Félix de Tombeur
@felix-detombeur.bsky.social
Soil scientist fascinated by soil-plant interactions, plant ecophysiology and trait-based ecology @cnrs.bsky.social #siliceousplants
"Cell walls dominate the cellular allocation of silicon in sedges" by @felix-detombeur.bsky.social et al. I act as a kind of senior advisor! X-ray microtomography, cryo-SEM–energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy #plantscience #silicon #silica #phytoliths 🧪 academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
![Fig. 3. Cell-specific silicon concentrations in selected individual sedges acquired using CryoSEM-EDX. For each species, a schematic diagram is shown of the different anatomical areas, together with a qualitative representation of the distributions of silicon (green) and carbon (purple) (Si-C), and a heatmap of silicon concentration, [Si]. (A) Machaerina junceae, (B, C, E) Cyathochaeta equitans, (D) Schoenus rigens, and (F) Mesomelaena tetragona. Scale bars are 100 µm in (A–D, F) and 25 µm in (E).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7i6qyjt427sjvjwpngi73id7/bafkreidcvq54boplj4zjdzve5euzvh4uyd3eednwurh5r64jtuqb37isym)
Call for Papers: "Special Issue on “Silicon for Sustainable Agriculture and Resilient Ecosystems” in the journal, Plant and Soil, based on the 9th International Conference on #Silicon in Agriculture. Non-attendees can also submit. #plantscience #phytolith 🧪 link.springer.com/journal/1110...
A nice blog by my colleague @felix-detombeur.bsky.social about his recent paper (in which I had a small part!) 🧪 #PlantScience
Sarah Thorne@sarah-thorne14.bsky.social · 2y agoCool new blog post looking at Si-C trade-offs in sedges by @felix-detombeur.bsky.social siliceousplants.wordpress.com/2024/12/06/s... #siliceousplants
I thought I would make a starter pack of scientists working on #phytoliths. Please share if this is of interest to you, and do ask if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/8HEDmb9
Thank you Ian! It was a pleasure working with you on that paper 🙂
Ian Wright@ianjwright.bsky.social · 2y agoI played just a small part in this excellent paper led by ECR Félix de Tombeur: Anatomical and Trait Analyses Reveal a Silicon-Carbon Trade-Off in the Epidermis of Sedges (Plant, Cell Environ: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)
