Alix Vidal 🪱
@alixvidal.bsky.social
Soil biogeochemist in the Netherlands, Wageningen University - I like earthworms & roots, soil carbon & nutrients!
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📢 Calling all earthworm enthusiasts! 🪱✨
One week to submit your abstract for the Earthworm Symposium happening 23–28 August 2026/Wageningen.
🗓️ Deadline: 31 January
You love the 😍 earthworm photography by @frankashwood.bsky.social? Then come 🤩!
More info and abstract submission:
lnkd.in/ehGwc3ze
One week to submit your abstract for the Earthworm Symposium happening 23–28 August 2026/Wageningen.
🗓️ Deadline: 31 January
You love the 😍 earthworm photography by @frankashwood.bsky.social? Then come 🤩!
More info and abstract submission:
lnkd.in/ehGwc3ze
📢 Calling all earthworm enthusiasts! 🪱✨
One week to submit your abstract for the Earthworm Symposium happening 23–28 August 2026/Wageningen.
🗓️ Deadline: 31 January
You love the 😍 earthworm photography by @frankashwood.bsky.social? Then come 🤩!
More info and abstract submission:
lnkd.in/ehGwc3ze
One week to submit your abstract for the Earthworm Symposium happening 23–28 August 2026/Wageningen.
🗓️ Deadline: 31 January
You love the 😍 earthworm photography by @frankashwood.bsky.social? Then come 🤩!
More info and abstract submission:
lnkd.in/ehGwc3ze
January 23, 2026 at 9:14 AM
📢 Calling all earthworm enthusiasts! 🪱✨
One week to submit your abstract for the Earthworm Symposium happening 23–28 August 2026/Wageningen.
🗓️ Deadline: 31 January
You love the 😍 earthworm photography by @frankashwood.bsky.social? Then come 🤩!
More info and abstract submission:
lnkd.in/ehGwc3ze
One week to submit your abstract for the Earthworm Symposium happening 23–28 August 2026/Wageningen.
🗓️ Deadline: 31 January
You love the 😍 earthworm photography by @frankashwood.bsky.social? Then come 🤩!
More info and abstract submission:
lnkd.in/ehGwc3ze
🪱 📢 Great news! The abstract submission deadline for ISEE13 has been extended - now January 31st, 2026.
You can enjoy relaxed holidays 🎄✨ and return in the new year with fresh energy and even more enthusiasm for earthworms 🪱.
We look forward to your contributions!
event.wur.nl/isee13/home-...
You can enjoy relaxed holidays 🎄✨ and return in the new year with fresh energy and even more enthusiasm for earthworms 🪱.
We look forward to your contributions!
event.wur.nl/isee13/home-...
December 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🪱 📢 Great news! The abstract submission deadline for ISEE13 has been extended - now January 31st, 2026.
You can enjoy relaxed holidays 🎄✨ and return in the new year with fresh energy and even more enthusiasm for earthworms 🪱.
We look forward to your contributions!
event.wur.nl/isee13/home-...
You can enjoy relaxed holidays 🎄✨ and return in the new year with fresh energy and even more enthusiasm for earthworms 🪱.
We look forward to your contributions!
event.wur.nl/isee13/home-...
📢 PhD Opportunity: Plant–Soil Interactions
🌱 Can diversity deliver climate-smart grasslands?
🪱DeepRootLab | roots & earthworms
📍 Copenhagen | 📅 Apply by 8 Feb 2026
🔗 More info & apply: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
Supervision: Frederik van der Bom, Dorte Bodin Dresbøll & @alixvidal.bsky.social
🌱 Can diversity deliver climate-smart grasslands?
🪱DeepRootLab | roots & earthworms
📍 Copenhagen | 📅 Apply by 8 Feb 2026
🔗 More info & apply: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
Supervision: Frederik van der Bom, Dorte Bodin Dresbøll & @alixvidal.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
📢 PhD Opportunity: Plant–Soil Interactions
🌱 Can diversity deliver climate-smart grasslands?
🪱DeepRootLab | roots & earthworms
📍 Copenhagen | 📅 Apply by 8 Feb 2026
🔗 More info & apply: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
Supervision: Frederik van der Bom, Dorte Bodin Dresbøll & @alixvidal.bsky.social
🌱 Can diversity deliver climate-smart grasslands?
🪱DeepRootLab | roots & earthworms
📍 Copenhagen | 📅 Apply by 8 Feb 2026
🔗 More info & apply: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
Supervision: Frederik van der Bom, Dorte Bodin Dresbøll & @alixvidal.bsky.social
🪱 Hey, earthworm enthusiasts! Registration is OPEN for the 13th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology 😎
📌 Deadlines:
Abstracts: Jan 4, 2026
Early-bird: Apr 15, 2026
🌍 Details on excursions, workshops & socials: event.wur.nl/isee13/home-...
📅 See you end of August 2026!
📌 Deadlines:
Abstracts: Jan 4, 2026
Early-bird: Apr 15, 2026
🌍 Details on excursions, workshops & socials: event.wur.nl/isee13/home-...
📅 See you end of August 2026!
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🪱 Hey, earthworm enthusiasts! Registration is OPEN for the 13th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology 😎
📌 Deadlines:
Abstracts: Jan 4, 2026
Early-bird: Apr 15, 2026
🌍 Details on excursions, workshops & socials: event.wur.nl/isee13/home-...
📅 See you end of August 2026!
📌 Deadlines:
Abstracts: Jan 4, 2026
Early-bird: Apr 15, 2026
🌍 Details on excursions, workshops & socials: event.wur.nl/isee13/home-...
📅 See you end of August 2026!
🪱🐜 🐛 🪳 🐌 Join our SOIL FAUNA session at EGU2026! Excited to team up with Dmytro Monoshyn, Marion Mittmannsgruber & Gerrit Angst. Looking forward to catching up, or getting to know you and your work! 🪱🐜 🐛 🪳 🐌
November 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🪱🐜 🐛 🪳 🐌 Join our SOIL FAUNA session at EGU2026! Excited to team up with Dmytro Monoshyn, Marion Mittmannsgruber & Gerrit Angst. Looking forward to catching up, or getting to know you and your work! 🪱🐜 🐛 🪳 🐌
Three days of fieldwork for ReGeNL with a fantastic team: Lyanne, Anne, Yana & Felix!
Fieldwork is a rare treat these days, definitely worth celebrating 😛
Lots of curious animals 🐄🐖🐓🐕 and plenty of earthworm pits 🪱😅.
Loved sampling such diverse farms!
Fieldwork is a rare treat these days, definitely worth celebrating 😛
Lots of curious animals 🐄🐖🐓🐕 and plenty of earthworm pits 🪱😅.
Loved sampling such diverse farms!
October 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Three days of fieldwork for ReGeNL with a fantastic team: Lyanne, Anne, Yana & Felix!
Fieldwork is a rare treat these days, definitely worth celebrating 😛
Lots of curious animals 🐄🐖🐓🐕 and plenty of earthworm pits 🪱😅.
Loved sampling such diverse farms!
Fieldwork is a rare treat these days, definitely worth celebrating 😛
Lots of curious animals 🐄🐖🐓🐕 and plenty of earthworm pits 🪱😅.
Loved sampling such diverse farms!
📢 Our book chapter "Macrofauna as indicators of soil health: earthworms & enchytraeids" is out with Burleigh Dodds! 🪱
🔗 www.bdspublishing.com/open-access/
📩 DM me for full chapter. Print edition coming end of year!
Thanks to a great team @jwvangroenigen.bsky.social @tulca.bsky.social and more 🙌!
🔗 www.bdspublishing.com/open-access/
📩 DM me for full chapter. Print edition coming end of year!
Thanks to a great team @jwvangroenigen.bsky.social @tulca.bsky.social and more 🙌!
October 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
📢 Our book chapter "Macrofauna as indicators of soil health: earthworms & enchytraeids" is out with Burleigh Dodds! 🪱
🔗 www.bdspublishing.com/open-access/
📩 DM me for full chapter. Print edition coming end of year!
Thanks to a great team @jwvangroenigen.bsky.social @tulca.bsky.social and more 🙌!
🔗 www.bdspublishing.com/open-access/
📩 DM me for full chapter. Print edition coming end of year!
Thanks to a great team @jwvangroenigen.bsky.social @tulca.bsky.social and more 🙌!
😊🙏 Just back from a week in Normandy for our Grounding Carbon Farming course 🐄
Lectures, farm visits, Calvados tasting 😄, fieldwork, games, interviews & great food, in a stunning landscape 🤩
With Gabriel Moinet, Ina Moller, Federico Andreotti, Claire Chenu, Roman Huppi
Emma Verweij for the pics 📸
Lectures, farm visits, Calvados tasting 😄, fieldwork, games, interviews & great food, in a stunning landscape 🤩
With Gabriel Moinet, Ina Moller, Federico Andreotti, Claire Chenu, Roman Huppi
Emma Verweij for the pics 📸
September 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
😊🙏 Just back from a week in Normandy for our Grounding Carbon Farming course 🐄
Lectures, farm visits, Calvados tasting 😄, fieldwork, games, interviews & great food, in a stunning landscape 🤩
With Gabriel Moinet, Ina Moller, Federico Andreotti, Claire Chenu, Roman Huppi
Emma Verweij for the pics 📸
Lectures, farm visits, Calvados tasting 😄, fieldwork, games, interviews & great food, in a stunning landscape 🤩
With Gabriel Moinet, Ina Moller, Federico Andreotti, Claire Chenu, Roman Huppi
Emma Verweij for the pics 📸
•📢 🪱 🎉Abstract submissions are now OPEN for the upcoming 13th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology (ISEE13) — hosted in Wageningen, from August 23–28, 2026!
➡️https://event.wur.nl/isee13/author
•🔗🪱🌍 Discover the speaker lineup and our initial program: ➡️ event.wur.nl/isee13/new-p...
➡️https://event.wur.nl/isee13/author
•🔗🪱🌍 Discover the speaker lineup and our initial program: ➡️ event.wur.nl/isee13/new-p...
September 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
•📢 🪱 🎉Abstract submissions are now OPEN for the upcoming 13th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology (ISEE13) — hosted in Wageningen, from August 23–28, 2026!
➡️https://event.wur.nl/isee13/author
•🔗🪱🌍 Discover the speaker lineup and our initial program: ➡️ event.wur.nl/isee13/new-p...
➡️https://event.wur.nl/isee13/author
•🔗🪱🌍 Discover the speaker lineup and our initial program: ➡️ event.wur.nl/isee13/new-p...
Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱
Doing my last edits on my keynote for today - bringing some #soilscience into the physics realm #SIMSEurope #SoilBiogeochemistry #NanoSIMS @alixvidal.bsky.social @tuberlin.bsky.social @ucph.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Doing my last edits on my keynote for today - bringing some #soilscience into the physics realm #SIMSEurope #SoilBiogeochemistry #NanoSIMS @alixvidal.bsky.social @tuberlin.bsky.social @ucph.bsky.social
🎓 Very proud of Enno Sonntag ✨🥳 for successfully defending his PhD last week about Earthworm Farming 🪱 for Circular Food Systems 🔁. A truly original and multidisciplinary topic.
📄 Curious about his work?
lnkd.in/eGPMPN-Q
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📸 Luc Vietanh Soto
Well done, Enno! 🥳
📄 Curious about his work?
lnkd.in/eGPMPN-Q
lnkd.in/e5Vknkif
📸 Luc Vietanh Soto
Well done, Enno! 🥳
July 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
🎓 Very proud of Enno Sonntag ✨🥳 for successfully defending his PhD last week about Earthworm Farming 🪱 for Circular Food Systems 🔁. A truly original and multidisciplinary topic.
📄 Curious about his work?
lnkd.in/eGPMPN-Q
lnkd.in/e5Vknkif
📸 Luc Vietanh Soto
Well done, Enno! 🥳
📄 Curious about his work?
lnkd.in/eGPMPN-Q
lnkd.in/e5Vknkif
📸 Luc Vietanh Soto
Well done, Enno! 🥳
🤩✨Feeling incredibly lucky to be part of such a vibrant, creative team — and a very proud supervisor of @tulca.bsky.social 🪱, alongside @mhagens.bsky.social & @jwvangroenigen.bsky.social 💫. We will make very good use of this new chair 😆!
🎉New design addition to the SBL coffee room 😊 our PhD
@tulca.bsky.social designed the fabric, our education coordination Florien Vernooy re-upholstered this chair with it. Tullia designed also some SBL logos and is working on her portfolio! Florien is also an upholsterer: www.atelierflorien.nl✨🪱✨
@tulca.bsky.social designed the fabric, our education coordination Florien Vernooy re-upholstered this chair with it. Tullia designed also some SBL logos and is working on her portfolio! Florien is also an upholsterer: www.atelierflorien.nl✨🪱✨
🎉New design addition to the SBL coffee room 😊 our PhD @tulca.bsky.social designed the fabric, our education coordination Florien Vernooy re-upholstered this chair with it. Tullia designed also some SBL logos and is working on her portfolio! Florien is also an upholsterer: www.atelierflorien.nl✨🪱✨
May 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🤩✨Feeling incredibly lucky to be part of such a vibrant, creative team — and a very proud supervisor of @tulca.bsky.social 🪱, alongside @mhagens.bsky.social & @jwvangroenigen.bsky.social 💫. We will make very good use of this new chair 😆!
Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱
Curious about the state of biodiversity in the Netherlands? 🌿
The latest report has all the insights ▶️ www.naturalis.nl/system/files... (in Dutch).
Our very own Thom Kuyper co-authored the section on fungi—who else but the 'mushroom man' himself? 🍄😊
The latest report has all the insights ▶️ www.naturalis.nl/system/files... (in Dutch).
Our very own Thom Kuyper co-authored the section on fungi—who else but the 'mushroom man' himself? 🍄😊
May 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Curious about the state of biodiversity in the Netherlands? 🌿
The latest report has all the insights ▶️ www.naturalis.nl/system/files... (in Dutch).
Our very own Thom Kuyper co-authored the section on fungi—who else but the 'mushroom man' himself? 🍄😊
The latest report has all the insights ▶️ www.naturalis.nl/system/files... (in Dutch).
Our very own Thom Kuyper co-authored the section on fungi—who else but the 'mushroom man' himself? 🍄😊
Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱
📣The Soil Cluster is participating to the Biodiversity challenge organized by WUR to share its enthusiasm about soil biodiversity 🪱🦠🌱
Where: Wageningen market square
When: Saturday 24th April from 9 am till 15!
For more information check: www.wur.nl/en/research-...
Where: Wageningen market square
When: Saturday 24th April from 9 am till 15!
For more information check: www.wur.nl/en/research-...
May 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
📣The Soil Cluster is participating to the Biodiversity challenge organized by WUR to share its enthusiasm about soil biodiversity 🪱🦠🌱
Where: Wageningen market square
When: Saturday 24th April from 9 am till 15!
For more information check: www.wur.nl/en/research-...
Where: Wageningen market square
When: Saturday 24th April from 9 am till 15!
For more information check: www.wur.nl/en/research-...
Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱
Worm charming challenge in Wageningen @sbl-wur.bsky.social the funniest event of the year. We went dressed as Belgian Badgers 🦡 and played didgeridoo to get the worms out. Enjoyed it very very much @fornalab.bsky.social and ANEKO regenwormenwerkgroep. Next month we organize it @nerdland.be
May 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Worm charming challenge in Wageningen @sbl-wur.bsky.social the funniest event of the year. We went dressed as Belgian Badgers 🦡 and played didgeridoo to get the worms out. Enjoyed it very very much @fornalab.bsky.social and ANEKO regenwormenwerkgroep. Next month we organize it @nerdland.be
🪱Another delightful round of Earthworm Charming 🪱✨ this year! Despite the dry conditions (only 10 worms for the winning Louis Bolk team 😬), the creativity, costumes, and community spirit were amazing 🤩💡👗. Always a magical mix of people and ideas ✨! Big thanks to all the earthworm enthusiasts!🙏
🎉✨Great 2025 edition of the Earthworm 🪱 charming championship. 17 teams participating including a kids' team and an international team💪! The soil was very dry, but we had a winnner: the PFAS team from the Luis Bolk found 10 earthworms🪱🪱✨ So many different strategies applied to charm the earthworms😀
May 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🪱Another delightful round of Earthworm Charming 🪱✨ this year! Despite the dry conditions (only 10 worms for the winning Louis Bolk team 😬), the creativity, costumes, and community spirit were amazing 🤩💡👗. Always a magical mix of people and ideas ✨! Big thanks to all the earthworm enthusiasts!🙏
Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱
An exciting day - we have teamed up again with the amazing Wim van Egmond to make one of his fantastic time lapse movies! What will it be about? Enchytraeids, fungi, collembola or perhaps even tardigrades?!?! Stay tuned!!! @soilclusterwur.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
An exciting day - we have teamed up again with the amazing Wim van Egmond to make one of his fantastic time lapse movies! What will it be about? Enchytraeids, fungi, collembola or perhaps even tardigrades?!?! Stay tuned!!! @soilclusterwur.bsky.social
Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱
It’s time to collect your #EGU25 badge 🙌!
Here is what you will need:
✅ Identification card/passport
✅ QR code from Copernicus for a valid on-site registration (get it here: www.egu.eu/4QFEKH/)
❓ For any further help, please reach out to: egu25@copernicus.org
Here is what you will need:
✅ Identification card/passport
✅ QR code from Copernicus for a valid on-site registration (get it here: www.egu.eu/4QFEKH/)
❓ For any further help, please reach out to: egu25@copernicus.org
April 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It’s time to collect your #EGU25 badge 🙌!
Here is what you will need:
✅ Identification card/passport
✅ QR code from Copernicus for a valid on-site registration (get it here: www.egu.eu/4QFEKH/)
❓ For any further help, please reach out to: egu25@copernicus.org
Here is what you will need:
✅ Identification card/passport
✅ QR code from Copernicus for a valid on-site registration (get it here: www.egu.eu/4QFEKH/)
❓ For any further help, please reach out to: egu25@copernicus.org
#Train2EGU from Wageningen 🇳🇱 to Vienna 🇦🇹 @egu.eu. Let's see if I am lucky with connections 😬🙏🏻
April 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
#Train2EGU from Wageningen 🇳🇱 to Vienna 🇦🇹 @egu.eu. Let's see if I am lucky with connections 😬🙏🏻
👋 Heading to #EGU25 tomorrow! Excited to catch up with many of you. Will be talking about earthworms🪱, roots, AMF and how they shape soil phosphorus and carbon cycling🌱!
April 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
👋 Heading to #EGU25 tomorrow! Excited to catch up with many of you. Will be talking about earthworms🪱, roots, AMF and how they shape soil phosphorus and carbon cycling🌱!
Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱
What's the best way to deliver a successful #Poster and #PICO presentation🤔?
In this #GeoLog Tullia Calogiuri and Steve Kwatcho Kengdo #2022OSPPWinners share their top tips for giving an Outstanding Student and PhD-candidate Presentation!
👉 Read the full blog post: egu.eu/97T2DA
In this #GeoLog Tullia Calogiuri and Steve Kwatcho Kengdo #2022OSPPWinners share their top tips for giving an Outstanding Student and PhD-candidate Presentation!
👉 Read the full blog post: egu.eu/97T2DA
April 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
What's the best way to deliver a successful #Poster and #PICO presentation🤔?
In this #GeoLog Tullia Calogiuri and Steve Kwatcho Kengdo #2022OSPPWinners share their top tips for giving an Outstanding Student and PhD-candidate Presentation!
👉 Read the full blog post: egu.eu/97T2DA
In this #GeoLog Tullia Calogiuri and Steve Kwatcho Kengdo #2022OSPPWinners share their top tips for giving an Outstanding Student and PhD-candidate Presentation!
👉 Read the full blog post: egu.eu/97T2DA
Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱
Are you on your way to #EGU25?! Share your #Train2EGU trip and let us know what you see on your travels!!
#GreenEGU
#GreenEGU
April 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Are you on your way to #EGU25?! Share your #Train2EGU trip and let us know what you see on your travels!!
#GreenEGU
#GreenEGU
Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱
🎉Last week great good-by party for our colleague Ron de Goede, which is retiring after many years working at the SBL group. Years full of great publications📃, education 🎓and outreach activities🚀, jokes and complains. We will miss you Ron, for the great ecologist and person you are!✨🪱
April 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
🎉Last week great good-by party for our colleague Ron de Goede, which is retiring after many years working at the SBL group. Years full of great publications📃, education 🎓and outreach activities🚀, jokes and complains. We will miss you Ron, for the great ecologist and person you are!✨🪱
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
Soil, rhizosheath formation, and maize 🌱🌽.
Congrats to Franziska 🥳 for a fantastic piece of her PhD work! Rewarding to see results from this challenging field experiment with rainout shelters 😅
Check it out
➡️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Soil, rhizosheath formation, and maize 🌱🌽.
Congrats to Franziska 🥳 for a fantastic piece of her PhD work! Rewarding to see results from this challenging field experiment with rainout shelters 😅
Check it out
➡️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...
April 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
Soil, rhizosheath formation, and maize 🌱🌽.
Congrats to Franziska 🥳 for a fantastic piece of her PhD work! Rewarding to see results from this challenging field experiment with rainout shelters 😅
Check it out
➡️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Soil, rhizosheath formation, and maize 🌱🌽.
Congrats to Franziska 🥳 for a fantastic piece of her PhD work! Rewarding to see results from this challenging field experiment with rainout shelters 😅
Check it out
➡️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱
✊📚📣Once again, speaking out against the Dutch government’s disastrous cuts to science and research 🚫. Some of our SBL team showed up to make noise and stand up for the future of knowledge!
www.fnv.nl/cao-sector/o...
www.fnv.nl/cao-sector/o...
April 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
✊📚📣Once again, speaking out against the Dutch government’s disastrous cuts to science and research 🚫. Some of our SBL team showed up to make noise and stand up for the future of knowledge!
www.fnv.nl/cao-sector/o...
www.fnv.nl/cao-sector/o...