Plants crying for help in a changing world

MicroSOS project aims to enable exchange and mobility between academic and non-academic partners from the agricultural and environmental sectors.

All the participants in MicroSOS have a connection to soils and agriculture, which are under stress due to Climate Change impacts while being drivers of Climate Change as well due to the dynamics of the plant microbiome and its relationship to nutrient cycling and GHG emissions.

Unlocking the power of the microbiome in agriculture will drive novel approaches for better management and improvements in the sector, making a true connection between fundamental research and applicable developments with societal relevance.

The objectives of the MicroSOS project are:1.To transfer skills, knowledge, and competencies between institutions focused on agricultural topics. 2.to enhance the career prospects of early career researchers by engaging them in multidisciplinary exchanges on plant microbiome and agriculture.3.To create sustainable collaborations between European and Southeast Asian institutions by converting knowledge and exchange into more ideas for new projects. 4.To create a platform for communicating science to non-academic partners and the general public to ensure the relevance of science in crop management and agricultural development, including the sector's needs in fundamental science.To achieve these objectives, nonacademic firms experts in agricultural interventions and applications will exchange knowledge with academic institutions with expertise in fundamental aspects of the microbiome of the plant and soils.

This combination creates an ideal network to enable the co-development and co-creation of knowledge during the staff exchanges that can yield successes in broadening the career prospects of a balanced team of young researchers from Europe and other underrepresented origins by having exposure to this network.