New postdoc opportunity in our team! Topic is computational analysis of (meta)genomic data to study evolution of plant-microbiome interactions. Part of the AEGIS consortium (aegisearth.bio/en). Apply here: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p... Please RT!

Postdoc on computational (meta)genomic analysis

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges for global food security, requiring new approaches to understand and harness the natural diversity that enables plants and their associated microbiomes...

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I found that H2O2 treatment of Petunia flowers creates a spotted pattern 😯 It's known oxidation degrades anthocyanins, but the pattern was unexpected! Any ideas @gardiner-lab.bsky.social @julianverdonk.eurosky.social ?

#Petunia in Washington DC

Pretty petunia #macro ❤️🤍❤️

Petunia #macro ❤️🤍❤️

Petunia on the campus of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, VA, USA #Petunia

Research stay in the Bargmann lab @bas-bargmann.bsky.social as Global Distinction Fellow to do some Petunia Protoplast TARGET experiments. Sorting and sequencing! @petuniaplatform.bsky.social @hortproductphyswur.bsky.social #PlantScience #Petunia

They are considered to be one of the blackest flowers in the world, although biologically they are a deep dark purple.💜🖤 #TwosDay #Flowers #FlowerReport #FlowerPhotography #FlowerSky #BloomScrolling #BloomSky #Photography #AltText #mobilephotography

Back from World Petunia Days 2026 in Rome 🌸 Great meeting — familiar faces, new ones, and excellent science. The petunia community keeps growing. Already looking forward to the next one! #Petunia #PlantScience #WorldPetuniaDays2026 #WPD2026

In Rome for the World Petunia Days 2026! #Petunia #WPD2026 #PlantScience

You might see some familar petunia's if you are walking through the Utrecht botanical gardens #fascinationofplantsday #Utrecht #UU

Petunia species called Midnight Gold

We teamed up with OpenFlower (@nickdesnoyer.bsky.social), a nonprofit creating designer flowers for art & education, to release 3 limited edition postcards! These flowers were powered by Whole Plasmid Sequencing from Plasmidsaurus. Want one? Just fill out the form! tinyurl.com/plasmidsauru...

Let's extract some DNA from a petunia leef together! 🧬🧵 1/n

Petunia hybrida has been bred into an incredible diversity of colors and patterns. Most arise from mutations in the anthocyanin pathway or post-transcriptional gene silencing that turns pigment genes on and off 🧬🎨

World Petunia Days 2026 – Registration is now open! Please share!! Join us in Rome, 3–5 June 2026 with presentation priority given to early‑career scientists. Senior PIs are, of course, welcome to contribute. Scholarships available! Young researchers can apply

Friday 20 Feb 2026 (15:00 UvA Science Park) “From Fertilization to Flower Design” by @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social From live imaging of pollen tube–synergid interactions in Arabidopsis and Petunia @petuniaplatform.bsky.social to flower genetic design. Host: Francesca Quattrocchio 🌺#PlantScience

Save the Date: World Petunia Days 2026! Join us in Rome, June 3-5, for an inspiring scientific gathering amidst historic landmarks. Exchange innovative ideas in a collegial atmosphere. More details coming soon! We can't wait to welcome you to the Eternal City. #WPD2026 #Rome #ScienceMeetsHistory

Purple Petunias, 1925 by Georgia O'Keeffe #UnlockingWomensArt

Arabidopsis can be engineerded to smell as a rose! @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social and @atinygreencell.bsky.social that means we can also make it smell as a #Petunia!! #MetabolicEngineering #plantscience www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Model-guided metabolic engineering of 2-phenylethanol in Arabidopsis

2-Phenylethanol (2-PE) is a natural aromatic compound with properties that make it a potential biological oxygenate for petroleum-derived gasoline. In…

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Precious lil petunia paws

Hello beautiful! #Petunia #PlantScience

Friday Flower 007: Petunia 💮✨ Petunias carry the active transposon dTph1, which powers mutant screens and paints stripey patterns as it jumps. Their five petals are fused, with diverse color designs tracing the corolla’s fusion seam.

Great that our research is resonating with the community! Check us out in the AD! #Scienceinthenews #flowerpower #research #UU www.ad.nl/utrecht/waar...

Waarom krijgt ene bloem leuk streepje, en ander niet? UU-onderzoeker krijgt 1 miljoen om dit uit te zoeken

Waarom krijgt de ene bloemblaadje mooie strepen of ringen, en de andere stippen? Bioloog Jason Gardiner van de Universiteit Utrecht heeft een subsidie van 1 miljoen euro ontvangen om dit raadsel te on...

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🌸 Did you know we have a website too! Visit the Petunia Platform to learn more about us! petuniaplatform.org 🔬 Research groups from 15+ institutions 📚 Model system resources & protocols 🏛️ World Petunia Days history since 2004 #PetuniaResearch #PlantScience #Botany #Research

#Petunia in the library! <3

#Petunia engineering! #PlantScience

Chenxin Li, PhD@chenxinli2.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Efficient creation of decorative double-flowered petunia through CRISPR/Cas9. From: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Petunia Community Members Francesca Quattrocchio and Ronald Koes were able to sit down and chat with Humberto Tan about their recently funded project collaborating with Jason Gardiner www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/h... #plantscience #UU #NWO #Flowerpower #Epigenetics #Plants

Onderzoek naar het geheim achter bloempatronen

1 miljoen euro. Dat heeft de Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek uitgetrokken voor een team van biologen dat onderzoek doet naar bloempatronen. Zij willen ontrafelen waarom de ene ...

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Ever wonder how flower petals can make such amazing patterns? Me too, and thanks to @nwonieuws.bsky.social, we will get to find out! www.uu.nl/en/news/biol... @petuniaplatform.bsky.social #plantscience #UtrechtUniversity #NWO #flowers #epigenetics

Biologist Jason Gardiner secures €1 million grant to study how flowers make patterns

A new project aims to build fundamental knowledge about flower pigmentation, with real-world applications. This may help breeders create more stable flowers, fruits, and vegetables. The grant is award...

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