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Flower Bioengineering Toolkit Series [1]: MELANIN!⚫️ We kick off our gene synthesis sponsored by @genewiz.bsky.social by testing some genes regulating a pigment we are all familiar with– Melanin (🧵 1/5)

#petunia in Porto, Portugal

New postdoc opportunity in our team! Topic is computational analysis of (meta)genomic data to study evolution of plant-microbiome interactions. Part of the AEGIS consortium (aegisearth.bio/en). Apply here: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p... Please RT!

Working hard

I found that H2O2 treatment of Petunia flowers creates a spotted pattern 😯 It's known oxidation degrades anthocyanins, but the pattern was unexpected! Any ideas @gardiner-lab.bsky.social @julianverdonk.eurosky.social ?

#Petunia in Washington DC

Pretty petunia #macro ❤️🤍❤️

Petunia #macro ❤️🤍❤️

Petunia on the campus of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, VA, USA #Petunia

Research stay in the Bargmann lab @bas-bargmann.bsky.social as Global Distinction Fellow to do some Petunia Protoplast TARGET experiments. Sorting and sequencing! @petuniaplatform.bsky.social @hortproductphyswur.bsky.social #PlantScience #Petunia

They are considered to be one of the blackest flowers in the world, although biologically they are a deep dark purple.💜🖤 #TwosDay #Flowers #FlowerReport #FlowerPhotography #FlowerSky #BloomScrolling #BloomSky #Photography #AltText #mobilephotography

Back from World Petunia Days 2026 in Rome 🌸 Great meeting — familiar faces, new ones, and excellent science. The petunia community keeps growing. Already looking forward to the next one! #Petunia #PlantScience #WorldPetuniaDays2026 #WPD2026

In Rome for the World Petunia Days 2026! #Petunia #WPD2026 #PlantScience

You might see some familar petunia's if you are walking through the Utrecht botanical gardens #fascinationofplantsday #Utrecht #UU

Petunia species called Midnight Gold

We teamed up with OpenFlower (@nickdesnoyer.bsky.social), a nonprofit creating designer flowers for art & education, to release 3 limited edition postcards! These flowers were powered by Whole Plasmid Sequencing from Plasmidsaurus. Want one? Just fill out the form! tinyurl.com/plasmidsauru...

Let's extract some DNA from a petunia leef together! 🧬🧵 1/n

Petunia hybrida has been bred into an incredible diversity of colors and patterns. Most arise from mutations in the anthocyanin pathway or post-transcriptional gene silencing that turns pigment genes on and off 🧬🎨

Friday 20 Feb 2026 (15:00 UvA Science Park) “From Fertilization to Flower Design” by @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social From live imaging of pollen tube–synergid interactions in Arabidopsis and Petunia @petuniaplatform.bsky.social to flower genetic design. Host: Francesca Quattrocchio 🌺#PlantScience

Save the Date: World Petunia Days 2026! Join us in Rome, June 3-5, for an inspiring scientific gathering amidst historic landmarks. Exchange innovative ideas in a collegial atmosphere. More details coming soon! We can't wait to welcome you to the Eternal City. #WPD2026 #Rome #ScienceMeetsHistory

Purple Petunias, 1925 by Georgia O'Keeffe #UnlockingWomensArt

Arabidopsis can be engineerded to smell as a rose! @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social and @atinygreencell.bsky.social that means we can also make it smell as a #Petunia!! #MetabolicEngineering #plantscience www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Precious lil petunia paws

Hello beautiful! #Petunia #PlantScience

Friday Flower 007: Petunia 💮✨ Petunias carry the active transposon dTph1, which powers mutant screens and paints stripey patterns as it jumps. Their five petals are fused, with diverse color designs tracing the corolla’s fusion seam.

Great that our research is resonating with the community! Check us out in the AD! #Scienceinthenews #flowerpower #research #UU www.ad.nl/utrecht/waar...

🌸 Did you know we have a website too! Visit the Petunia Platform to learn more about us! petuniaplatform.org 🔬 Research groups from 15+ institutions 📚 Model system resources & protocols 🏛️ World Petunia Days history since 2004 #PetuniaResearch #PlantScience #Botany #Research

#Petunia in the library! <3

#Petunia engineering! #PlantScience

Ever wonder how flower petals can make such amazing patterns? Me too, and thanks to @nwonieuws.bsky.social, we will get to find out! www.uu.nl/en/news/biol... @petuniaplatform.bsky.social #plantscience #UtrechtUniversity #NWO #flowers #epigenetics

#Petunia on Terschelling!

#Petunia in Amsterdam!

@nickdesnoyer.bsky.social thanks for the shirt. Now pos(t)ing with #Petunia

Petunias in Zwolle, the Netherlands #flowers

So I am absolutely going to host a Flower Design symposium in 2030. This is a formal call for designers. We have @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social with his beautiful Arabidopsis roses, and I'm likely giving my life to my Alice Petunia...but we need more people. Where you at?! SHOW US YOUR BLOOM PLANS

Friday Flower 001: Mimulus lewisii 🌸✨ Monkeyflowers are masterpieces of design with nectar-guide spots formed by an activator–inhibitor system of MYB transcription factors. These generate reaction–diffusion patterns across the ventral petal.

Petunias at the Triberger Wasserfälle, Germany #Petunia

Introducing the 1,000 Flower Collection 🧬🌹 I’m creating 1,000 genetically designed flowers each crafted with new colors, patterns, and shapes. Here’s how I’m making it happen… and how you can join me on this journey 🧵(1/7)

@nickdesnoyer.bsky.social are you thinking of other species? What about #Petunia?

Petunias in Cochem, DL on the Moselle

Its a wrap. It was a fantastic meeting, thanks to the wonderful organizing committee: Tomas, Sillas, and Javi! #wpd25 #Petunia #PlantScience

Final session, great talks by Jason Gardiner @gardiner-lab.bsky.social Katja Richert-Pöggeler, and Ta-Fang Lin #wpd25 #petunia #PlantScience

Very nice talks by Jere Vainio, Laetitia De Vanssay, and Nuran Calimli for the morning session #wpd25 #petunia #PlantScience

The afternoon session, with very nice talks by Nanna Bjarnholt, Natalia Dudareva, Ying Li, and Tomas Laursen #wpd25, #Petunia, #PlantScience