Sietske van Bentum
@svbentum.bsky.social
Postdoc @ Plant-Microbe Interactions, Utrecht University
🌱 How does disease affect the soybean root microbiome? Our new study in #PlantandSoil explores differences in bacteria & fungi in healthy vs. diseased plants. Thanks Sarah Lebeis, Bridget O'Banion and @agates-phd.bsky.social for your hard work in the field! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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August 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🌱 How does disease affect the soybean root microbiome? Our new study in #PlantandSoil explores differences in bacteria & fungi in healthy vs. diseased plants. Thanks Sarah Lebeis, Bridget O'Banion and @agates-phd.bsky.social for your hard work in the field! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🌍 Just got back from #ISMBECCB2025 in Liverpool — great science and even better conversations! Got lots of ideas to try in my computational workflow.
#ComputationalBiology #Microbiome #PlantScience #Metagenomics #WheatAlliance #SustainableAgriculture
#ComputationalBiology #Microbiome #PlantScience #Metagenomics #WheatAlliance #SustainableAgriculture
July 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🌍 Just got back from #ISMBECCB2025 in Liverpool — great science and even better conversations! Got lots of ideas to try in my computational workflow.
#ComputationalBiology #Microbiome #PlantScience #Metagenomics #WheatAlliance #SustainableAgriculture
#ComputationalBiology #Microbiome #PlantScience #Metagenomics #WheatAlliance #SustainableAgriculture
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📜 Microbiome responses to natural Fusarium infection in field-grown soybean plants
🧑🔬 @svbentum.bsky.social, @rlberendsen.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantMicrobiome #Fusarium #Agriculture
🧑🔬 @svbentum.bsky.social, @rlberendsen.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantMicrobiome #Fusarium #Agriculture
Microbiome responses to natural Fusarium infection in field-grown soybean plants
The rhizosphere microbiome influences plant health by mediating plant-pathogen interactions. Plants can recruit protective microbes in response to disease, but the consistency of this process in field...
www.biorxiv.org
April 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
📜 Microbiome responses to natural Fusarium infection in field-grown soybean plants
🧑🔬 @svbentum.bsky.social, @rlberendsen.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantMicrobiome #Fusarium #Agriculture
🧑🔬 @svbentum.bsky.social, @rlberendsen.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantMicrobiome #Fusarium #Agriculture
Had a great time at Lincoln Agritech in New Zealand, collaborating on research into how bacteria can inhibit a fungal leaf pathogen! 🌱🔬 Grateful for the warm welcome in their lab. Excited to process the samples back in Utrecht—but first, time to explore NZ!✨
#Science #Research #Agritech #plantsci
#Science #Research #Agritech #plantsci
February 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Reposted by Sietske van Bentum
➡️ New insights into the evolution of the vascular pathogen Xanthomonas campestris involving the genome defense system CRISPR-Cas! www.cell.com/current-biol... Our data wizard 🪄@mpaauw.bsky.social sequenced almost 100 genomes and this is what he found … /
Evolution of a vascular plant pathogen is associated with the loss of CRISPR-Cas and an increase in genome plasticity and virulence genes
Paauw et al. report on the evolution of a plant pathogenic Xanthomonas pathovar and
show that the gain of mobile genetic elements and virulence factors coincided with
the loss of the CRISPR-Cas genome...
www.cell.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
➡️ New insights into the evolution of the vascular pathogen Xanthomonas campestris involving the genome defense system CRISPR-Cas! www.cell.com/current-biol... Our data wizard 🪄@mpaauw.bsky.social sequenced almost 100 genomes and this is what he found … /
Reposted by Sietske van Bentum
We're super proud of Doctor Sietske van Bentum! A more than outstanding defence of her thesis 'Disease-associated shifts in the rhizosphere microbiome: towards a soy-borne legacy'
November 27, 2024 at 10:38 AM
We're super proud of Doctor Sietske van Bentum! A more than outstanding defence of her thesis 'Disease-associated shifts in the rhizosphere microbiome: towards a soy-borne legacy'
Reposted by Sietske van Bentum
The plant microbiome starter pack is far from complete. Let us know if you want to be on it! go.bsky.app/QG4wCyf
November 27, 2024 at 6:57 AM
The plant microbiome starter pack is far from complete. Let us know if you want to be on it! go.bsky.app/QG4wCyf