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🌍✨ Had the pleasure of giving a talk on soil and soil health as part of the ECHO project, a fantastic citizen science initiative empowering people to monitor and protect European soils 🏞️🌱

Big thanks to Ibercivis and Sagarrak for making it happen 🙌
February 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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This study was conducted during Ander Yoldi's (@upvehu.bsky.social) international postdoc at @itqbnova.bsky.social (Oeiras, Portugal🇵🇹) and supervised by @rubenvicper.bsky.social (@irnasa.bsky.social & GREEN-IT). A great example of international collaboration in crop resilience research! 🌍🌾
February 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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🔬 On Pikovskaya agar, phosphate solubilization is key! Left: a microorganism forms a halo 🟢, releasing phosphate. Right: no halo ❌, no solubilization. Microbes matter for soil fertility! 🌱🦠

#Microbiology #SoilHealth #PhosphateSolubilization
February 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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🎉 Great news for NUMAPS! @amoadrian-bl.bsky.social is back on the team! 🚀 He’ll be working from Berlin before returning to our lab. We’re thrilled to have him on board again and can’t wait for all the exciting research ahead! 🌱🔬
January 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Innovation takes flight with the project VIA-DRON led by our team member Usue Pérez-López! Watch as our drone surveys the first of the vineyard plots🍇, paving the way for precision agriculture in the Basque Country! #PlantScience
January 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Our team members @iratiijurco.bsky.social and Maite Lacuesta teamed up with the IBeA group to analyse lettuce 🥬 bioassays in antimicrobial-contaminated 🦠 soils, revealing their transfer to the lettuce🥬, but also their degradation. #SoilHealth

Check it out here:
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Multitarget and suspect-screening of antimicrobials in vegetables samples: Uptake experiments and identification of transformation products
This work provided an accurate analytical method to perform a multitarget analysis of a variety of antimicrobials (AMs) including sulfonamides, tetrac…
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January 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Exciting news! @julenastigarraga.bsky.social joins our team as a postdoctoral researcher! 🎉 With expertise in forest ecosystems🌲 and global change, he will delve into forest ecology under the guidance of Dr. Asier Herrero. Welcome aboard, Julen!
January 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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🌾 Did you know? Our paper published in the Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science on Sorghum bicolor's resilience to drought stress was:
🏅 Among the top 10% of downloads for 2022.
🏅 Ranked as one of the top 10 most-cited papers between 2022–2023.

#TopDownloadedArticle #TopCitedArticle #PlantScience
January 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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🎉 Happy New Year from all of us at NUMAPS! 🌱 We wish you a year full of growth, discovery, and sustainability. Thank you for supporting our journey—we’re excited for all that 2025 will bring. Stay tuned for updates—let’s make it a remarkable year! 🌍✨
January 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Initiating the first hydroponic experiment to investigate the molecular processes underlying nitrogen nutrition in rice—an essential step toward developing sustainable and efficient fertilizers!
December 20, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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✨️A fascinating experiment to observe the biocontrol capacity of various microorganisms against the pathogenic fungus Fusarium🧪🦠
December 20, 2024 at 8:51 AM
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Throwback to a field day in Elvas, Portugal 🇵🇹! We explored how different wheat varieties🌾 handle drought stress. #PlantScience
December 19, 2024 at 1:10 PM
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Thrilled to announce that I’ve been awarded a 4-year postdoctoral contract from the Basque Government! 🌱✨ Excited to grow as a scientist while continuing to be part of the amazing @numaps-news.bsky.social team. Looking forward to advancing agricultural sustainability together! 🌍🔬
December 16, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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We're thrilled to welcome a new PhD candidate to our lab! 🎉🚀 Exciting times ahead as we continue to grow and push the boundaries of science together. Welcome aboard @diegotazueco.bsky.social! 🌟 #NewBeginnings #PhDLife #PlantScience
December 16, 2024 at 8:49 AM
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Festive day in great company! 🎄Today we enjoyed our Christmas lunch together with @numaps-news.bsky.social and Ekofisko groups 🌱🌾 Cheers to collaboration and shared moments!
December 13, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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Great day in the lab! 🧪🌱 We had the pleasure of hosting high school students from Talaia Ikastetxea at the University of the Basque Country for hands-on pigment and protein measurements. A big thanks to the Elhuyar Foundation for making it possible!
December 11, 2024 at 11:38 AM
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Our team member Maria Leunda collaborated on a study published in Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology! This study explores the impacts of climate change and human activity on vegetation dynamics🌿 in the Rhaetian Alps🏔️ over the last 14,200 years.
Check it out!
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Palaeoecological multiproxy reconstruction captures long-term climatic and anthropogenic impacts on vegetation dynamics in the Rhaetian Alps
Alpine ecosystems are particularly affected by climate change due to their high sensitivity to temperature variations. Understanding the response of v…
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December 5, 2024 at 1:33 PM
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🌱On this International Day of Soil, we emphasize its role as the foundation of agriculture, ecosystems, and food security. 🌍 At NUMAPS, we study how sustainable fertilizer practices can improve soil health, reduce greenhouse gases, and enhance crop yields.
December 5, 2024 at 8:09 AM
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Did you know buckwheat is a gluten-free seed that can handle drought?🌱 In 𝑆𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝐵𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 on the 𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑇𝑎𝑟𝑡 blog, Caroline Saunders explores its value and shares tasty recipes from pancakes 🥞 to cookies 🍪. Happy to have contributed!
#PlantScience
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Spotlight on buckwheat
The first in a series on baking with climate-hero ingredients
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November 28, 2024 at 4:31 PM
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Excited to share a publication by our team member Iker Pardo in the Journal of Environmental Management! 🏔️🌿 The study provides valuable insights into enhancing biodiversity in the rural landscapes of the Western Pyrenees. #Agroecology #Biodiversity

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479723023046?via%3Dihub
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November 28, 2024 at 8:36 AM
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Funny how life works! 🌍 My academic journey at UPV/EHU
started with my first Geoderma paper during my PhD, and now, as I finish my postdoc, I’ve submitted my final paper to the same journal. A perfect circle of science! ✨📚
November 25, 2024 at 7:36 AM