@hv_lab
 Belgium
biw.kuleuven.be/biosyst/plantenbiotechniek/tropical
Joined January 2017
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#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
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#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
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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.w… #PlantHealth #PCR #Detection
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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.14400
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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!
Mehta Lab@theMehtaLab28 Jun 2024
🌅Delighted to share a paper that spanned the start of not one but TWO labs, now out in @ScienceAdvances. With @LabUhrig we discovered that plants sense the duration of TWILIGHT via their clock genes LHY/CCA1! A 🧵on what this really means: doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adl31…

Twilight length alters growth and flowering time in Arabidopsis via LHY/CCA1

The duration of twilight modulates plant growth and flowering time through the circadian clock.

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SEA2LAND H2020 🇪🇺@Sea2Land5 Jun 2024
🐟➡️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-fish…
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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
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Mehta Lab@theMehtaLab30 May 2024
🚨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
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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/
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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/jobsit…. @BarbaraConinck @KU_Leuven @ERC_Research @LeuvenPlantInst
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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
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Great news from the EU Parliament today. One step closer to allowing European agriculture to sustainably reap the benefits of modern technology! #NGTs #CRISPR
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@EP_Environment24 Jan 2024
New Genomic Techniques #NGTs @EP_Environment adopts report by @jessicapolfjard to make our food system more sustainable and resilient with ⬆️47⬇️31↔️4
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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
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Looking for a new challenge? The BCCM/ULC cyanobacteria collection is hiring! #postdoc in: - Computational biology scholarshipdb.net/scholarshi… - Bio-IT scholarshipdb.net/scholarshi… - Cyano's & taxonomy scholarshipdb.net/scholarshi… #microbiology #research #Jobs @belspo @ULiegeRecherche
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🧵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:
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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-t… #H2020 #EUFunded
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📰The 5th #VIRTIGATION newsletter is published! Find out about our latest activities, events and publications on our website👇virtigation.eu/fifth-virtiga… #H2020 #EUFunded #PlantHealth #PlantScience #Tomatoes #Cucurbits #FoodSecurity
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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/arti…
Towards green chemicals and edible coatings from barks and peels (potato and cassava) with near critical extraction of suberin

ALT Towards green chemicals and edible coatings from barks and peels (potato and cassava) with near critical extraction of suberin

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Mehta Lab@theMehtaLab11 Oct 2023
💡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/jobsit… (no citizenship requirements, Master's degree required)
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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/jobsit…
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