Plant biologist and lecturer at Utrecht University Translational Plant Biology,studying insect-microbe-plant interactions 🪲🐞 🦋🦠🔬🧫🌱🌿🌳https://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3mllfxjkxr224Just received this interesting work about assessment, didactics, learning and developing (in Dutch). I hope to obtain some interesting insights from it that I can use as a teacher. Looking forward to reading it. #teaching #didactics #education11 May 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllfxjkxr224https://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3mdbh7t67fs26Amazing northern lights last Monday and Tuesday in the Netherlands. #aurora #northernlight25 Jan 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdbh7t67fs26https://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3m2lzvjgcvs24A very nice talk by Aileen at the BioSB HotTopics & NIME microbial ecology symposium on Fusarium plant pathogens in tortoise leaf beetle symbiosis. Fusarium protects the beetle against predation and the beetle acts as a plant pathogen vector. @berasymbionts.bsky.social #symbiosis #insects #fusarium07 Oct 2025 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2lzvjgcvs24https://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lzytis2vzs2eA little bit of northern lights in the Netherlands tonight #northernlights #aurora #noorderlicht29 Sep 2025 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzytis2vzs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lzlthfe7ls2tWhat I did last weekend? I Collected 182 invasive pest insects for my research. #SouthernGreenShieldbug #Nezaraviridula #Entomology #PlantScience #Stinkbug24 Sep 2025 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzlthfe7ls2thttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lvdzxipyys22Incredible flower of my Stapelia hybrid carrion plant. Yes she stinks, but it is all woth it. #carrionflower #Stapelia #plant01 Aug 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvdzxipyys22https://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lvdzfkokqc22Incredible to see the great camouflage of this shark moth (Cucullia umbratica). #insects #Entomology #moths01 Aug 2025 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvdzfkokqc22https://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3luaa4fuzz226The Plant-Microbe Interactions group of @cornepieterse.bsky.social was well represented at #2025ISMPMI. Great to see all the interesting work that they do during one of the final presentations. @svanwees.bsky.social, @rlberendsen.bsky.social, @arsheed-sheikh.bsky.social #plantscience18 Jul 2025 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3luaa4fuzz226https://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lu5a6ptioc2kEven the chairs at our hotel are really sciency #2025ISMPMI17 Jul 2025 05:46 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu5a6ptioc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lu44cnykuk2cLast session of the day, starting at 21:00. Very long day at #2025ISMPMI.16 Jul 2025 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu44cnykuk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lu3rmfsius2fA really nice insect talk by @nataliagupa.bsky.social. #2025ISMPMI16 Jul 2025 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3rmfsius2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lu3r4awwbk2fIt was a pleasure to present our work on ‘the role of pest-associated microbes in insect-plant interactions’ at the #2025ISMPMI congress in Cologne. @mrogowska.bsky.social, @cuwelte.bsky.social, @robertsjansen.bsky.social, @guidopmi.bsky.social16 Jul 2025 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3r4awwbk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lu34bx2rrs2bNice tags for different occasions during #2025ISMPMI16 Jul 2025 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu34bx2rrs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lu3433wsxs2bNice and visual talk by Soyon Park about parasitic plant bidirectional communication with their host plant. #2025ISMPMI #parasiticplants #plantscience16 Jul 2025 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3433wsxs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lu2wi6l7ic2qAnother rare animal living in our garden (Achterhoek, the Netherlands), the paper wasp Polistes nimpha. #paperwasp #wasps #entomology #biodiversity16 Jul 2025 07:47 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu2wi6l7ic2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lu2txaqq3k2qReally cool talk by Talia Karasov on how headless phages (tailocins) kill non-self bacteria, shaping bacterial populations. #2025MPMI #plantscience #microbiology #phages16 Jul 2025 07:02 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu2txaqq3k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lu2s6nz2t22eCome and find me today at my #2025ISMPMI poster (nr 235) if you are interested in insect-associated microbes and their effect on insect-plant interactions. #plantscience #insectscience16 Jul 2025 06:30 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu2s6nz2t22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3ltzp35jyqk2uCome and find me at my poster (Wed 13:30-15:15, P-235) or at my talk on “the role of pest-associated microbes in insect-plant interactions” (Wed 16:15, room P+Q). #2025MPMI #plantscience #insectscience [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2025 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltzp35jyqk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3ltyfzbe4m22tHow the choice of words makes insect excrement research sound fancy “frassomics”. Finally an insect talk at #2025ISMPMI congress by Dapeng Li. #plantscience #insectscience15 Jul 2025 07:47 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyfzbe4m22thttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3ltyclokcus2hAmazing talk by Xin Li about Sclerotinia (plant pathogen) ascospores that have two nuclei to house their chromosomes. Also another plant pathogen, Botrytis, has multiple nuclei. I never realized this! Really cool to see how having two nuclei functions in mitosis and meiosis. #2025MPMI15 Jul 2025 06:46 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyclokcus2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lty7h6hfjs26Enjoying the evening with Translational Plant Biology colleagues at the Rhine river in Cologne after an inspiring day of #2025ISMPMI congress. #plantscience15 Jul 2025 05:50 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lty7h6hfjs26https://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3ltwteigiz224Amazing to see so many (~1280) dedicated plant scientists following all the talks in an intense #2025ISMPMI program.14 Jul 2025 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltwteigiz224https://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3ltvz7cpi5s26Really interesting talk by Macarena about how Pseudomonas can colonize root nodules and how it influences nitrogen fixation #2025ISMPMI14 Jul 2025 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltvz7cpi5s26https://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lttxfadvyc25There we go, #2025ISMPMI congress on molecular plant-microbe interactions. #plantscience13 Jul 2025 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lttxfadvyc25https://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3ltt5ssbdfs2mOn my way to #2025ISMPMI congress (Cologne, Germany) by train from Ruurlo the Netherlands. #plantscience13 Jul 2025 05:37 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltt5ssbdfs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lsqqg7trls2hNo better way for a biologist to start the summer holiday. Bought myself a new camera (Nikon Z8 + 105mm) and photograped the very rare thick-headed fly (Abrachyglossum capitatum) and the rare European treefrog (Hyla arborea) in my garden. #Nikon #biology #treefrog #diptera29 Jun 2025 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsqqg7trls2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3ls2zirrlps2kLook at these beautiful box bug nymphs (Gonocerus acuteangulatus)! They look like small dragons with spikes on their backs. #insects #shieldbugs20 Jun 2025 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls2zirrlps2khttps://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lr7glecbbk22Just love going out into the garden and explore nature….this is crown rust (Puccinia coronata), a pathogen to many oats, on its alternative host glossy buckthorn (Fangula alnus). Isn’t it beautiful? #phytopathology #plantpathogen #crownrust #Puccinia09 Jun 2025 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr7glecbbk22https://bsky.app/profile/scoolen.bsky.social/post/3lozzzsli6s2qCheck out the #FEMSmicroBlog from Magda on our insect symbiont Sodalis nezarae, isolated from the Southern green schieldbug. #microbiology #entomology #symbiont #science @mrogowska.bsky.social @cuwelte.bsky.social @robertsjansen.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2025 08:12 +0000at://did:plc:7graoltec2q2hqz3zvcof6be/app.bsky.feed.post/3lozzzsli6s2q