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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 13d

@rsasidharan.bsky.social pays tribute to Rens Voesenek for his major contributions to our field and #plantscience in general. 🌱🌊 Inspiring anectdotes and life lessons from Rens, who was a mentor to many of us.

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ZMBP @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social · 29d

📢 Job alert! #PlantSciJob
We are opening a Professorship (W1-TT) in Plant Biochemistry at the ZMBP @unituebingen.bsky.social
Apply by October 17th

Please spread the word!

More info 👇
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...

Open Professorship (W1-TT) at the ZMBP, University of Tübingen (Germany). Deadline October 17th. More info: https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche-fakultaet/fachbereiche/zentren/zentrum-fuer-molekularbiologie-der-pflanzen/zmbp/job-opportunities/#c12494

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Guido Van den Ackerveken @guidopmi.bsky.social · 17d

The latest paper from our work on DMR6. Genetic suppression of growth reduction in the Arabidopsis dmr6_dlo1 mutant. Results of the forward genetics screen by Tijmen van Butselaar💪🏻. Interested… read the paper😄. onlinelibrary.willen.com/doi/10.1111/...

Genetic suppressors of the growth‐immunity trade‐off in the Arabidopsis salicylic acid‐accumulating dmr6 dlo1 mutant

This study reveals genetic factors underlying the salicylic acid (SA)-mediated growth-immunity tradeoff in plants by identifying suppressor mutants with restored growth in the background of the highl...

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Gardiner_Lab @gardiner-lab.bsky.social · 23d

Ever wonder how flower petals can make such amazing patterns? Me too, and thanks to @nwonieuws.bsky.social, we will get to find out! www.uu.nl/en/news/biol... @petuniaplatform.bsky.social #plantscience #UtrechtUniversity #NWO #flowers #epigenetics

Biologist Jason Gardiner secures €1 million grant to study how flowers make patterns

A new project aims to build fundamental knowledge about flower pigmentation, with real-world applications. This may help breeders create more stable flowers, fruits, and vegetables. The grant is award...

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Theoretical Biology & Bioinformatics @ UU @binfutrecht.bsky.social · Sep 3

Check out the latest paper by the Snoek lab in @theplantjournal.bsky.social, a genetics study involving a large field trial with 200 lettuce genotypes phenotyped by a drone.

Great work by Rens Dijkhuizen, Bram van Eijnatten, Sarah Mehrem, @guidopmi.bsky.social & others!
doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

From aerial drone to quantitative trait locus: leveraging next‐generation phenotyping to reveal the genetics of color and height in field‐grown Lactuca sativa

Understanding the genetic basis of lettuce color is important because these traits correlate with metabolites such as anthocyanins, which are known to have strong antioxidant properties. Furthermore,....

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Niklaus Grunwald @grunwald.bsky.social · Jul 16

In memory of our dear colleague, John McDowell, who left us all too early. RIP. doi.org/10.1094/MPMI...

John Matthew McDowell: A Visionary Leader in Molecular Oomycete-Plant Interactions and a Wonderful Mentor and Friend to Many | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®

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UU Plants @uuplants.bsky.social · Jul 15

Save the date! The 2026 edition of UU Summer School in Environmental Signaling in Plants will be on 24th-26th August 2026!

@epsgraduateschool.bsky.social @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social

Advert that reads:
13th Utrecht PhD Summer School
Environmental Signaling in Plants
Utrecht University, Netherlands
August 24th-26th 2026

Affiliated logos:
SummerSchool Utrecht
Universiteit Utrecht
UU Plants
Experimental Plant Sciences
Graduate School of Life Sciences

Photo of Utrecht cathedral (Dom) tower.

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Guido Van den Ackerveken @guidopmi.bsky.social · Jul 14

Our Translational Plant Biology Team from @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social is well represented at #2025ISMPMI. Come and see our posters: P077 Inigo Banales, P095 Dmitry Lapin, P235 @scoolen.bsky.social, P412 Bart Schimmel. Too bad I cannot attend this year. Enjoy!

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Apr 18

I’m honored to give a talk on ‘the role of pest-associated microbes in insect-plant interactions’ at the ‘International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions’ congress in Cologne (July). #MPMI @mrogowska.bsky.social, @cuwelte.bsky.social, @robertsjansen.bsky.social, @guidopmi.bsky.social

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Guido Van den Ackerveken @guidopmi.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thanks. One correction😉. The lettuce LNR receptor is a RLK in contrast to the Arabidopsis RLP23 receptor. Convergent evolution to recognize NLP proteins.

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UU Plants @uuplants.bsky.social · Jun 18

A strong showing from Utrecht at #ICAR2025!

Catch us as speakers, session chairs and at posters #42, 50 and 240 tonight!

A group of 12 scientists posing in front of the conference venue of ICAR 2025.

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Guido Van den Ackerveken @guidopmi.bsky.social · Mar 10

Congrats JJ. What a team together with Jeff and Brian! Well deserved. 🥳

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Kenichi Tsuda @kenichitsuda.bsky.social · Mar 8

I thank all co-authors for this work. By combining phylogenetics, structural prediction, and functional assays, we demonstrate that the isochorismate-based SA biosynthetic pathway emerged during Brassicales evolution.

bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Mar 7

Emergence of isochorismate-based salicylic acid biosynthesis within Brassicales https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.03.641121v1

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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · Mar 3

🚨 We’re hiring–please spread the word! 🚨 Our lab at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social is looking for a pre-doc intern to join our research on plant immunity. If you’re a current undergrad/master’s or recent graduate interested in gaining research experience, please apply! tatsuyanobori.com

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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · Feb 28

Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.

We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.

Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

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Femke Halsema @femkehalsema.bsky.social · Feb 28

Alle media die dit beschrijven als ‘ruzie’, ‘a shouting match’ enz. geven Zelensky verantwoordelijkheid voor de onvoorstelbaar beschamende behandeling die hem ten deel viel. Hier zat een eervol mens tegenover de ergste bullies van het schoolplein. Verschrikkelijk.

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Guido Van den Ackerveken @guidopmi.bsky.social · Feb 26

Hi there. Welcome👍🏻

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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · Jan 28

In memoriam: John McDowell, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences and Fralin Life Sciences Institute

news.vt.edu/articles/202...

#PlantScience #Obituary

In memoriam: John McDowell, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences and Fralin Life Sciences Institute

McDowell, a global leader in the study of plant-pathogen interactions and professor, passed away Dec. 24 after a 19-month battle with cancer.

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Guido Van den Ackerveken @guidopmi.bsky.social · Jan 27

What is your take on DeepSeek @kamounlab.bsky.social ?

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Yang Song @y-song.bsky.social · Jan 8

Our latest research, "Seed tuber microbiome can predict growth potential of potato varieties," is now published online on Nature Microbiology! 🥔✨
Check out the full paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Let's connect and grow ideas together!

Seed tuber microbiome can predict growth potential of potato varieties - Nature Microbiology

Time-resolved drone imaging of potato crop development and seed tuber microbiome data can be used to predict potato vigour, or growth potential, in next-season crops in trial fields.

www.nature.com

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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · Jan 8

New year, new paper! Now published in @nature.com. We identified and characterised diverse immune cell states in plants under pathogen attack. My postdoc work in the Ecker lab at @salkinstitute.bsky.social. A thread (0/n)
#PlantScience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Guido Van den Ackerveken @guidopmi.bsky.social · Dec 30

Very sad news. Great memories of my fellow downy mildew researcher across the Atlantic. He was a strong supporter of the Oomycete and MPMI communities. John passed away way too soon and will be missed.

Francis M. Martin @fmartin54.bsky.social · Dec 29

Sad news. John McDowell has passed away. He was not only a brilliant scientist, he was one of the kindest people I have ever met. He worked hard, did a tremendous job in plant pathology and was a wonderful colleague. He is gone way too soon.
www.mccoyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/J...

John Matthew McDowell - View Obituary & Service Information

Share Memories and Support the Family.

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Roeland Berendsen @rlberendsen.bsky.social · Dec 28

www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌱🚜 Excited to see our paper in @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social ! Amazing effort by @y-song.bsky.social in collaboration with TU Delft (Neil Budko, Elisa Atza) and the Dutch potato breeding industry to harness the power of the microbiome! 🥔🔬@utrechtpmi.bsky.social

Seed tuber microbiome can predict growth potential of potato varieties - Nature Microbiology

Time-resolved drone imaging of potato crop development and seed tuber microbiome data can be used to predict potato vigour, or growth potential, in next-season crops in trial fields.

www.nature.com

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · Dec 14

What the world really needs is a vibe shift. Most people who don’t farm don’t think much about agriculture, & we’ve fallen into a trap of assuming there’s virtuous agriculture and evil agriculture. But we farm because we need to eat. Let’s use biotech and other tech to make less of a mess.

nikogeldner.bsky.social @nikogeldner.bsky.social · Dec 14

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...

Don’t agree with everything, but it’s a really interesting read.

Opinion | Sorry, but This Is the Future of Food

Every farm, even the scenic ones with red barns and rolling hills, is a kind of environmental crime scene, an echo of whatever wilderness it once replaced.

www.nytimes.com

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Corné Pieterse @cornepieterse.bsky.social · Dec 5

We have a vacancy for a PhD position with our recently started PMI PI @arsheed-sheikh.bsky.social at Utrecht University. Please apply via: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

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