Hello, nice that you like to get to know me. I am Femke de Jong. I got my PhD in plant science in 2007, with a study about which proteins are involved in the regeneration of plants. Following this I worked some years as a scientist.

In that time, I worked on among other things on the spliceosome, how glucose and nitrogen regulate the growth of plants, the discovery of metabolic biosynthesis pathways in willows, and how stress is influencing membrane lipids. About those topics I published multiple scientific papers.

I addition in my time as a researcher I supervised multiple students, both in the lab as well as with the writing of their reports and thesis.

Some years ago, I realized that I liked reading and writing about plant science just as much, if not more than doing research. Since then, I am working as a freelance science journalist. Here you can find some articles I wrote.

In addition, I give advice how to write better scientific articles. Here you can find more information about that.

Furthermore, I am transforming PhD theses into Thesis Glossies. Here you can find more information about that.

And then I also write a weekly blog about plant science.

Further, in my free time, I like going on walks, cups of thee, crocheting, and reading. You can follow me on BlueSky @plantenzo.bsky.social and on LinkedIn