Kitty Vijverberg

Plant biologist, interested in plant reproduction, development and evolution

[The Cure @thecure]

BEDANKT PINKPOP!

[Piotr Ziolkowski @Piotraz1]

📣Plant Meiosis Meeting is back for its second edition‼️
Save the date: 9–11 September 2026, Poznań, Poland🌱

More details coming soon🤩

[Charlie Underwood @charliesousbois]

Our new review article “To infinity and beyond: recent progress, bottlenecks, and potential of clonal seeds by apomixis” is now published open access in @ThePlantJournal
https://t.co/ymLNAvHhLe.... @Radboud_Uni

[Colombo Lab PlantDev UNIMI @LabColombo]

We are excited to announce that our paper on the high-resolution characterization of #apomixis has been published in @JXBot ! Dive into the article for new insights into the regulation of diplospory in Asteraceae 🌻 https://t.co/5Q2ql06gLV

[Kitty Vijverberg @kvijverberg]

@dolfweijers @MinOCW Wow, Congrats Dolf & all

[Kitty Vijverberg @kvijverberg]

@charliesousbois @RIBESresearch @Radboud_Uni Congratulations Charlie. Nice opportunity, nice place. I wish you good luck 😊

[Wei Xiong @Way_Xiong]

Excited to share our latest research on using phylogenomic analysis to explore gene evolution of crucial transcription factors and their impact on floral development in Asteraceae family species. #EvolutionaryBiology #DandelionSequencing #FloralDevelopment #Phylogenomics

[Kitty Vijverberg @kvijverberg]

We present the genome sequences of sexual dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) and show lineage specificity of SEEDSTICK-, SEPALATA3- and TCP7-like genes in Asteraceae (subgroups), supported by dandelion floral transcriptome data, @WURplant, https://t.co/HZu1XPWutQ

[WUR Plant @WURplant]

Prof. dr. Ben Scheres has been appointed as Special Professor Applied Plant Developmental Biology @PDB_WUR: "It is an enormous challenge to bring fundamental research in the plant sciences to application." The chair is funded by @RijkZwaanNL. https://t.co/DTSEqh44wh

[Kitty Vijverberg @kvijverberg]

@charliesousbois Congrats Charlie !

[IASPRR @iasprr.bsky.social @iasprr]

@kvijverberg closes the first session with the comparative transcriptomics of egg apparatus in sexual, apomictic and parthenogenesis-deleted dandelions #apomixis2022

[Kitty Vijverberg @kvijverberg]

This 15 min. online lecture summarizes our results on the identification and verification of a parthenogenesis gene in plants, as recently published in @NatureGenet

[JRNLclub @JRNLclub]

.@kvijverberg discusses the identification of a gene for Parthenogenesis, the embryo development without fertilization, from apomictic dandelion and verified it in lettuce. @NatureGenet @WURplant @LincolnUniNZ @TakiiEurope @charliesousbois #JRNLclub https://t.co/2s4DqGvF6v

[Kitty Vijverberg @kvijverberg]

And another nice summary on our results on PARTHENOGENESIS on the website of the Netherlands Research Council: https://t.co/LarzXdYt9M

[Kitty Vijverberg @kvijverberg]

Nice summary of our results on PARTHENOGENESIS published in Nature Genetics

[Plantae @plantae_org]

Plant Science Research Weekly, Jan 21. https://t.co/sTGbbERDqV
Random mutations? Transposon ecosystems. Heat effects on wax & plastid protein biosynthesis. Transcriptomics of albino sweetpotato. T-responsive splicing. Parthenogenesis. How NPR1 toggles between SA & JA responses.

[Kitty Vijverberg @kvijverberg]

Very happy to share as a co-first author in @NatureGenet our findings on PARTHENOGENESIS in dandelion, in collaboration with @WUR, @Keygene, and others, with me particularly being responsible for the egg cell transcriptomics part https://t.co/NEuSejJK47; https://t.co/jt7moOZJgN

[Charlie Underwood @charliesousbois]

Excited to share our article on the isolation of a PARTHENOGENESIS gene @KeyGeneInfo @WUR from apomictic #Dandelion published @NatureGenet. This gene, facilitates clonal propagation of genetic information through seeds, in nature, for unlimited generations https://t.co/wS16HZG3NH

[Kitty Vijverberg @kvijverberg]

Nice summary of our recent publication on the role of the pappus in the dispersal capacity and adaptability of dandelions in Nature Today: https://t.co/QaBD1i4xIO

[Naturalis Evolutionary Ecology @EvoEcoNaturalis]

Blown away by this dandy dandelion paper! 🌱 A study on the development of the pappus; which plays an important role in the dispersal of the seeds! ✨ New work by our expert Kitty Vijverberg! Read more: https://t.co/eSByi6rNXd

[Kitty Vijverberg @kvijverberg]

The Pappus in dandelion and the adaptability of the outer floral whorl: https://t.co/I6Lrv3KDTn

[Julian Verdonk (@julianverdonk.bsky.social) @JulianVerdonk]

Rivaliteit doet de wetenschap geen goed https://t.co/WCsPSx2Kc6