Sofie Vranken

Marine ecologist with a passion for seaweed diversity & evolution. Postdoc @PhycologyUgent
@vrsofie.bsky.social

[Sofie Vranken @vranken_sofie]

@PSAAlgae @JPhycology @MINNEAntoine

[Kenny Bogaert @BogaertKenny]

Excited to share the Phaeoexplorer paper out today in Cell: Evolutionary genomics of the emergence of brown algae as key components of coastal ecosystems! 🌊 Including the genome of Dictyota dichotoma and many more! https://t.co/4rM2YGhmuU #Seaweed

[John Griffin @JNGriffy]

*PhD opportunity*: I’ll shortly be advertising a project linking seaweed traits to blue carbon in the context of climate change. Please contact me via email (j.n.griffin at swansea. ac. uk) if potentially interested. More details to follow.

[Sofie Vranken @vranken_sofie]

@sarahgalerie @TheJourney2050 It's spreading at an insane rate! Such a sad and frightening situation😣. At @PhycologyUgent, one of our students is working on this. Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!

[S. Lorena Ament @LoreAment]

What is your favorite latest genome assembler that uses Illumina reads? I want to see what people are doing these days, please retweet 🙏

#genomics #Illumina #bioinformatics

[Samuel Starko @SamStarko]

Why are the impacts of #climatechange so variable? Excited to share our new review paper in @GlobalChangeBio which explores the role of local environmental variation in mediating the impacts of extreme marine heatwaves

@UWAresearch @ForrestResearch

https://t.co/pedLKVoqA3

[George Wood @GeorgeValentin_]

📣 PhD students wanted: Future-proofing seaweeds on the #greatsouthernreef 🥬 Lead meaningful research in a global biodiversity hotspot 🐠🏄‍♀️🌊 Email me CV and letter of motivation or get in touch for more info

[Karen Filbee-Dexter @Filbeek]

Global #seaweed forests export 56 million tonnes of carbon (15% of their production) to the deep ocean annually. These biodiverse #blueforests are overlooked in the global ocean #carbon budget. We provide national estimates of this C #sink https://t.co/GB4m7UYUnz @NatureGeosci

[Sofie Vranken @vranken_sofie]

Looking for a PhD and interested in #GeneEditing #seaweeds? Take this opportunity and come and join our lab! 👇 🌊🧬

[Jonas Blomme @JambenSloom]

❗️Two weeks left to apply for this position! ❗️
#phd #phycology #CRISPR #carboncapture #ulva

[Karen Filbee-Dexter @Filbeek]

How effective are #MPAs for conserving #kelp #forests? Our perspective shows they can help with some drivers of loss like grazing, but often fail to protect against ocean warming and coastal darkening - 2 main reasons we are losing kelp forests globally! https://t.co/arCzLYq5Ft

[Jonas Blomme @JambenSloom]

Just out: our Mini Review on Genome Editing in Macroalgae.

We examine the current state and challenges of genome editing in #seaweeds. We tried to chart a way forward and discuss #applications.

I hope we can inspire some phycologists!

https://t.co/jASOhsszCx
#crispr

[Sofie Vranken @vranken_sofie]

@Pieter_Vtieghem We use the pendants and leave them for multiple months on site🌊 until we replace them. You can get different storage capacities. I'll send you the details .

[Sofie Vranken @vranken_sofie]

@Pieter_Vtieghem We use the Onset hobo loggers.

[Albert Pessarrodona @pessa_3]

Can seaweed farming lead to climate change mitigation?🌿🌊Seaweed farming is increasingly considered as an important strategy for carbon dioxide removal (CDR). But how much carbon do seaweed farms currently remove? Let's unravel the findings! 🧵👇 https://t.co/uqsWnC0ZKP

[Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig]

Interesting read @NatureClimate

@Masashi_Soga & @KevinJGaston
Extinction of experience due to climate change

https://t.co/JUWExwR8Ps

[Brandon M. Lind @iowensis]

Very happy to announce the release of my newest manuscript with Katie Lotterhos @Northeastern ! (1 / n)

[Jessica Knoop @knoop_jessica]

Super happy about exciting experiments ongoing with our young #Palmaria @PhycologyUgent & @eleichix,
@BLUEGent_

[David Ho @_david_ho_]

The IPCC should hire the BBC’s graphics team for AR7.

[Sofie Vranken @vranken_sofie]

@SoriaDelva @_KVAB Congrats, Soria!

[Karen Filbee-Dexter @Filbeek]

Underwater rivers export up to 50% of #kelp #carbon from shallow reefs to deep ocean, with potential for #sequestration. Our new paper shows dense shelf water transport is a major mechanism for kelp export off Australia's #GreatSouthernReef and elsewhere! https://t.co/Jp2UxE13H0