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Plant Systems Biology
@psb-vib.bsky.social
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Our mission is to address climate change, advance sustainable agriculture, and conserve biodiversity through innovative plant research. Our goal is to help create a sustainable future where ecological equilibrium is maintained.
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We are very proud that three of our group leaders are in the 2025 list of ‘highly cited researchers’ of
@clarivatelsh.bsky.social. Congratulations to @tombeeckman.bsky.social from
@rootdevelopment.bsky.social, Wout Boerjan from
@bioenergyvib.bsky.social and @yvdp.bsky.social !
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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TOMORROW: SEMINAR by @vincentcastric.bsky.social from @univlille.bsky.social @cnrs.fr, invited by @pnovik.bsky.social and @yvdp.bsky.social. @viblifesciences.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Inspiring visit and exciting talk by @likeyoda1.bsky.social today in @psb-vib.bsky.social. Impressive progress after starting her lab only 2 years ago!
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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PAPER from @jennyrussinova.bsky.social
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Unlocking the potential of brassinosteroids: A path to precision plant engineering
Brassinosteroids are essential plant hormones that play a central role in regulating growth, development, and stress responses. Their impact on plant architecture and productivity makes them attractiv...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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TODAY: SEMINAR by @likeyoda1.bsky.social‬, invited by @bertderybel.bsky.social and @yvdp.bsky.social. @viblifesciences.bsky.social.
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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TODAY: Public PhD defense of @michielperneel.bsky.social from the group of @stevenmaere.bsky.social and @pascalhabluetzel.bsky.social. @viblifesciences.bsky.social @vliz.be
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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TODAY: Public PhD defense of Andreas De Meyer from the group of @danielvandamme.bsky.social. @viblifesciences.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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PAPER from @hansmotte.bsky.social @viblifesciences.bsky.social
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Nitrification Inhibition: Uncertainties and Opportunities for Sustainable Agriculture
In the contemporary discourse on sustainable development, reducing nitrogen (N) pollution is as critical as mitigating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Nitrogen is a vital macronutrient for plant grow...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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PAPER from @yvdp.bsky.social @viblifesciences.bsky.social
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Resolving the Stasis-Dynamism Paradox: Genome Evolution in Tree Ferns
Abstract. The paradox of evolutionary stasis and dynamism—how morphologically static lineages persist through deep geological periods despite environmental
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November 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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PAPER from @hildenelissen.bsky.social in @newphyt.bsky.social
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Unlocking grass leaf development: foundations for tunable cereal design
The grass leaf plays a critical role in global food security, generating the carbon stores in cereal grains, which provide > 50% of global calories. As the global population grows, there is an urgent...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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PAPER from @yvdp.bsky.social @viblifesciences.bsky.social
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Multi-Omics Roadmap to Plant-Derived Medicines
Medicinal plants are invaluable sources of bioactive natural products or metabolites, however the discovery and sustainable utilization of these metab…
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November 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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PAPER from @rootdevelopment.bsky.social
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Gaseous Cues Regenerate the Periderm
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November 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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PAPER from @vandepoelelab.bsky.social www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
Integrative gene regulatory networks and machine learning unveil the functions of novel maize regulators
A thorough understanding of gene regulation is paramount for plant biology due to its central role in controlling fundamental biological processes and deciphering complex molecular mechanisms. The con...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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TOMORROW: SEMINAR by @thomasmock.bsky.social from @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social, invited by the groups of @stevenmaere.bsky.social and @yvdp.bsky.social. @viblifesciences.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Dutch reaction by @dejaegerlab.bsky.social and @rubenvanholme.bsky.social to an opinion piece about GGOs:
www.humanistischverbond.be/blog/1976/gg...

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Ggo's in strijd tegen honger - Humanistisch Verbond
In een opiniestuk van 29 juli stelt Stefaan Reel dat ggo's niet nodig zijn om hongersnood te vermijden. We plaatsen enkele kanttekeningen bij zijn betoog.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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11 of our labs received the bronze level for their efforts in improving sustainability via LEAF. @viblifesciences.bsky.social
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Sustainability
We recognize that achieving our goals impacts the environment and the people involved in its operations and supply chain. Therefore, we are designing policies and taking actions aimed at mitigating th...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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PAPER from @hildenelissen.bsky.social
laurenspauwels.bsky.social Laurens Pauwels @laurenspauwels.bsky.social · 17d
🌱 Our latest: in Plant Biotech J we study transgenerational #CRISPR editing in #maize🌽 using a split Cas9/gRNA system, highlighting importance of event quality & choice of promoters. 👏 Christian Lorenzo, Dirk Inzé and Hilde Nelissen @fbwugent.bsky.social @psb-vib.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/pbi....
October 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Interested to learn more about Plant Biotechnology? Enroll in our one-year Subsequent Master program and enjoy a training at Europe's largest Agro-biotech campus: masterplantbiotechnology.ugent.be
January 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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JOB POSITION, please spread the news:
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Junior Research Technician - VIB
The VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology (PSB) is a world-leading plant science institute located at the heart of a renowned Plant Biotechnology campus in Ghent, Belgium. Its mission is to unrav...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Post-doctoral assistant department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
Post-doctoral assistant department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
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October 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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InnCoCells: @alaingoossenspsb.bsky.social, together with 16 partners from 11 European countries, has discovered new plant-based ingredients with proven anti-inflammatory and anti-aging effects for the development of next-generation skincare products.

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October 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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PAPER from @yvdp.bsky.social
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Rapid establishment of species barriers in plants compared with that in animals
Speciation, the process by which new reproductively isolated species emerge from ancestral populations, results from the gradual accumulation of barriers to gene flow within genomes. To date, the noti...
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September 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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The traditional kickoff of ‘The Plant Factory’ course by prof em Marc Van Montagu. Inspiring the new generation of plant biotechnologists @psb-vib.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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PAPER from @stevenmaere.bsky.social
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The winner’s curse under dependence: repairing empirical Bayes using convoluted densities
Summary. The winner’s curse is a form of selection bias that arises when estimates are obtained for a large number of features, but only a subset of most e
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September 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM