Thijs J. G. Ettema 🦠🔬🇳🇱🇸🇪🇪🇺
@ettema.bsky.social
Professor of Microbiology @ WUR 🇳🇱 | Evolutionary microbiology | Exploring the Tree of Life | Archaea aficionado | Symbiotic interactions | husband, father, cat-person, eternal house renovator, secretly a Jedi knight
Yesterday it was 20 years since I defended my PhD thesis!
I have struggled my way through the academic system, with times when I was about to give up due to lack of funding and support.
I am proud where I am now, and what I have achieved. Thanks to everyone who supported me and believed in me!
I have struggled my way through the academic system, with times when I was about to give up due to lack of funding and support.
I am proud where I am now, and what I have achieved. Thanks to everyone who supported me and believed in me!
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Yesterday it was 20 years since I defended my PhD thesis!
I have struggled my way through the academic system, with times when I was about to give up due to lack of funding and support.
I am proud where I am now, and what I have achieved. Thanks to everyone who supported me and believed in me!
I have struggled my way through the academic system, with times when I was about to give up due to lack of funding and support.
I am proud where I am now, and what I have achieved. Thanks to everyone who supported me and believed in me!
In 2015 we discovered 'Loki', the first member of the Asgard archaea, the closest relatives of eukaryotes.
Did you know that in stead of Lokiarchaea, we considered the name Eoarchaea. 'Eo' after Eos, the greek goddess of dawn, and in reference to the eocyte hypothesis for the origin of eukaryotes.
Did you know that in stead of Lokiarchaea, we considered the name Eoarchaea. 'Eo' after Eos, the greek goddess of dawn, and in reference to the eocyte hypothesis for the origin of eukaryotes.
December 4, 2024 at 2:27 PM
In 2015 we discovered 'Loki', the first member of the Asgard archaea, the closest relatives of eukaryotes.
Did you know that in stead of Lokiarchaea, we considered the name Eoarchaea. 'Eo' after Eos, the greek goddess of dawn, and in reference to the eocyte hypothesis for the origin of eukaryotes.
Did you know that in stead of Lokiarchaea, we considered the name Eoarchaea. 'Eo' after Eos, the greek goddess of dawn, and in reference to the eocyte hypothesis for the origin of eukaryotes.
Want to do a #PhD focusing on discovery, cultivation and characterization of novel prokaryotes? Come and join my group in the Laboratory of Microbiology at Wageningen University! Apply here: wur.nl/en/vacancy/p... #cultivation #microscopy #archaea #PhDposition Please share & repost
November 29, 2023 at 9:01 AM
Want to do a #PhD focusing on discovery, cultivation and characterization of novel prokaryotes? Come and join my group in the Laboratory of Microbiology at Wageningen University! Apply here: wur.nl/en/vacancy/p... #cultivation #microscopy #archaea #PhDposition Please share & repost
First post here: I will soon announce a PhD position in cultivation of novel microbial lineages (#archaea!!!). If you are interested in joining our lab at WUR campus and live in wonderful Wageningen, stay tuned here! Feel free to notify potentially interested candidates.
November 3, 2023 at 12:48 PM
First post here: I will soon announce a PhD position in cultivation of novel microbial lineages (#archaea!!!). If you are interested in joining our lab at WUR campus and live in wonderful Wageningen, stay tuned here! Feel free to notify potentially interested candidates.