@jasper-lamers.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at Biochemistry. Investigating how plants perceive and respond to their mechanical environment.
Science is not a profession, it is a way of life🌱
Science is not a profession, it is a way of life🌱
Last year, I saw this at a GRC conference and have been mesmerized ever since.. Great to see its final form (and being able to replay it for the rest of the day)
Today, our animation synthesizing decades of research on actin-mediated endocytosis in budding yeast was published:
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
The result of a fantastic Iwasa-Drubin lab collaboration.
@margotriggi.bsky.social @jiwasa.bsky.social
movie.biologists.com/video/10.124...
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
The result of a fantastic Iwasa-Drubin lab collaboration.
@margotriggi.bsky.social @jiwasa.bsky.social
movie.biologists.com/video/10.124...
December 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Last year, I saw this at a GRC conference and have been mesmerized ever since.. Great to see its final form (and being able to replay it for the rest of the day)
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We are hiring! There is a PhD-position available in my group on environmental signal integration in plants. @swammerdamuva.bsky.social
More information:
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
More information:
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — PhD position in Deciphering the Cellular and Molecular Basis of Signal Integration in Plants
<p><span>Do you wonder how plants simultaneously process, weigh and interpret the countless signals form their surroundings? Are you interested in delving into the mechanisms of signal integration in plants on a cellular level and have a passion for </span><strong><span>molecular biology and bio-imaging</span></strong><span>? Then this job may be for you! We are seeking a dedicated PhD-candidate to join our ambitious but collaborative team. </span></p>
werkenbij.uva.nl
December 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
We are hiring! There is a PhD-position available in my group on environmental signal integration in plants. @swammerdamuva.bsky.social
More information:
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
More information:
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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The hidden danger of Biorender
(& the death of scientific illustration)
A short thread 🧵
(& the death of scientific illustration)
A short thread 🧵
December 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The hidden danger of Biorender
(& the death of scientific illustration)
A short thread 🧵
(& the death of scientific illustration)
A short thread 🧵
“De raadsleden vroegen het gemeentebestuur scherpe voorwaarden te stellen aan de uitbreiding in #Moerdijk. (…) en niet zorgen voor toename van geluidsbelasting, milieueffecten en verkeersdruk in verschillende dorpen die in de gemeente liggen.”
Vreemde eisen voor een industriegebied… Wensdenken?!
Vreemde eisen voor een industriegebied… Wensdenken?!
Uitbreiding van industrie op plek waar Moerdijk ligt is volgens raadsleden onvermijdelijk. ‘Dit is het minst slechte scenario’
Gemeenteraad: Verdwijnt het dorp Moerdijk? Raadsleden noemden het voorstel van de gemeente ,,een immens offer” en ,,het minst slechte scenario” voor de bewoners. Ze stemden vrijwel unaniem in met het ...
www.nrc.nl
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
“De raadsleden vroegen het gemeentebestuur scherpe voorwaarden te stellen aan de uitbreiding in #Moerdijk. (…) en niet zorgen voor toename van geluidsbelasting, milieueffecten en verkeersdruk in verschillende dorpen die in de gemeente liggen.”
Vreemde eisen voor een industriegebied… Wensdenken?!
Vreemde eisen voor een industriegebied… Wensdenken?!
Laser ablation 😂
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Laser ablation 😂
Moerdijk, verzwolgen door een golf van kapitalisme.. Het Saeftinghe van nu… #moerdijk
Verdwijnen Moerdijk leidt tot woede: 'Dit wordt erdoorheen gedrukt'
Veel inwoners voelen zich overvallen door het besluit om het dorp op te heffen.
nos.nl
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Moerdijk, verzwolgen door een golf van kapitalisme.. Het Saeftinghe van nu… #moerdijk
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HL60 cells take on so many fun shapes as they migrate! This #InsightFromImaging data features cells prepared by Leanna and imaged on the @aicjanelia.bsky.social LLSM by @cmhobson.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
HL60 cells take on so many fun shapes as they migrate! This #InsightFromImaging data features cells prepared by Leanna and imaged on the @aicjanelia.bsky.social LLSM by @cmhobson.bsky.social
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(1/2) A new study from EMBL researchers and their collaborators provides unprecedented insights into the cellular architecture of over 200 species of plankton – tiny but ecologically critical marine organisms – using ultrastructure expansion microscopy.
Learn more: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Learn more: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
November 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
(1/2) A new study from EMBL researchers and their collaborators provides unprecedented insights into the cellular architecture of over 200 species of plankton – tiny but ecologically critical marine organisms – using ultrastructure expansion microscopy.
Learn more: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Learn more: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Zonder vertraging graag! #formatie
D66 ziet Wouter Koolmees graag als verkenner
Dat bevestigen bronnen rond de partij. Morgen wordt een begin gemaakt met de kabinetsformatie.
nos.nl
November 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Zonder vertraging graag! #formatie
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Final, edited version of the paper now available
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Final, edited version of the paper now available
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I’m sure this guy is great, not the point, but to think the solution to Canadian scoence is to attract a few dozen scientists from abroad is complete nonsense. There are just as good scientists here. The problem is chronic underfunding. But this does not make headlines www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Canada’s brain gain: A scientific migration amid U.S turmoil
More than 600 scientists – about half from the U.S. – ‘raise their hands’ as they compete for positions at a Canadian Hospital.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I’m sure this guy is great, not the point, but to think the solution to Canadian scoence is to attract a few dozen scientists from abroad is complete nonsense. There are just as good scientists here. The problem is chronic underfunding. But this does not make headlines www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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The resilience of youth 🍃What makes young Arabidopsis leaves survive flooding longer than their seniors? We tried to find out - check out our new preprint to know what we discovered @freddietheodoulou.bsky.social @leeggangers.bsky.social @hans-van-veen.bsky.social @uuplants.bsky.social
How does leaf age affect flood resilience? 🌿🌊
New preprint from @rsasidharan.bsky.social with a little help from us
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
New preprint from @rsasidharan.bsky.social with a little help from us
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Leaf-age specific flood resilience in Arabidopsis thaliana is determined by distinct processes contributing to post-submergence recovery
While the molecular mechanisms mediating submergence tolerance have been extensively studied, those underpinning age-dependent resilience remain poorly characterized. In Arabidopsis thaliana, submerge...
www.biorxiv.org
October 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The resilience of youth 🍃What makes young Arabidopsis leaves survive flooding longer than their seniors? We tried to find out - check out our new preprint to know what we discovered @freddietheodoulou.bsky.social @leeggangers.bsky.social @hans-van-veen.bsky.social @uuplants.bsky.social
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I was tremendously lucky to be in @xanderjones.bsky.social's lab to watch @bijuntang.bsky.social move from technician to PhD to Postdoc and produce this magnum opus. #SalicS1 is the just reward for years of brilliance and hard work.Well done Bijun, Xander, Jing, and everyone involved! #SalicylicAcid
Salicylic acid biosensor, SalicS1, tracks the plant immune hormone salicylic acid in real time - revealing propagation of hormone surge during plant pathogen advance
Latest biosensor from @xanderjones.bsky.social team
In Science doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-bio...
Latest biosensor from @xanderjones.bsky.social team
In Science doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-bio...
October 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I was tremendously lucky to be in @xanderjones.bsky.social's lab to watch @bijuntang.bsky.social move from technician to PhD to Postdoc and produce this magnum opus. #SalicS1 is the just reward for years of brilliance and hard work.Well done Bijun, Xander, Jing, and everyone involved! #SalicylicAcid
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"Can't believe it was published in Nature"
October 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"Can't believe it was published in Nature"
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I started to work on MscS-Like proteins 20 years ago, dreaming that they were involved in plant mechanotransduction. And it is becoming more & more clear that they are!
#plantscience 🧪
"DmMSL10 is crucial for mechanosensing, facilitating AP firing by generating a receptor potential (RP) amplitude."
#plantscience 🧪
"DmMSL10 is crucial for mechanosensing, facilitating AP firing by generating a receptor potential (RP) amplitude."
🍀🔬
MSL10 is a high-sensitivity mechanosensor in the tactile sense of the Venus flytrap @natcomms.nature.com from Toyota lab.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
MSL10 is a high-sensitivity mechanosensor in the tactile sense of the Venus flytrap @natcomms.nature.com from Toyota lab.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I started to work on MscS-Like proteins 20 years ago, dreaming that they were involved in plant mechanotransduction. And it is becoming more & more clear that they are!
#plantscience 🧪
"DmMSL10 is crucial for mechanosensing, facilitating AP firing by generating a receptor potential (RP) amplitude."
#plantscience 🧪
"DmMSL10 is crucial for mechanosensing, facilitating AP firing by generating a receptor potential (RP) amplitude."
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People: "Things used to be better."
Scientist: "When did it start getting worse?"
People: "When I was born."
From "The illusion of moral decline" by Adam Mastroianni.
shorturl.at/FFEDV
Scientist: "When did it start getting worse?"
People: "When I was born."
From "The illusion of moral decline" by Adam Mastroianni.
shorturl.at/FFEDV
October 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
People: "Things used to be better."
Scientist: "When did it start getting worse?"
People: "When I was born."
From "The illusion of moral decline" by Adam Mastroianni.
shorturl.at/FFEDV
Scientist: "When did it start getting worse?"
People: "When I was born."
From "The illusion of moral decline" by Adam Mastroianni.
shorturl.at/FFEDV
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This whole section really.
September 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This whole section really.
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Het duidelijkste stemadvies ooit.
September 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Het duidelijkste stemadvies ooit.
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Do you know what happens when you touch a carnivorous sundew plant?
If the touch is strong and large enough, a cytosolic calcium wave will spread from the site of touch throughout the whole plant, but if you only touch one tentacle (see post below), the calcium wave will be local and less intense.
If the touch is strong and large enough, a cytosolic calcium wave will spread from the site of touch throughout the whole plant, but if you only touch one tentacle (see post below), the calcium wave will be local and less intense.
September 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🤩🤩
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Did you know that over 20% of all oxygen in the sea is produced by just one organism?
It's called Prochlorococcus and it's a type of bacteria! They're fundamental to the ocean but rising temperatures are a growing threat.
Find out what this could mean for marine life👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
It's called Prochlorococcus and it's a type of bacteria! They're fundamental to the ocean but rising temperatures are a growing threat.
Find out what this could mean for marine life👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Climate change threatens major oxygen-producing bacteria | Natural History Museum
One of the world's most common microbes isn’t immune to the effect of climate change.
www.nhm.ac.uk
September 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Did you know that over 20% of all oxygen in the sea is produced by just one organism?
It's called Prochlorococcus and it's a type of bacteria! They're fundamental to the ocean but rising temperatures are a growing threat.
Find out what this could mean for marine life👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
It's called Prochlorococcus and it's a type of bacteria! They're fundamental to the ocean but rising temperatures are a growing threat.
Find out what this could mean for marine life👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
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First day at #EPCC2025 great science, good mood, french style @ensdelyon.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
First day at #EPCC2025 great science, good mood, french style @ensdelyon.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social
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Biology, what are you doing? Follow the rules.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Ant queen lays eggs that hatch into two species
Bizarre discovery of interspecies cloning “almost impossible to believe,” biologists say
www.science.org
September 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Biology, what are you doing? Follow the rules.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Our 4-year-old started her day with looking at Callitriche cells and during an afternoon bike ride I put some Arctium minus seeds on het shirt to see how far they would travel (they made it home and now it’s a germination assay). Her excitement cannot be described in words. (1/2)
August 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Our 4-year-old started her day with looking at Callitriche cells and during an afternoon bike ride I put some Arctium minus seeds on het shirt to see how far they would travel (they made it home and now it’s a germination assay). Her excitement cannot be described in words. (1/2)
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🌱✂️ How do plant cells decide where to divide?
Our work shows that actin can override the geometric rules—guiding cells to divide in alternative orientations.
#PlantScience #CellBiology #Arabidopsis
@camilagoldy.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our work shows that actin can override the geometric rules—guiding cells to divide in alternative orientations.
#PlantScience #CellBiology #Arabidopsis
@camilagoldy.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
August 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🌱✂️ How do plant cells decide where to divide?
Our work shows that actin can override the geometric rules—guiding cells to divide in alternative orientations.
#PlantScience #CellBiology #Arabidopsis
@camilagoldy.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our work shows that actin can override the geometric rules—guiding cells to divide in alternative orientations.
#PlantScience #CellBiology #Arabidopsis
@camilagoldy.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Wat kun je als bezorgde burger het best doen om de natuur in jouw omgeving te beschermen? Hetty Gerringa van het intaketeam van Advocaat van de Aarde legt het uit in dit artikel. Haar belangrijkste oproep: Sluit je aan bij bestaande natuur- en milieuorganisaties.
Nature Today | Oproep aan bezorgde burgers: sluit je aan bij natuur- en milieuorganisaties
Hetty Gerringa werkt bij het intaketeam van Stichting Advocaat van de Aarde en helpt burgers die opkomen voor de natuur met behulp van de wet. Hetty treft regelmatig individuen die bezorgd aanzien hoe...
www.naturetoday.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Wat kun je als bezorgde burger het best doen om de natuur in jouw omgeving te beschermen? Hetty Gerringa van het intaketeam van Advocaat van de Aarde legt het uit in dit artikel. Haar belangrijkste oproep: Sluit je aan bij bestaande natuur- en milieuorganisaties.