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Roots in Salt

@WUR Plant Physiology

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  • Lab News
  • Research
  • The Team
    • Christa Testerink (Professor of Plant Physiology)
    • Charlotte Gommers (Assistant professor)
    • Rumyana Karlova (Assistant professor)
    • Thijs de Zeeuw (Technician)
    • Pinelopi Kokkinopoulou (Technician)
    • Parvinderdeep S. Kahlon (Post-Doc)
    • Joram Dongus (Researcher)
    • Jenny Saile (Post-doc)
    • Francesca Giaume (Post-doc)
    • Ton Winkelmolen (Post-doc)
    • Asif Ahmed (Post-Doc)
    • Kilian Duijts (PhD candidate)
    • Yiyun Li (PhD candidate)
    • Silvia Bugallo Alfageme (PhD candidate)
    • Minnie Leong (PhD candidate)
    • Yu Him Tang (PhD candidate)
    • Jielin Wang (PhD candidate)
    • Sofía Ortega (PhD candidate)
  • Student projects
    • MSc project: Splice to Survive: Increasing Salt Stress Resilience through Alternative Splicing
    • MSc project: Halotropism- Why does root grow away from salt?
    • MSc project: Shoot for the stars with CRISPR 
    • MSc project: Salt signalling – at the root of salt stress 
    • MSc/BSc Project: Characterization of transcription factors involved in root developmental salinity response
    • MSc project: Mapping the salt-induced gene regulatory network that guides root branching 
    • MSc project: Prediction and validation of protein dimerization
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Welcome to the Roots in Salt lab. We investigate how plants deal with salt stress. Our lab is part of the Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, and is led by prof. Christa Testerink. Here, you can find information about our research, the team, opportunities to join the team, and the latest lab news.

Research

Learn all about our research.

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The Team

Introducing the roots in salt team.

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Latest paper on rapid elemental profiling using monochromatic XRF

New accurate method for rapid elemental profiling using monochromatic X-ray fluorescence (MXRF) enables accurate analysis of plant samples as small as 1 mg.

Read more Latest paper on rapid elemental profiling using monochromatic XRF

Recent Posts

  • Latest paper on rapid elemental profiling using monochromatic XRF July 22, 2026
  • BioRxiv Alert: On SAUERKRAUT, the floral transition and salt stress! May 11, 2026
  • “Partners in crime” – Warm temperature and mild water stress cooperatively promote root elongation August 15, 2025
  • Now on PNAS- Abscisic acid signaling gates salt-specific responses of plant roots February 27, 2025
  • Our latest paper explained “in a nutshell”– LBD16 and Root branching under salt June 11, 2024
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Available student projects

MSc project: How does salt stress affect plant lateral root development?

BSc: Novel candidate genes in salt sensing from natural variation screening (GWAS)

BSc/MSc: Unraveling the sodium sensing mechanism in plants

 

 

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