Passionate plant scientist focusing on plant diseases; associate professor at KU Leuven
België
Joined October 2018
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Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 retweeted
🔥🌱If you want to read more in-depth posts about our plant science @LeuvenPlantInst (LPI), please consider following us on LinkedIn where we can write longer nuanced posts and where we can give our scientists a platform to talk about their work in full: linkedin.com/company/ku-leuv…
Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 retweeted
My lab has an open ERC-funded postdoc position to work on plant hormones and microbiome assembly in an evolutionary context (hint: Marchantia).
Apply here if you are interested.
kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsit….
@BarbaraConinck @KU_Leuven @ERC_Research @LeuvenPlantInst
Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 retweeted
Just answered an email "Where are the Teaching Tools in Plant Biology?" There were moved to this page academic.oup.com/plcell/page… when we started publishing with OUP. They are grouped by theme (hormones, development, etc). All found in zip files in "Supplemental Data".
All free!
Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 retweeted
Call for Papers: 2024 Focus Issue on ‘Hypoxia and Plants’! This Focus Issue will curate a collection of original research articles providing new insights into the mechanisms of hypoxia sensing, signaling, and adaptation in. Submission Deadline: 06/24 buff.ly/40Q3oBz
ALT Image Text: Plant Physiology. Call for Papers. 20242024 Focus Issue on ‘Hypoxia and Plants’. Submission Deadline: June 2024. Features Plant Physiology Logo and Various Scientific images/illustrations
My lab is recruiting a postdoc on an FWO/FNRS funded project. Interested in researching how secondary metabolites from beneficial bacteria trigger immune responses in plants? Apply here: kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsit… @lab_php @CropBioLeuven @LeuvenPlantInst @biosystkuleuven
Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 retweeted
De stelligheid waarmee @IngeGhijs betoogt dat de boeren dwalen als ze blij zijn met het versoepelen van de voorwaarden die Europa oplegt m.b.t. pesticides vind ik vreemd. Haar argumenten ook. Draadje dus. standaard.be/cnt/dmf20240206… 1/
Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 retweeted
VACANCY REMINDER - Submit before 1 March 2024 - Together with the Inge De Clercq lab we have a funded position for a postdoctoral researcher to work on nature's genetic engineer, Agrobacterium tumefaciens. More info: lnkd.in/euQTDUNN
Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 retweeted
We are recruiting a new #postdoc on our ERC project! Do you want to conduct science on the evolution of plant-microbe interactions? Apply here:
kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsit…
@BarbaraConinck @LeuvenPlantInst @CropBioLeuven @KU_Leuven @ERC_Research – at Louvain, Belgium
Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 retweeted
Deze donderdag middaggesprek 'Vijf redenen om de (Vlaamse) #veestapel af te bouwen' met Wannes Keulemans & Johan Martens
👉kuleuven.be/metaforum/agenda……
@SET_KULeuven
@KU_Leuven
Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 retweeted
Onze MOOC 'Global Challenges for a Sustainable Society' is live! Schrijf je nu in via edx.org/course/global-challe… en start vandaag!
Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 retweeted
Great project, great supervisor, great working environment!!!
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Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 retweeted
Waarom gebruikt de Vlaamse landbouw zoveel grond in het buitenland?
Een geanimeerd draadje met verrassende data over de Vlaamse landbouw.🧵
Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 retweeted
🚨BREAKING: Over 1,000 scientists in 14 countries hold historic demonstrations in support of gene editing.
The scientists are urging MEPs to back New Genomic Techniques (#NGTs) ahead of a crunch vote in the EU parliament tomorrow.
Please like and share if you believe in science!
Press release:
weplanet.org/post/ngt_demons…
Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 retweeted
Dear MEPs, the science is clear: it's time to vote YES to #NGTs! 💚
@tomvdkendelaere
@Frederiqueries
@guyverhofstadt
@hildevautmans
@kvanbrempt
@marctarabella
@OChastel @Europarl_EN #GiveGenesAChance @GeneSprout @weplanetint @PSB_VIB @VIBLifeSciences
Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 retweeted
It is time to support science! European plant scientists say it's time to vote YES to #NGTs! 💚
@tomvdkendelaere , @Frederiqueries , @guyverhofstadt , @hildevautmans , @kvanbrempt , @OChastel , @Europarl_EN, @weplanetint , @Europarl_NL
Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 retweeted
A huge win for #GiveGenesAChance 💚👇
🚨Breaking: Win for sustainable agriculture in the EU!
@EU_ENV committee votes in favour of support for #NGTs.
It will now go to a final vote before the full @Europarl_EN .
Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 retweeted
Wij vragen @ACOD_spoor om de spoorstaking van eind januari te heroverwegen. De impact op studenten en personeel in volle examenperiode is te groot @KU_Leuven @ugent @UAntwerpen @VUBrussel @uhasselt @rvdwalle @LucSels @BernardVheusden @DanckaertJan @VVStudenten
Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 retweeted
Great news from @FWOVlaanderen today. Together with the labs of Inge De Clercq @InorgssLab and @BarbaraConinck, we have received funding to study nature's genetic engineer: #Agrobacterium tumefaciens. @PSB_VIB @biosystkuleuven Job openings will follow soon!
