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iPlantMicro Lab

@iplantmicro.bsky.social
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Researching in plant-microbe interactions and environmental bioengineering, this site will serve as micro-blogging space to transmit our knowledge about plant-microbe biotechnology! 🌱🦠🏞️🧫🧬 @itqbnova @greenit_bio4sus 🗣️: EN/PT

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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
MICROBES IN FOCUS · 6/30 | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia A recurrent member of our seed microbiomes, particularly interesting under dry conditions. Strain MS M1-B also stood out as a bioinoculant under drought, linking seed-associated microbial diversity with plant resilience! @itqbnova.bsky.social
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/12/1838https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/12/1838
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Everyone busy with their own projects, but all working together as one team! 🔬🌱 Master’s projects are underway, visiting researchers are settling in, and the lab is buzzing with activity. Lots of ideas, collaboration, and exciting science happening! 💚 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
MICROBES IN FOCUS · 5/30 | Pseudomonas fulva Recovered from maize seeds under drought, this strain became one of our most promising drought-associated isolates and performed well as a bioinoculant under water stress.🌽🦠 Sometimes the seed already carries part of the solution! @itqbnova.bsky.social
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667064X24001167
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Some nice traditions in the lab, as going concerts together! 👩🏻‍🎤🦠 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
MICROBES IN FOCUS · 4/30 | Priestia megaterium Strain L became more present in our seedling microcosms, particularly in the drought rhizosphere, and showed strong auxin-related production and biofilm formation.A nice example of stress-shaped microbial recruitment around roots! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Please welcome Kiran Chaulagain from International Horticultural Science @unibo.it! Kiran is going to prepare his master thesis with us about the impact of drought in Medicago nodulation, and how we can improve it's tolerance! Welcome, Kiran! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
MICROBES IN FOCUS · 3/30 | Paracoccus sp. Young tomato plants recruited this bacterium under drought. When tested as an inoculant, it also improved plant performance under stress. Plant recruitment can be a useful clue for finding new bioinoculants! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This week, we say farewell to our dear Layanne🥹🥹🥹 She’s about to finish her PhD at @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social! 🎓✨ But this isn’t goodbye, it’s just a “see you soon”. Thank you for sharing this chapter, wishing you all the best for what comes next! 💚🫶🏻 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
MICROBES IN FOCUS · 2/30 | Stutzerimonas stutzeri A versatile soil and plant-associated bacterium. Different strains can fix N₂, solubilize P, produce auxins and biofilms, and tolerate abiotic stress, making this species very interesting for research! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sometimes things get tough, but we face them and succeed together as a team! 💪 Swipe right to enjoy the moments 😜 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
MICROBES IN FOCUS · 1/30 | Bacillus mycoides One of the easiest bacteria to recognize on a plate thanks to its striking rhizoid growth. At iPlantMicro, we repeatedly recover it from soil and rhizosphere samples, including burnt-root communities after the Los Guájares wildfire! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Let's back to formulations! The team is finishing some test to ensure the efficiency of some of our best formulas for bioinoculants! 🧪🦠 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mens sana in corpore sano! ⚽🧠 Keeping the lab team spirit strong and giving our best on the futsal pitch! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Amazing team, disseminating in the #EuropeanResearchersNight2026! Bringing #plantmicrobeinteractions to the people in Oeiras, so proud of this team! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today we celebrate the European Researchers Night 2026! It's time to engage with science and believe in future. Today more than ever, we need science, we need you! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today at #biomeet2026! Showing our technology and most promising projects! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This week we're happy to host lab rotation of Pedro Crespo! Pedro will have first hand experience with plant-microbe methodologies, beneficial strains characterization and the world of bioinoculants in our lab. Welcome Pedro! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You know, we see dolphins, PhD activities 😎🐬 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As we love wine, why don't help in the process!! 💪🏻🍇🍷 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This week we also welcome Laraib Murshad from Lahore College for Women University! Laraib is going to do an internship about active biomolecules to stimulate microbiota under drought and in bioinoculants. Welcome! 🇵🇹🤝🇵🇰 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
iPlantMicro Retreat 2026, 4/4! Sunrise, brunch, pool-volley, board games, award ceremony... And team celebration! 🥳 Ready for the new season, let's go! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Happy International Microorganism Day! 🦠🌱 At iPlantMicro, we study the hidden dialogue between plants and microbes, from root exudates and seeds to abiotic stress! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We're happy to host İlkay Sıla Ceylan from Ankara University! She will learn about bioinoculants and new treatments! Welcome! 🦠🌱🇹🇷🤝🇵🇹 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
iPlantMicro Lab Retreat 2026, 3/4! 🍅 Tomato time! Our field experiment left us with plenty of extras, so we turned them into a cooking contest: Bloody Mary, 西红柿炒鸡蛋, Magic Soup, risotto & more. Swipe to see the winners! 🏆 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
During next two months we will host María García Toledo from Universidad de Granada! Maria is going to study the impact of BSocial-designed SynComs against pathogens and drought! Welcome! 🇪🇸🤝🇵🇹 @itqbnova.bsky.social @universidadgranada.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
iPlantMicro Retreat 2026 part 2/4! Time to learn about the biggest trilobites of the world at Canelas (+Bob George gorgeousness 😍), visit an amazing green wine cellar at Santa Maria de Sardoura (Casa de Algar) and, why not, night pool! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
iPlantMicro Retreat 2026 is here! Part 1/4, visiting Passadiços de Paiva, BBQ and bonfire! 🔥💯 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🌊🌱 New article in Microbiology Spectrum: Impacts of flooding on agricultural soil microbiome Flooding reshapes agricultural soil microbiomes in a context-dependent way across Germany, Ireland and Portugal! @asm.org @itqbnova.bsky.social journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01108-26
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Recently we were recording something, stay tuned! 😄🎥 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Day 2 of 2 in the field for #Saltshield! The team completed the field sampling and lab determinations in a record time, demonstrating how team working is done! And even more early results are way better that any expectations! 🍅 @itqbnova.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
New student in the lab! João Caetano, from The Hague University of Applied Sciences, will prepare his six-month internship in biosafety studying the impact of candidate bioinoculants over #caenorhabditiselegans in collaboration with @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social! Welcome, João! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Wonder team! Ready for September! 🤙🏻 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New student here! Please welcome Herdem Yıldız from @hacettepe.bsky.social! She will be with us as summer internship to learn about bioinoculants! 🦠 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Sorry Fillia, I total forgot to publish this post! The good think is now we can fairly say so many good things of you, a wonderful student that visto us from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and leave a mark in our hearts! So cool year of Erasmus people😍 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The reality is... we’re the blessed ones to have you come visit us 🥹🥹🥹 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This post is just to recognize a wonderful, though work. What a team! 🍅 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🌱🍅 Day 1 of 2 in the field for #SaltShield! Testing our bacterial strains under saline and non-saline conditions, from plant phenotyping to tomato yield and quality. Lots of sampling, lots of tomatoes, and even more teamwork. 💪 One more day to go! 🌱 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This post is your reminder to give your pipettes some love 🧪 Clean the lower housing, replace the filter, and calibrate regularly. Small maintenance, big difference: less contamination, better accuracy, and more reliable results! Because every µL counts, take good care! 🔬🧫 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Uhhhhh! The new formulas against salt stress under testing, cannot wait! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
When your students send you a pic of their work and you’re just hoping they know what they’re doing 😅 PS: I just say “Great job!” and hope for the best @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Share your culture, share your food! One of the best things of having an intentional lab! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Layanne is carrying out her last test to evaluate the efficiency of the new formulation she developed for tomato and cabbage. Based in circular economy, we hope to propose soon a new alternative for seed bioinoculants! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Arabidopsis exudates are not easy to get...🙄🙄🙄 But Kusum's patience is legendary! @itqbnova.bsky.social @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Wild, scientific friendship 🦁 @itqbnova.bsky.social
Milli McQuade and Kusum Niraula, our next PhD candidates 😍
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Seniors and fresh students working side by side! Learning through internships, sharing experiences, and growing together!👩🏻‍🔬🌱🦠 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
New milestone for #SaltShield: our formulation is now encapsulated! 🌱 One step closer to a real-world solution for salinity, combining halophile-based technology with efficient formulation! @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Excited to share our work at the MicroSOS Mini Symposium 2026: Plants Crying for Microbial Help in a Changing World 🌱🦠 A day to share what we’ve learned, and think together about the questions in plant–microbe research (pls, ignore the elephants shirt) @itqbnova.bsky.social @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I have to love them🥹🥹🥹 Such nice memories of this summer, surf, birthdays, internships... Drawing contests of my worst picture? Ok, yes, even for that they are unique 😅 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Giving it our best during this hot August! 💪🏻🦠🌱 @itqbnova.bsky.social
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iPlantMicro Lab @iplantmicro.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Thanks to #MicroSOS_EU project for bringing us to Surin Province to visit traditional rice fields and know their challenges. It's been a great and truly enlightening experience!🌾🍚 @itqbnova.bsky.social @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social
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