Graduated at the Utrecht University in 1999, in plant physiology.
Gained my PhD at the Utrecht University in 2004, on "Expansins in submergence-induced petiole elongation of Rumex palustris: kinetics and regulation".
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Conference contributions
Vreeburg, R.A.M and Fry, S.C. Apoplastic hydroxyl radicals and their possible in-vivo action on textural polysaccharides in ripening fruit tissues. Poster presented at the X Cell Wall meeting 2004, Sorrento (Italy)
Vreeburg, R.A.M. Apoplastic hydroxyl radicals and their possible action on textural polysaccharides in ripening fruit tissues. Presentation during the Annual Scottish Plant Molecular Biology Meeting 2005.
Vreeburg, R.A.M. Hydroxyl radical attack on cell wall polymers: is it involved in fruit softening? Presentation during the 15th Scottish Cell Wall Group Meeting 2005, Edinburgh.
Publications
R.A.M. Vreeburg, J.J. Benschop, A.J.M. Peeters, T.D. Colmer, A.H.M. Ammerlaan, M. Staal, T.M. Elzenga, R.H.J. Staals, C.P. Darley, S.J. McQueen-Mason, L.A.C.J. Voesenek (2005). Ethylene regulates fast apoplastic acidification and expansin A transcription during submergence-induced petiole elongation in Rumex palustris. The Plant Journal 43: 597-610.
R.A.M. Vreeburg, S.C. Fry (2005) Reactive oxygen species in cell walls. In: ‘Antioxidants and Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants’, Blackwell, Oxford. Edited by N. Smirnoff. pp 215-249.
J.J. Benschop, M.B. Jackson, K. Guhl, R.A.M. Vreeburg, S.J. Croker, A.J.M. Peeters, L.A.C.J. Voesenek (2005). Contrasting interactions between ethylene and abscisic acid in Rumex species differing in submergence tolerance. The Plant Journal 44: 756-768.
M.C.H. Cox, J.J. Benschop, R.A.M Vreeburg, C.A.M. Wagemakers, T. Moritz, A.J.M. Peeters, L.A.C.J. Voesenek (2004). The roles of ethylene, auxin, abscisic acid, and gibberellin in the hyponastic growth of submerged Rumex palustris petioles. Plant Physiology 136:2948-2960.
L.A.C.J. Voesenek, J.J. Benschop, J. Bou, M.C.H. Cox, H.W. Groeneveld, F.F. Millenaar, R.A.M. Vreeburg, A.J.M. Peeters (2003). Interactions between plant hormones regulate submergence-induced shoot elongation in the flooding-tolerant dicot Rumex palustris. Annals of Botany 91:205-211.
A.J.M. Peeters, M.C.H. Cox, J.J. Benschop, R.A.M. Vreeburg, J. Bou, L.A.C.J. Voesenek (2002). Submergence research using Rumex palustris as a model; looking back and going forward. Journal of Experimental Botany 53:391-398.