Sjors van der Horst

Dr. Sjors van der Horst is a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research. His work focuses on translational regulation during seed maturation and germination, with significant contributions to understanding RNA-binding proteins, polysome dynamics, and seed dormancy mechanisms.

• Affiliation: Wageningen University & Research
• Department: Laboratory of Plant Physiology

Van der Horst’s research integrates molecular biology and computational analysis to study seed development. Key themes include:

• Directional translational networks in seed biology
• mRNA storage and regulation during germination
• Polysemal profiling for gene expression dynamics

His recent work (2023) explores regulatory patterns in seed germination, building on earlier studies of monosome-associated mRNA regulation (2020) and polysomal profiling (2017). Van der Horst is currently leading a project on ribosomal sensors in plants, active from 2024 to 2026.

He has contributed to two datasets (2016, 2019) analyzing translational regulation in seeds, which remain widely shared across platforms like NCBI and Mendeley. Collaborations include researchers such as Dr. Baohua Bai, Prof. Linda Bentsink, and Prof. John Hanson.