Cultivating with resilience: how plants communicate stress
Explore how plants detect drought and salinity through root signalling and how the TOLERATE project harnesses microbiomes to build resilient agriculture.
TOLERATE Consortium Meets in Alexandroupolis, Greece
The TOLERATE consortium met in Alexandroupolis, Greece, for its 2026 General Assembly, bringing together partners from across Europe to review scientific progress, strengthen collaboration, and coordinate the next phase of research on drought resilience and sustainable biotechnology solutions.
TOLERATE Summer School Technical Workshop 2026: Innovating biotechnology for a sustainable future
The TOLERATE Summer School Technical Workshop 2026 brought together researchers, students, and industry experts in Alexandroupolis, Greece, to explore the latest advances in microbial biotechnology, genomics, and environmental sustainability. Through expert lectures, hands-on training modules, and interdisciplinary discussions, participants gained valuable insights into innovative solutions supporting sustainable and resilient bio-based systems.
Dissecting the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Explore how gene editing using CRISPR disabled multiple genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, reducing biofilm formation and virulence, and how this approach links to TOLERATE to introduce ancient genes into modern bacteria.
Decoding Ancient DNA for Climate Resilience: Inside the TOLERATE Project
Discover how ancient DNA from frozen Arctic soils reveals microbial adaptations to climate extremes and inspires innovative solutions in TOLERATE.
The Rhizobiome: Microbes Reinforce Plants in Times of Stress
The rhizobiome are the support systems of plants. These soil microbes living around plant roots help plants during stress like drought and heat periods. Learn how the TOLERATE project is using bioaugmentation and microbe engineering boost crop resilience
Extremophiles: A hunt for life-changing molecular treasure
Extremophiles have already changed the world and society we live in. Learn how they began to be discovered and used for applications like PCR, and how the TOLERATE looks for for extremophile genes for 3D printing, industrial processes, and agriculture.
TOLERATE Consortium Meeting Held in Groningen
Last week, partners of the TOLERATE EU project gathered in Groningen, The Netherlands, for a two-day consortium meeting focused on collaboration, reflection, and forward planning. The meeting brought together representatives from across the consortium to review progress achieved so far, exchange updates across all work packages, and reflect on key milestones reached during the […]
How Arctic Expeditions and Ancient DNA Can Help Humanity Mitigate Climate Change
Author: Darío Sánchez, PhD The frozen soils of the Arctic hold more than ice. Beneath the permafrost lies a genetic archive spanning thousands of years, preserved in soil and the harshest cold on Earth. And even though it seems unrelated, scientists working on projects like TOLERATE are analyzing this ancient DNA to find a way […]
Analyzing bio-based molecules for plant resilience: UPATs contribution to Tolerate
Authors: Christina Papaemanouil, PhD; Penny Georgiopoulou, MSc; Georgios A. Spyroulias, PhD How the TOLERATE Project Builds Climate Resilience and Public Trust in Biotechnology Climate change is reshaping the way we grow food, making traditional farming methods less reliable. At the same time, biotechnology is sparking important conversations about the future of agriculture. The TOLERATE Project […]