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Julian Verdonk

@julianverdonk.eurosky.social
682 followers 811 following 104 posts

scientist, musician, geek, cook, husband, father... in no particular order postharvest physiology, molecular plant physiology, specialized metabolites, transcription factors

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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026
It is RNA day again! Teaching RNA extraction - with homemade Trizol from tomato fruit and leaf, petunia, and coffee. Absolutely stunning results for first timers #PlantScience onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... @hortproductphyswur.bsky.social
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 30/08/2026
Our paper about photoperiod effects on strawberry development in vertical farms is out! Short days suppress vegetative growth, but less so in everbearing than seasonal cultivars 🍓 #PlantScience @hortproductphyswur.bsky.social journals.ashs.org/view/journal...
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 28/08/2026
Our paper about stomatal malfunction in chrysanthemum is out! High humidity during growth can cause chrysanthemums to lose water post-harvest, but susceptibility varies by genotype — a path to better cultivars 🌼💧 #PlantScience journals.ashs.org/view/journal... @hortproductphyswur.bsky.social
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 18/07/2026
Stop Scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness (Sorry 3)
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 17/07/2026
Nice! I did a similar experiment (on the deck), with vinegar (left) h2o2 (right) and water (top). Red stays longer but o/n it also faded. Didn't really see a pattern, but I guess there is a certain permeability differential on the petals? #Petunia @petuniaplatform.bsky.social
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 26/06/2026
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 22/06/2026
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 20/06/2026
Research stay in the Bargmann lab @bas-bargmann.bsky.social as Global Distinction Fellow to do some Petunia Protoplast TARGET experiments. Sorting and sequencing! @petuniaplatform.bsky.social @hortproductphyswur.bsky.social #PlantScience #Petunia
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 03/06/2026
Petunia Days in Rome! #WPD26 #Petunia
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 11/05/2026
Watch out, PI in the lab!! Still got it. Good old Birnboim and Doly alkaline lysis prep. 10 ml culture, scaled up, 10 ug DNA! #nokits #molbiol
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 22/04/2026
Ik found the dessert plant Cistanthe longiscapa in a growth chamber at Universidad de Andres Bello in Chile #PlantScience
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 19/04/2026
RNA treatment with DNAse is an absolute disaster for RNA quality in my lab. WTF is happening?! Beautiful RNA turns to smear after DNAse. L We tried RQ1 from promega and DNAse I from thermo. RNA from chrysanthemum leafusing CiAR (share.google/cRcXPl1UA0Vn...). Any advise? #PlantScience #RNA #DNAse
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 03/04/2026
Nice surprise! Thanks @plasmidsaurus.bsky.social and @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social #PlantScience
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 30/03/2026
@hortproductphyswur.bsky.social represent at the Annual meeting of the EPS graduate school. #PlantScience
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 14/03/2026
Happy Pi(e) Day! 🥧 20 years since I defended my PhD 🧑‍🎓 Turns out you never stop being a student 😄
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 27/02/2026
Prepping classes for Quality Analysis #Postharvest #PlantScience @hortproductphyswur.bsky.social
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 05/01/2026
Back2Work @hortproductphyswur.bsky.social @wurplant.bsky.social Wageningen reminds me of my days in Madison Wisconsin at UW
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 03/11/2025
Postharvest Physiology course: testing vase life of roses. #Postharvest #PlantScience @hortproductphyswur.bsky.social
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 28/10/2025
Hello beautiful! #Petunia #PlantScience
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 05/09/2025
Fantastic News!! Stephan David successfully defended his PhD last week!! "The regulation of winter dormancy in strawberry". What a great honour to have been be part of this. Congratulations Dr. David!!! @hortproductphyswur.bsky.social #PlantScience #Strawberry #Horticulture
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 25/08/2025
@nickdesnoyer.bsky.social thanks for the shirt. Now pos(t)ing with #Petunia
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 04/07/2025
Check out my Tillandsia, its flowering!! #PlantScience
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 28/06/2025
Lab BBQ!! What a great team!
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 20/06/2025
Congratulations to Jordan van Brenk @dr-bluesky.bsky.social who became the real Dr. BlueSky! Happy and proud to have been part of his quest to use electric light to orchestrate lettuce growth and specialized metabolite production! @hortproductphyswur.bsky.social @wurplant.bsky.social #PlantScience
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 27/05/2025
Planning Arabidopsis genetics in the postharvest group! Horticulture and Product physiology @wurplant.bsky.social #plantscience
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 23/03/2025
Lovely day to visit the capital, and check my old stomping ground #amsterdam #springishere
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 14/03/2025
On pi day 2006, I got my PhD
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 11/03/2025
Spending some time with the flowers we work with for the stomata project. #flowers #plantscience
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 28/12/2024
Found a familiar fella on the beach. Dutch beaches are full of Asterias Rubens, why??
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 08/12/2024
My kaki tree with its fruit still on the tree. Does the mysterious *tree factor* keep them from ripening? #postharvest #plantscience
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 29/11/2024
Chrysanthemum vase life for Bart Esveldt's MSc thesis project #postharvest #plantscience
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 26/11/2024
Rose vase life experiments always cheer up the lab 🌹😍 #plantscience #postharvest
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 18/11/2024
We're ripening bananas 🍌 and measuring everything at the posthavest physiology practical #postharvest #plantscience
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 09/10/2024
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,299,187!
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #2,299,187, Julian Verdonk ‪@julianverdonk.bsky.social‬, joined on Dec 2, 2023"
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 13/05/2024
My first keynote ever at the European Horticulture Congress in Bucharest at the Palace of Parliament. Beautiful location! #postharvest #floriculture #ech24
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Julian Verdonk @julianverdonk.eurosky.social · 02/12/2023
First post on Bluesky! I'm here for science and technology. Let me post a picture of the awesome science team at Postharvest Central ❤️🌼🥀🍅🍓🥭🥑🌸 We're at: Wageningen department of Plant Sciences, Horticulture and Product Physiology
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