Kiki Spaninks
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. K. Spaninks
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 4835
- k.spaninks@biology.leidenuniv.nl
Kiki Spaninks is associated with the Plant Cluster as a teacher and researcher. Her teaching activities include several BSc courses in the field of Molecular Biotechnology. Her research is aimed at investigating the shoot-to-root signaling molecules during various aspects of plant development.
Research
As a PhD student and a Post-doc researcher, Kiki has worked together with Remko Offringa on plant developmental biology. As part of the LED it be 50% consortium (in collaboration with other Dutch universities and biotechnology companies) she investigated how different colors of light affect the early development of Arabidopsis thaliana and tomato plants. As part of the LettuceKnow consortium she worked on tipburn incidence in different lettuce accessions. Currently she is starting up a new project that investigates how signaling molecules that travel between the shoot and root influence various aspects of plant development.
Teaching
Kiki teaches in the following courses: Moleculaire Biologie (2nd year BSc), Moleculaire Genetica van planten en microben (2nd year BSc), Ontwikkelingsbiologie Dier en Plant (2nd year BSc) and Plant Biotechnology (3rd year BSc).
BSc and MSc students are always welcome to apply for an internship under my supervision.
Extra activities
member of the Education Committee Biology
Assistant professor
- Science
- Instituut Biologie Leiden
- IBL Plant Sciences
- Spaninks K. (10 May 2023), Control of early plant development by light quality (Dissertatie. Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), Faculty of Science, Leiden University). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Offringa R. & Hooykaas P.J.J., Ieperen W. van.
- Spaninks K., Lamers G.E.M., Lieshout J. van & Offringa R. (2023), Light quality regulates apical and primary radial growth of Arabidopsis thaliana and Solanum lycopersicum, Scientia Horticulturae 317: 112082.
- Spaninks K. & Offringa R. (2023), Local phytochrome signalling limits root growth in light by repressing auxin biosynthesis, Journal of Experimental Botany 74(15): 4642-4653.
- Spaninks K., Lieshout J. van, Ieperen W. van & Offringa R. (2020), Regulation of early plant development by red and blue light: a comparative analysis between Arabidopsis thaliana and Solanum lycopersicum, Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 599982.