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Koen Verhoeven

@kjfverhoeven.bsky.social

Researcher at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology: plant adaptation, ecological genetics & epigenetics, molecular ecology

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2w ago

New publication: Tolerance for #heatstress in #Lemnaminor reflects both local adaptation and acclimation over time, by @marioblancosanchez.bsky.social @kjfverhoeven.bsky.social. #climatechange doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

Figure 1 in Blanco-Sánchez et al. (2026): "a) Source locations of the 18 clonal lines studied. Clonal lines are represented by different colors that reflect variation in temperature of origin, with slight adjustments to color palette to enhance visualization (i.e., warmer vs cooler colors denote lines from warmer vs cooler locations; see Table 1). This palette is maintained throughout all figures; b) Schematic representation of the experimental design. Eighteen Lemna minor clonal lines were grown under four constant temperature treatments (18 °C, 23 °C, 28 °C, and 33 °C), with two replicates per line and temperature, for five consecutive weeks (N = 720 experimental units). Each week, the relative growth rate (RGR) of each replicate was calculated from the change in total plant area over seven days; c) Spatial arrangement of jars within each growth chamber (see Methods for spatial blocking details). The first replicate of each line was randomly assigned to a 4 × 5 grid (block), and this arrangement was mirrored laterally in a second spatial block, creating an 8 × 5 grid such that each line had one replicate positioned near the chamber walls and one in the inner area, thereby balancing light exposure and any other spatial effects. Different clonal lines are represented with different colors, matching those in panel a)."

Koen Verhoeven @kjfverhoeven.bsky.social · 4w ago

Come work with us in Wageningen! One more week to apply to this PhD project on epigenomic analysis in apomictic dandelions nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

PhD position: exposing the contribution of epialleles to heritable variation in plants

How important is epigenetic variation for rapid adaptation in wild plant populations? This genomics-focused PhD project at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology in Wageningen investigates genetic, epig...

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Koen Verhoeven @kjfverhoeven.bsky.social · last yr.

I could not agree more. As Mike Ritchie said in his #ESEB presidential address: learned societies have never been more important than now! @eseb.bsky.social

Max Reuter@maxreuter.bsky.social · last yr.

In relation to positive futures, I would add: ✅ Join learned societies ✅ Publish in their journals #SocietyJournals #SciPub