecology Department of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO), Royal Dutch Academy of Arts & Sciences (KNAW). The department focuses on three major research themes: 1) microbial diversity & dynamics, 2) microbial interactions & communication, and 3) microbial activities & natural functions. For more info visit www.nioo.knaw.nl or contact j.raaijmakers@nioo.knaw.nl |  Rodrigo Mendes[Executive Secretary] PI at the Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Embrapa Environment, Brazil. His projects explore ecological aspects of microbiomes interacting with their hosts, including plants and other eukaryotes. Currently, the projects are organised under two flags, "backROOTS" (plant microbiome supporting the host growth and health) and "metaRUMEN" (exploring the sheep rumen for biomass degrading enzymes). rodrigo.mendes@embrapa.br |  Siu Mui Tsai[Research Collaborator] Full-Professor at the Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. tsai@cena.usp.br |
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 Tim Mauchline[Research Collaborator] Senior Research Scientist based in the Department of AgroEcology at Rothamsted Research, UK. He is interested in the ecology of microbial communities in cropping systems, especially the process of bacterial niche occupation in plants (including the rhizosphere and endosphere), to ultimately understand the function of plant-associated microbes in nutrient cycling and how they contribute to plant health. tim.mauchline@rothamsted.ac.uk |  Camilo Ramirez[ Research Collaborator ] Institute of Biology, University of Antioquia, Colombia. My research interests aim at the prospecting and use optimization of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). I study the ecology, diversity, and evolution of PGPR strains, mainly from the genus Bacillus and closest relatives. In my work, I use tools and concepts from classical bacteriology, molecular and evolutionary biology, ecology, statistics and agronomy. camilo.ramirez@udea.edu.co |  Eiko Kuramae[Research Collaborator] Senior Scientist of the Microbial Ecology Department of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO), Royal Dutch Academy of Arts & Sciences (KNAW). She is interested on understanding the dynamics of rhizosphere microbiome and the beneficial microbial (fungi and bacteria) interactome on plant production and health. She is also interested on developing bioinformatics and statistics tools for integrating ‘omics’ and ‘post-omics’ approaches data. e.kuramae@nioo.knaw.nl |
 Davide Bulgarelli[Research Collaborator] Royal Society of Edinburgh Research Fellow and Independent Investigator at the Division of Plant Sciences, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK. My group is interested in deciphering the structure, the functions and the host control of the microbial communities thriving at the root-soil interface in crop plants. To achieve this objective, we use state-of- the-art metagenomics, molecular microbiology and computational biology approaches. d.bulgarelli@dundee.ac.uk |
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