Stephanie Watts-Fawkes
@mycoresearch.bsky.social
Researching mycorrhizal fungi for food and nutrition security at Wageningen Uni 🌾 living the cycling dream 🚴🏻♀️ en ik leer Nederlands 📖
Photo taken to mark my first lecture at @w-u-r.bsky.social.
It was an 8:20am lecture and I was 40 minutes early to it 🙈 the lecture room wasn’t even unlocked until 8:00.
It was an 8:20am lecture and I was 40 minutes early to it 🙈 the lecture room wasn’t even unlocked until 8:00.
November 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Photo taken to mark my first lecture at @w-u-r.bsky.social.
It was an 8:20am lecture and I was 40 minutes early to it 🙈 the lecture room wasn’t even unlocked until 8:00.
It was an 8:20am lecture and I was 40 minutes early to it 🙈 the lecture room wasn’t even unlocked until 8:00.
Our kid just found out he gets to celebrate Christmas AND Sinterklaas ✨
November 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Our kid just found out he gets to celebrate Christmas AND Sinterklaas ✨
Wow, they have blue skies in the Randstad! ☀️
October 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Wow, they have blue skies in the Randstad! ☀️
The last 100 metres home 🍂
October 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The last 100 metres home 🍂
When will we see the sun again? 😶🌫️
October 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
When will we see the sun again? 😶🌫️
Today it's 120 days since we last saw our "stuff". Supposedly today was the latest date for it arrive to us in the Netherlands.
Our stuff is in... *checks tracker*... China. Awesome.
And it's going ALL the way around Africa to get to NL??
Taking donations for warm clothing now 🙃
Our stuff is in... *checks tracker*... China. Awesome.
And it's going ALL the way around Africa to get to NL??
Taking donations for warm clothing now 🙃
October 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Today it's 120 days since we last saw our "stuff". Supposedly today was the latest date for it arrive to us in the Netherlands.
Our stuff is in... *checks tracker*... China. Awesome.
And it's going ALL the way around Africa to get to NL??
Taking donations for warm clothing now 🙃
Our stuff is in... *checks tracker*... China. Awesome.
And it's going ALL the way around Africa to get to NL??
Taking donations for warm clothing now 🙃
Vroege vogel perks 🐦
@w-u-r.bsky.social
@w-u-r.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Vroege vogel perks 🐦
@w-u-r.bsky.social
@w-u-r.bsky.social
I love tardigrade statues around and ON Eusebius in Arnhem 😍
September 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I love tardigrade statues around and ON Eusebius in Arnhem 😍
Workplace potluck dinner calls for us to bring a special dish from our home country. Well… Australia has no dishes of its own.
So here we go - Vegemite scrolls 😛
I will deliver the verdict in 24 hours’ time.
So here we go - Vegemite scrolls 😛
I will deliver the verdict in 24 hours’ time.
August 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Workplace potluck dinner calls for us to bring a special dish from our home country. Well… Australia has no dishes of its own.
So here we go - Vegemite scrolls 😛
I will deliver the verdict in 24 hours’ time.
So here we go - Vegemite scrolls 😛
I will deliver the verdict in 24 hours’ time.
A few days in Bruges was just the thing! 🇧🇪
August 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A few days in Bruges was just the thing! 🇧🇪
The International Plant Nutrition Colloquium is in my hometown #Melbourne in 2028! How exciting! 🥳
July 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The International Plant Nutrition Colloquium is in my hometown #Melbourne in 2028! How exciting! 🥳
It’s always so good to see Alex Johnson giving a talk - whether it’s in Adelaide or in Porto!
His work on novel micronutrient biofortification strategies in cereals is so exciting, and he’s a great mentor and collaborator ☺️
His work on novel micronutrient biofortification strategies in cereals is so exciting, and he’s a great mentor and collaborator ☺️
July 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It’s always so good to see Alex Johnson giving a talk - whether it’s in Adelaide or in Porto!
His work on novel micronutrient biofortification strategies in cereals is so exciting, and he’s a great mentor and collaborator ☺️
His work on novel micronutrient biofortification strategies in cereals is so exciting, and he’s a great mentor and collaborator ☺️
I made it to #IPNC2025 in Porto! 🇵🇹
24 hours late, and my suitcase didn’t join me… so no poster to put up for tomorrow 🥲
But still happy to talk about #mycorrhiza and grain zinc biofortification, at every possibly opportunity!
24 hours late, and my suitcase didn’t join me… so no poster to put up for tomorrow 🥲
But still happy to talk about #mycorrhiza and grain zinc biofortification, at every possibly opportunity!
July 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I made it to #IPNC2025 in Porto! 🇵🇹
24 hours late, and my suitcase didn’t join me… so no poster to put up for tomorrow 🥲
But still happy to talk about #mycorrhiza and grain zinc biofortification, at every possibly opportunity!
24 hours late, and my suitcase didn’t join me… so no poster to put up for tomorrow 🥲
But still happy to talk about #mycorrhiza and grain zinc biofortification, at every possibly opportunity!
Perfect weather for a field walk and talk in the @w-u-r.bsky.social surrounds. Potatoes, sorghum, intercropping, salinity stress, biodiversity, spiral strips(?)… we saw it all.
July 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Perfect weather for a field walk and talk in the @w-u-r.bsky.social surrounds. Potatoes, sorghum, intercropping, salinity stress, biodiversity, spiral strips(?)… we saw it all.
I’m not sure anything beats a recreational bike ride after dinner, when it’s still warm (31°C) and sunny, kids totally enamoured with riding in the bakfiets (cargo bike).
This is why we came here ☺️
This is why we came here ☺️
June 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I’m not sure anything beats a recreational bike ride after dinner, when it’s still warm (31°C) and sunny, kids totally enamoured with riding in the bakfiets (cargo bike).
This is why we came here ☺️
This is why we came here ☺️
The longest journey of our lives, flying 30 hours with a 5-month-old and 3-year-old… but we made it. And there were many welcome gifts from kind friends waiting for us 🇳🇱🧇
June 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The longest journey of our lives, flying 30 hours with a 5-month-old and 3-year-old… but we made it. And there were many welcome gifts from kind friends waiting for us 🇳🇱🧇
A small amount of our “stuff” is taking the scenic route to the Netherlands by sea, via Hong Kong 🛳️.
See you in 90-120 days, stuff 👋🏼
See you in 90-120 days, stuff 👋🏼
June 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
A small amount of our “stuff” is taking the scenic route to the Netherlands by sea, via Hong Kong 🛳️.
See you in 90-120 days, stuff 👋🏼
See you in 90-120 days, stuff 👋🏼
Another day, another public lecture on PFAS 🤔
May 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Another day, another public lecture on PFAS 🤔
The sun is setting on my time at the University of Adelaide (7.5 years) and I’m saying farewell to Australia.
In July, I start as an Assistant Professor at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands 🇳🇱
So grateful to my family for taking a leap of faith with me ✈️
In July, I start as an Assistant Professor at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands 🇳🇱
So grateful to my family for taking a leap of faith with me ✈️
May 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The sun is setting on my time at the University of Adelaide (7.5 years) and I’m saying farewell to Australia.
In July, I start as an Assistant Professor at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands 🇳🇱
So grateful to my family for taking a leap of faith with me ✈️
In July, I start as an Assistant Professor at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands 🇳🇱
So grateful to my family for taking a leap of faith with me ✈️
Nine years ago I loaded up a hatchback with sorghum seedlings and drove 1,300 km through 7 states from Cornell Uni (NY) to Clemson Uni (SC), to plant them in the field for a mycorrhiza inoculation experiment.
That postdoc was the time of my life! 🇺🇸
That postdoc was the time of my life! 🇺🇸
May 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Nine years ago I loaded up a hatchback with sorghum seedlings and drove 1,300 km through 7 states from Cornell Uni (NY) to Clemson Uni (SC), to plant them in the field for a mycorrhiza inoculation experiment.
That postdoc was the time of my life! 🇺🇸
That postdoc was the time of my life! 🇺🇸
Farming for the future - Prof Rachel Burton is going to tell us about the role of emerging and novel crops in our future of food, feed and fibre.
May 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Farming for the future - Prof Rachel Burton is going to tell us about the role of emerging and novel crops in our future of food, feed and fibre.
Fantastic Women in Soil Science Australia webinar by Fien Degryse this morning. Love to hear about micronutrients from soil and fertiliser research perspectives.
April 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Fantastic Women in Soil Science Australia webinar by Fien Degryse this morning. Love to hear about micronutrients from soil and fertiliser research perspectives.
These macadamia plants are never lonely - they’ve always got their companion (plants) 💛
April 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
These macadamia plants are never lonely - they’ve always got their companion (plants) 💛
Having two 👦🏻👶🏼 under three is keeping me busy, but I managed to stop by the office today and see the new experiments that have been started by lab members in my absence.
This legume x phosphorus experiment belonging to Wen Yan is looking good 🫛
This legume x phosphorus experiment belonging to Wen Yan is looking good 🫛
March 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Having two 👦🏻👶🏼 under three is keeping me busy, but I managed to stop by the office today and see the new experiments that have been started by lab members in my absence.
This legume x phosphorus experiment belonging to Wen Yan is looking good 🫛
This legume x phosphorus experiment belonging to Wen Yan is looking good 🫛
Just touring the growth facilities one last time before leave begins. Lots of student experiments still growing over summer - field pea, lentil (not shown), macadamia and rice 🫛🌾🌰🫘
December 20, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Just touring the growth facilities one last time before leave begins. Lots of student experiments still growing over summer - field pea, lentil (not shown), macadamia and rice 🫛🌾🌰🫘