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RIBES | Research institute of Radboud University (Nijmegen, the Netherlands) | Our mission: Towards healthy ecosystems
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🧵 Paper Alert! 🚨
We are happy to share a new study published in Aquatic Botany, "Macrophyte-associated methane oxidation as a key process diminishing methane emissions from agricultural drainage ditches." 🫧🌿
We are happy to share a new study published in Aquatic Botany, "Macrophyte-associated methane oxidation as a key process diminishing methane emissions from agricultural drainage ditches." 🫧🌿
February 5, 2026 at 7:02 PM
🧵 Paper Alert! 🚨
We are happy to share a new study published in Aquatic Botany, "Macrophyte-associated methane oxidation as a key process diminishing methane emissions from agricultural drainage ditches." 🫧🌿
We are happy to share a new study published in Aquatic Botany, "Macrophyte-associated methane oxidation as a key process diminishing methane emissions from agricultural drainage ditches." 🫧🌿
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Macrophyte-associated methane oxidation as a key process diminishing #methane emissions from agricultural drainage ditches @ribesresearch.bsky.social @anneliesv.bsky.social et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Macrophyte-associated methane oxidation as a key process diminishing methane emissions from agricultural drainage ditches
Methane (CH4), a potent greenhouse gas, plays an important role in climate change, with natural and human-made aquatic ecosystems contributing about h…
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February 3, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Macrophyte-associated methane oxidation as a key process diminishing #methane emissions from agricultural drainage ditches @ribesresearch.bsky.social @anneliesv.bsky.social et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Biogeochemical processes in #Baltic Sea sediments as a recorder of environmental change over the Holocene #deoxygenation #vivianite #methane @ribesresearch.bsky.social @carolineslomp.bsky.social et alhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025322726000150
February 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Biogeochemical processes in #Baltic Sea sediments as a recorder of environmental change over the Holocene #deoxygenation #vivianite #methane @ribesresearch.bsky.social @carolineslomp.bsky.social et alhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025322726000150
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🧵 Today is World Wetlands Day, celebrating the importance of wetlands and their impact on people and the planet! 🌍
Two weeks ago, RTV Drenthe interviewed one of our PhD candidates, Quint van Giersbergen, in a drained peatland in Gasteren, Drenthe.
Two weeks ago, RTV Drenthe interviewed one of our PhD candidates, Quint van Giersbergen, in a drained peatland in Gasteren, Drenthe.
February 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
🧵 Today is World Wetlands Day, celebrating the importance of wetlands and their impact on people and the planet! 🌍
Two weeks ago, RTV Drenthe interviewed one of our PhD candidates, Quint van Giersbergen, in a drained peatland in Gasteren, Drenthe.
Two weeks ago, RTV Drenthe interviewed one of our PhD candidates, Quint van Giersbergen, in a drained peatland in Gasteren, Drenthe.
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🧵 Yesterday Ana Paula Dalbem Barbosa successfully defended her doctoral thesis, a cotutelle between Radboud University and UNEMAT (Brazil), titled "Nutrient fluxes in aquaculture systems." 🎓🐟🌿
January 29, 2026 at 4:47 PM
🧵 Yesterday Ana Paula Dalbem Barbosa successfully defended her doctoral thesis, a cotutelle between Radboud University and UNEMAT (Brazil), titled "Nutrient fluxes in aquaculture systems." 🎓🐟🌿
Via H2Owaternetwerk kun je alvast wat lezen over dit onderwerp: www.h2owaternetwerk.nl/h2o-media/we...
En, als je niet live kunt kijken dan is de aflevering later ook terug te kijken via @npostart.bsky.social ! 2/2
En, als je niet live kunt kijken dan is de aflevering later ook terug te kijken via @npostart.bsky.social ! 2/2
Wetenschapsprogramma Focus volgt het spoor van methaan, van koe tot watergang
CO₂ domineert het klimaatdebat, maar een ander broeikasgas is per molecuul veel krachtiger: methaan. De concentratie ervan in de atmosfeer blijft stijgen. Methaan komt vrij bij olie- en gaswinning, ui...
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January 26, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Via H2Owaternetwerk kun je alvast wat lezen over dit onderwerp: www.h2owaternetwerk.nl/h2o-media/we...
En, als je niet live kunt kijken dan is de aflevering later ook terug te kijken via @npostart.bsky.social ! 2/2
En, als je niet live kunt kijken dan is de aflevering later ook terug te kijken via @npostart.bsky.social ! 2/2
Kijktip! Deze week in Focus (NTR) leer je alles over methaanuitstoot. Het krachtige broeikasgas methaan komt vrij bij olie- en gaswinning, uit veeteelt en vuilnisbelten, maar ook uit moerassen, rivieren en meren. Sarian Kosten (Radboud Universiteit) legt uit hoe dat zit. 1/2 npo.nl/start/serie/...
Focus | NPO Start
Bij elke nieuwe crisis kijken we hoopvol naar wetenschappers. Petra Grijzen gaat mee met hun zoektocht naar oplossingen voor de problemen van deze tijd. Ze ziet onderzoekers streven, worstelen, falen ...
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January 26, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Kijktip! Deze week in Focus (NTR) leer je alles over methaanuitstoot. Het krachtige broeikasgas methaan komt vrij bij olie- en gaswinning, uit veeteelt en vuilnisbelten, maar ook uit moerassen, rivieren en meren. Sarian Kosten (Radboud Universiteit) legt uit hoe dat zit. 1/2 npo.nl/start/serie/...
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Gisteren presenteerden we in het Trippenhuis van de @knaw-nl.bsky.social de vernieuwde Bionieuws: een maandmagazine én een nieuwe website.
Na meer dan een halve eeuw als tweewekelijkse krant zetten we een volgende stap – met oog voor journalistiek, samenhang en verdieping.
Na meer dan een halve eeuw als tweewekelijkse krant zetten we een volgende stap – met oog voor journalistiek, samenhang en verdieping.
January 22, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Gisteren presenteerden we in het Trippenhuis van de @knaw-nl.bsky.social de vernieuwde Bionieuws: een maandmagazine én een nieuwe website.
Na meer dan een halve eeuw als tweewekelijkse krant zetten we een volgende stap – met oog voor journalistiek, samenhang en verdieping.
Na meer dan een halve eeuw als tweewekelijkse krant zetten we een volgende stap – met oog voor journalistiek, samenhang en verdieping.
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A nice news feature follow up on Niels van Helmond's paper
at omroep Zeeland in Dutch: Onder water gaat het mis: waarom het Veerse Meer zuurstof blijft verliezen
www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/18137...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
@ribesresearch.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu synergy #MARIX
at omroep Zeeland in Dutch: Onder water gaat het mis: waarom het Veerse Meer zuurstof blijft verliezen
www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/18137...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
@ribesresearch.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu synergy #MARIX
January 20, 2026 at 4:30 PM
A nice news feature follow up on Niels van Helmond's paper
at omroep Zeeland in Dutch: Onder water gaat het mis: waarom het Veerse Meer zuurstof blijft verliezen
www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/18137...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
@ribesresearch.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu synergy #MARIX
at omroep Zeeland in Dutch: Onder water gaat het mis: waarom het Veerse Meer zuurstof blijft verliezen
www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/18137...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
@ribesresearch.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu synergy #MARIX
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Nooit te jong om te leren: wat doet een ecoloog. Met in de hoofdrol onze collega Robin Lexmond 🦋
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Raad eens wat ik doe | NPO Start
In de mysterybox zit weer een beroep verstopt. Maar welk beroep is het dit keer? Is het een huisarts, een bouwvakker, een zangeres... of misschien wel iets heel anders? Door vier hints komen we stap v...
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January 16, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Nooit te jong om te leren: wat doet een ecoloog. Met in de hoofdrol onze collega Robin Lexmond 🦋
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This position is still open. The Weisberg lab is recruiting a postdoc or Ph.D. student to study horizontal gene transfer in plant-associated microbial communities. Please see the job ad for more information and feel free to contact me if you have any questions!
The Weisberg Lab at Oregon State University is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar in molecular microbiology to study mobile genetic element host range and transmission in microbial communities. Please see the full job description here: files-dev.cqls.oregonstate.edu/Weisberg_Lab...
January 14, 2026 at 11:57 PM
This position is still open. The Weisberg lab is recruiting a postdoc or Ph.D. student to study horizontal gene transfer in plant-associated microbial communities. Please see the job ad for more information and feel free to contact me if you have any questions!
Our new research project MicroSafe focuses on the impact of climate change on microbial growth (such as Legionella) in wet cooling towers. Due to climate change and higher temperatures, the risk of pathogen spread may increase. Read more: www.ru.nl/en/research/... #microbiology #legionella 🧪🦠
NWO funding for research project on the effects of climate change on microbial growth in cooling towers | Radboud University
An international research team has received an NWO grant of €700,000 for the research project MicroSafe, which focuses on the impact of climate change on microbial growth in wet cooling towers.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Our new research project MicroSafe focuses on the impact of climate change on microbial growth (such as Legionella) in wet cooling towers. Due to climate change and higher temperatures, the risk of pathogen spread may increase. Read more: www.ru.nl/en/research/... #microbiology #legionella 🧪🦠
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An early Christmas present from our team for all of the tomato 🍅 & recombination fans:
Chromosome-scale Solanum pennellii and Solanum cheesmaniae genome assemblies reveal structural variants, repeat content and recombination barriers of the tomato clade
biorxiv.org/content/10.648…
Chromosome-scale Solanum pennellii and Solanum cheesmaniae genome assemblies reveal structural variants, repeat content and recombination barriers of the tomato clade
biorxiv.org/content/10.648…
December 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
An early Christmas present from our team for all of the tomato 🍅 & recombination fans:
Chromosome-scale Solanum pennellii and Solanum cheesmaniae genome assemblies reveal structural variants, repeat content and recombination barriers of the tomato clade
biorxiv.org/content/10.648…
Chromosome-scale Solanum pennellii and Solanum cheesmaniae genome assemblies reveal structural variants, repeat content and recombination barriers of the tomato clade
biorxiv.org/content/10.648…
Stress affects many systems in our body and biologists Marcel Schaaf and Erin Faught at @ribesresearch.bsky.social are figuring out how that works. A recent study by them showed how stress changes behavior by using two different receptors.
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#biology #imunesystem #zebrafish
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#biology #imunesystem #zebrafish
‘Stress can have a positive effect on the immune system' | Radboud University
A recent study showed how stress changes behavior by using two different receptors.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Stress affects many systems in our body and biologists Marcel Schaaf and Erin Faught at @ribesresearch.bsky.social are figuring out how that works. A recent study by them showed how stress changes behavior by using two different receptors.
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
#biology #imunesystem #zebrafish
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#biology #imunesystem #zebrafish
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Kustgebieden kunnen methaanuitstoot niet meer bijbenen:
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Kustgebieden kunnen methaanuitstoot niet meer bijbenen - Beste-ID
Onderzoek naar methaanuitstoot in kustgebieden
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December 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Kustgebieden kunnen methaanuitstoot niet meer bijbenen:
www.beste-id.nl/nieuws/kustg...
@ribesresearch.bsky.social
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@ribesresearch.bsky.social
Welcome! 🙂
December 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Welcome! 🙂
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On Monday 15 dec 1630h @Anna J. Wallenius will defend her PhD thesis "Muddy Affairs, Microbial #methane cycling in coastal ecosystems" please find the @ribesresearch.bsky.social coverage at www.ru.nl/en/research/...
Coastal areas can no longer keep up with methane emissions | Radboud University
Heavily polluted waters, such as Lake Grevelingen, emit large amounts of methane. Microbiologist Anna Wallenius will defend her PhD thesis on this topic at Radboud University on 15 December.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
On Monday 15 dec 1630h @Anna J. Wallenius will defend her PhD thesis "Muddy Affairs, Microbial #methane cycling in coastal ecosystems" please find the @ribesresearch.bsky.social coverage at www.ru.nl/en/research/...
We congratulate Cornelia Welte with her @erc.europa.eu #Consolidator grant 🥳 for "electroANME": a project which will uncover how anaerobic methanotrophic (ANME) archaea oxidize methane, interact with bacteria, and use diverse metabolic pathways. Read more: www.ru.nl/en/research/...
ERC Consolidator Grants for research on methane eaters, air showers and language in our brain | Radboud University
Five Radboud University researchers are set to receive a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Their research covers topics such as methane-eating micro-organisms, air showers f...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We congratulate Cornelia Welte with her @erc.europa.eu #Consolidator grant 🥳 for "electroANME": a project which will uncover how anaerobic methanotrophic (ANME) archaea oxidize methane, interact with bacteria, and use diverse metabolic pathways. Read more: www.ru.nl/en/research/...
Apply this week! #vacancy #Postdoc position: Modelling Impacts of Agricultural Land Management Systems on Biodiversity. 🧑🌾🦗 You will contribute to new knowledge and tools to refine how impacts on biodiversity are captured in life cycle assessment for agricultural products. www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
Postdoc Position: Modelling Impacts of Agricultural Land Management Systems on Biodiversity | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a Postdoc: Modelling Impacts of Agricultural Land Management Systems on Biodiversity at Radboud University? Check our vacancy!
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December 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Apply this week! #vacancy #Postdoc position: Modelling Impacts of Agricultural Land Management Systems on Biodiversity. 🧑🌾🦗 You will contribute to new knowledge and tools to refine how impacts on biodiversity are captured in life cycle assessment for agricultural products. www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
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Bijna 5 december, tijd voor een nieuw gedicht, vol feiten waar we over hebben bericht.
KNMI-klimaatgedicht
Bijna 5 december, tijd voor een nieuw gedicht, vol feiten waar we over hebben bericht.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Bijna 5 december, tijd voor een nieuw gedicht, vol feiten waar we over hebben bericht.
Researchers have produced a detailed, high-resolution map of #peatlands in the EU, showing that these areas emit twice as much #greenhousegases than previously thought. With @quintvg.bsky.social Christian Fritz @ecology-radboud.bsky.social www.ru.nl/en/research/...
Degraded peatlands emit nearly twice as much greenhouse gas as previously thought | Radboud University
For the first time, researchers from Radboud University have produced a detailed, high-resolution map of peatlands in the EU, showing that these areas emit twice as much greenhouse gases than previous...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Researchers have produced a detailed, high-resolution map of #peatlands in the EU, showing that these areas emit twice as much #greenhousegases than previously thought. With @quintvg.bsky.social Christian Fritz @ecology-radboud.bsky.social www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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🚨 Paper Alert!
📢We are excited to announce the publication of a new study in Nature Communications, “Identifying hotspot of peatland emissions in the EU+”, in which researchers from our department in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Greifswald, the Greifswald Moor (1/11)
📢We are excited to announce the publication of a new study in Nature Communications, “Identifying hotspot of peatland emissions in the EU+”, in which researchers from our department in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Greifswald, the Greifswald Moor (1/11)
December 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🚨 Paper Alert!
📢We are excited to announce the publication of a new study in Nature Communications, “Identifying hotspot of peatland emissions in the EU+”, in which researchers from our department in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Greifswald, the Greifswald Moor (1/11)
📢We are excited to announce the publication of a new study in Nature Communications, “Identifying hotspot of peatland emissions in the EU+”, in which researchers from our department in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Greifswald, the Greifswald Moor (1/11)
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Congrats @annajwallenius.bsky.social & her PhD thesis 15-12-25 1630h "Muddy affairs: Microbial #methane cycling in anoxic coastal sediments" Thanks to #NESSC @erc.europa.eu synergy #MARIX & @ribesresearch.bsky.social collabs. Good luck at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @carolineslomp.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Congrats @annajwallenius.bsky.social & her PhD thesis 15-12-25 1630h "Muddy affairs: Microbial #methane cycling in anoxic coastal sediments" Thanks to #NESSC @erc.europa.eu synergy #MARIX & @ribesresearch.bsky.social collabs. Good luck at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @carolineslomp.bsky.social
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📢 Save the date: ERC annual conference will take place on 28 January 2026! Its theme will be ‘One Health’.
Discover the programme and register now 👉 t.co/SBat1iYccr
#OneHealth
@scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu @ecdc.europa.eu @efsa.europa.eu
Discover the programme and register now 👉 t.co/SBat1iYccr
#OneHealth
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November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
📢 Save the date: ERC annual conference will take place on 28 January 2026! Its theme will be ‘One Health’.
Discover the programme and register now 👉 t.co/SBat1iYccr
#OneHealth
@scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu @ecdc.europa.eu @efsa.europa.eu
Discover the programme and register now 👉 t.co/SBat1iYccr
#OneHealth
@scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu @ecdc.europa.eu @efsa.europa.eu
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New paper alert! 🚨
RU researchers Lucia Cabrera Lamanna, Ilenia Marquina Luévano, Eric Visser, and Sarian Kosten, along with co-authors Dick van Oevelen and Andreas Lorke published a study in Limnology and Oceanography Letters.
Read here: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
RU researchers Lucia Cabrera Lamanna, Ilenia Marquina Luévano, Eric Visser, and Sarian Kosten, along with co-authors Dick van Oevelen and Andreas Lorke published a study in Limnology and Oceanography Letters.
Read here: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Rooted macrophytes reduce sediment CH4 storage and net production: An experimental approach using a novel scanning method
Methane (CH4) emissions from freshwater ecosystems are significant but rarely quantified in vegetated zones. We assessed the influence of five macrophyte species that root in the sediment differing i...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
New paper alert! 🚨
RU researchers Lucia Cabrera Lamanna, Ilenia Marquina Luévano, Eric Visser, and Sarian Kosten, along with co-authors Dick van Oevelen and Andreas Lorke published a study in Limnology and Oceanography Letters.
Read here: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
RU researchers Lucia Cabrera Lamanna, Ilenia Marquina Luévano, Eric Visser, and Sarian Kosten, along with co-authors Dick van Oevelen and Andreas Lorke published a study in Limnology and Oceanography Letters.
Read here: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...