@nmvandam.bsky.social
Scientific Director Leibniz IGZ in Großbeeren Germany | Full Professor in Plant Biotic Interactions at Friedrich Schiller University Jena | Chemical ecologist interested in understanding the molecular and chemical mechanisms of plant communication
Group picture of the RU workshop in Großbeeren showing all participants
Monday morning throwback to our wonderful meeting on #chemodiversity in Großbeeren – hosted by @nmvandam.bsky.social. Again a big thank you to Matthias Erb, Karin Gorzolka, @ainhoamartinez.bsky.social, Stefan Dötterl, Eva Castells, John D'Auria and Kirsten Leiss for their enlightening contributions.
29.09.2025 08:02 — 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1@matthiaserb.bsky.social and @ainhoamartinez.bsky.social !
21.09.2025 14:05 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
How can we #transfer our knowledge on #chemodiversity to agriculture? That was the theme at our @chemodiversity.bsky.social workshop last week at @igzleibniz.bsky.social It was a marvellous workshop with excellent talks from invited speakers and our #young #investigators alike!👍💪
21.09.2025 14:03 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1Still 2 weeks time to apply to a #position as research group leader @igzleibniz.bsky.social Research focus: #plant #microbe systems #horticultural crops. Great #opportunity near #Berlin. The #jobdescription :
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It was a great honour and pleasure to be invited!
11.09.2025 19:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A picture of a beautiful shiny metallic purple-blue beetle on an asphalt road
This #beauty crossed my path yesterday. Thought I should share... #nature #beetle
02.08.2025 11:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sting wusste es schon und sang " History will teach us nothing " youtu.be/ETC9cbIoIxk?...
02.08.2025 10:12 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Nice! Did my PhD research on this beautiful plants, which are full of pyrrolizidine alkaloids! The colour of the flowers is quite unique 😍
16.06.2025 05:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0For sure try " verse stroopwafels " and " bitterballen met mosterd" !
08.06.2025 19:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The same goes for switching to interdisciplinary science. It is highly desired by funding agencies and gouvernemental bodies, yet it does not pay off in terms of career development. Who is going to change this?
01.06.2025 06:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0True! The patches with deciduous trees looked much better. But for the moment, it looks very sad...
01.06.2025 06:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A picture of a forest taken near Lichtenhain in Saxony. Many spruce trees are dead and their needlesless skeletons dominate the view. It is a sad view
I have co-supervised several #PhD students who studied the devastating effects of bark beetles and drought on #spruce #trees in German #forests. Nevertheless, I was shocked to see the effects when hiking in #SächsischeSchweiz near the Czech border... a sad view
31.05.2025 16:40 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Proudly presenting our latest paper in @plantphys.bsky.social by @axeltouw.bsky.social and coauthor showingvthat #nematode #infection facilitates cabbage root fly larval performance via #systemic #induced #root #responses. Team work is the dream work! @igzleibniz.bsky.social @idiv and @FSUJena
27.03.2025 16:38 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Kruthika, Valeria and Elikplim are teaming up at the trait measurement station, joined by Tanja, who's just outside the picture.
Xue and Valeria placing VOC analysis tubes.
Suna and Marvin collecting transcriptomic analysis samples.
Maximilian and Senén getting ready to sample plant metabolomes.
Our @chemodiversity.bsky.social RU has begun harvesting its 'core experiment' for the second model system; bittersweet nightshade. Lots of measuring, scanning, chemical sampling and root washing and we're now halfway done! Thanks to a great team, and the facilities of @jpschnitzlerlab.bsky.social
24.03.2025 19:34 — 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0#PlantScience, plants on a crane: we just started the 2nd chemotypic plasticity & diversity experiment within @chemodiversity.bsky.social with Solanum dulcemara testing drought stress & herbivory with @nmvandam.bsky.social, @rrjunker.bsky.social, @sunsicker.bsky.social, @chemecolcm.bsky.social
10.03.2025 16:43 — 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0🌟Congratulations to Caroline Müller for winning the prestigious ISCE Silverstein-Simeone Award 2025! This great achievement celebrates her dedication and outstanding contributions to Chemical Ecology. Well-deserved recognition of her hard work!
#SilversteinSimeoneAward #ChemEcol #RUChemodiversity
Field with flowering poppies at the experimental fields of Leibniz IGZ in Großbeeren, Germany. May 2024
While 2025 is rolling out over the globe, I wish you all a happy and healthy 2025! An exciting year in which @igzleibniz.bsky.social will celebrate its 100th anniversary, the @chemodiversity.bsky.social team will meet in Großbeeren, and many other things to look foward to.
31.12.2024 09:41 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Wise words ...enjoy!
27.12.2024 14:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Just Xed X. Only blue skies from now on
18.11.2024 17:31 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yes, I did the latter, too. Have a nice weekend!
16.11.2024 06:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Thanks, yes, I found the directory of starter packs already. But I was not sure if this means someone curates this list, et cetera
16.11.2024 06:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Hi Jogi, so far, so good! I am still a bit confused about the term starter pack. Will have to learn what those are exactly. Otherwise a great idea to start one on chemical ecology and chemodiversity.
16.11.2024 06:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Thanks for the tip!
15.11.2024 15:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Robin,I just joined. Can you give some pointers towards relevant persons and groups to follow? Thx 😊
15.11.2024 13:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 1
