Hidden threats inside grapevines 🔎🍇

#GrapevineTrunkDiseases silently degrade wood years before symptoms appear ⚠️

Our approach uses #MRI to detect early damage and track pathogens—non-destructively and in 4D (3D+time) 🔬🧑‍🔬

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.pl...
@plantphenomics.bsky.social

Glad to present our grapevine #breeding programs to the French #Minister of #Agriculture, during her official visit to IFV headquarters last week. 🍇🌱✨

It was a good opportunity to share our work and upcoming French vine varieties! 🇫🇷

📍French Wine and Vine Institute
Le Grau-du-Roi, France

Exciting news! 📰
Our open-access tool for 3D+t registration #FIJIYAMA used has been effectively utilized to align #CT and #MRI models in a study on small animal #brain #surgery 🧠🔬

#Research #MedicalImaging

Study here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jn...
Fijiyama here: doi.org/10.1093/bioi...

Did you know grapevines suffer from “silent” internal diseases?
#GrapevineTrunkDiseases decay wood long before leaf symptoms appear. 😱💀🍇

We developed a way to "see" this damage early using high-tech #MRI scans, detecting the #pathogen without hurting the plant ! 🤩🧲🔬

👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.pl...

study from @lamizantrop.bsky.social, @gaellerecher.bsky.social

New study maps micro-tissue pressures, revealing how rigidity gradients drive #tumor growth.
Our #Fijiyama plugin enabled precise #3D image registration for accurate tracking!👍🤓

🔗Study: doi.org/10.1016/j.ac... 🔗FIJIYAMA: doi.org/10.1093/bioi...
#CancerResearch #BioImaging

@romainbioimage.bsky.social @loic-lecunff.bsky.social

New publication in @plantphenomics.bsky.social ! 🍇
We mapped #3D fungal spread in grapevine wood using #MRI, revealing patterns invisible to the naked eye.
Precision #phenotyping forvineyards!

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.pl...

👉@IFV @cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @cnrs.fr
#imaging #plant

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... coming soon ! 😉

We’re capturing high-resolution 3D images of their internal structures, fully non-invasively — using a scanner originally designed for imaging human 👫 and small animal 🐷🐭…
…and recently used on Egyptian mummies 👀!

📌 A promising step forward for plant studies using multi-energy imaging 🌱

The scanner is on, the plants are ready 🌿🔬

Using the SPCCT scanner, we’re capturing detailed 3D images of their inner structures, non-destructively.

🤝 Partners with @Tridilogy @IFV @CIRAD and #CREATIS-INSA

#VITIMAGE #SMIYC #SPCCT #PlantImaging #3D #Xrays

night vine plants in an IFV greenhouse

Vine plants packed in a car for travel to the imaging laboratory in Lyon, France.

𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 are packed and ready for their trip to Lyon, France! 🍇🚛

Early departure today: I'm heading to the CREATIS-INSA lab to test their cutting-edge 𝐒𝐏𝐂𝐂𝐓 𝟑𝐃 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 — to peek inside their trunks and... uncover hidden secrets ? 👀🌱

#VITIMAGE #SMIYC #SPCCT #PlantImaging #CREATIS #3D #Xrays @IFV

Dateable plastic from the Rokin nest made by common coots in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, deposited in the collection of Museon-Omniversum, The Hague, The Netherlands, with registration number 239120. Photographs: Auke-Florian Hiemstra.

Researchers dug through the layers in several urban nests, two of which were found to have a particularly ‘rich stratigraphy’ of historical plastic.

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Incredible close-up of colourful crab spiders — March’s best science images The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.

Astonishing !!! 😍

➡️ www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

🎯 "𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑠.
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑘, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠. 
...
𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑧𝑧𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 & 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚." 🤔🤔🤔

🔍 Brilliantly pointed out by @fabricearfi.bsky.social ! 👏

Enfin, on parle de l’essentiel dans cette affaire ! 📌
A savoir:
👉 "Un système organisé, systématique, de détournement de plusieurs millions d’euros au préjudice du contribuable."
👉 "Une violation de la loi pénale."
👉 24 personnes condamnées !
👉 2e condamnation du RN (cf. kits de campagne).
Merci! 🙌

Phenological stage of the vine when the leaves begin to emerge from buds Black and white photo

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phenological stage of the vine when the leaves begin to appear

potted vine plant in a greenhouse

🌱 Monitoring the phenological development of grapevine varieties in two greenhouses: one reflecting 2025 conditions, the other simulating the predicted temperature & CO₂ levels for 2050. 🍇 🌡️⛅📈📉

🌍 PRIMA-SUSTEMICROP project
🤝 INRAE & IFV.

#ClimateChange #SustainableAgriculture #Viticulture #Research

Absolutely! Calling out corruption isn’t “victimization”—it’s justice. ⚖️
Le Pen wasn’t silenced; she was held accountable for orchestrating a €4.1M scam—along with 24 of her partners (incl 9 former MEPs, 12 parliamentary assist, 3 party members).
Democracy wins when the law applies to all. #Justice

➡️ Marine Le Pen, far-right leader, found guilty of embezzling public funds—facing 2 years in prison. 🚔

After orchestrating the theft of public money, not being able to run for office isn’t censorship… it’s just COMMON SENSE !! 🤷‍♂️

Justice must prevail—no exceptions, no impunity.
⚖️ 🇫🇷 #Justice

🌱 Preparing vine plants to test their behavior in a greenhouse simulating the temperature and CO₂ levels expected in 2050.🍇 🌡️⛅📈📉

🌍 PRIMA-SUSTEMICROP Project – with @inrae-france.bsky.social & IFV.

#ClimateChange #SustainableAgriculture #Viticulture #Research

"We should have said no. Resisted more. But how? It all happens so fast—there’s work, everyday worries. Others give in too, just to have some peace"

"We had accepted, little by little, out of habit. We didn’t think too much, we just followed the rule."
Brown Morning, Franck Pavloff

Reminds me of the book #BrownMorning 📖 by Franck Pavloff—a chilling warning of how freedoms erode, one rule at a time… Until it’s too late! 🚨🤐

French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched

A French scientist was denied entry to the U.S. for private messages criticizing Trump.
Nice way of protecting free speech, Vance…! 🤐
#FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Larson Demands Answers from Musk-Trump and House Republicans on Social Security YouTube video by Rep. John Larson

“If he’s so great, if these plans and all the fraud abuse that he’s found are so eminent, why isn’t he here explaining it ?”

Rep. John Larson in the House Ways and Means Committee discussion on DOGE oversight. 🙌

🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MJD...

#standupforscience events in several cities in France today! 🇫🇷
🔬👩‍🔬👨‍🔬
Stand Up for Science – because science is for everyone.

@standupforscience.bsky.social
More information on worldwide events : www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/

Merheb, J., Chalak, L., Roux, C. et al. Exploring the genetic diversity of Lebanon’s underexploited grapevine resources. Genet Resour Crop Evol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-024-02203-z

Exploring the genetic diversity of Lebanon’s underexploited grapevine resources - Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution Lebanon’s well-documented history in grape cultivation and winemaking dates back millennia, intertwining with its cultural heritage and landscape. However, until recent years, Lebanon’s grapevine gene...

🍇✨ Exploring the genetic diversity of Lebanon’s grapevine varieties highlighted their rich heritage and potential for sustainable viticulture. 🌱🔬

🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#SUSTEMICROP project #PRIMA
sustemicrop.eu
#Grapevine #GeneticDiversity #Viticulture
@INRAE @IFV

International Day of Women and Girls in Science | United Nations The purpose of the day is to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls.

✨ Today, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! ✨

To all the women and girls who innovate, discover, and push the boundaries of knowledge—your passion and perseverance inspire the world. 💡🔬🚀👩‍🔬

#WomenInScience #IDWGS

www.un.org/en/observanc...