Oct 9-10 the PhenPlasPlants conference took place in Potsdam! Scientists from very diverse fields (genetics, to computational sciences and ecology) shared their findings in phenotypic plasticity research 🌱 Very proud to have been part of the organization committee! 👏 @crc1644.bsky.social

Advanced root system phenotyping alert! 📣Sophisticated rhizotrons with AI-based segmentation 🪴 🖥️ Very proud to have contributed to this during my PhD! Watch Thijs Stegmann and @violawillemsen.bsky.social showcase the impressive research facilities at NPEC! tinyurl.com/linkedinNPEC @npec.nl

DEADLINE EXTENSION! 📣 For talk & poster applications for the international conference 'Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants'! Amazing opportunity for early-career scientists to present their work in a cross-disciplinary setting 👏 (& free participation!) 🔗 www.uni-potsdam.de/en/ppp/phenplasplants-2025

Yesterday was the science day at the Institute of Biology & Biochemistry @unipotsdam.bsky.social! An amazing variety of research, from bacteriophage treatments to ancient hippo DNA 🦠🔬🧬 Also a proud supervisor moment as my MSc student Huiyao Zhang presented her first poster! About what? Check below 👇

CRC 1644 Retreat 2025 Great minds, one mission! This year’s CRC 1644 retreat was more than just a change of scenery — it was a powerhouse of ideas, collaboration, and interdisciplinary exchange.

Plants have a fascinating display of phenotypic plasticity! 🌱✨ But what are the underlying mechanistic and evolutionary processes?! Join us in Potsdam at the International Conference on Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants! We have great opportunities for early-career scientists to give a talk! 👏

We are now on Bluesky! Our Collaborative Research Center 1644 “Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants” was recently established at the University of Potsdam.

The #TRR341 meeting has kicked off! A very interesting talk from @evodaveo.bsky.social about GxE interactions and how to separate them from individual G and E effects using a gene network with cliques. He also shared some important and inspiring believes that are now more relevant than ever! 👏

Excited to be part of the Cologne Spring Meeting 2025 on “Plant Ecological Genetics”, which starts tomorrow! I am already enjoying the flora (and the sun) in the Botanischer Garten Köln. Also spotted the first Arabidopsis thaliana plants popping up 🌱☀️

We took on the mammoth task to set up a #GWAS with 7200 A.thaliana plants to investigate #leaf phenotypes to varying N levels. Great teamwork with Subash (Lenhard lab) & Yinan (Fernie lab) Stay tuned for the harvest and lots of interesting results to come! @unipotsdam.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de

New job, new platform! ✨ A month ago I started as a postdoc at Uni Potsdam, part of CRC1644 "Phenotypic plasticity in plants". It was a warm welcome in the BioDiv group of Prof Anja Lindstäter I am beyond happy to continue my interdisciplinary research (and to live in such a beautiful new place!)