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So this happened today: I gifted Belgian chocolate to my Swiss family. Two possible outcomes (not mutually exclusive): I could get ripped of my Swiss citizenship for treason or become a Belgian citizen of honor for my bravery.

Very welcome news! via The New York Times nytimes.com/2021/09/20/hea…

Hey America, we almost went to war with France because they think gruyère has holes so be careful what you do hein

Who is joining me in Prague this summer? After waiting for two years (and missing the last conference), I can’t wait to hear about the latest research in #PlantReproduction.

It was interesting to discover all the technological platforms available at LISCO and to hear about the research conducted there. I can’t wait to use some of the single cell omics approaches in 🌱🍅.

Resetting my brain in the motherland.

Want to do science from the comfort of your couch and enjoy pictures of purple anthers (anthocyanins! 💜)? Then go check out this citizen science project on the diversity of anther pigmentation.

Cool paper coming out of my husband's lab. It shows that chromatin moves more at sites of DNA breaks and less away from breaks. This may promote more efficient DNA repair and reduce the risk of genomic rearrangements, which can drive cancer initiation. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Slecht weer, Rode Duivels op tv. En toch 650 mensen in de proefserres van @ku_leuven om kennis te maken met ons plantenonderzoek! Wij blij op de DagvandeWetenschap KU Leuven Plant Institute Bram Van de Poel 🌈 Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 Devang Mehta 🌱👨🏽‍🔬🧬 VANDERSCHUREN LAB Joëlle Mühlemann Filip Rolland Bart Panis

Super proud of the plant pathologist extraordinaire (and my childhood friend) Teresa Koller for publishing this op-ed in support of NGTs in agriculture in one of Switzerland's leading newspapers. tagesanzeiger.ch/naturnaher-pfl…

Way to go Anthony!

Recruitment for 2 ERC-funded postdocs positions (3 years) in my lab, focussing on plant hormone biology, is still ongoing! ACC signaling: kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs… Evolution of ethylene biosynthesis: kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs… Post-doc Positions @plantbiology European Research Council (ERC)

Progress!

If you are at #PlantBio2023 ASPB, check out Cedar's poster! It is fascinating to see the diversity in heat stress responses from diverse tomato cultivars and wild relatives.

👏to Hana, who gave an excellent seminar on flavonols and thermotolerance in pollen

If you are looking to identify communities of like-behaving genes in (time course) transcriptomic datasets, check out this new approach. Nice work by everyone involved!

Feeling exactly the same: at home everywhere and a stranger everywhere. Usually start answering the question of where I am from with "It's complicated". 3 continents, 5 countries, 13 cities/villages. Grew up bilingual and have learned 3 more languages. #GlobalCitizen

Science wins! MEPs vote in favour of supporting greater use of New Genomic Techniques (#NGTs) in the EU. This is a huge step toward more sustainable agriculture. Thank you to everyone who has taken action toward this outcome. 💚🎉

My lab is recruiting a postdoc on an FWO/FNRS funded project. Interested in researching how secondary metabolites from beneficial bacteria trigger immune responses in plants? Apply here: kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs… PHP-Lab 🍓🍅🌈 Crop Biotechnics, KU Leuven KU Leuven Plant Institute BIOSYSTEMS Department -KU Leuven

Hana, PhD student in the Climate-Resilient Crop Production Lab, gave her first oral presentation at an international conference. The topic was: "At the right time in the right place: flavonols in pollen development under heat stress". #proudPI