Healthy Crops
@healthycrops.bsky.social
We are a group of scientists with the goal to achieve significant yield increases for small scale rice producers.
For detailed information you can visit our website or LinkedIn page: www.healthycrops.org
http://linkedin.com/company/healthycrops
For detailed information you can visit our website or LinkedIn page: www.healthycrops.org
http://linkedin.com/company/healthycrops
🌾 Lab to Leaf: Insights in Plant Biology 🌱
🌍 Rice feeds more than half the world. But did you know that over 90% of it is grown in Asia? Using USDA's Rice Outlook (buff.ly/w9IYfTy) you can have a closer look at the yield production of different countries on the globe.
#LabtoLeaf #Plantscience #Rice
🌍 Rice feeds more than half the world. But did you know that over 90% of it is grown in Asia? Using USDA's Rice Outlook (buff.ly/w9IYfTy) you can have a closer look at the yield production of different countries on the globe.
#LabtoLeaf #Plantscience #Rice
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🌾 Lab to Leaf: Insights in Plant Biology 🌱
🌍 Rice feeds more than half the world. But did you know that over 90% of it is grown in Asia? Using USDA's Rice Outlook (buff.ly/w9IYfTy) you can have a closer look at the yield production of different countries on the globe.
#LabtoLeaf #Plantscience #Rice
🌍 Rice feeds more than half the world. But did you know that over 90% of it is grown in Asia? Using USDA's Rice Outlook (buff.ly/w9IYfTy) you can have a closer look at the yield production of different countries on the globe.
#LabtoLeaf #Plantscience #Rice
(1/3) 🌾 Meet Dr. Eliza Loo, group leader at HHU and senior scientists involved in the #HealthyCrops Project.
Eliza brings the combination of her enthusiasm for plant-microbe interactions with a strong interdisciplinary skill set of bioinformatics, genetics, and plant physiology to the project.
Eliza brings the combination of her enthusiasm for plant-microbe interactions with a strong interdisciplinary skill set of bioinformatics, genetics, and plant physiology to the project.
October 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
(1/3) 🌾 Meet Dr. Eliza Loo, group leader at HHU and senior scientists involved in the #HealthyCrops Project.
Eliza brings the combination of her enthusiasm for plant-microbe interactions with a strong interdisciplinary skill set of bioinformatics, genetics, and plant physiology to the project.
Eliza brings the combination of her enthusiasm for plant-microbe interactions with a strong interdisciplinary skill set of bioinformatics, genetics, and plant physiology to the project.
(1/3) 🌿 Meet Dr. Alvaro Pérez-Quintero, one of our researchers at IRD in France.
Alvaro’s work focuses on how plant pathogens evolve, specifically how bacteria like Xanthomonas adapt to overcome plant resistance, and how these insights can help us build durable resistance strategies.
Alvaro’s work focuses on how plant pathogens evolve, specifically how bacteria like Xanthomonas adapt to overcome plant resistance, and how these insights can help us build durable resistance strategies.
October 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
(1/3) 🌿 Meet Dr. Alvaro Pérez-Quintero, one of our researchers at IRD in France.
Alvaro’s work focuses on how plant pathogens evolve, specifically how bacteria like Xanthomonas adapt to overcome plant resistance, and how these insights can help us build durable resistance strategies.
Alvaro’s work focuses on how plant pathogens evolve, specifically how bacteria like Xanthomonas adapt to overcome plant resistance, and how these insights can help us build durable resistance strategies.
(1/3) 🌾 Meet Dr. Michael Gomez Selvaraj, senior scientist at CIAT (@bioversityciat.bsky.social ) in Colombia, and one of our PIs at Healthy Crops.
Michael leads CIAT’s plant phenomics platform in Colombia, where he develops cutting-edge tools for monitoring plant traits.
Michael leads CIAT’s plant phenomics platform in Colombia, where he develops cutting-edge tools for monitoring plant traits.
July 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
(1/3) 🌾 Meet Dr. Michael Gomez Selvaraj, senior scientist at CIAT (@bioversityciat.bsky.social ) in Colombia, and one of our PIs at Healthy Crops.
Michael leads CIAT’s plant phenomics platform in Colombia, where he develops cutting-edge tools for monitoring plant traits.
Michael leads CIAT’s plant phenomics platform in Colombia, where he develops cutting-edge tools for monitoring plant traits.
🥳 Healthy Crops was awarded 3rd place in the 2025 @hhu.de Ideas Competition! 🏆
Out of 100+ submissions, our concept to create disease-resistant crops using genome editing was recognized for its innovation and impact!
Thanks to everyone supporting our efforts!
#GenomeEditing #PlantScience
Out of 100+ submissions, our concept to create disease-resistant crops using genome editing was recognized for its innovation and impact!
Thanks to everyone supporting our efforts!
#GenomeEditing #PlantScience
July 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🥳 Healthy Crops was awarded 3rd place in the 2025 @hhu.de Ideas Competition! 🏆
Out of 100+ submissions, our concept to create disease-resistant crops using genome editing was recognized for its innovation and impact!
Thanks to everyone supporting our efforts!
#GenomeEditing #PlantScience
Out of 100+ submissions, our concept to create disease-resistant crops using genome editing was recognized for its innovation and impact!
Thanks to everyone supporting our efforts!
#GenomeEditing #PlantScience
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Meet Dr Emily Gichuhi, researcher at KALRO and one of our PIs at Healthy Crops. Her current research focuses on enhancing rice yields under stress conditions, aiming to make rice cultivation more resilient to climate change and improving disease resistance & abiotic stress tolerance in rice.
Meet Dr Emily Gichuhi, researcher at KALRO and one of our PIs at Healthy Crops. Her current research focuses on enhancing rice yields under stress conditions, aiming to make rice cultivation more resilient to climate change and improving disease resistance & abiotic stress tolerance in rice.
July 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Meet Dr Emily Gichuhi, researcher at KALRO and one of our PIs at Healthy Crops. Her current research focuses on enhancing rice yields under stress conditions, aiming to make rice cultivation more resilient to climate change and improving disease resistance & abiotic stress tolerance in rice.
Meet Dr Emily Gichuhi, researcher at KALRO and one of our PIs at Healthy Crops. Her current research focuses on enhancing rice yields under stress conditions, aiming to make rice cultivation more resilient to climate change and improving disease resistance & abiotic stress tolerance in rice.
#LabtoLeaf: What causes blight in rice?
The bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) highjacks the plant's sugar transporters to promote its own growth instead. This leads to leaf lesions up to total yield loss, affecting farmers world wide.
Read more about it here: buff.ly/uvyDt0u
#RiceBlight
The bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) highjacks the plant's sugar transporters to promote its own growth instead. This leads to leaf lesions up to total yield loss, affecting farmers world wide.
Read more about it here: buff.ly/uvyDt0u
#RiceBlight
July 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
#LabtoLeaf: What causes blight in rice?
The bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) highjacks the plant's sugar transporters to promote its own growth instead. This leads to leaf lesions up to total yield loss, affecting farmers world wide.
Read more about it here: buff.ly/uvyDt0u
#RiceBlight
The bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) highjacks the plant's sugar transporters to promote its own growth instead. This leads to leaf lesions up to total yield loss, affecting farmers world wide.
Read more about it here: buff.ly/uvyDt0u
#RiceBlight
🌾 #LabtoLeaf: Not all rice is the same!
Oryza sativa, the global staple, from Basmati to Swarna and IR64.
Oryza glaberrima, Africa’s resilient rice, rooted in tradition and adapted to tough soils and drought.
At #HealthyCrops, we're working with lines like Komboka & IR64.
What’s your go-to #rice? 🍚
Oryza sativa, the global staple, from Basmati to Swarna and IR64.
Oryza glaberrima, Africa’s resilient rice, rooted in tradition and adapted to tough soils and drought.
At #HealthyCrops, we're working with lines like Komboka & IR64.
What’s your go-to #rice? 🍚
June 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🌾 #LabtoLeaf: Not all rice is the same!
Oryza sativa, the global staple, from Basmati to Swarna and IR64.
Oryza glaberrima, Africa’s resilient rice, rooted in tradition and adapted to tough soils and drought.
At #HealthyCrops, we're working with lines like Komboka & IR64.
What’s your go-to #rice? 🍚
Oryza sativa, the global staple, from Basmati to Swarna and IR64.
Oryza glaberrima, Africa’s resilient rice, rooted in tradition and adapted to tough soils and drought.
At #HealthyCrops, we're working with lines like Komboka & IR64.
What’s your go-to #rice? 🍚
We are proud to announce that Wolf B. Frommer (@research-science.bsky.social ), Scientific Leader of Healthy Crops, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (@nasonline.org)! A tremendous honor recognizing his groundbreaking contributions to plant science!
#Science #HealthyCrops
#Science #HealthyCrops
April 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We are proud to announce that Wolf B. Frommer (@research-science.bsky.social ), Scientific Leader of Healthy Crops, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (@nasonline.org)! A tremendous honor recognizing his groundbreaking contributions to plant science!
#Science #HealthyCrops
#Science #HealthyCrops
Congratulations to Dr. Bing Yang, recipient of the James B. Eads Award from the Academy of Science of St. Louis! 🌱 An internationally recognized expert in plant genome engineering, Bing has made groundbreaking contributions in CRISPR/Cas-based crop resistance. #PlantScience #CRISPR
March 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Bing Yang, recipient of the James B. Eads Award from the Academy of Science of St. Louis! 🌱 An internationally recognized expert in plant genome engineering, Bing has made groundbreaking contributions in CRISPR/Cas-based crop resistance. #PlantScience #CRISPR
🌾 Postdoc Opportunity! 🌾
Join Prof. Dr. Wolf B. Frommer’s research team at @hhu.bsky.social for an exciting postdoc position in disease resistance in rice!
📩 Apply now! Send your CV & motivation letter to apply_healthycrops@hhu.de
RT & share! 🌱
#Postdoc #PlantScience #RiceResearch
Join Prof. Dr. Wolf B. Frommer’s research team at @hhu.bsky.social for an exciting postdoc position in disease resistance in rice!
📩 Apply now! Send your CV & motivation letter to apply_healthycrops@hhu.de
RT & share! 🌱
#Postdoc #PlantScience #RiceResearch
January 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
🌾 Postdoc Opportunity! 🌾
Join Prof. Dr. Wolf B. Frommer’s research team at @hhu.bsky.social for an exciting postdoc position in disease resistance in rice!
📩 Apply now! Send your CV & motivation letter to apply_healthycrops@hhu.de
RT & share! 🌱
#Postdoc #PlantScience #RiceResearch
Join Prof. Dr. Wolf B. Frommer’s research team at @hhu.bsky.social for an exciting postdoc position in disease resistance in rice!
📩 Apply now! Send your CV & motivation letter to apply_healthycrops@hhu.de
RT & share! 🌱
#Postdoc #PlantScience #RiceResearch
Our team at @hhu.bsky.social is looking for a new administrative assistant in the coordination of the project. In this temporary 50% position, you will support a great team of scientists in their daily administrative tasks. All applicants must be fluent in German and English.
October 27, 2023 at 10:10 AM
Our team at @hhu.bsky.social is looking for a new administrative assistant in the coordination of the project. In this temporary 50% position, you will support a great team of scientists in their daily administrative tasks. All applicants must be fluent in German and English.