Vera Hesen @verahesen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Field work in the city: learning from plants in urban habitats! 🌱🏢 We all adore plants — but did you ever stop to look at the ones right under your nose? The 'weeds' growing between pavement cracks or under a tree down the street? These overlooked plants are actually very informative! 🧵 210
Vera Hesen @verahesen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Yesterday I attended the @nlseb.bsky.social meeting, what a diverse, nice and inspiring community on #evolutionarybiology 🐦🦠🧬! It was also a great pleasure to (re)connect with people from the Dutch plant sciences🌱 Inspiring new ideas to implement in my own research on #plantphenotypicplasticity 110
Reposted by Vera HesenCRC1644 @crc1644.bsky.social · 21/11/2025✨ Women in Science Day — Today! ✨ A full day of inspiring talks, career insights, a panel discussion and Q&A sessions at Campus Golm. Looking forward to great conversations and connections! 📍 University of Potsdam, House 28 ⏰ Start: 09:00 #WomenInScience #CRC1644 #PlantScience 031
Vera Hesen @verahesen.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Oct 9-10 the PhenPlasPlants conference took place in Potsdam! Scientists from very diverse fields (genetics, to computational sciences and ecology) shared their findings in phenotypic plasticity research 🌱 Very proud to have been part of the organization committee! 👏 @crc1644.bsky.social 132
Vera Hesen @verahesen.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Advanced root system phenotyping alert! 📣Sophisticated rhizotrons with AI-based segmentation 🪴 🖥️ Very proud to have contributed to this during my PhD! Watch Thijs Stegmann and @violawillemsen.bsky.social showcase the impressive research facilities at NPEC! tinyurl.com/linkedinNPEC @npec.nltinyurl.com#npec | Rick van de ZeddeIn this new #NPEC virtual tour video Thijs Stegmann (PhD candidate of CropXR) and Viola Willemsen share details how they use phenotyping tools to study root system adaptation to drought stress. You ca... 061
Vera Hesen @verahesen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025DEADLINE EXTENSION! 📣 For talk & poster applications for the international conference 'Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants'! Amazing opportunity for early-career scientists to present their work in a cross-disciplinary setting 👏 (& free participation!) 🔗 www.uni-potsdam.de/en/ppp/phenplasplants-2025 024
Vera Hesen @verahesen.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Yesterday was the science day at the Institute of Biology & Biochemistry @unipotsdam.bsky.social! An amazing variety of research, from bacteriophage treatments to ancient hippo DNA 🦠🔬🧬 Also a proud supervisor moment as my MSc student Huiyao Zhang presented her first poster! About what? Check below 👇 120
Reposted by Vera HesenCRC1644 @crc1644.bsky.social · 12/06/2025CRC 1644 Retreat 2025 Great minds, one mission! This year’s CRC 1644 retreat was more than just a change of scenery — it was a powerhouse of ideas, collaboration, and interdisciplinary exchange. 012
Vera Hesen @verahesen.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Plants have a fascinating display of phenotypic plasticity! 🌱✨ But what are the underlying mechanistic and evolutionary processes?! Join us in Potsdam at the International Conference on Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants! We have great opportunities for early-career scientists to give a talk! 👏 010
Reposted by Vera HesenCRC1644 @crc1644.bsky.social · 24/04/2025We are now on Bluesky! Our Collaborative Research Center 1644 “Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants” was recently established at the University of Potsdam. 132
Vera Hesen @verahesen.bsky.social · 18/03/2025The #TRR341 meeting has kicked off! A very interesting talk from @evodaveo.bsky.social about GxE interactions and how to separate them from individual G and E effects using a gene network with cliques. He also shared some important and inspiring believes that are now more relevant than ever! 👏 040
Vera Hesen @verahesen.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Excited to be part of the Cologne Spring Meeting 2025 on “Plant Ecological Genetics”, which starts tomorrow! I am already enjoying the flora (and the sun) in the Botanischer Garten Köln. Also spotted the first Arabidopsis thaliana plants popping up 🌱☀️ 051
Vera Hesen @verahesen.bsky.social · 09/03/2025We took on the mammoth task to set up a #GWAS with 7200 A.thaliana plants to investigate #leaf phenotypes to varying N levels. Great teamwork with Subash (Lenhard lab) & Yinan (Fernie lab) Stay tuned for the harvest and lots of interesting results to come! @unipotsdam.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de 120
Vera Hesen @verahesen.bsky.social · 08/12/2024New job, new platform! ✨ A month ago I started as a postdoc at Uni Potsdam, part of CRC1644 "Phenotypic plasticity in plants". It was a warm welcome in the BioDiv group of Prof Anja Lindstäter I am beyond happy to continue my interdisciplinary research (and to live in such a beautiful new place!) 251