The RhizoLab
@therhizolab.bsky.social
The Rhizosphere Group at VIB Plant Systems Biology (Ghent, Belgium)🌱 | Investigating plant-microbe interactions and molecular signaling 🔬
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The RhizoLab
@therhizolab.bsky.social
· Mar 7
Meet the Rhizosphere!
At the Center for Plant Systems Biology, we study how plant roots interact with partners, competitors, and everything in between. By decoding the signals that shape these relationships, we explore how plants adapt. 🌿🔬
Follow us for research updates, discoveries, and lab life!
At the Center for Plant Systems Biology, we study how plant roots interact with partners, competitors, and everything in between. By decoding the signals that shape these relationships, we explore how plants adapt. 🌿🔬
Follow us for research updates, discoveries, and lab life!
Last week, The RhizoLab took over Brugge for teambuilding! From a thrilling city game to a peaceful boat ride and tasty pancakes, the team bonded and had a blast. Here’s to more fun and teamwork ahead! 💚
October 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Last week, The RhizoLab took over Brugge for teambuilding! From a thrilling city game to a peaceful boat ride and tasty pancakes, the team bonded and had a blast. Here’s to more fun and teamwork ahead! 💚
August marked harvest time for two new soybean projects launched in January!🧑🌾
Among other goals, we tested soybean–rhizobia combinations across Belgium to find the ideal match for northern climates. A huge thanks to everyone who contributed and lent a helping hand along the way!
#plantscience #soy
Among other goals, we tested soybean–rhizobia combinations across Belgium to find the ideal match for northern climates. A huge thanks to everyone who contributed and lent a helping hand along the way!
#plantscience #soy
September 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
August marked harvest time for two new soybean projects launched in January!🧑🌾
Among other goals, we tested soybean–rhizobia combinations across Belgium to find the ideal match for northern climates. A huge thanks to everyone who contributed and lent a helping hand along the way!
#plantscience #soy
Among other goals, we tested soybean–rhizobia combinations across Belgium to find the ideal match for northern climates. A huge thanks to everyone who contributed and lent a helping hand along the way!
#plantscience #soy
🌱 New paper out from the citizen science project “Soy in 1,000 Gardens”:
We uncovered local bacteria that help soybean fix nitrogen as well as a key commercial strain. Turns out, great helpers can be found right in your backyard!
#CitizenScience #SustainableAgriculture #PlantScience #ISMEJournal
We uncovered local bacteria that help soybean fix nitrogen as well as a key commercial strain. Turns out, great helpers can be found right in your backyard!
#CitizenScience #SustainableAgriculture #PlantScience #ISMEJournal
August 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🌱 New paper out from the citizen science project “Soy in 1,000 Gardens”:
We uncovered local bacteria that help soybean fix nitrogen as well as a key commercial strain. Turns out, great helpers can be found right in your backyard!
#CitizenScience #SustainableAgriculture #PlantScience #ISMEJournal
We uncovered local bacteria that help soybean fix nitrogen as well as a key commercial strain. Turns out, great helpers can be found right in your backyard!
#CitizenScience #SustainableAgriculture #PlantScience #ISMEJournal
🍬 Sweet science in the RhizoLab!
Sugars do more than energize, they orchestrate nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in soybean nodules. Using single-cell & spatial omics, we’re uncovering how TOR, SnRK1 & HXK1 decode this sugary signal.
#SugarSignalling #Legumes #Nodulation #PlantScience
Sugars do more than energize, they orchestrate nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in soybean nodules. Using single-cell & spatial omics, we’re uncovering how TOR, SnRK1 & HXK1 decode this sugary signal.
#SugarSignalling #Legumes #Nodulation #PlantScience
July 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🍬 Sweet science in the RhizoLab!
Sugars do more than energize, they orchestrate nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in soybean nodules. Using single-cell & spatial omics, we’re uncovering how TOR, SnRK1 & HXK1 decode this sugary signal.
#SugarSignalling #Legumes #Nodulation #PlantScience
Sugars do more than energize, they orchestrate nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in soybean nodules. Using single-cell & spatial omics, we’re uncovering how TOR, SnRK1 & HXK1 decode this sugary signal.
#SugarSignalling #Legumes #Nodulation #PlantScience
👀A peek into the RhizoLab
We study how native rhizobia strains interact with soybean, chickpea & pea to support nitrogen fixation in European soils. Our goal? Climate-adapted symbiosis for resilient, sustainable legume cultivation in northern regions.
#PlantScience #NitrogenFixation #SustainableAg
We study how native rhizobia strains interact with soybean, chickpea & pea to support nitrogen fixation in European soils. Our goal? Climate-adapted symbiosis for resilient, sustainable legume cultivation in northern regions.
#PlantScience #NitrogenFixation #SustainableAg
June 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
👀A peek into the RhizoLab
We study how native rhizobia strains interact with soybean, chickpea & pea to support nitrogen fixation in European soils. Our goal? Climate-adapted symbiosis for resilient, sustainable legume cultivation in northern regions.
#PlantScience #NitrogenFixation #SustainableAg
We study how native rhizobia strains interact with soybean, chickpea & pea to support nitrogen fixation in European soils. Our goal? Climate-adapted symbiosis for resilient, sustainable legume cultivation in northern regions.
#PlantScience #NitrogenFixation #SustainableAg
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👀A peek into the RhizoLab
Over 80% of plants team up with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to swap sugars for phosphate. But how is this alliance built? We study fungal effector proteins and their plant partners in tomato to uncover the molecular dialogue behind this underground symbiosis.
#PlantScience
Over 80% of plants team up with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to swap sugars for phosphate. But how is this alliance built? We study fungal effector proteins and their plant partners in tomato to uncover the molecular dialogue behind this underground symbiosis.
#PlantScience
May 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
👀A peek into the RhizoLab
Over 80% of plants team up with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to swap sugars for phosphate. But how is this alliance built? We study fungal effector proteins and their plant partners in tomato to uncover the molecular dialogue behind this underground symbiosis.
#PlantScience
Over 80% of plants team up with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to swap sugars for phosphate. But how is this alliance built? We study fungal effector proteins and their plant partners in tomato to uncover the molecular dialogue behind this underground symbiosis.
#PlantScience
👀 A peek into the RhizoLab – Week 2!
We study the autoregulation of nodulation (AON) in soybeans—how plants control nodule numbers to balance nitrogen fixation and energy costs. We’re uncovering key proteins involved in this process using cutting-edge proteomics.
#Legumes #Nodulation #PlantScience
We study the autoregulation of nodulation (AON) in soybeans—how plants control nodule numbers to balance nitrogen fixation and energy costs. We’re uncovering key proteins involved in this process using cutting-edge proteomics.
#Legumes #Nodulation #PlantScience
May 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
👀 A peek into the RhizoLab – Week 2!
We study the autoregulation of nodulation (AON) in soybeans—how plants control nodule numbers to balance nitrogen fixation and energy costs. We’re uncovering key proteins involved in this process using cutting-edge proteomics.
#Legumes #Nodulation #PlantScience
We study the autoregulation of nodulation (AON) in soybeans—how plants control nodule numbers to balance nitrogen fixation and energy costs. We’re uncovering key proteins involved in this process using cutting-edge proteomics.
#Legumes #Nodulation #PlantScience
👀 A peek into the RhizoLab!
One of our 5 research focuses: plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). We study how beneficial microbes like Streptomyces help maize and wheat grow better and resist stress like drought and disease.
#PGPR #CropScience #Plantscience
One of our 5 research focuses: plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). We study how beneficial microbes like Streptomyces help maize and wheat grow better and resist stress like drought and disease.
#PGPR #CropScience #Plantscience
May 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
👀 A peek into the RhizoLab!
One of our 5 research focuses: plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). We study how beneficial microbes like Streptomyces help maize and wheat grow better and resist stress like drought and disease.
#PGPR #CropScience #Plantscience
One of our 5 research focuses: plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). We study how beneficial microbes like Streptomyces help maize and wheat grow better and resist stress like drought and disease.
#PGPR #CropScience #Plantscience
🌍 Happy Earth Day!
We're digging deep to understand how roots interact with their environment. By exploring the underground rhizosphere, we work toward more sustainable, resilient plant systems.
Let’s nurture the planet from the ground up. 💚
#EarthDay2025 #PlantScience
We're digging deep to understand how roots interact with their environment. By exploring the underground rhizosphere, we work toward more sustainable, resilient plant systems.
Let’s nurture the planet from the ground up. 💚
#EarthDay2025 #PlantScience
April 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🌍 Happy Earth Day!
We're digging deep to understand how roots interact with their environment. By exploring the underground rhizosphere, we work toward more sustainable, resilient plant systems.
Let’s nurture the planet from the ground up. 💚
#EarthDay2025 #PlantScience
We're digging deep to understand how roots interact with their environment. By exploring the underground rhizosphere, we work toward more sustainable, resilient plant systems.
Let’s nurture the planet from the ground up. 💚
#EarthDay2025 #PlantScience
🌱Exciting news! Our lab’s research on citizen science in sustainable soybean cultivation is in the Plants, People, Planet special collection "Agricultural biotechnology: Potential, challenges, and debate" @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social!
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
#CitizenScience
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
#CitizenScience
Agricultural biotechnology: potential, challenges, and debate: PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET
<em>PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET</em> is an interdisciplinary plant journal of the New Phytologist Foundation publishing research at the interface of plants, society, and the planet.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🌱Exciting news! Our lab’s research on citizen science in sustainable soybean cultivation is in the Plants, People, Planet special collection "Agricultural biotechnology: Potential, challenges, and debate" @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social!
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
#CitizenScience
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
#CitizenScience
🌞 Sunshine and Smiles! 🌞 After our weekly meeting, we took a sunny group picture! Great vibes and company. Here's to more happy moments as a team!
#RhizopshereGroup #PlantBiology #SunnyDays
#RhizopshereGroup #PlantBiology #SunnyDays
March 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🌞 Sunshine and Smiles! 🌞 After our weekly meeting, we took a sunny group picture! Great vibes and company. Here's to more happy moments as a team!
#RhizopshereGroup #PlantBiology #SunnyDays
#RhizopshereGroup #PlantBiology #SunnyDays
📢New paper alert!
"Virus-Induced Gene Silencing as a Powerful Tool for Functional Analysis of Nodulation in Soybean"
A fast, reliable VIGS method to study nodulation genes in soybean! Discover how we overcame transformation challenges.
📖: doi.org/10.1111/pce.... #plantbiology #VIGS
"Virus-Induced Gene Silencing as a Powerful Tool for Functional Analysis of Nodulation in Soybean"
A fast, reliable VIGS method to study nodulation genes in soybean! Discover how we overcame transformation challenges.
📖: doi.org/10.1111/pce.... #plantbiology #VIGS
Virus‐Induced Gene Silencing as a Powerful Tool for Functional Analysis of Nodulation In Soybean
The CPSMV-based VIGS protocol enables rapid functional analysis of nodulation in soybean. VIGS effectively downregulates target genes in below- and aboveground tissues overcoming limitations of curre...
doi.org
March 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
📢New paper alert!
"Virus-Induced Gene Silencing as a Powerful Tool for Functional Analysis of Nodulation in Soybean"
A fast, reliable VIGS method to study nodulation genes in soybean! Discover how we overcame transformation challenges.
📖: doi.org/10.1111/pce.... #plantbiology #VIGS
"Virus-Induced Gene Silencing as a Powerful Tool for Functional Analysis of Nodulation in Soybean"
A fast, reliable VIGS method to study nodulation genes in soybean! Discover how we overcame transformation challenges.
📖: doi.org/10.1111/pce.... #plantbiology #VIGS
🌱New review from our research group in Plant, Cell & Environment!
"About How Nitrate Controls Nodulation: Will Soybean Spill the Bean?" explores how nitrate regulates nodulation in legumes, focusing on key molecular players & soybean.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PlantBiology
"About How Nitrate Controls Nodulation: Will Soybean Spill the Bean?" explores how nitrate regulates nodulation in legumes, focusing on key molecular players & soybean.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PlantBiology
About How Nitrate Controls Nodulation: Will Soybean Spill the Bean?
Soybean is an important legume crop and understanding how soil nitrogen affects nodulation can promote sustainable agriculture. The study summarizes nitrate-regulated nodulation while drawing paralle...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🌱New review from our research group in Plant, Cell & Environment!
"About How Nitrate Controls Nodulation: Will Soybean Spill the Bean?" explores how nitrate regulates nodulation in legumes, focusing on key molecular players & soybean.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PlantBiology
"About How Nitrate Controls Nodulation: Will Soybean Spill the Bean?" explores how nitrate regulates nodulation in legumes, focusing on key molecular players & soybean.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PlantBiology
🎙️De Microcast – A deep dive into the world of microorganisms!
Lab members from our group host this Dutch podcast, exploring how microbes shaped our past, impact daily life, and offer future possibilities—featuring intrigue, betrayal, and hidden connections!
🎧: open.spotify.com/show/4GJBdsn...
Lab members from our group host this Dutch podcast, exploring how microbes shaped our past, impact daily life, and offer future possibilities—featuring intrigue, betrayal, and hidden connections!
🎧: open.spotify.com/show/4GJBdsn...
De Microcast
Podcast · De Microcast · In deze podcast daalt een groep jonge wetenschappers af naar de wonderbaarlijke wereld van micro-organismen. Wat hebben deze kleine wezens voor ons betekend in het verleden, w...
open.spotify.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🎙️De Microcast – A deep dive into the world of microorganisms!
Lab members from our group host this Dutch podcast, exploring how microbes shaped our past, impact daily life, and offer future possibilities—featuring intrigue, betrayal, and hidden connections!
🎧: open.spotify.com/show/4GJBdsn...
Lab members from our group host this Dutch podcast, exploring how microbes shaped our past, impact daily life, and offer future possibilities—featuring intrigue, betrayal, and hidden connections!
🎧: open.spotify.com/show/4GJBdsn...
Meet the Rhizosphere!
At the Center for Plant Systems Biology, we study how plant roots interact with partners, competitors, and everything in between. By decoding the signals that shape these relationships, we explore how plants adapt. 🌿🔬
Follow us for research updates, discoveries, and lab life!
At the Center for Plant Systems Biology, we study how plant roots interact with partners, competitors, and everything in between. By decoding the signals that shape these relationships, we explore how plants adapt. 🌿🔬
Follow us for research updates, discoveries, and lab life!
March 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Meet the Rhizosphere!
At the Center for Plant Systems Biology, we study how plant roots interact with partners, competitors, and everything in between. By decoding the signals that shape these relationships, we explore how plants adapt. 🌿🔬
Follow us for research updates, discoveries, and lab life!
At the Center for Plant Systems Biology, we study how plant roots interact with partners, competitors, and everything in between. By decoding the signals that shape these relationships, we explore how plants adapt. 🌿🔬
Follow us for research updates, discoveries, and lab life!