Katerina Romanova
@kromanova.bsky.social
Doctoral researcher studying the natural phyllosphere-associated Pseudomonas populations. Also visual artist, game jam enthusiast and dabbler in a little bit of everything.
MPI for Biology, Tübingen, Weigelworld.
MPI for Biology, Tübingen, Weigelworld.
Reposted by Katerina Romanova
This work started nearly 10 years ago and was once my main postdoctoral project at @plantevolution.bsky.social before I slowed work on it to a trickle because it became confusing. But it always remained extremely interesting.
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A major trade-off between growth and defense in Arabidopsis thaliana can vanish in field conditions
In controlled greenhouse conditions, Arabidopsis thaliana plants with a hyperactive allele of the ACD6 gene have stronger pathogen defenses but are smaller and make fewer seeds, in a classic fitness t...
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July 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This work started nearly 10 years ago and was once my main postdoctoral project at @plantevolution.bsky.social before I slowed work on it to a trickle because it became confusing. But it always remained extremely interesting.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Was great to see #Pseudomonas, #microbiome and #phage enthusiasts alike stopping by my poster at the #2025ISMPMI on Tuesday! I wish I'd had more time to meet you all :)
July 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Was great to see #Pseudomonas, #microbiome and #phage enthusiasts alike stopping by my poster at the #2025ISMPMI on Tuesday! I wish I'd had more time to meet you all :)
Nature lovers at the #2025ISMPMI will be pleased to learn that earlier today, the Confex Hall Butterfly (apparently an Aglais io) was safely captured by me and released to the flowerbeds outside.
Pictured here, feasting on my honeyed tea dregs before flying away.
Pictured here, feasting on my honeyed tea dregs before flying away.
July 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Nature lovers at the #2025ISMPMI will be pleased to learn that earlier today, the Confex Hall Butterfly (apparently an Aglais io) was safely captured by me and released to the flowerbeds outside.
Pictured here, feasting on my honeyed tea dregs before flying away.
Pictured here, feasting on my honeyed tea dregs before flying away.