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Nicole M. van Dam

@nmvandam.bsky.social

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Scientific Director Leibniz IGZ in Großbeeren Germany | Full Professor in Plant Biotic Interactions at Friedrich Schiller University Jena | Chemical ecologist interested in understanding the molecular and chemical mechanisms of plant communication

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Intraspecific Chemodiversity of Plants - Research Unit @chemodiversity.bsky.social · 10d

Monday morning throwback to our wonderful meeting on #chemodiversity in Großbeeren – hosted by @nmvandam.bsky.social. Again a big thank you to Matthias Erb, Karin Gorzolka, @ainhoamartinez.bsky.social, Stefan Dötterl, Eva Castells, John D'Auria and Kirsten Leiss for their enlightening contributions.

Group picture of the RU workshop in Großbeeren showing all participants

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Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · 17d

@matthiaserb.bsky.social and @ainhoamartinez.bsky.social !

Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · 17d

How can we #transfer our knowledge on #chemodiversity to agriculture? That was the theme at our @chemodiversity.bsky.social workshop last week at @igzleibniz.bsky.social It was a marvellous workshop with excellent talks from invited speakers and our #young #investigators alike!👍💪

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Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · 24d

Still 2 weeks time to apply to a #position as research group leader @igzleibniz.bsky.social Research focus: #plant #microbe systems #horticultural crops. Great #opportunity near #Berlin. The #jobdescription :
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Jobs :: IGZ - Leibniz Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops

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Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · 27d

It was a great honour and pleasure to be invited!

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Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · Aug 2

This #beauty crossed my path yesterday. Thought I should share... #nature #beetle

A picture of a beautiful shiny metallic purple-blue beetle on an asphalt road

Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · Aug 2

Sting wusste es schon und sang " History will teach us nothing " youtu.be/ETC9cbIoIxk?...

History Will Teach Us Nothing

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Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · Jun 16

Nice! Did my PhD research on this beautiful plants, which are full of pyrrolizidine alkaloids! The colour of the flowers is quite unique 😍

Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · Jun 8

For sure try " verse stroopwafels " and " bitterballen met mosterd" !

Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · Jun 1

The same goes for switching to interdisciplinary science. It is highly desired by funding agencies and gouvernemental bodies, yet it does not pay off in terms of career development. Who is going to change this?

Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · Jun 1

True! The patches with deciduous trees looked much better. But for the moment, it looks very sad...

Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · May 31

I have co-supervised several #PhD students who studied the devastating effects of bark beetles and drought on #spruce #trees in German #forests. Nevertheless, I was shocked to see the effects when hiking in #SächsischeSchweiz near the Czech border... a sad view

A picture of a forest taken near Lichtenhain in Saxony. Many spruce trees are dead and their needlesless skeletons dominate the view. It is a sad view

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Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · Mar 27

Proudly presenting our latest paper in @plantphys.bsky.social by @axeltouw.bsky.social and coauthor showingvthat #nematode #infection facilitates cabbage root fly larval performance via #systemic #induced #root #responses. Team work is the dream work! @igzleibniz.bsky.social @idiv and @FSUJena

Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Mar 27

Root-knot nematode infection enhances the performance of a specialist root herbivore via plant-mediated interactions (Axel J Touw, Nhu Tran, Andreas Schedl, Jessil A Pajar, Cong Van Doan, Henriette Uthe, Nicole M van Dam) academic.oup.com/plphys/advan... #PlantScience

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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · Mar 24

Our @chemodiversity.bsky.social RU has begun harvesting its 'core experiment' for the second model system; bittersweet nightshade. Lots of measuring, scanning, chemical sampling and root washing and we're now halfway done! Thanks to a great team, and the facilities of @jpschnitzlerlab.bsky.social

Kruthika, Valeria and Elikplim are teaming up at the trait measurement station, joined by Tanja, who's just outside the picture.

Xue and Valeria placing VOC analysis tubes.

Suna and Marvin collecting transcriptomic analysis samples.

Maximilian and Senén getting ready to sample plant metabolomes.

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Jörg-Peter Schnitzler @jpschnitzlerlab.bsky.social · Mar 10

#PlantScience, plants on a crane: we just started the 2nd chemotypic plasticity & diversity experiment within @chemodiversity.bsky.social with Solanum dulcemara testing drought stress & herbivory with @nmvandam.bsky.social, @rrjunker.bsky.social, @sunsicker.bsky.social, @chemecolcm.bsky.social

Pots containing young Solanum dulcamara plants on a crane. The plants were transported from the basement to the phytotron chambers on the 1.st floor.

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Intraspecific Chemodiversity of Plants - Research Unit @chemodiversity.bsky.social · Jan 14

🌟Congratulations to Caroline Müller for winning the prestigious ISCE Silverstein-Simeone Award 2025! This great achievement celebrates her dedication and outstanding contributions to Chemical Ecology. Well-deserved recognition of her hard work!
#SilversteinSimeoneAward #ChemEcol #RUChemodiversity

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Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · Dec 31

While 2025 is rolling out over the globe, I wish you all a happy and healthy 2025! An exciting year in which @igzleibniz.bsky.social will celebrate its 100th anniversary, the @chemodiversity.bsky.social team will meet in Großbeeren, and many other things to look foward to.

Field with flowering poppies at the experimental fields of Leibniz IGZ in Großbeeren, Germany. May 2024

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Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · Dec 27

Wise words ...enjoy!

Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · Nov 18

Just Xed X. Only blue skies from now on

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Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · Nov 16

Yes, I did the latter, too. Have a nice weekend!

Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · Nov 16

Thanks, yes, I found the directory of starter packs already. But I was not sure if this means someone curates this list, et cetera

Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hi Jogi, so far, so good! I am still a bit confused about the term starter pack. Will have to learn what those are exactly. Otherwise a great idea to start one on chemical ecology and chemodiversity.

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Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · Nov 15

Thanks for the tip!

Nicole M. van Dam @nmvandam.bsky.social · Nov 15

Robin,I just joined. Can you give some pointers towards relevant persons and groups to follow? Thx 😊

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