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Plant Science and Agronomy
Netherlands
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
91
Citations
37309
World Ranking
258
National Ranking
9

Molecular Biology

D-Index
91
Citations
37291
World Ranking
717
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2006 - Spinoza Prize, Dutch Research Council
  • 2004 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Ben Scheres is a researcher affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their work primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Plant Science and Molecular Biology.

Their research topics include:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways

Several recent publications demonstrate the scope of their research. These include:

  • Cell-by-cell dissection of phloem development links a maturation gradient to cell specialization, 2021, Science
  • A reflux-and-growth mechanism explains oscillatory patterning of lateral root branching sites, 2021, Developmental Cell
  • On salt stress, PLETHORA signaling maintains root meristems, 2023, Developmental Cell
  • A coherent feed-forward loop drives vascular regeneration in damaged aerial organs of plants growing in a normal developmental context, 2020, Development
  • Analysis of phloem trajectory links tissue maturation to cell specialization, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Viola Willemsen
  • Renze Heidstra
  • Merijn H. L. Kerstens
  • Hugo Hofhuis
  • Michael D. Nodine

Ben Scheres has publications mostly found in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Development
  • Developmental Cell
  • The Plant Cell
  • Science

Their recognized contributions to science are reflected by awards such as the Spinoza Prize from the Dutch Research Council in 2006 and membership in prestigious organizations like the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • The PIN auxin efflux facilitator network controls growth and patterning in Arabidopsis roots

    Ikram Blilou;Jian Xu;Marjolein Wildwater;Viola Willemsen

  • Cellular organisation of the Arabidopsis thaliana root

    Liam Dolan;Kees Janmaat;Viola Willemsen;Paul Linstead

  • An auxin-dependent distal organizer of pattern and polarity in the Arabidopsis root

    Sabrina Sabatini;Dimitris Beis;Harald Wolkenfelt;Jane Murfett

  • The PLETHORA Genes Mediate Patterning of the Arabidopsis Root Stem Cell Niche

    Mitsuhiro Aida;Dimitris Beis;Renze Heidstra;Viola Willemsen

  • Conserved factors regulate signalling in Arabidopsis thaliana shoot and root stem cell organizers

    Ananda K. Sarkar;Marijn Luijten;Shunsuke Miyashima;Michael Lenhard;Michael Lenhard

  • AtPIN4 Mediates Sink-Driven Auxin Gradients and Root Patterning in Arabidopsis

    Jiřı́ Friml;Eva Benková;Ikram Blilou;Justyna Wisniewska

  • Polar PIN localization directs auxin flow in plants.

    Justyna Wiśniewska;Jian Xu;Jian Xu;Daniela Seifertová;Daniela Seifertová;Philip B. Brewer;Philip B. Brewer

  • Auxin transport is sufficient to generate a maximum and gradient guiding root growth

    Verônica A. Grieneisen;Jian Xu;Athanasius F. M. Marée;Paulien Hogeweg

  • PLETHORA proteins as dose-dependent master regulators of Arabidopsis root development

    Carla Galinha;Hugo Hofhuis;Marijn Luijten;Viola Willemsen

  • SCARECROW is involved in positioning the stem cell niche in the Arabidopsis root meristem

    Sabrina Sabatini;Renze Heidstra;Marjolein Wildwater;Ben Scheres

  • Short-range control of cell differentiation in the Arabidopsis root meristem

    C van den Berg;V Willemsen;G Hendriks;P Weisbeek

  • Auxin: The Looping Star in Plant Development

    René Benjamins;Ben Scheres

  • Cell fate in the Arabidopsis root meristem determined by directional signalling.

    C. van den Berg;V. Willemsen;W. Hage;P. Weisbeek

  • An Evolutionarily Conserved Mechanism Delimiting SHR Movement Defines a Single Layer of Endodermis in Plants

    Hongchang Cui;Mitchell P. Levesque;Teva Vernoux;Jee W. Jung

  • Embryonic origin of the Arabidopsis primary root and root meristem initials

    Ben Scheres;Harald Wolkenfelt;Viola Willemsen;Maarten Terlouw

  • Mutations affecting the radial organisation of the Arabidopsis root display specific defects throughout the embryonic axis

    B. Scheres;L. Di Laurenzio;V. Willemsen;M. T. Hauser

  • Callose Biosynthesis Regulates Symplastic Trafficking during Root Development

    Anne Vaten;Jan Dettmer;Shuang Wu;York-Dieter Stierhof

  • Dissection of Arabidopsis ADP-RIBOSYLATION FACTOR 1 Function in Epidermal Cell Polarity

    Jian Xu;Ben Scheres

  • Stem-cell niches: nursery rhymes across kingdoms

    Ben Scheres

  • Arabidopsis sterol endocytosis involves actin-mediated trafficking via ARA6-positive early endosomes.

    Markus Grebe;Jian Xu;Wiebke Möbius;Takashi Ueda

Frequent Co-Authors

Ikram Blilou
Ikram Blilou King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Renze Heidstra
Renze Heidstra Wageningen University & Research
Ari Pekka Mähönen
Ari Pekka Mähönen University of Helsinki
Philip N. Benfey
Philip N. Benfey Duke University
Jiří Friml
Jiří Friml Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Peter Weisbeek
Peter Weisbeek Utrecht University
Ton Bisseling
Ton Bisseling Wageningen University & Research
Klaus Palme
Klaus Palme University of Freiburg
Teva Vernoux
Teva Vernoux École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Eva Benková
Eva Benková Institute of Science and Technology Austria

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