04.06.2025
Our lab has been funded by NWO-M1, titled: Unlocking Plant Resilience: Using Small Signalling Peptides to Increase Salinity Tolerance in Plants (PeptOS). Exciting!!!!
18.06.2025
Nora has given a presentation at ICAR conference in Ghent. Beautiful conference and interesting talks!
12.09.2025
One manuscripts with contributions from the group has been uploaded on Biorxiv. Together with the Engelsdorf’s lab we are tying to understand the role of Plant Elicitor Peptides in negatively controlling cell wall damage dependent responses! Cool!
01.12.2025
Willem has joined the lab! His project will focus on the function of peptides in regulating responses to abiotic stresses! Welcome!!!
01.12.2025
Iulian will be working with us for the next 8 months! He will try to build a prototype to study forces in Arabidopsis roots! Welcome Iulian!
12.12.2025
Thinking about this year and the plants I have met! They always remind me on how resilient life can be. Sand, wind, heat, salt, they survive it all.
And in the end… they bloom
15.12.2025
Nora has gotten fundings to explore the role of FER in controlling responses to mechanical stimulations! May the FER be with ROOTS!!
https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/72-grants-for-the-open-competition-domain-science-xs-round-25-3
29.01.2026
Joy's review is out! Well done! https://www.cell.com/plant-communications/fulltext/S2590-3462(26)00049-0