@wiebkehaeger.bsky.social
🌱 Go Science 🌱 Interested in cell wall degrading enzymes and parasitic plants. Postdoc in the Hamann Lab at NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
Congratulations to Prof. @eilonshani.bsky.social Eilon Shani, #Hydrosensing PI, on being elected to EMBO 2025! 🎉
This honor recognizes his outstanding contributions to plant molecular genetics and scientific excellence @embo.org
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”Att välkomna nya ledamöter är livskraften i en ung akademi. Jag tycker det ska bli spännande att få lära mig mer om deras forskning och vad de brinner för och vill engagera sig i året som kommer.” Gabriele Messori, ordf, professor meteorologi, UU.
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Heute 16 Uhr: Klima-Ringvorlesung @UniDUE 🌍
Prof. Dr. Wieland spricht über No-Regret-Technologien für die Energiewende.
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In defense of funding foundational plant science (Joanna Friesner , Cristiana T Argueso , Wolfgang Busch , Thorsten Hamann , Lucia Strader , Mary Williams , Shuang Wu , Adrienne H K Roeder) Read more at: doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience
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Me in the lab in a labcoat next to our freeze dryer. The glass beakers can be connected and the vacuum extends into the beakers with the sample in them. Black tubes connect the beakers with the vacuum chamber and white valves allow for individual connecting and disconnecting.
A photo of a sticker on the back of the freeze dryer in our lab that displays the manufacturing date 11-29-00.
In the lab, I like to look at equipment and play guessing "Who is younger - the lab equipment or me?" 😅
... you win this round, freeze dryer😋
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A freeze dryer with plant samples in aluminium bags. The glass beakers can be connected and the vacuum extends into the beakers with the sample in them. Black tubes connect the beakers with the vacuum chamber and white valves allow for individual connecting and disconnecting.
A close-up of a beaker from a freeze dryer with plant samples in aluminium bags. The glass beakers can be connected and the vacuum extends into the beakers with the sample in them. Black tubes connect the beakers with the vacuum chamber and white valves allow for individual connecting and disconnecting.
A fine scale for scaling in milligram range. The scale is resting on a special heavy table that prevents vibrations of the table to influence the scaling. A red rack with sample tubes is standing next to the scale as well as a clean tissue paper with two metal tweezers on it.
A piece of clean tissue paper with two metal tweezers on it. Between the tweezers is a 2 ml reaction tube with a metal bead and freeze dried tobacco leaf pieces in it.
This week, I processed my plant samples further🌱. I cut the areas where I injected the sample in the tobacco plants, put the pieces in little aluminium foil bags, freeze dried them and scaled equal amounts of dry leaf pieces. Scaling milligrams of leaf pieces needs quite some patience😅
#wisskomm
A freeze dryer with plant samples in aluminium bags. The glass beakers can be connected and the vacuum extends into the beakers with the sample in them. Black tubes connect the beakers with the vacuum chamber and white valves allow for individual connecting and disconnecting.
A close-up of a beaker from a freeze dryer with plant samples in aluminium bags. The glass beakers can be connected and the vacuum extends into the beakers with the sample in them. Black tubes connect the beakers with the vacuum chamber and white valves allow for individual connecting and disconnecting.
A fine scale for scaling in milligram range. The scale is resting on a special heavy table that prevents vibrations of the table to influence the scaling. A red rack with sample tubes is standing next to the scale as well as a clean tissue paper with two metal tweezers on it.
A piece of clean tissue paper with two metal tweezers on it. Between the tweezers is a 2 ml reaction tube with a metal bead and freeze dried tobacco leaf pieces in it.
This week, I processed my plant samples further🌱. I cut the areas where I injected the sample in the tobacco plants, put the pieces in little aluminium foil bags, freeze dried them and scaled equal amounts of dry leaf pieces. Scaling milligrams of leaf pieces needs quite some patience😅
#wisskomm
At the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS) Conference 2024, I heard that much of the support for #GenomeEditing in Sweden started after the publication of an educational book on genetically modified plants.
English translation available for free on the SPPS website spps.se/e-book-beyon...
Nicotiana benthamiana plants in flower pots on a black tray. A syringe and a pen are next to the pots on the tray. Where liquid has been injected into the leaves, it is visible as darker spots on the green leaves.
I use a syringe to inject liquid containing an enzyme that damages the plant cell wall into young tobacco plants. You see the liquid as dark spots. This is Nicotiana benthamiana (the wild relative of N. tabacum, the more famous tobacco plant). Excited to see how the plants react to the treatment 😁😁😁
09.05.2025 13:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0In my research, I study how plants respond when they are damaged. Plants – like us – can perceive their surrounding and have an immune system. Around every cell, they have a cell wall, which provides stability and protects them. When the cell wall is damaged, plants activate their immune system...
09.05.2025 13:23 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0This is me in the room where we work with genetically modified organisms (GMOs). To keep the GMO plants confined our special secured rooms, I am changing from my normal lab wear into a red lab coat, wear shoe covers and wear a hair net to not carry seeds or pollen outside on my clothes.
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This is me treating tobacco plants (Nicotiana benthamiana) to study their immune reaction when their cell wall is damaged. I am wearing a red lab coat and a hair net to prevent carrying seeds or pollen outside of our secure facility.
When I talk to friends, family or others that don't work in research, I am often surprised and amused when I learn how they imagine me working in the lab 😅 So I thought I’d start sharing more from my everyday work doing plant science 👩⚕️🌱
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The logo of the Hydrosensing project symbolically and conceptually represents the scientific goals of the initiative, which focus on how plants perceive and respond to water stress. The image is framed within a water droplet, an element that directly references water as both a vital resource and the main subject of study. Inside the droplet, a plant with two green leaves grows from the center, symbolizing plant life and its interaction with water availability. The lower half of the droplet is vertically divided into two distinct sections: The left half, in blue, represents a moist or well-irrigated environment. The right half, in brown and ochre tones, suggests a dry soil or drought conditions. Roots extend downward from the plant's central stem into water, visually conveying the concept of a plant sensing and responding to different levels of water availability. The design visually reinforces the mission of the Hydrosensing project: to understand the molecular and physiological mechanisms by which plants perceive water stress, with the aim of contributing to the development of crops that are more resilient to climate change.
Glad to introduce our new logo 🎉
This new image reflects our mission: understanding how #plants perceive and respond to water stress — a step toward developing crops resilient to drought and #climatechange
🔗 hydrosensing.eu
The image tells a story:
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Group photo of the ERC Hydrosensing team at the project meeting in Regensburg in April 2025.
Photo of the city of Regensburg showing the old town by the river, including the old church.
A poster at the ERC Hydrosensing project meeting in Regensburg showing a plant and water molecules as well as the names and flags of the team leaders Eilon Shani (Israel), Malcom Bennet (UK), Thorsten Hamann (Norway) and Christine Ziegler (Germany).
Super excited to start my new position in the Hydrosensing ERC Synergy Project😊 It was amazing to get a preview in Regensburg and meet all you nice and inspiring people!
Looking forward to two more years as part of this excellent, international team!
@hydrosensing.bsky.social @hamannlab.bsky.social
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Malcolm Bennet in the greenhouse with the filming crew
Poonam Mehra while filming
Malcolm Bennet in the greenhouse while filming
In @uniofnottingham.bsky.social ERC Hydrosensing members spent a few intense (and wardrobe-consistent 😅) days filming about research on root systems and how plants adapt to drought.
More footage for the documentary is being filmed at locations around the world in the coming year.
These were great days.. thank you all!
@hamannlab.bsky.social @eilonshani.bsky.social @sara-morghen.bsky.social @francesco-saffioti.bsky.social @katjaurbansky.bsky.social @wiebkehaeger.bsky.social @michaelaticha.bsky.social @hydrosensing.bsky.social @hydrophotonics.bsky.social
We are fascinated by how our leafy friends 🌱 feel the subtle shifts in soil moisture 💦 Last week we hydrated your minds and cultivated connections at our #erc meeting focusing on the captivating world of #Plant #HydroSensing 🧩@hydrosensing.bsky.social @hydrophotonics.bsky.social
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After our annual #HydroSensing meeting in Regensburg, we went for a hike.. of course with a subsequent data collection and data processing demonstration 😁 #Plant #cryoEM
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Exciting ERC synergy project meeting in Regensburg 😊@hydrosensing.bsky.social @ntnudiscovery.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @uniregensburg.bsky.social
11.04.2025 08:30 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Congratulations!
14.01.2025 06:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Thrilled to share our work lead by Di Fino in great collaboration with @Panosmoschou,@Hamann_lab, @GreenMechanobio, @RichardSmithLab published @Dev_Cell: Developmental Cell www.cell.com/developmenta...
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