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World Petunia Days 2026 – Registration is now open! Please share!!
Join us in Rome, 3–5 June 2026 with presentation priority given to early‑career scientists. Senior PIs are, of course, welcome to contribute.
Scholarships available!
Young researchers can apply

Friday 20 Feb 2026 (15:00 UvA Science Park) “From Fertilization to Flower Design” by @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social
From live imaging of pollen tube–synergid interactions in Arabidopsis and Petunia @petuniaplatform.bsky.social to flower genetic design. Host: Francesca Quattrocchio
🌺#PlantScience

Save the Date: World Petunia Days 2026!

Join us in Rome, June 3-5, for an inspiring scientific gathering amidst historic landmarks. Exchange innovative ideas in a collegial atmosphere. More details coming soon! We can't wait to welcome you to the Eternal City. #WPD2026 #Rome #ScienceMeetsHistory

Painting featuring a close-up of two purple blossoms with black centres

Purple Petunias, 1925
by Georgia O'Keeffe #UnlockingWomensArt

Model-guided metabolic engineering of 2-phenylethanol in Arabidopsis 2-Phenylethanol (2-PE) is a natural aromatic compound with properties that make it a potential biological oxygenate for petroleum-derived gasoline. In…

Arabidopsis can be engineerded to smell as a rose! @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social and @atinygreencell.bsky.social that means we can also make it smell as a #Petunia!! #MetabolicEngineering #plantscience

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Precious lil petunia paws

Hello beautiful! #Petunia #PlantScience

Friday Flower 007: Petunia 💮✨

Petunias carry the active transposon dTph1, which powers mutant screens and paints stripey patterns as it jumps.

Their five petals are fused, with diverse color designs tracing the corolla’s fusion seam.

Waarom krijgt ene bloem leuk streepje, en ander niet? UU-onderzoeker krijgt 1 miljoen om dit uit te zoeken Waarom krijgt de ene bloemblaadje mooie strepen of ringen, en de andere stippen? Bioloog Jason Gardiner van de Universiteit Utrecht heeft een subsidie van 1 miljoen euro ontvangen om dit raadsel te on...

Great that our research is resonating with the community! Check us out in the AD!
#Scienceinthenews #flowerpower #research #UU
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🌸 Did you know we have a website too! Visit the Petunia Platform to learn more about us!
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🔬 Research groups from 15+ institutions
📚 Model system resources & protocols
🏛️ World Petunia Days history since 2004

#PetuniaResearch #PlantScience #Botany #Research

#Petunia in the library! <3

#Petunia engineering! #PlantScience

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Onderzoek naar het geheim achter bloempatronen 1 miljoen euro. Dat heeft de Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek uitgetrokken voor een team van biologen dat onderzoek doet naar bloempatronen. Zij willen ontrafelen waarom de ene ...

Petunia Community Members
Francesca Quattrocchio and Ronald Koes were able to sit down and chat with Humberto Tan about their recently funded project collaborating with Jason Gardiner
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#plantscience #UU #NWO #Flowerpower #Epigenetics #Plants

Biologist Jason Gardiner secures €1 million grant to study how flowers make patterns A new project aims to build fundamental knowledge about flower pigmentation, with real-world applications. This may help breeders create more stable flowers, fruits, and vegetables. The grant is award...

Ever wonder how flower petals can make such amazing patterns? Me too, and thanks to @nwonieuws.bsky.social, we will get to find out! www.uu.nl/en/news/biol... @petuniaplatform.bsky.social #plantscience #UtrechtUniversity #NWO #flowers #epigenetics

#Petunia on Terschelling!

Yeah! That's great news, congrats!! 🌺🌸🏵️🌼💮

#Petunia in Amsterdam!

@nickdesnoyer.bsky.social thanks for the shirt. Now pos(t)ing with #Petunia

Petunias in Zwolle, the Netherlands #flowers

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So I am absolutely going to host a Flower Design symposium in 2030. This is a formal call for designers. We have @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social with his beautiful Arabidopsis roses, and I'm likely giving my life to my Alice Petunia...but we need more people. Where you at?!

SHOW US YOUR BLOOM PLANS

Friday Flower 001: Mimulus lewisii 🌸✨

Monkeyflowers are masterpieces of design with nectar-guide spots formed by an activator–inhibitor system of MYB transcription factors. These generate reaction–diffusion patterns across the ventral petal.

Petunias at the Triberger Wasserfälle, Germany #Petunia

Introducing the 1,000 Flower Collection 🧬🌹

I’m creating 1,000 genetically designed flowers each crafted with new colors, patterns, and shapes.

Here’s how I’m making it happen… and how you can join me on this journey 🧵(1/7)

@nickdesnoyer.bsky.social are you thinking of other species? What about #Petunia?

Petunias in Cochem, DL on the Moselle

Its a wrap. It was a fantastic meeting, thanks to the wonderful organizing committee: Tomas, Sillas, and Javi! #wpd25 #Petunia #PlantScience

Final session, great talks by Jason Gardiner @gardiner-lab.bsky.social Katja Richert-Pöggeler, and Ta-Fang Lin #wpd25 #petunia #PlantScience

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