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Danve Castroverde
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Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research interests: Plant immunity | Hormone signaling | Plant stress resilience

Funded by NSERC, CFI, ORF and NFRF
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Who is excited for the 2025 #CSPB_ERM?! I know I am!

See you all at @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social later this month. Regular registration ends on Nov 12th (Wednesday). @laurierbiology.bsky.social @cspbscbv.bsky.social

Conference website: event.fourwaves.com/erm2025
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Proud of @laurierbiology.bsky.social thesis student Ritchi for his excellent proposal poster presentation in the #BI499 class this afternoon! 🌱🧬🦠

Thanks to @rossichristina.bsky.social for being Ritchi's direct grad student mentor in the lab! @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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The 2025 @cspbscbv.bsky.social Eastern Regional Meeting will be held at Wilfrid Laurier University on November 28th-29th featuring our Plenary Speakers Prof. @edelplopez.bsky.social (@ulaval.ca) and Prof. @elianagv.bsky.social (@utsc.utoronto.ca)! #CSPB_ERM
October 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Thanks to all our GENEROUS sponsors!
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October 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Thanks to all our GENEROUS sponsors!
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October 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Under attack: One reason why plants struggle in a warmer world @ASPB @plantae_org
plantae.org/under-attack...

Research highlight by @carlosgonzsanz.bsky.social on: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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We are honoured to host Dr. Tom DeFalco ( #Western #UWO ) as our Seminar Speaker this Friday (Oct 10th) at 2:30 PM! The seminar will be hybrid (in-person with Zoom). @laurierbiology.bsky.social

Please DM for the link!
October 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Thanks to all our GENEROUS sponsors! @cspbscbv.bsky.social @jxbotany.bsky.social @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @newphyt.bsky.social @laurierbiology.bsky.social @neurosnap.bsky.social @biochambers.bsky.social @cdnsciencepub.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Thank you very much to Medicine Guides Peter & Lydia Isaacs for hosting the 1st Biology Medicine Walk for @laurierbiology.bsky.social members! 🌱🌿🍃

Special thanks to the AVP Indigenous Initiatives Office, Indigenous Knowledge Fund and Biology IDEA Committee (esp. Caroline & Tristan)!
September 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Thank you very much to @theplantjournal.bsky.social for featuring our work on the cover of the latest journal issue! 🌱🧬☀️

Special thanks to the LWDG Waterloo for designing the image!

Cover image: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
September 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Our @laurierbiology.bsky.social lab welcomes our "new" students this academic year!

- Previous BSc student Vanessa is returning for an MSc Integrative Biology degree.

- Previous volunteer students Ritchi, Tanya and Jaya are returning to conduct their #HonoursThesis research.
September 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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SAVE THE DATE - Nov 29th, 2025 (Sat)
CSPB Eastern Regional Meeting at Wilfrid Laurier University! @cspbscbv.bsky.social @laurierbiology.bsky.social

Featuring outstanding scientists as Plenary Speakers - Dr. @edelplopez.bsky.social and Dr. Eliana Gonzales-Vigil!

Registration details coming soon!
August 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Congratulations to PhD student @rossichristina.bsky.social for receiving the @cspbscbv.bsky.social Best Student Paper Award (Honourable Mention)!

Christina's #PlantCellEnv publication was based on her previous MSc thesis research @laurierbiology.bsky.social.
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August 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Congratulations to all authors, especially co-first authors Alyssa and Lingya! 👏👏👏

This research was funded by #NSERC, #CFI, #ORF and #Laurier.

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August 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Congratulations to PDF Dr. Janet Velázquez Pérez for being awarded a 2025 #LaurierWinS Hypatia Award for outstanding women in science!

Well done and greatly deserved! 👏👏👏

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July 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Excited to share our lab's research in the August edition of the #Thermomorphogenesis Journal Club! @laurierbiology.bsky.social

Our study was initiated by my first MSc student Alyssa & has been preprinted on @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social.

Thanks for the kind invite, Prof. @rodrigoreislab.com!
June 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Extremely PROUD of PhD student Christina Rossi for her great talk and for being an outstanding ambassador of our
@laurierbiology.bsky.social research program here in Gent! 🤩🌱🧬

Shout-out to our #Proteomics collaborators Dr. Jennifer Geddes-McAlister and Dr. Jason McAlister (MCB Guelph)!
June 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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It was a pleasure co-chairing the #ICAR2025 session on environmental regulation of plant defences—excellent speakers and engaging discussion!
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Special thanks to the efforts of Co-Chair Dr. Huilun Sun! 😻👏🌿
June 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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It was an intellectually stimulating Networking Lunch at #ICAR2025 with our Concurrent Session #10 speakers!

You can learn more about their excellent research on Thursday (June 19th) at 11:00 AM at the Concertzaal.
June 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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It was an intellectually stimulating Networking Lunch at #ICAR2025 with our Concurrent Session #10 speakers!

You can learn more about their excellent research on Thursday (June 19th) at 11:00 AM at the Concertzaal.
June 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Hope to see you all next week at #ICAR2025 in Gent, Belgium!

I will be co-chairing the Concurrent Session #10 "Environmental Regulation of Plant Defenses" on June 19th (Thursday). @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social

We have an excellent lineup of speakers next week! 🌱😻👏
June 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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SUPER excited to share our lab's #LaurierBiology research as one of the Main Symposium Speakers at the CBA Annual Meeting!

Thanks to the organizers for the kind invitation. See you all next week in St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador! 🌱🧬😻 @laurierbiology.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Congratulations to PhD student Christina Rossi for winning the New Phytologist Foundation Best Poster Award at the recently held International Plant Proteomics Conference in Banff, Alberta! 👏🌱🧬

www.inppo2025.org

#InPPO @newphyt.bsky.social @laurierbiology.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Congratulations to PDF Dr. Janet Velázquez Pérez (co-supervised with Prof. Poynter & Prof. DeWitte-Orr) for being a recipient of the 2025 North American Comparative Immunology (NACI) Workshop Travel Award to attend the meeting in Halifax! 👏🌱🧬

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May 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Excellent presentation by our lab's PhD candidate Christina in the Laurier Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Symposium today! @laurierbiology.bsky.social

Christina shared her research on identifying and characterizing putative regulators of thermosensitive plant immunity using #proteomics. 👏🌱🧬
April 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM