Kaisa Kajala
@kaisakajala.bsky.social
Associate professor at Utrecht University, loves plant cell types & regulatory networks and their evolution.
Finishing the symposium with our second keynote @apmahonen.bsky.social - so many cool and impactful stories rolled into his talk!
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Finishing the symposium with our second keynote @apmahonen.bsky.social - so many cool and impactful stories rolled into his talk!
EPS Theme 1 (plant development) symposium today in Utrecht!
Exciting talks so far and very lively Q&As! Proud to be part of this community 🌱
@epsgraduateschool.bsky.social
@violawillemsen.bsky.social
@renskevroomans.bsky.social
@uuplants.bsky.social
Exciting talks so far and very lively Q&As! Proud to be part of this community 🌱
@epsgraduateschool.bsky.social
@violawillemsen.bsky.social
@renskevroomans.bsky.social
@uuplants.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
EPS Theme 1 (plant development) symposium today in Utrecht!
Exciting talks so far and very lively Q&As! Proud to be part of this community 🌱
@epsgraduateschool.bsky.social
@violawillemsen.bsky.social
@renskevroomans.bsky.social
@uuplants.bsky.social
Exciting talks so far and very lively Q&As! Proud to be part of this community 🌱
@epsgraduateschool.bsky.social
@violawillemsen.bsky.social
@renskevroomans.bsky.social
@uuplants.bsky.social
What a beautiful talk by @lluginbuehl.bsky.social at the #ICAR2025 single cell session on evolution of cell-type-specificity during evolution of C4 photosynthesis! One my most favorite papers in the past years: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
What a beautiful talk by @lluginbuehl.bsky.social at the #ICAR2025 single cell session on evolution of cell-type-specificity during evolution of C4 photosynthesis! One my most favorite papers in the past years: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thank you for the speakers of the cell wall diversity session #ICAR2025, really highlighting the diversity of cell wall roles and approaches!
Also thank you @lauraragni.bsky.social for efficient co-organization!
Also thank you @lauraragni.bsky.social for efficient co-organization!
June 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Thank you for the speakers of the cell wall diversity session #ICAR2025, really highlighting the diversity of cell wall roles and approaches!
Also thank you @lauraragni.bsky.social for efficient co-organization!
Also thank you @lauraragni.bsky.social for efficient co-organization!
Very excited to organize the session Cell wall diversity in development & stress at #ICAR2025 with
@lauraragni.bsky.social
.
If you're considering joining us for only some of the talks, please note the timings listed in the photo!
🌱🔬🧬🪵🍾
@lauraragni.bsky.social
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If you're considering joining us for only some of the talks, please note the timings listed in the photo!
🌱🔬🧬🪵🍾
June 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Very excited to organize the session Cell wall diversity in development & stress at #ICAR2025 with
@lauraragni.bsky.social
.
If you're considering joining us for only some of the talks, please note the timings listed in the photo!
🌱🔬🧬🪵🍾
@lauraragni.bsky.social
.
If you're considering joining us for only some of the talks, please note the timings listed in the photo!
🌱🔬🧬🪵🍾
Excited to be at ICAR and to catch up with contacts I’ve not seen in a while… or never!
June 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Excited to be at ICAR and to catch up with contacts I’ve not seen in a while… or never!
I also finally visited Birmingham (as the 2020 plan was postponed) and got to meet the lovely @julietccoates.bsky.social in person and enjoy even more plant (science) inspiration.
I’ve forgotten how cool it is to visit colleagues just talk science! Thank you for having me!
I’ve forgotten how cool it is to visit colleagues just talk science! Thank you for having me!
May 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I also finally visited Birmingham (as the 2020 plan was postponed) and got to meet the lovely @julietccoates.bsky.social in person and enjoy even more plant (science) inspiration.
I’ve forgotten how cool it is to visit colleagues just talk science! Thank you for having me!
I’ve forgotten how cool it is to visit colleagues just talk science! Thank you for having me!
Last week I attended the @biologists.bsky.social workshop on Modeling Plant Stem Cells and it was pure decadence of exciting science in a stellar setting.
Very interactive format and super inspiring!
Thank you organizers @moneralee.bsky.social @renskevroomans.bsky.social Kirsten ten Tusscher! 🌱
Very interactive format and super inspiring!
Thank you organizers @moneralee.bsky.social @renskevroomans.bsky.social Kirsten ten Tusscher! 🌱
May 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Last week I attended the @biologists.bsky.social workshop on Modeling Plant Stem Cells and it was pure decadence of exciting science in a stellar setting.
Very interactive format and super inspiring!
Thank you organizers @moneralee.bsky.social @renskevroomans.bsky.social Kirsten ten Tusscher! 🌱
Very interactive format and super inspiring!
Thank you organizers @moneralee.bsky.social @renskevroomans.bsky.social Kirsten ten Tusscher! 🌱
Enjoying dinner & wine with the inventor of PI stain for root imaging and the sequencer of the NcoI recognition site. @violawillemsen.bsky.social @janelangdale.bsky.social
Thank you @biologists.bsky.social!
Thank you @biologists.bsky.social!
May 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Enjoying dinner & wine with the inventor of PI stain for root imaging and the sequencer of the NcoI recognition site. @violawillemsen.bsky.social @janelangdale.bsky.social
Thank you @biologists.bsky.social!
Thank you @biologists.bsky.social!
I was super #proudPI to see @riannekluck.bsky.social chair sessions and help organize the @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social Annual Meeting!
Here she’s introducing a keynote speaker to 500 attendees. 💪
Here she’s introducing a keynote speaker to 500 attendees. 💪
April 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I was super #proudPI to see @riannekluck.bsky.social chair sessions and help organize the @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social Annual Meeting!
Here she’s introducing a keynote speaker to 500 attendees. 💪
Here she’s introducing a keynote speaker to 500 attendees. 💪
Yet another great edition of @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social Annual Meeting in the books!
So delighted and a #ProudPI for @leonardojo.bsky.social winning the Young Research Award! Absolutely deserved!
So delighted and a #ProudPI for @leonardojo.bsky.social winning the Young Research Award! Absolutely deserved!
April 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Yet another great edition of @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social Annual Meeting in the books!
So delighted and a #ProudPI for @leonardojo.bsky.social winning the Young Research Award! Absolutely deserved!
So delighted and a #ProudPI for @leonardojo.bsky.social winning the Young Research Award! Absolutely deserved!
And the next Plant Cell Identity webinar by @keikoutorii.bsky.social and @justinwwalley.bsky.social is already next week!
Register here to see it live: bit.ly/PCAPCI_Webinar
Register here to see it live: bit.ly/PCAPCI_Webinar
March 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
And the next Plant Cell Identity webinar by @keikoutorii.bsky.social and @justinwwalley.bsky.social is already next week!
Register here to see it live: bit.ly/PCAPCI_Webinar
Register here to see it live: bit.ly/PCAPCI_Webinar
I really enjoyed hearing Ken Birnbaum's definitions of cell types and cell types at yesterday's Plant Cell Identity webinar by @plantcellatlas.bsky.social. In my talk I took an approach of defining cell types by various definitions, often finding an example where the definitions fail.
#PlantScience
#PlantScience
February 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I really enjoyed hearing Ken Birnbaum's definitions of cell types and cell types at yesterday's Plant Cell Identity webinar by @plantcellatlas.bsky.social. In my talk I took an approach of defining cell types by various definitions, often finding an example where the definitions fail.
#PlantScience
#PlantScience
We had the pleasure of hosting @joopvermeer.bsky.social at Utrecht yesterday! It was such a suberinteresting, fruitful visit!
February 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We had the pleasure of hosting @joopvermeer.bsky.social at Utrecht yesterday! It was such a suberinteresting, fruitful visit!
If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery. We can all use some beauty right now. (Vicia villosa I think and Leuchantenum vulgare, Utrecht, by the bike path)
January 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery. We can all use some beauty right now. (Vicia villosa I think and Leuchantenum vulgare, Utrecht, by the bike path)
Fun #MicroscopyMonday content: the aerial roots of my office orchid! Sectioned and fluorol yellow (suberin) stained by student in @dorotakawa.bsky.social lab.
December 9, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Fun #MicroscopyMonday content: the aerial roots of my office orchid! Sectioned and fluorol yellow (suberin) stained by student in @dorotakawa.bsky.social lab.
The second Plant Cell Identity webinar by PCA is coming next Tuesday (10th December)! It will be my pleasure the moderate the exciting talks from @rachelmshahan.bsky.social and Geoff Schiebinger.
If you haven't signed up for the series yet, you can do so here:
bit.ly/PCAPCI_Webinar
If you haven't signed up for the series yet, you can do so here:
bit.ly/PCAPCI_Webinar
December 6, 2024 at 8:24 AM
The second Plant Cell Identity webinar by PCA is coming next Tuesday (10th December)! It will be my pleasure the moderate the exciting talks from @rachelmshahan.bsky.social and Geoff Schiebinger.
If you haven't signed up for the series yet, you can do so here:
bit.ly/PCAPCI_Webinar
If you haven't signed up for the series yet, you can do so here:
bit.ly/PCAPCI_Webinar
Excited to host @bradylabs.bsky.social at our 10th anniversary Utrecht Science for Life conference!
🌱 🍅🍾
🌱 🍅🍾
December 2, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Excited to host @bradylabs.bsky.social at our 10th anniversary Utrecht Science for Life conference!
🌱 🍅🍾
🌱 🍅🍾
Extended deadline: Apply by 6th Dec for your funded early-career researcher place at our Workshop on 'Modelling Plant Stem Cells: Evolution, Development and Regeneration'
Organized by
@moneralee.bsky.social Kirsten ten Tussscher @renskevroomans.bsky.social
www.biologists.com/workshops/ma...
Organized by
@moneralee.bsky.social Kirsten ten Tussscher @renskevroomans.bsky.social
www.biologists.com/workshops/ma...
November 27, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Extended deadline: Apply by 6th Dec for your funded early-career researcher place at our Workshop on 'Modelling Plant Stem Cells: Evolution, Development and Regeneration'
Organized by
@moneralee.bsky.social Kirsten ten Tussscher @renskevroomans.bsky.social
www.biologists.com/workshops/ma...
Organized by
@moneralee.bsky.social Kirsten ten Tussscher @renskevroomans.bsky.social
www.biologists.com/workshops/ma...
Then, she tested if these expression responses were specific to tomato, and she found that the orthologs in Solanaceae shared the response, but in Fabaceae and Brassicaceae the response was not conserved.
5/6
5/6
November 19, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Then, she tested if these expression responses were specific to tomato, and she found that the orthologs in Solanaceae shared the response, but in Fabaceae and Brassicaceae the response was not conserved.
5/6
5/6
She found transcription factors that showed response in the central cylinder.
Linge really wanted to learn how to transform tomatoes 🍅, so she made transgenic lines to look at two of these TF promoters and they indeed drove expression in specific cell types.
4/6
Linge really wanted to learn how to transform tomatoes 🍅, so she made transgenic lines to look at two of these TF promoters and they indeed drove expression in specific cell types.
4/6
November 19, 2024 at 1:11 PM
She found transcription factors that showed response in the central cylinder.
Linge really wanted to learn how to transform tomatoes 🍅, so she made transgenic lines to look at two of these TF promoters and they indeed drove expression in specific cell types.
4/6
Linge really wanted to learn how to transform tomatoes 🍅, so she made transgenic lines to look at two of these TF promoters and they indeed drove expression in specific cell types.
4/6
In the new pre-print, Linge characterized what happens to the cellular morphology in the tomato internode response to FR. She found changes to the pith, and carried out transcriptomics of the central cylinder to see if she could ID the pith-specific processes.
3/6
3/6
November 19, 2024 at 1:11 PM
In the new pre-print, Linge characterized what happens to the cellular morphology in the tomato internode response to FR. She found changes to the pith, and carried out transcriptomics of the central cylinder to see if she could ID the pith-specific processes.
3/6
3/6
Everyone who is into (plant) cell types and their identity, development, evolution...
the Plant Cell Atlas has an exciting webinar series on how to define cell types, starting today (6pm CET)! 🌱🔬🧬
Register: bit.ly/PCAPCI_Webinar. The sessions will be recorded too.
the Plant Cell Atlas has an exciting webinar series on how to define cell types, starting today (6pm CET)! 🌱🔬🧬
Register: bit.ly/PCAPCI_Webinar. The sessions will be recorded too.
November 12, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Everyone who is into (plant) cell types and their identity, development, evolution...
the Plant Cell Atlas has an exciting webinar series on how to define cell types, starting today (6pm CET)! 🌱🔬🧬
Register: bit.ly/PCAPCI_Webinar. The sessions will be recorded too.
the Plant Cell Atlas has an exciting webinar series on how to define cell types, starting today (6pm CET)! 🌱🔬🧬
Register: bit.ly/PCAPCI_Webinar. The sessions will be recorded too.
Also, always cool to spot the use of ggPlantmap (doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...) in the wild!
October 30, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Also, always cool to spot the use of ggPlantmap (doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...) in the wild!
It has been a journey to put this paper together, and I want to congratulate all the co-first authors
@leonardojo.bsky.social @marianasartur.bsky.social Sara Buti and @riannekluck.bsky.social , and the collaborators
Alex Cantó-Pastor and @bradylabs.bsky.social ! 🥂🎉🥳 (5/5)
@leonardojo.bsky.social @marianasartur.bsky.social Sara Buti and @riannekluck.bsky.social , and the collaborators
Alex Cantó-Pastor and @bradylabs.bsky.social ! 🥂🎉🥳 (5/5)
October 28, 2024 at 6:58 PM
It has been a journey to put this paper together, and I want to congratulate all the co-first authors
@leonardojo.bsky.social @marianasartur.bsky.social Sara Buti and @riannekluck.bsky.social , and the collaborators
Alex Cantó-Pastor and @bradylabs.bsky.social ! 🥂🎉🥳 (5/5)
@leonardojo.bsky.social @marianasartur.bsky.social Sara Buti and @riannekluck.bsky.social , and the collaborators
Alex Cantó-Pastor and @bradylabs.bsky.social ! 🥂🎉🥳 (5/5)