Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Maternal Scholarship and Mediating Mothers
Elizabeth Podnieks, co-editor of The Palgrave Handbook of Parenthood in Popular Culture, reflects on the symbiotic relationship between Motherhood Studies and cultural representations of maternity.
A Decade-Long Journey to Ask Whether “Less Can Be More” in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Treatment
More than ten years ago, we began the C-cubed trial with an important question: can some patients with metastatic colorectal cancer live just as long while starting with a gentler treatment? Our study explored whether delaying oxaliplatin could preserve quality of life without compromising survival.
Uncovering active transposon-driven genome restructuring in a clonal fungal pathogen
Our group at Wageningen University studies the two major fungal pathogens of banana: Fusarium oxysporum and Pseudocercospora fijiensis, with the aim of supporting durable disease control.