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The light, or the absence of light, in this room is terrible. I really struggled staying awake the last couple of days.

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Last session of the day, starting at 21:00. Very long day at #2025ISMPMI.

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It was a pleasure to present our work on ‘the role of pest-associated microbes in insect-plant interactions’ at the #2025ISMPMI congress in Cologne. @mrogowska.bsky.social, @cuwelte.bsky.social, @robertsjansen.bsky.social, @guidopmi.bsky.social

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Nice tags for different occasions during #2025ISMPMI

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Nice and visual talk by Soyon Park about parasitic plant bidirectional communication with their host plant. #2025ISMPMI #parasiticplants #plantscience

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Another rare animal living in our garden (Achterhoek, the Netherlands), the paper wasp Polistes nimpha. #paperwasp #wasps #entomology #biodiversity

UU Plants @uuplants.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Reposted by Silvia Coolen

Save the date! The 2026 edition of UU Summer School in Environmental Signaling in Plants will be on 24th-26th August 2026! @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social

Advert that reads:
13th Utrecht PhD Summer School
Environmental Signaling in Plants
Utrecht University, Netherlands
August 24th-26th 2026

Affiliated logos:
SummerSchool Utrecht
Universiteit Utrecht
UU Plants
Experimental Plant Sciences
Graduate School of Life Sciences

Photo of Utrecht cathedral (Dom) tower.

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Really cool talk by Talia Karasov on how headless phages (tailocins) kill non-self bacteria, shaping bacterial populations. #2025MPMI #plantscience #microbiology #phages

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Come and find me today at my #2025ISMPMI poster (nr 235) if you are interested in insect-associated microbes and their effect on insect-plant interactions. #plantscience #insectscience

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Come and find me at my poster (Wed 13:30-15:15, P-235) or at my talk on “the role of pest-associated microbes in insect-plant interactions” (Wed 16:15, room P+Q). #2025MPMI #plantscience #insectscience

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More light in this room would be great. Plants need light, but plant scientists too.

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How the choice of words makes insect excrement research sound fancy “frassomics”. Finally an insect talk at #2025ISMPMI congress by Dapeng Li. #plantscience #insectscience

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Amazing talk by Xin Li about Sclerotinia (plant pathogen) ascospores that have two nuclei to house their chromosomes. Also another plant pathogen, Botrytis, has multiple nuclei. I never realized this! Really cool to see how having two nuclei functions in mitosis and meiosis. #2025MPMI

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Enjoying the evening with Translational Plant Biology colleagues at the Rhine river in Cologne after an inspiring day of #2025ISMPMI congress. #plantscience

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Amazing to see so many (~1280) dedicated plant scientists following all the talks in an intense #2025ISMPMI program.

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Really interesting talk by Macarena about how Pseudomonas can colonize root nodules and how it influences nitrogen fixation #2025ISMPMI

Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

There we go, #2025ISMPMI congress on molecular plant-microbe interactions. #plantscience

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

On my way to #2025ISMPMI congress (Cologne, Germany) by train from Ruurlo the Netherlands. #plantscience

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

No better way for a biologist to start the summer holiday. Bought myself a new camera (Nikon Z8 + 105mm) and photograped the very rare thick-headed fly (Abrachyglossum capitatum) and the rare European treefrog (Hyla arborea) in my garden. #Nikon #biology #treefrog #diptera

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Look at these beautiful box bug nymphs (Gonocerus acuteangulatus)! They look like small dragons with spikes on their backs. #insects #shieldbugs

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Just love going out into the garden and explore nature….this is crown rust (Puccinia coronata), a pathogen to many oats, on its alternative host glossy buckthorn (Fangula alnus). Isn’t it beautiful? #phytopathology #plantpathogen #crownrust #Puccinia

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Check out the #FEMSmicroBlog from Magda on our insect symbiont Sodalis nezarae, isolated from the Southern green schieldbug. #microbiology #entomology #symbiont #science @mrogowska.bsky.social @cuwelte.bsky.social @robertsjansen.bsky.social

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Northern lights in the Netherlands right now. So beautiful! #aurora

Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I’m honored to give a talk on ‘the role of pest-associated microbes in insect-plant interactions’ at the ‘International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions’ congress in Cologne (July). #MPMI @mrogowska.bsky.social, @cuwelte.bsky.social, @robertsjansen.bsky.social, @guidopmi.bsky.social

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Last Tuesday I chaired an amazing session on plant-insect interactions at the annual Experimental Plant Sciences (EPS) meeting in Egmond aan zee (the Netherlands). Talks on microbes associated with insects and how they influences interactions #entomology #plantscience @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social

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Silvia Coolen @scoolen.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Aurora last night in the Netherlands (Hengelo, Gelderland). Hoping to see more tonight. #aurora #northernlights