The Coconut research guy; plant cryopreservation; nature photography; tree conservation; tree seed orchards PhD alumnus @KU_Leuven; Researcher @INBOVlaanderen
Belgium
Joined August 2010
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After more than 4 years of hard work on #coconut #micropropagation and #cryopreservation at @KU_Leuven, I successfully defended my #PhD 🥳.
A big thank you to all my friends, family and colleagues for their support!
@bart_panis @biosystkuleuven @CropBioLeuven @LeuvenPlantInst
#Publication alert! Together with Bart and Natalia (@BiovIntCIAT_eng) we developed a new #cryopreservation protocol for #coconut genetic resources, which is now published in cryoletters
Find the publication here doi.org/10.54680/fr256101103…
#palms #sciencenews #Conservation
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Fresh of the press, read our newest paper, which was made possible by @CopyTree_CA on the Challenges in the micropropagation of economically important fruit species in Europe. doi.org/10.1007/s11240-025-0…
#micropropagation #research
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70 #zaadboomgaarden en duizenden geënte en gestekte #planten later, kunnen we ons werk dat we gedaan hebben tijdens het project actieplan uitgangsnmateriaal voor autochtoon en #bosbouwkundig plantgoed eindelijk presenteren in dit lijvige rapport doi.org/10.21436/inbor.11615… – at Kortenberg, België
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Met één enkele kokosnoot een heel veld vol planten. Hannes Wilms @wilmske legt uit hoe 🌴 @eos_wetenschap @LeuvenPlantInst bit.ly/4eRcq7i
Citizen science in @GemKortenberg! In het kader van het #Craywatch van @INBOVlaanderen mocht ik enkele locaties bemonsteren. De afgelopen 6 dagen heb ik nog geen enkele invasieve rivierkreeft in mijn gemeente gespot 🥳. – at Kortenberg, België
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Vrijwilligers gezocht: zoek mee naar uitheemse rivierkreeften tijdens het Craywatch-project! Je hoeft hiervoor helemaal geen kreeftenexpert te zijn 🦞
Heb je tussen 15 juni en 15 oktober gedurende 5 opeenvolgende dagen een halfuurtje tijd vrij? En wil je meehelpen monitoren welke invasieve uitheemse rivierkreeften er in onze wateren aanwezig zijn, zodat we in de toekomst doelgerichte maatregelen kunnen nemen? Ga dan naar de website craywatch.inbo.be en meld je aan.
Craywatch organiseren we samen met het INBO (Research Institute for Nature and Forest - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek) In het filmpje zie je hoe het allemaal in zijn werk gaat.
#craywatch #baywatch #marmerkreeft #rivierkreeft #exoten #vrijwilligerswerk
Proud to present the status of our #seedorchard project in collaboration with @natuurenbos and the tree 🌳 nursery sector at the @IUFRO seedorchard conference. A whole year of hard work, presented in 20 minutes.
@INBOVlaanderen #tree #forests #forests – at Braşov, România
Interesting talk by our colleagues at @ILVOvlaanderen on the detection of #plant viruses and other pathogens at the @CopyTree_CA conference. Using HTS for fast screening of plants for #diseases!
@INBOVlaanderen @vlaanderen
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Final day of @CopyTree_CA conference, starting with a cool 🥶 topic #cryopreservation.
#plants #conservation #micropropagation
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Proud to represent @INBOVlaanderen at the @CopyTree_CA conference, presenting a talk on #Biotechnology, #plants and #micropropagation to in vitro and forestry experts.
#research #Forest
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Ready to present my work and that of my colleagues at the @CopyTree_CA conference. First a talk on transport and plant growth regulators, followed by a trip through memory lane on the #invitro work done @INBOVlaanderen.
#plants 🌳 #trees 🌴 #research
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Op het @INBOVlaanderen werk ik als #onderzoeker met #boomgaarden 🌳🌳, maar wel van een speciaal type. Maak kennis met de zaadboomgaard!
#bos #bomen #bosbouw #sierteelt #tree #forests
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Just attended an interesting conference at the @EU_Commission on planting #trees, tackling topics on policy, #research and practice. 3 billion new trees is still a long way to go but all involved parties are determined to plant more trees and hedges.
#3BillionTrees #forests
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"Do you already have a testtube plant at home?" With this sentence, I guide the reader through the concept of vegetative #plant propagation and the use of tissue culture in @eos_wetenschap #blogs.
You can read the full blog at (Dutch): eoswetenschap.eu/natuur-mili…
#plants #science
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Proud to share that one of my #phd chapters got published as chapter of this book on #coconut.
It tackles the in situ and ex situ #conservation methods that are used in coconut culture.
👇Link to chapter 👇
doi.org/10.1079/978178924973…
@bart_panis @BiovIntCIAT_eng @LeuvenPlantInst
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This is how we distribute healthy 🍌 plants around the world for research and for use by farming communities. Beautiful and impactful work of @BiovIntCIAT_eng from our In-Trust banana collection held at @KU_Leuven. @CGIAR
Happy to share this new publication in @ishs_hort of the #dragonfruit #cryopreservation #research we did at @CropBioLeuven. 🥳🥳
Find the paper here: Https://doi.org/10.17660/Act…
@LeuvenPlantInst @BiovIntCIAT_eng @biosystkuleuven @bart_panis #plants #pitaya #micropropagation
Tissue culture, a tool for #research, breeding & #conservation. Today was a nice day full of interesting talks of many professionals from Belgium and the Netherlands, including one from our colleagues of @ILVOvlaanderen. Interesting to see how they use this tool to innovate.
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