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Lisa Oskam and co-authors from the photobiology team published a low-cost imaging platform, based on on Raspberry Pi mini computers and dedicated bioinformatics scripts for downstream image analysis as an open access paper in Plant Physiology: https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiae097. Using this system … Continue reading
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What a privilege it is to be able to travel for work and meet these amazing people who help us be better scientists and mentors. But also a complicated balance to strike between fostering international networks and inevitable carbon emissions … Continue reading
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We’re slowly moving over to Wageningen University (WUR). Ronald has a beautiful office, the photobiology team has bonded with the Molecular Biology and Cell Biology groups at WUR over drinks and games, and lab tours are helping to plan ahead … Continue reading
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Exciting news! The Pierik lab is moving to Wageningen University, the Netherlands. After 20 years at Utrecht University, starting as a junior postdoc and growing into faculty positions, it is time for a change. As of September 1, 2023 Ronald … Continue reading
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Rice cultivation is transitioning from transplanting seedlings into the fields, to direct seeding onto the fields. This comes with a price: the field cannot be flooded during seeding and germination. As a consequence, this sustainable weed suppression is temporarily unavailable, … Continue reading
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We are proud to share our latest paper in Current Biology, on leaf movements in response to shade cues from nearby vegetation: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.045. We show here how leaf tips perceive far-red light from neighbouring vegetation, and how this information is … Continue reading
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We’re sharing some of our recent outreach activities that have found their way in the online and physical realms: Martina and Ronald participated in Operatie breinbreker: a theater production to engage children in science, see embedded video above (in Dutch).Martina … Continue reading
2022 has started and where hoping for it to be wonderful, diverse and filled with great science. We started by hiring a new PhD student, Siddhant Shetty, who has just arrived from India and who will be working in the … Continue reading
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We’re very happy to welcome Sanne Matton and Kyra van der Velde in the Photobiology team! Sanne will be working on leaf movements in response to fluctuating light.Kyra will be investigating the mechanisms through which light regulates root development.
Plant Photobiology 