Organizing Committee

Andrés Romanowski (a.k.a.: Andre, Andrew, Andy), Wageningen University, NL. I am an Assistant Professor at WUR since 2023. I am interested in chrono/photobiology. In particular, my team works on timing of environmental signals and how this affects the plant body plan.

Jesse Küpers, Wageningen University, NL. I am a postdoc in the lab of Charlotte Gommers where I study how different colours of light affect seedling and chloroplast development. Before that, I studied how phytochrome signalling regulates leaf movement during my PhD in the lab of Ronald Pierik at Utrecht University.

Kyra van der Velde, Utrecht University/Wageningen University, NL. I am a PhD candidate in the photobiology lab of Ronald Pierik, and work on the integration of the shade signal that is perceived by the shoots and transduced by mobile factors to the roots of Arabidopsis seedlings.

Nicole Nieuwendijk, Utrecht University/Wageningen University, NL. I am a PhD candidate in the lab of Ronald Pierik. I study how local and full-plant shading affect petiole elongation in both Arabidopsis and Geranium.

Sanne Matton, Utrecht University/Wageningen University, NL. I am a PhD candidate in the lab of Ronald Pierik. I focus on further elucidating leaf movement upon far-red light perception, I am interested in how the site of perception determines the direction of the movement.