Oost

American  

[ohst] / oʊst /

noun

1. Jacob van 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.

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Example Sentences

“We have already said a couple of times that we reached the end,” says van der Oost — only to be surprised when a new CRISPR–Cas system surfaced.

From Nature • Jan. 11, 2017

“When we first heard about this hypothesis, we thought that would be way too sophisticated for simple prokaryotes,” says microbiologist John van der Oost of Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

From Nature • Jan. 11, 2017

“It was a highlight of the meeting — a beautiful story that was extremely unexpected and came right out of the blue,” says microbiologist John van der Oost of Wageningen University, who organized the meeting.

From Nature • Apr. 26, 2016

Microbiologist John van der Oost of Wageningen University in the Netherlands, who collaborated on the latest study with Zhang, plans to keep searching for new methods.

From Nature • Sep. 24, 2015

Lindschoten’s own Dutch version was subsequently inserted in Witsen’s “Nord en Oost Tarterye,” in 1692.

From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Twiss, Travers