Welcome

We are the SEARCH team – a group of young enthusiastic researchers from different fields inside the EEMCS faculty of the University of Twente, namely the fields of engineering, computer science and mathematics. Our goal is to combine our expertise in engineering, mathematics and artificial intelligence to find the perfect plant cell, which will give birth to a new tree!

To find the perfect plant cell, we need to analyze the cells. For this purpose, we use microfluidics to image single cells over time and to apply various stresses for investigating the response of the plant cell to stress. Subsequently, we use artificial intelligence (AI) tools and mathematical modeling to analyze the generated images.  We believe that the integration of AI tools will make the analysis process more consistent, reliable and easy. Furthermore, the mathematical modeling aids in analyzing the plants cells by, among others, creating prediction models for plant cell division, which in turn makes it easier to choose the best plant cell for further genetic modification purposes.