Crop Biotechnics, KU Leuven
@cropbioleuven
The Division of Crop Biotechnics at @KU_Leuven conducts fundamental and applied plant science research to develop sustainable agricultural solutions.
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https://www.biw.kuleuven.be/biosyst/cropbiotechnics/cropbiotechnics 27-01-2023 14:59:38
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Thank you Hervé VANDERSCHUREN LAB for hosting me at KU Leuven KU Leuven Open Science Great discussions also with Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 And always special to give a talk in a castle visitleuven.be/en/arenberg-ca…
Exciting to see our colleagues and alumni reconnect during the #VIBAlumni Series this evening on the eve of the #TRIC23. Thank you Gwen Swinnen Université de Lausanne, Ward Decaestecker Inari, Jenny Neukermans KU Leuven, & Nick Vangheluwe @euroseedsEU for your excellent contributions! 🙌
Today we’re delighted to host Wilfred Elegba from BNARI-GAEC for a KU Leuven Plant Institute special seminar! Dr. Elegba gave a powerful talk urging institutions in developed countries to “think globally, not just locally”.
A new academic year, a new crew! I am happy to be surrounded by so many talented master students, PhD's, postdocs and a great lab-tech! Let's discover together! Crop Biotechnics, KU Leuven BIOSYSTEMS Department -KU Leuven KU Leuven Plant Institute KU Leuven
The plant sensor work of the Bram Van de Poel 🌈 lab featured on the KU Leuven homepage. PhD student Batist Geldhof developped a new sensor for capturing plant motion to detect plant stress. Thanks to FWO BIOSYSTEMS Department -KU Leuven
[IPMB Academia Sinica (中研院植微所) Seminar] 2024-01-15 15:00; A134, Ag Tech Bldg Speaker:Dr. Devang Mehta Devang Mehta 🌱👨🏽🔬🧬 (Assistant Professor, Plant Science Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium) Title:Closing gaps in plant chronobiology: from genome to proteome and from molecules to future geographies
Our new paper in Plant Physiology reveals how "Ethylene inhibits photosynthesis via temporally distinct responses in tomato plants" KU Leuven Plant Institute Crop Biotechnics, KU Leuven BIOSYSTEMS Department -KU Leuven academic.oup.com/plphys/article…
My lab is recruiting a postdoc on an FWO/FNRS funded project. Interested in researching how secondary metabolites from beneficial bacteria trigger immune responses in plants? Apply here: kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs… PHP-Lab 🍓🍅🌈 Crop Biotechnics, KU Leuven KU Leuven Plant Institute BIOSYSTEMS Department -KU Leuven
Delighted to share that the lab was awarded a VLAIO agriculture grant with Bram Van de Poel 🌈 Inagro Proefstation voor de groenteteelt @pcsierteelt and PC Hoogstraten! Looking forward to working with new collaborators! vlaio.be/nl/nieuws/15-l…
In our recent work Plant Biotechnology Journal 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…