Kromdijk Lab
@plantphys-cam.bsky.social
Research group studying the physiology of photosynthesis and its interactions with environmental drivers to improve crop development | Dept. of Plant Sciences, Cambridge
Our postdoc Ali is looking for some help working with an Arabidopsis diversity panel!
Let him know if you have any ideas 🌱 #software #science #plantscience #arabidopsis
Let him know if you have any ideas 🌱 #software #science #plantscience #arabidopsis
Can anyone help:
I want to take photos of arabidopsis rosettes everyday as they grow to get growth curves for a lot of ecotypes. Does anyone know of software that can be used to read the label from inside the photo and rename the file with the plant ID and then amend the date to the file name too?
I want to take photos of arabidopsis rosettes everyday as they grow to get growth curves for a lot of ecotypes. Does anyone know of software that can be used to read the label from inside the photo and rename the file with the plant ID and then amend the date to the file name too?
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Our postdoc Ali is looking for some help working with an Arabidopsis diversity panel!
Let him know if you have any ideas 🌱 #software #science #plantscience #arabidopsis
Let him know if you have any ideas 🌱 #software #science #plantscience #arabidopsis
Check out Ali’s new paper! 🌱
New paper - led by Isabella Østerlund
Rho-GTPase overexpression can impact the development of cell shape and airspace structure in Arabidopsis.
These genetic changes can also reduce photosynthesis, due to lower mesophyll conductance
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Rho-GTPase overexpression can impact the development of cell shape and airspace structure in Arabidopsis.
These genetic changes can also reduce photosynthesis, due to lower mesophyll conductance
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Rho GTPase overexpression impacts leaf internal architecture and mesophyll conductance in Arabidopsis
Leaves are built from multiple cell types and are structured to enable the conversion of carbon dioxide and water into sugars in the process of photosynthesis. Understanding how cell architecture im.....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Check out Ali’s new paper! 🌱
A massive congratulations to @tinaschreier.bsky.social for being awarded an ERC Starting Grant!! Exciting news for the photosynthesis world. Best of luck to you, Tina! 🍃🥼
Read more here: www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-t...
Read more here: www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-t...
Dr Tina Schreier awarded ERC Starting Grant
www.biology.ox.ac.uk
September 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A massive congratulations to @tinaschreier.bsky.social for being awarded an ERC Starting Grant!! Exciting news for the photosynthesis world. Best of luck to you, Tina! 🍃🥼
Read more here: www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-t...
Read more here: www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-t...
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About 10 tickets left. register today and be part of the @blackinplantsci.bsky.social community
Registration closes this week. blackinplantscience.org/bips-confere...
Registration closes this week. blackinplantscience.org/bips-confere...
BiPS Conference 2025 Registration – Black in Plant Science
blackinplantscience.org
September 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
About 10 tickets left. register today and be part of the @blackinplantsci.bsky.social community
Registration closes this week. blackinplantscience.org/bips-confere...
Registration closes this week. blackinplantscience.org/bips-confere...
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Had an amazing time at PEPG Workshop 2025 in Lisbon! It was great to gain hands-on experience in plant physiology techniques including chlorophyll fluorescence and gas exchange. Grateful to @sebiology.bsky.social and #PEPG for the opportunity to learn and connect with such a brilliant community!”
September 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Had an amazing time at PEPG Workshop 2025 in Lisbon! It was great to gain hands-on experience in plant physiology techniques including chlorophyll fluorescence and gas exchange. Grateful to @sebiology.bsky.social and #PEPG for the opportunity to learn and connect with such a brilliant community!”
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Thrilled to join the #JXB75 Symposium, marking the 75th anniversary of the @jxbotany.bsky.social , founded by @sebiology.bsky.social
The meeting opened with workshops on manuscript prep & publication ethics, followed by talks on plant science spanning beginning to future!
The meeting opened with workshops on manuscript prep & publication ethics, followed by talks on plant science spanning beginning to future!
September 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Thrilled to join the #JXB75 Symposium, marking the 75th anniversary of the @jxbotany.bsky.social , founded by @sebiology.bsky.social
The meeting opened with workshops on manuscript prep & publication ethics, followed by talks on plant science spanning beginning to future!
The meeting opened with workshops on manuscript prep & publication ethics, followed by talks on plant science spanning beginning to future!
Check out our recent pre-print which identifies the role of the first stromal residue involved in PsbS’ NPQ function!
We found mutating the c-term b-strand reduced induction but increased relaxation ☀️ 🌿
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We found mutating the c-term b-strand reduced induction but increased relaxation ☀️ 🌿
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Mutation of a stromal C-terminal threonine residue of Photosystem II subunit S slows down NPQ induction and speeds up relaxation
In order to prevent damage by excess light, photosystem antennae can switch to an energy dissipative mode (termed non-photochemical quenching, NPQ). In higher plants, this switch is facilitated by the...
www.biorxiv.org
August 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Check out our recent pre-print which identifies the role of the first stromal residue involved in PsbS’ NPQ function!
We found mutating the c-term b-strand reduced induction but increased relaxation ☀️ 🌿
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We found mutating the c-term b-strand reduced induction but increased relaxation ☀️ 🌿
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Welcome Anna! Excited to have you as part of the team 🌿🥼
Excited to share I have joined the Kromdijk lab (@plantphys-cam.bsky.social) in Cambridge as a postdoc working on the spectral responses of peatland vegetation to thermal stress. Part of an interdisciplinary project with Super Sharp 🛰️
August 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Welcome Anna! Excited to have you as part of the team 🌿🥼
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Exciting times @thepallavisinghlab.bsky.social
Glad to be awarded the Opportunity Seed Funds by @aria-research.bsky.social for our Mistletoe research on
“PlantPlug: Bioengineering Parasitic Plants into Programmable Modules”
Glad to be awarded the Opportunity Seed Funds by @aria-research.bsky.social for our Mistletoe research on
“PlantPlug: Bioengineering Parasitic Plants into Programmable Modules”
From landmine-clearing plants to leveraging stochasticity in synthetic biology, discover the opportunity seeds we’re funding in Programmable Plants 🌱 link.aria.org.uk/PPoppseeds
Programmable Plants opportunity seeds
Programmable plants could secure our future on Earth, providing not just food, but a sustainable and thriving biosphere for future generations. We're offering up to £500k for proposals in this area.
link.aria.org.uk
July 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Exciting times @thepallavisinghlab.bsky.social
Glad to be awarded the Opportunity Seed Funds by @aria-research.bsky.social for our Mistletoe research on
“PlantPlug: Bioengineering Parasitic Plants into Programmable Modules”
Glad to be awarded the Opportunity Seed Funds by @aria-research.bsky.social for our Mistletoe research on
“PlantPlug: Bioengineering Parasitic Plants into Programmable Modules”
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Join our group (www.luginbuehllab.com) at @camplantsci.bsky.social! Are you excited about mycorrhiza, (single-cell) transcriptomics, carbon physiology, and the model crop rice? We have a 2-year postdoc position available, starting ASAP. Closing date 23rd May 2025!
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51214/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51214/
Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
May 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Join our group (www.luginbuehllab.com) at @camplantsci.bsky.social! Are you excited about mycorrhiza, (single-cell) transcriptomics, carbon physiology, and the model crop rice? We have a 2-year postdoc position available, starting ASAP. Closing date 23rd May 2025!
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51214/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51214/
Great new article on our work on the Cambridge plant sciences website! Have a read! 🌽☀️
A new study from @plantphys-cam.bsky.social has found new genetic factors behind photosynthesis in maize - offering a valuable new approach to improving crop productivity.
www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/news/study-u...
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April 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Great new article on our work on the Cambridge plant sciences website! Have a read! 🌽☀️
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Early bird deadline is fast approaching (16/05)
Join Johannes at the #SEBconference in Antwerp.
Book your place now ⬇️
sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Check out our plant sessions ⬇️
sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Join Johannes at the #SEBconference in Antwerp.
Book your place now ⬇️
sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Check out our plant sessions ⬇️
sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
April 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Early bird deadline is fast approaching (16/05)
Join Johannes at the #SEBconference in Antwerp.
Book your place now ⬇️
sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Check out our plant sessions ⬇️
sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Join Johannes at the #SEBconference in Antwerp.
Book your place now ⬇️
sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
Check out our plant sessions ⬇️
sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
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please share - 2 postdoc positions available - molecular physiology of stomata and plant water use of efficiency
lab.igb.illinois.edu/leakey/post-... @ripeproject.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social
lab.igb.illinois.edu/leakey/post-... @ripeproject.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
please share - 2 postdoc positions available - molecular physiology of stomata and plant water use of efficiency
lab.igb.illinois.edu/leakey/post-... @ripeproject.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social
lab.igb.illinois.edu/leakey/post-... @ripeproject.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social
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If you haven't already - make sure to save the date to the Black in Plant Science Conference taking place on Friday 24 October at the University of Leeds. Registration will soon be opening so make sure to save the date to avoid disappointment.
April 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
If you haven't already - make sure to save the date to the Black in Plant Science Conference taking place on Friday 24 October at the University of Leeds. Registration will soon be opening so make sure to save the date to avoid disappointment.
Wanne has co-authored a paper on the EPS2 conference last year that was held in Padova 🇮🇹🍝
Four of us were able to attend and hear great talks about all things photosynthesis. It was really great to share our data with the photosynthesis world! ☀️🍃
Find the paper here:
doi.org/10.1111/ppl....
Four of us were able to attend and hear great talks about all things photosynthesis. It was really great to share our data with the photosynthesis world! ☀️🍃
Find the paper here:
doi.org/10.1111/ppl....
April 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Wanne has co-authored a paper on the EPS2 conference last year that was held in Padova 🇮🇹🍝
Four of us were able to attend and hear great talks about all things photosynthesis. It was really great to share our data with the photosynthesis world! ☀️🍃
Find the paper here:
doi.org/10.1111/ppl....
Four of us were able to attend and hear great talks about all things photosynthesis. It was really great to share our data with the photosynthesis world! ☀️🍃
Find the paper here:
doi.org/10.1111/ppl....
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🌿 Excited to share our latest preprint!
We tracked how plasmodesmata numbers evolved across the path from C₃ → C₄ photosynthesis in Flaveria - and found a stepwise increase in cell-to-cell connectivity.
Thoughts or feedback are most welcome 😊
#PlantScience
We tracked how plasmodesmata numbers evolved across the path from C₃ → C₄ photosynthesis in Flaveria - and found a stepwise increase in cell-to-cell connectivity.
Thoughts or feedback are most welcome 😊
#PlantScience
Stepwise increase in plasmodesmata during C4 evolution in Flaveria https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.18.649591v1
April 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🌿 Excited to share our latest preprint!
We tracked how plasmodesmata numbers evolved across the path from C₃ → C₄ photosynthesis in Flaveria - and found a stepwise increase in cell-to-cell connectivity.
Thoughts or feedback are most welcome 😊
#PlantScience
We tracked how plasmodesmata numbers evolved across the path from C₃ → C₄ photosynthesis in Flaveria - and found a stepwise increase in cell-to-cell connectivity.
Thoughts or feedback are most welcome 😊
#PlantScience
Wild relatives of crop species provide untapped genetic potential for ecological resilience. We looked at 320 wild relatives of Barley and combined physiology experiments with GWAS data to determine variation in light capture and photoprotection 🌾🧬📊🌱 check it out here!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Extensive photophysiological variation in wild barley is linked to environmental origin
### Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
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April 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Wild relatives of crop species provide untapped genetic potential for ecological resilience. We looked at 320 wild relatives of Barley and combined physiology experiments with GWAS data to determine variation in light capture and photoprotection 🌾🧬📊🌱 check it out here!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
The whole lab has been busy today tidying and cleaning our lab space 🧪🧼🫧🥼
Luckily this is all made easier with pizza for lunch! Also welcome to Eva, our new PhD student who started today! 🍕
Luckily this is all made easier with pizza for lunch! Also welcome to Eva, our new PhD student who started today! 🍕
April 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The whole lab has been busy today tidying and cleaning our lab space 🧪🧼🫧🥼
Luckily this is all made easier with pizza for lunch! Also welcome to Eva, our new PhD student who started today! 🍕
Luckily this is all made easier with pizza for lunch! Also welcome to Eva, our new PhD student who started today! 🍕
Great opportunity to join the wonderful plant biologists at @lancasterplantbio.bsky.social and work on Rubisco biochemistry and engineering 🥼🧪🌱☀️
This post is now online, for full details on how to apply please see: wp.lancs.ac.uk/lancsphotosy...
April 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Great opportunity to join the wonderful plant biologists at @lancasterplantbio.bsky.social and work on Rubisco biochemistry and engineering 🥼🧪🌱☀️
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And a 3 year tech position is also now live. Synthetic biology project funded by the Advanced Research + Innovation Agency (ARIA). Please apply / RP! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51027/
@camplantsci.bsky.social
@camplantsci.bsky.social
Research Laboratory Technician (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Laboratory Technician (Fixed Term) in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
April 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
And a 3 year tech position is also now live. Synthetic biology project funded by the Advanced Research + Innovation Agency (ARIA). Please apply / RP! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51027/
@camplantsci.bsky.social
@camplantsci.bsky.social
Have you ever wondered about NPQ in C4 plants? ☀️🪴 Check out the recent pre-print from Lucìa who used to be a PhD student/post-doc in our lab and now works for the @ripeproject.bsky.social in Illinois. She shows that C4 plants have faster NPQ than related C3 plants.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Faster relaxation of nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ) in C4 than in C3 species
Acceleration of photoprotective non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) responses to changes in light intensity has been suggested as a strategy to enhance crop yield. Despite many key crops utilising C4 ph...
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April 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Have you ever wondered about NPQ in C4 plants? ☀️🪴 Check out the recent pre-print from Lucìa who used to be a PhD student/post-doc in our lab and now works for the @ripeproject.bsky.social in Illinois. She shows that C4 plants have faster NPQ than related C3 plants.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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A deficient CP24 allele defines variation for dynamic non-photochemical quenching and photosystem II efficiency in maize (John N Ferguson, Leonardo Caproni, Julia Walter, Katie Shaw, Lucia Arce-Cubas, et. al.) academic.oup.com/plcell/advan... #PlantScience
April 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A deficient CP24 allele defines variation for dynamic non-photochemical quenching and photosystem II efficiency in maize (John N Ferguson, Leonardo Caproni, Julia Walter, Katie Shaw, Lucia Arce-Cubas, et. al.) academic.oup.com/plcell/advan... #PlantScience
Happy to share the publication of our recent work on the identification of CP24 as a determinant of variation in NPQ and PSII efficiency in maize 🌽☀️.
This paper involved a massive team effort in the lab and collaboration with colleagues at @essexuni.bsky.social 🧬🧪
tinyurl.com/yn7hwjyk
This paper involved a massive team effort in the lab and collaboration with colleagues at @essexuni.bsky.social 🧬🧪
tinyurl.com/yn7hwjyk
A deficient CP24 allele defines variation for dynamic non-photochemical quenching and photosystem II efficiency in maize
High throughput phenotyping of a maize multi-founder mapping population reveals genetic factors controlling dynamic photoprotection and photosystem II effi
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April 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Happy to share the publication of our recent work on the identification of CP24 as a determinant of variation in NPQ and PSII efficiency in maize 🌽☀️.
This paper involved a massive team effort in the lab and collaboration with colleagues at @essexuni.bsky.social 🧬🧪
tinyurl.com/yn7hwjyk
This paper involved a massive team effort in the lab and collaboration with colleagues at @essexuni.bsky.social 🧬🧪
tinyurl.com/yn7hwjyk
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New paper from Georgia Taylor et al. @plantphys-cam.bsky.social on the role of hydrogen peroxide in coordinating photosynthesis with stomatal opening:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
March 31, 2025 at 10:54 AM
New paper from Georgia Taylor et al. @plantphys-cam.bsky.social on the role of hydrogen peroxide in coordinating photosynthesis with stomatal opening:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Check out our postdoc Georgia's new paper on the role of hydrogen peroxide in coordinating photosynthesis with stomatal opening 🌱
In it she shows that chloroplast-derived hydrogen peroxide coordinates stomatal conductance and that this signal predominantly arises from the guard cells.
In it she shows that chloroplast-derived hydrogen peroxide coordinates stomatal conductance and that this signal predominantly arises from the guard cells.
March 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Check out our postdoc Georgia's new paper on the role of hydrogen peroxide in coordinating photosynthesis with stomatal opening 🌱
In it she shows that chloroplast-derived hydrogen peroxide coordinates stomatal conductance and that this signal predominantly arises from the guard cells.
In it she shows that chloroplast-derived hydrogen peroxide coordinates stomatal conductance and that this signal predominantly arises from the guard cells.