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English Summary
My goal is providing news on biotechnology and environmental
and food sciences. My curiosity about how life works
is sparked by reading about science and the results
of research in these fields. I like the challenge
of ordering information from different sources to
craft clear and accessible stories/accounts.
I am also interested in social processes. Science
is never politically neutral. Results - together with
a PR-story can profoundly influence careers and the
market value of companies. I therefore situate scientific
results within a political context in my writing.
My stories, essays, start documents and reports are
guided by the quality of the evidence and the arguments
put forward, rather than commercial stakes or opinions.
A selection of my work
- EU
Plant programs wither under framework five,
Nature Biotechnolog -2001
- Dutch
bill unlikely to revive biotech industry,
Nature Biotechnology -2002
- Report
of the first International Workshop Gut flora,
Health and Disease in Amsterdam - 2004
- Report
of the second International Workshop Gut flora,
Health and Disease in Amsterdam - 2007
- Dutch
universities cultivate muscles out of the stem cells
of pigs, NRC - 2005
- Celebrating
our food/promoting healthy food - two essays,
Celebrate Food, a book from the Innovation Network
Rural areas and Agricultural systems -2005
- Governing
Green Development, Changing environmental policies
and practices in East and South East Asia -
report Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen UR
- 2008
- Start
document IP policy plant breeding - Centre for
Genomics and Society, 2008
- Final
document IP policy plant breeding - 2008
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