Wiebke Häger

@wiebkehaeger.bsky.social

🌱 Go Science 🌱 Interested in cell wall degrading enzymes and parasitic plants. Postdoc in the Hamann Lab at NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.

This week, I processed my plant samples further🌱. I cut the areas where I injected the sample in the tobacco plants, put the pieces in little aluminium foil bags, freeze dried them and scaled equal amounts of dry leaf pieces. Scaling milligrams of leaf pieces needs quite some patience😅 #wisskomm

A freeze dryer with plant samples in aluminium bags. The glass beakers can be connected and the vacuum extends into the beakers with the sample in them. Black tubes connect the beakers with the vacuum chamber and white valves allow for individual connecting and disconnecting.A close-up of a beaker from a freeze dryer with plant samples in aluminium bags. The glass beakers can be connected and the vacuum extends into the beakers with the sample in them. Black tubes connect the beakers with the vacuum chamber and white valves allow for individual connecting and disconnecting.A fine scale for scaling in milligram range. The scale is resting on a special heavy table that prevents vibrations of the table to influence the scaling. A red rack with sample tubes is standing next to the scale as well as a clean tissue paper with two metal tweezers on it.A piece of clean tissue paper with two metal tweezers on it. Between the tweezers is a 2 ml reaction tube with a metal bead and freeze dried tobacco leaf pieces in it.

This week, I processed my plant samples further🌱. I cut the areas where I injected the sample in the tobacco plants, put the pieces in little aluminium foil bags, freeze dried them and scaled equal amounts of dry leaf pieces. Scaling milligrams of leaf pieces needs quite some patience😅 #wisskomm

A freeze dryer with plant samples in aluminium bags. The glass beakers can be connected and the vacuum extends into the beakers with the sample in them. Black tubes connect the beakers with the vacuum chamber and white valves allow for individual connecting and disconnecting.A close-up of a beaker from a freeze dryer with plant samples in aluminium bags. The glass beakers can be connected and the vacuum extends into the beakers with the sample in them. Black tubes connect the beakers with the vacuum chamber and white valves allow for individual connecting and disconnecting.A fine scale for scaling in milligram range. The scale is resting on a special heavy table that prevents vibrations of the table to influence the scaling. A red rack with sample tubes is standing next to the scale as well as a clean tissue paper with two metal tweezers on it.A piece of clean tissue paper with two metal tweezers on it. Between the tweezers is a 2 ml reaction tube with a metal bead and freeze dried tobacco leaf pieces in it.

In my research, I study how plants respond when they are damaged. Plants – like us – can perceive their surrounding and have an immune system. Around every cell, they have a cell wall, which provides stability and protects them. When the cell wall is damaged, plants activate their immune system...