Case Study: Wageningen University & Research achieves streamlined data management and collaboration in verticillium wilt gene research with eLabNext (eLabJournal)

Identification of genes in tomato and other crops for resistance or susceptibility to verticillium wilt

Wageningen University & Research tackled the challenge of identifying tomato and other crop genes that confer resistance or susceptibility to Verticillium dahliae, a difficult-to-control vascular wilt pathogen. The project required mapping and isolating new resistance genes across diverse germplasm, but researchers struggled with scattered data, protocols and samples across people and locations. eLabNext supplied its eLabJournal electronic lab notebook (with sample tracking and protocol management) to centralize project information.

By adopting eLabNext’s eLabJournal, the team centralized all data, protocols and digital sample storage so everyone worked on the same platform, simplifying project management from experiment planning through analysis and publication. As a result, Wageningen University & Research reported significantly improved data management, workflow and communication—digital sample storage became indispensable and sharing protocols, samples and results with colleagues became much easier, accelerating their resistance‑gene research.

Wageningen University & Research