Wow!

We are very excited to share a new resource from our team: spatial subcellular proteome maps in plants! We developed an MS-based method that registers localizations of about 8000 proteins in Arabidopsis roots in a single experiment. (1/9) www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Today I found my first wild lycophyte (Diphasiastrum tristachyum) in the Netherlands! We only have 7 species and most are extremely rare.

CRISPR edited lines for $100?! We have a problem considering how many hours PhDs and postdocs spend on creating and validating such lines… One would expect that high labour costs would lead to smarter solutions in Europe?

Recently, 3 academics posted a letter in the national newspaper to argue that universities are too left-winged and that this alienates right-winged students.. IMO, our former right-winged government posted such extreme budget cuts that they alienated themselves from the academics. @nrc.nl

18 februari verkiezingsdebat natuur en landschap! #gemeenteraadsverkiezingen2026 #Wageningen

Very impressive work identifying novel BIK1 substrates (and immunity players) in Arabidopsis 🔽! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

Excited to share our latest review on hydrosignaling: moisture-dependent molecular pathways that help plants grow towards water. Insightful review of the literature and discussion of moisture sensing mechanisms by Will Dwyer and @hhtormar.bsky.social. Enjoy! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

It was good to catch up on my reading for this dispatch in Current Biology. Sjoerd Woudenberg in the Weijers lab, Wallner et al. In the Dolan lab and Flores Sandoval et al. In the Bowman lab have done a great job! Evolution and development: What makes a merry stem?: www.cell.com/current-biol...

www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/f... Become our new colleague (and next door neighbor) and lead a chair/group/department of Biophysics at Wageningen University. Reach out to me for info and please spread!!!

A new webinar series is born - ''MechanoBioTalks - Mechanics, Materials and Living Matter", to bring together and inspire researchers interested in biomechanics, biophysics and biology across different kingdoms of life. Join us! For info and registration visit green-te.nl/activities/

Excited to share our new investigation of Prototaxites! We found no support for a fungal affinity and instead suggest it is best considered an entirely extinct complex eukaryotic lineage Great team effort @transitionalform.bsky.social Corentin Loron, and many others! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Save the date! Op woensdagavond 18 februari organiseert @mooiwageningen.bsky.social samen met Mooi Binnenveld, KNNV Wageningen en @vlinderstichting.bsky.social wederom een verkiezingsdebat over natuur en landschap. www.mooiwageningen.nl/verkiezingsd...

Since when does the Congress limits its own power? This is a slippery slope…

As a molecular plant biologist, I always joked that I knew more proteins than plant species. Last year, I paid more attention to the biodiversity in my neighborhood and identified 1661 species (not only plants) in Wageningen alone. Bonus: I found really interesting places nearby. Highly recommended!

The 5.1 beta already worked like a charm! Highly recommended 😍

#PlantResearch Enjoyed writing with @beverleycubg.bsky.social a perspective about wonderful paper by Valencia-Montoya et al. in this week's Science. Cycads use thermal radiation to affect pollinators. Is this why Cycads are not as diverse as angiosperms? share.google/Xj8iH9E4tqvN...

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

Out after peer review, collaborative study from Nordborg & Weigel labs with help from many others. Not the largest collection of new Arabidopsis thaliana genomes, but we hopefully put forward some good ideas for how to think about pangenomes and their analysis! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The main question here: in what kind of world do we want to live in? A world in which we can consume anything we want, but is devoid of all interesting life forms and biodiversity? Or shall we consume less and invest in more durable options (recycling) while embracing nature and its weird creations?

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)

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...

The hidden danger of Biorender (& 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?!

Laser ablation 😂

Moerdijk, verzwolgen door een golf van kapitalisme.. Het Saeftinghe van nu… #moerdijk

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

(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...

Zonder vertraging graag! #formatie

Final, edited version of the paper now available www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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...

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

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

"Can't believe it was published in Nature"

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."

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

This whole section really.

Het duidelijkste stemadvies ooit.

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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...

First day at #EPCC2025 great science, good mood, french style @ensdelyon.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social

Biology, what are you doing? Follow the rules. 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)

🌱✂️ 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...

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.

@currentbiology.bsky.social has always been one of my favorite journals but I think they have now outdone themselves www.cell.com/current-biol.... And picked up by the @nytimes.com as well! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/s...

Ook het water moet gemaaid worden @onderhoudsarmoe.bsky.social

Ik vond net nog 5 nieuwe soorten voor mijn gemeentejaarlijst (#1241-1245), maar dat was maar net op tijd. De laatste bloemen (groot streepzaad) rond de speeltuin werden meteen gekortwiekt. Dag menuetzweefvlief, dag groefbijtjes, dag siphona… waarom die maaidrang @gemeentewageningen.bsky.social?

1/2 What's best: a field-first or lab-first approach? No easy answers but differences between lab and field should not be seen as failure but motivate further inquiry and allow complementary discovery. Read our thoughts on this here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...