ARISTO prioritised as successful project

The European industry-academia network for revising and advancing the assessment of the soil microbial toxicity of pesticides (ARISTO), was prioritised as successful project by the European Commission. A ‘Results in brief’ article was published on the CORDIS website.

The project ARISTO was funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme of the European Union. In the project, a new generation of scientists was trained in the assessment of pesticide toxicity on the soil microbiome. In addition, methods and tools were developed to support these efforts.

Within ARISTO, ECT contributed to the development of methods for assessing the toxicity of pesticides and their mixtures on soil microorganisms and their interaction with soil invertebrates such as nematodes. Moreover, ECT hosted and trained PhD students. After successful graduation at the University of Bourgogne, Dijon (France), one of these early career researchers was employed at ECT.