VANDERSCHUREN LAB

#Disinfection methods like #steaming or #solarisation can get rid of #Tobamovirus-contaminated growing media by #heat. Maria Schmidt from #VIRTIGATION partner LNW outlines our project's advances in improving these methods in a new #ResearchInBrief video: #H2020 #EUFunded #ToBRFV

#PlantDefense mechanisms involve intricate #signaling pathways that trigger activation & inhibition of various #responses, direct & indirect, achieved through #signal transduction. Our new infographics series #PlantsDiscovery shines a light on these mechanisms: #H2020 #EUFunded

To assess #ToBRFV presence in & around #greenhouses, #testing is required. Correct interpretation of test results can be challenging. A new paper w/ 🇧🇪#VIRTIGATION partners DCM & Scientia Terrae in @BS_PP explores this issue bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pp… #PlantHealth #PCR #Detection

In our recent work @PlantBiotechJ we show that the 5´UTR of a gene can be edited for improved trait in potato #lowacrylamid. Fruitful collaboration with CRA-W and Max Rubner-Institut. #EAPR14 #CRISPR doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14…

Check out our latest work now out in @ScienceAdvances! We discovered that plants can measure the duration of twilight (dawn/dusk) and that this significantly impacts their growth and flowering time. We also learnt that rethinking basic experimental practice can sometimes pay off!

🐟➡️From fishery waste to the food of the future An Ecotron experiment at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech tests four BBFs under reference and future meteorological conditions. @ULiegeRecherche sea2landproject.eu/from-fishery-w…

Yesterday, we turned off the lights in our university greenhouse. Multiple generations of students have conducted their experiments here. Now, we’re preparing for a new chapter and look forward to the opening of our new greenhouse in 2025! #Greenhouse #NewBeginnings

🚨Calling all🌱⏰scientists! We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting the first ever Plant Chronobiology Symposium next summer (June 13 & 14) at @KU_Leuven! Please RSVP here if you are interested in attending! plantclock.wixsite.com/2025

From 15-17 May, the #VIRTIGATION consortium will gather in #Catania, #Sicily, hosted by our partner @unict_it, to review latest project #research results & define how to bring them to #horticulture value chain actors like #growers, #industry & #policy: virtigation.eu/news/

My lab has an open ERC-funded postdoc position to work on plant hormones and microbiome assembly in an evolutionary context (hint: Marchantia). Apply here if you are interested. kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs…. @BarbaraConinck @KU_Leuven @ERC_Research @LeuvenPlantInst

On 21 February, our 🇧🇪 National Knowledge Broker Proefcentrum Hoogstraten gathered close to 100 #stakeholders, including #growers, #industry & #policymakers, to share new #VIRTIGATION #IPM findings on how to control the #BemisiaTabaci #whitefly in #greenhouses: #H2020 #EUFunded

Great news from the EU Parliament today. One step closer to allowing European agriculture to sustainably reap the benefits of modern technology! #NGTs #CRISPR

Tropical Crop Improvement Laboratory and @BiovIntCIAT_eng hosted Minister of Cooperation @carogennez & Mayor of Leuven @MohamedRidouani for fruitful discussion about the importance of banana biodiversity conservation, capacity building and cutting-edge research on tropical crops

Looking for a new challenge? The BCCM/ULC cyanobacteria collection is hiring! #postdoc in: - Computational biology scholarshipdb.net/scholarships-i… - Bio-IT scholarshipdb.net/scholarships-i… - Cyano's & taxonomy scholarshipdb.net/scholarships-i… #microbiology #research #Jobs @belspo @ULiegeRecherche

🧵How can #efficacy of new #natural #insecticides against the #BemisiaTabaci #whitefly be tested? One method are #Mesh #Cage tests, which #VIRTIGATION 🇩🇪 partner LNW conducted on formulations of our coordinator @biosystkuleuven. Find out more in a new #BehindTheScenes edition:

Save the Date: On 14 December, #VIRTIGATION partners @AgapaAndalucia & @CTTecnova will organise a #MultiActor workshop, which will provide 🇪🇸stakeholders w/ #IPM strategies on #PlantVirus control in #Greenhouses. More info & registration: virtigation.eu/virtigation-te… #H2020 #EUFunded

📰The 5th #VIRTIGATION newsletter is published! Find out about our latest activities, events and publications on our website👇virtigation.eu/fifth-virtigat… #H2020 #EUFunded #PlantHealth #PlantScience #Tomatoes #Cucurbits #FoodSecurity

Our new article about green chemicals from potato and cassava byproducts is out @green_rsc #nonprofitpublishers Bringing innovation to the cassava & potato value chains and solutions to postharvest losses and NIPU @AgroBioTech @biosystkuleuven @foscera pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

💡We're hiring! A 4-year funded PhD position on developing & using interaction proteomics tools to study transcriptional regulation in the plant circadian clock! #plantscijobs Please apply here: kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs… (no citizenship requirements, Master's degree required)

We have an open postdoc position on a really cool project in collaboration with @hv_lab aiming to discover new sources of plant virus resistance using advanced proteomics! 🌱🦠🧬 #plantscijobs @plantpostdocs @NewPI_Slack @cspbscbv Apply Now! kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs…