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Silvia Coolen

@scoolen.bsky.social

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Plant biologist and lecturer at Utrecht University Translational Plant Biology,studying insect-microbe-plant interactions 🪲🐞 🦋🦠🔬🧫🌱🌿🌳

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 1d

A very nice talk by Aileen at the BioSB HotTopics & NIME microbial ecology symposium on Fusarium plant pathogens in tortoise leaf beetle symbiosis. Fusarium protects the beetle against predation and the beetle acts as a plant pathogen vector. @berasymbionts.bsky.social #symbiosis #insects #fusarium

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 9d

Het duurde best lang maar was niet altijd even duidelijk. Rond 20:30 begon het en de piek zat rond 22:10.

Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 9d

Hengelo GLD, near Ruurlo

Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 9d

The Netherlands right now

Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 9d

A little bit of northern lights in the Netherlands tonight #northernlights #aurora #noorderlicht

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 14d

What I did last weekend? I Collected 182 invasive pest insects for my research. #SouthernGreenShieldbug #Nezaraviridula #Entomology #PlantScience #Stinkbug

Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Aug 16

I’m so sorry to hear you are not doing well, I hope you will feel better soon.

Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Aug 1

Indeed

Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Aug 1

Incredible flower of my Stapelia hybrid carrion plant. Yes she stinks, but it is all woth it. #carrionflower #Stapelia #plant

Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Aug 1

Incredible to see the great camouflage of this shark moth (Cucullia umbratica). #insects #Entomology #moths

Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Jul 18

The Plant-Microbe Interactions group of @cornepieterse.bsky.social was well represented at #2025ISMPMI. Great to see all the interesting work that they do during one of the final presentations. @svanwees.bsky.social, @rlberendsen.bsky.social, @arsheed-sheikh.bsky.social #plantscience

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Jul 17

Even the chairs at our hotel are really sciency #2025ISMPMI

Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Jul 16

The light, or the absence of light, in this room is terrible. I really struggled staying awake the last couple of days.

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Jul 16

Last session of the day, starting at 21:00. Very long day at #2025ISMPMI.

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Jul 16

A really nice insect talk by @nataliagupa.bsky.social. #2025ISMPMI

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Jul 16

It was a pleasure to present our work on ‘the role of pest-associated microbes in insect-plant interactions’ at the #2025ISMPMI congress in Cologne. @mrogowska.bsky.social, @cuwelte.bsky.social, @robertsjansen.bsky.social, @guidopmi.bsky.social

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Jul 16

Nice tags for different occasions during #2025ISMPMI

Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Jul 16

Nice and visual talk by Soyon Park about parasitic plant bidirectional communication with their host plant. #2025ISMPMI #parasiticplants #plantscience

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Jul 16

Another rare animal living in our garden (Achterhoek, the Netherlands), the paper wasp Polistes nimpha. #paperwasp #wasps #entomology #biodiversity

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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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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Jul 16

Really cool talk by Talia Karasov on how headless phages (tailocins) kill non-self bacteria, shaping bacterial populations. #2025MPMI #plantscience #microbiology #phages

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Jul 16

Come and find me today at my #2025ISMPMI poster (nr 235) if you are interested in insect-associated microbes and their effect on insect-plant interactions. #plantscience #insectscience

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Jul 15

Come and find me at my poster (Wed 13:30-15:15, P-235) or at my talk on “the role of pest-associated microbes in insect-plant interactions” (Wed 16:15, room P+Q). #2025MPMI #plantscience #insectscience

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 · Jul 15

More light in this room would be great. Plants need light, but plant scientists too.

Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · Jul 15

How the choice of words makes insect excrement research sound fancy “frassomics”. Finally an insect talk at #2025ISMPMI congress by Dapeng Li. #plantscience #insectscience

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