Daan Weits
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Daan Weits
@daanweits.bsky.social
My team at Utrecht University studies the role of internal oxygen levels in plant development and physiology. Also fan of hiking, bouldering and the outdoors in general
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Finishing the symposium with our second keynote @apmahonen.bsky.social - so many cool and impactful stories rolled into his talk!
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We link the PCO N-degron pathway to acquisition of specialized cell fates and cell expansion, resulting in an altered leaf shape. A detailed RNAseq analysis led us to identify key genes downstream of the oxygen sensing pathway involved in the formation of specialized cells in leaves.
September 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM