Tension, suspense, or narrative arc in a story is the stuff that keeps the reader going. But how do you introduce suspense in a scientific article? That is what my latest post is all about. aboutacademicwritingandzo.substack.com/p/how-to-wri... #AcademicWriting #WritingTips #NarrativeArc #Suspense

Tension, suspense, or narrative arc in a story is the stuff that keeps the reader going. But how do you introduce suspense in a scientific article? That is what my latest post is all about. aboutacademicwritingandzo.substack.com/p/how-to-wri... #AcademicWriting #WritingTips #NarrativeArc #Suspense

I am doing something new: Transforming PhD theses into Thesis Glossies. To celebrate I am randomly selecting 2 finishing PhD students to get their Thesis Glossy for free. #PhD #PhDThesis #Thesis

This Halloween, we have a spooky evolutionary story for you. The brainchild of @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social, Nick Irwin and our fantastic collaborators is now out in @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇

I find it one of the most challenging parts of writing, finding a beginning, a way in. So how do you write a good introduction to your academic paper? In my new post I show you what to keep in mind, and what to avoid. aboutacademicwritingandzo.substack.com/p/laying-the... #AcademicWriting

I am doing something new: Transforming PhD theses into Thesis Glossies. To celebrate I am randomly selecting 2 finishing PhD students to get their Thesis Glossy for free. #PhD #PhDThesis #Thesis

Over het effect van de samenstelling van bloemgeuren weten we eigenlijk nog weinig. Trekken planten met een diversere geurboeket ook meer bestuivers aan? En wat is het effect op microben? In m’n laatste blog is over een artikel dat die vragen beantwoord plantenzo.net/2025/10/28/a... 🧪 #PlantScience

What is the effect of the composition of flower scents? Are more pollinators attarcted when it is more divers? And what are its effect on bacteria? My latest blog goes over an article that aims to answer this plantenzo.net/2025/10/28/a... plantenzo.substack.com/p/attract-an... 🧪#PlantScience

What is the effect of the composition of flower scents? Are more pollinators attarcted when it is more divers? And what are its effect on bacteria? My latest blog goes over an article that aims to answer this plantenzo.net/2025/10/28/a... plantenzo.substack.com/p/attract-an... 🧪#PlantScience

Over het effect van de samenstelling van bloemgeuren weten we eigenlijk nog weinig. Trekken planten met een diversere geurboeket ook meer bestuivers aan? En wat is het effect op microben? In m’n laatste blog is over een artikel dat die vragen beantwoord plantenzo.net/2025/10/28/a... 🧪 #PlantScience

People talk a lot about the need for clarity in academic writing, but less about how to find it. Here I attempt to make that a little bit clearer. open.substack.com/pub/aboutaca... #BetterWritinng #AcademicWriting

Huh? Kijk nieuwsuur terug. Noemt Noorlander antifa nou extreem links? Antifa is toch gewoon tégen fascisme? Daar kan toch iederéén die geen fascisme voorstaat zich achter scharen? Van links tot rechts?

People talk a lot about the need for clarity in academic writing, but less about how to find it. Here I attempt to make that a little bit clearer. open.substack.com/pub/aboutaca... #BetterWritinng #AcademicWriting

Dit maakt me bang Er zitten gevaren aan het gebruik van afkortingen en jargon. Dit blijkt ook maar weer eens door de reactie van de VVD-lijstrekker in Nieuwsuur. Zij wil het antifa gedachtegoed niet. Laten we dit eens uitpakken. 1/3 nos.nl/nieuwsuur/co... #Verkiezingen #Politiek #antifa

Het aantrekken van microben is voor de plant vaak nuttig. Mede hierom rees de vraag hoe het domesticeren en verder veredelen van planten het aantrekken van microben heeft beïnvloed. Een nieuwe studie zocht dit uit. Lees op m’n blog wat ze vonden plantenzo.net/2025/10/21/g... 🧪 #PlantScience

For plants attraction of microbes is often useful. But ever wondered how plant domestication and breeding affected this ability? A new study found out. Read in my new post what they found. plantenzo.net/2025/10/21/d... open.substack.com/pub/plantenz... 🧪 #PlantScience

For plants attraction of microbes is often useful. But ever wondered how plant domestication and breeding affected this ability? A new study found out. Read in my new post what they found. plantenzo.net/2025/10/21/d... open.substack.com/pub/plantenz... 🧪 #PlantScience

Het aantrekken van microben is voor de plant vaak nuttig. Mede hierom rees de vraag hoe het domesticeren en verder veredelen van planten het aantrekken van microben heeft beïnvloed. Een nieuwe studie zocht dit uit. Lees op m’n blog wat ze vonden plantenzo.net/2025/10/21/g... 🧪 #PlantScience

After some hard work and testing to remove the remaining bugs can I now say: My new website www.femkedejongsciencejournalist.com is online. All services new and old that I am offering as part of my portfolio career you can find now in one place.

nerds freely nerding in their nerd field is really lovely www.science.org/content/arti...

Yes you can use scientific jargon in academic writing, but that does not mean you can blindly use it. Knowing the exact meaning of said jargon can help to avoid confusing your readers. aboutacademicwritingandzo.substack.com/p/jargon-not... #AcademicWriting #Jargon

Yes you can use scientific jargon in academic writing, but that does not mean you can blindly use it. Knowing the exact meaning of said jargon can help to avoid confusing your readers. aboutacademicwritingandzo.substack.com/p/jargon-not... #AcademicWriting #Jargon

De ontwikkelingen op het gebied van CRISPR/Cas gaan razendsnel. Van de zomer sprak ik voor C2W met Lycka Kamoen, Wout Boerjan en Thomas Jacobs over hoe hun onderzoek bijdraagt aan efficiëntere CRISPR/Cas in planten. Lees hier het artikel www.sciencelink.net/verdieping/o... #Wetenschap #CRISPR

We are advertising a PhD project investigating a cellular mechanism that ensures protein quality control during mRNA translation in plants. Please get in touch on here or via email if you are interested and I can provide further details! Lab website: sites.google.com/site/danielg...

A symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi helps plants during nutrient shortages. A new study shows that once the symbioses is initiated the plant actively recruits more microbes to help. Read more about this study on my blog plantenzo.net/2025/10/14/h... 🧪 #PlantScience

Een symbiose met arbuscular mycorrhizal schimmels helpt planten bij een tekort aan voedingstoffen. Een nieuwe studie laat zien dat na aangaan van de symbiose de plant actief meer behulpzame microben rekruteert. Lees meer over dit onderzoek op m’n blog plantenzo.net/2025/10/14/h... 🧪 #PlantScience

Wood-wide web unravels? My take on the phenomenon that is more hype than hyphae... talkingplants.blogspot.com/2025/10/wood...

New pre-print from the team! The manuscript is @emma-raven.bsky.social's PhD work showing that whether a leaf is a carbon sink or a carbon source influences how they execute immune responses. Have a read! #PlantScience @johninnescentre.bsky.social

A symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi helps plants during nutrient shortages. A new study shows that once the symbioses is initiated the plant actively recruits more microbes to help. Read more about this study on my blog plantenzo.net/2025/10/14/h... 🧪 #PlantScience

Een symbiose met arbuscular mycorrhizal schimmels helpt planten bij een tekort aan voedingstoffen. Een nieuwe studie laat zien dat na aangaan van de symbiose de plant actief meer behulpzame microben rekruteert. Lees meer over dit onderzoek op m’n blog plantenzo.net/2025/10/14/h... 🧪 #PlantScience

Do you know how to distinguish between a protein or a gene, sole based on the style or typeface it is written in? If you are not so sure todays post is for you. aboutacademicwritingandzo.substack.com/p/is-it-a-ge... #AcademicWriting #Jargon

Do you know how to distinguish between a protein or a gene, sole based on the style or typeface it is written in? If you are not so sure todays post is for you. aboutacademicwritingandzo.substack.com/p/is-it-a-ge... #AcademicWriting #Jargon

Met meer CO2 groeien planten beter, toch? Op het eerste gezicht lijkt het er wel op. Maar of dat voor iedereen goed nieuws is, dat valt nog te bezien. Een nieuw studie zien hoe dit zit bij eiken. Lees er meer over op m’n blog plantenzo.net/2025/10/07/d... 🧪 #PlantScience

Plants grow better if they receive more CO2, aren’t they? IBut if that is good news for everyone, that is something that remains to be seen. A new study dives into this for oaks, read more about it on my blog plantenzo.net/2025/10/07/t... open.substack.com/pub/plantenz... 🧪 #PlantScience

Plants grow better if they receive more CO2, aren’t they? IBut if that is good news for everyone, that is something that remains to be seen. A new study dives into this for oaks, read more about it on my blog plantenzo.net/2025/10/07/t... open.substack.com/pub/plantenz... 🧪 #PlantScience

Met meer CO2 groeien planten beter, toch? Op het eerste gezicht lijkt het er wel op. Maar of dat voor iedereen goed nieuws is, dat valt nog te bezien. Een nieuw studie zien hoe dit zit bij eiken. Lees er meer over op m’n blog plantenzo.net/2025/10/07/d... 🧪 #PlantScience

Nobel prize for medicine goes to trio for work on immune tolerance www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

Currently working on a schedule and suggestions for posting notes and the like on BlueSly and other social platforms. This is something that doesn’t come natural to me, but as a solo-entrepreneur it is necessary to get the word out about what I do.

A not so abbreviated post about what to look out for when using abbreviations in your writing. Read if you don’t want your next article to feel like a code that needs to be deciphered. aboutacademicwritingandzo.substack.com/p/to-abbrevi... #AcademicWriting #BetterWriting

A not so abbreviated post about what to look out for when using abbreviations in your writing. Read if you don’t want your next article to feel like a code that needs to be deciphered. aboutacademicwritingandzo.substack.com/p/to-abbrevi... #AcademicWriting #BetterWriting

How do plants regenerate after wounding? Our new work shows that HSFA1 transcription factors are among the earliest wound-activated regulators of cellular reprogramming in plants!

Parasiterende planten hebben een gastheer nodig. Om aan te hechten gebruiken ze een orgaan genaamd een haustorium. Nu geeft een nieuwe studie inzicht over hoe een haustorium zich ontwikkeld. Lees meer over dit onderzoek op m’n blog plantenzo.net/2025/09/30/p... 🧪 #PlantScience

Parasitic plants need a host to survive. With an organ called an haustorium they attach to their host. Now a new study gives insights in haustorium developmend. Read more about this study on my blog plantenzo.net/2025/09/30/p... plantenzo.substack.com/p/parasite-o... 🧪 #PlantScience

Parasitic plants need a host to survive. With an organ called an haustorium they attach to their host. Now a new study gives insights in haustorium developmend. Read more about this study on my blog plantenzo.net/2025/09/30/p... plantenzo.substack.com/p/parasite-o... 🧪 #PlantScience

Parasiterende planten hebben een gastheer nodig. Om aan te hechten gebruiken ze een orgaan genaamd een haustorium. Nu geeft een nieuwe studie inzicht over hoe een haustorium zich ontwikkeld. Lees meer over dit onderzoek op m’n blog plantenzo.net/2025/09/30/p... 🧪 #PlantScience

On many points academic writing is not so different from other sorts of writing. In my latest post you read how advise for fiction writers can be applied to academic writing. open.substack.com/pub/aboutaca... #AcademicWriting #BeterWriting #WritingAdvice

On many points academic writing is not so different from other sorts of writing. In my latest post you read how advise for fiction writers can be applied to academic writing. open.substack.com/pub/aboutaca... #AcademicWriting #BeterWriting #WritingAdvice

For a long time, the question was could all plant cells develop into embryo’s. Now a group of researchers show that only specific cells have this possibility. Read in my latest blog how they found this out plantenzo.net/2025/09/23/p... plantenzo.substack.com/p/potential-... 🧪 #PlantScience

For a long time, the question was could all plant cells develop into embryo’s. Now a group of researchers show that only specific cells have this possibility. Read in my latest blog how they found this out plantenzo.net/2025/09/23/p... plantenzo.substack.com/p/potential-... 🧪 #PlantScience

Voor lange tijd was de vraag of uit alle plantcellen embryo’s kunnen ontwikkelen. Nu laten een groep van internationale onderzoekers i zien dat alleen specifieke cellen die mogelijkheid hebben. Lees op m’n blog hoe ze dat ontdekte plantenzo.net/2025/09/23/p... 🧪 #PlantScience