Coding is seldomly the part that gets you published. However, it is important for the longevity of a software - even if not explicitly defined as software "product" in the classical sense. I am migrating the Unreal Engine part of Synavis to a more modular standard: www.dirkbaker.eu#20251005-mig...

Very pleased to see our paper published in its final form! Many thanks to our collaborators and funders at PhotoBoost🙏🏽 Prof. Stephen Long developed the first version of this model and was a wonderfully kind and knowledgeable mentor. This work wouldn’t have been possible without his guidance.

Slightly longer version of my video production statement: www.dirkbaker.eu#20251002-vid...

Check out this video summary of the article Virtual World Coupling with #Photosynthesis Evaluation for Synthetic Data Production by @dhelmrich.bsky.social. Access it at doi.org/10.6084/m9.f... #PlantScience

My PhD studies immediately pushed me to writing papers. I learned very early that videos as an additional source of information are very valuable. How many people watch? Not many. However, if it helps a selected few to gain access to the information we write about, great! www.youtube.com/@dirkbaker

Can Virtual World Models accurately inform synthetic data? We coupled CPlantBox with Unreal Engine to simulate light influx on plant surfaces. The impact? Demonstrated versatility for AI Read our paper: doi.org/10.1093/insi... Video: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f... #SyntheticData #PlantScience #UnrealEngine

📢The Call for Papers for in silico Plant’s Special Issue “Simulating plant-plant interactions and community dynamics” is now open 🔬 Editor: Andrew Friend (University of Cambridge) ℹ️ Find out more: academic.oup.com/insilicoplan... #PlantScience #DGVM

1/2 Recently published by Lochocki and McGrath: A mechanistic model of C3 plant (FvCB) which has seen frequent use in literature yields some key challenges when it comes to the interpretation of the plant photosynthetic parameters. See the full story here: doi.org/10.1093/insi...

Just found this: rdcu.be/eGCek Coppolino et al. (2025) showcase a datacentric view on digital twin modelling. This goes beyond a typical implementation of the digital twin - it explores the implementation in Gaia-X, the European initiative to build a federated and interoperable service framework.

🌽 A data-driven sensitivity analysis of #maize stalk #models reveals the dominant factors influencing stalk strength doi.org/10.1093/insi... #PlantScience

Satellite data, especially solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence, accurately tracks plant growth and carbon uptake, highlighting physiology's key role in carbon cycling. This study boosts our understanding of global carbon dynamics.👇 @forestecosyst.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

💧SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH💧 🍇 Grapevine shows hydraulic vulnerability segmentation within the scion *and* rootstock. Rootstock choice impacts scion drought resistance by modifying leaf minimum conductance without altering embolism resistance- Flor et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Save the dates! 11th International #FSPM 2026 Conference Montpellier, France | October 12th to 16th, 2026 www.fspm2026.org @PlantScience

Glacier calving, in which huge chunks of ice break free and crash into the sea, generates large waves that push warmer water to the surface. A new study now shows that this mechanism is amplifying glacial melt. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Angesichts wirtschaftlicher und sicherheitspolitischer Herausforderungen droht der Schutz der #Biodiversität aus dem Blick zu geraten. Forschende wie Josef Settele vom #UFZ mahnen deshalb eindringlich, die Möglichkeiten der EU-Renaturierungs-Verordnung (NRR), zu nutzen. www.ufz.de/index.php?de...

Uncertain times? Also for researchers. The @ufz.de has started backing up critical databases - in fear of them being deleted or otherwise made unavailable. This endeavor is only possible because of the @helmholtz.de Federated IT: www.hifis.net/use-case/202...

💻 Simulating rhizodeposition patterns around growing and exuding root systems doi.org/10.1093/insi... #roots #model #PlantScience

I'm a doctor! My thesis was defended on the 22nd May at the University of Iceland! I am grateful for this opportunity and this shows the spirit of international collaboration that is the lifeblood of science and engineering. Grateful to everybody involved! 🇮🇸 🇩🇪 🇪🇺

The 2nd edition of 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐢𝐥-𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 will be held at UCLouvain, BE, 8-12 Sept 2025. The course will focus on water flow in the soil-rhizosphere-plant system, plant physiology and rhizosphere hydraulics. www.uclouvain.be/en/research-...

New paper out in @plantphys.bsky.social : Juan Baca Cabrera combined #field & #lab/ #structural & #functional / #invivo & #insilico data to analyse how root #hydraulic traits decreased in German winter #wheat cultivars over 100 years of breeding academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...

Deyi Hou et al. in Science Global soil pollution by toxic metals threatens agriculture and human health www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Congratulations to lab member Gabi Alves Ferreira who lead us in this fun project! She modeled how range shifts of neotropical frogs with climate change will change phylogenetic diversity and endemism in the new communities. So great to see this published #ProudPI 💪🐸 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Synavis is back 👉 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... Our conference paper is now online! HPC use-cases for plant science, and a case for having exclusive-use visualization nodes for larger-scale use-cases that involve rendering. Especially in times of AI factories and Tensor chips.

Published 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.pl... VRoot: A VR-Based Application for Manual Root System Architecture Reconstruction, Plant Phenomics (2025) A study on the use of VR for MRI root system extractions, along with a user study providing good quantitative indicators for the value of VR in these tasks 🎉

Introducing the new #CPlantBox 📰 Story: https://buff.ly/4ghASQi via @botanyone 🔬 Research: https://buff.ly/3PKZw18 #PlantScience 🧪#FSPM

#Cloud infrastructures are now the backbone of industry and #science! View yourself as an engineer and would like to join a team that is passionate about research data and supporting scientists? Job posting at UFZ in Leipzig 👉 recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/30...

⭐ NEW⭐ Insights from utilizing data of different quality levels for simulating #barley performance under Nordic conditions: #APSIM model evaluation #PlantScience by Mercy Appiah, Gennady Bracho-Mujica, Simon Svane, Merete Styczen, Kurt-Christian Kersebaum & Reimund Rötter doi.org/10.1093/insi...

Registrations still open: Virtual Worlds for #MachineLearning, #free #online course of the Jülich Supercomputing Centre and PhenoRob where we discuss synthetic data, and how to map between the real and the virtual world. We have guest speakers! indico3-jsc.fz-juelich.de/e/unrealml

"Ohne Mutationen keine Diversität – Von pflanzlicher Auslese, Züchtung und Grüner Gentechnik" Forum article on plant breeding and NGTs by Christopher Grefen for the Journal Nachhaltigkeits Recht. www.biblioscout.net/article/10.3... #PlantScience #PlantGMOs #PlantNGTs

💻🌿Synthetic data for training image processing artificial intelligence #FSPM #CPlantBox @unrealengine.bsky.social botany.one/2024/04/harn... from @botany.one

💻🌿 A new framework that supports direct and scalable coupling of realistic #FSPM visualization with #UnrealEngine #Synavis #FSPM #CPlantBox doi.org/10.1093/insi... from Dirk Helmrich, Felix Bauer, Mona Giraud, Andrea Schnepf, Jens Henrik Göbbert, Hanno Scharr, Ebba Hvannberg and Morris Riedel