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RIBES | Research institute of Radboud University (Nijmegen, the Netherlands) | Our mission: Towards healthy ecosystems
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Save the date May 28 and 29, 2026, and please share widely. thx! Goodbye symposium and lecture: Microbial #Methane and #Nitrogen Cycling Under the Loupe: A tribute to shared curiosity and collaboratively hunting for “impossible” spookmicrobes
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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This work, lead by @felixpleiva.bsky.social, is finally published in a @funecology.bsky.social issue. Have a look.

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November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Emissions Footprints of Agriculture Around the World 1970–2020: Decreasing Land Conversion, Regional Exceptions and Increasing Management Intensity

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October 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Onderzoek van onze afdeling in de spotlight! 🌾

De “future dikes” combineren waterveiligheid met biodiversiteit - een duurzaam ontwerp voor de toekomst.

Lees meer:
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De Future Dikes: onze biodiverse beschermers
Onderzoekers van de Radboud Universiteit zijn al een tijd bezig met het innovatieproject ‘Future Dikes’. Het doel? Dijken ontwikkelen met een sterke, soortenrijke grasbekleding, zodat ze ons land bete...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Wonderful news 🎂 : @charlieunderwood.bsky.social of our institute has been awarded an #NWO #Vidi grant to continue his work on "Eternal hybrids: stabilizing hybrid vigour by engineering synthetic crop species". Read more: www.ru.nl/en/research/...
#hybridbreeding #biology #sustainability
NWO Vidi grants for research into inequality, ammoniac and the reading life of teens | Radboud University
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded thirteen Nijmegen researchers Vidi funding of up to 850,000 euros. This will allow them to develop their own line of research and...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Mooi filmpje van de analyse van een aantal gasmonsters op de #gaschromatograaf bij #B-WARE en @ribesresearch.bsky.social

Ik wil middels een experiment weten of in bepaalde plant- en veenbodems methaan-oxiderende bacteriën aanwezig zijn: die kunnen het broeikasgas #methaan ‘opeten’. Zie alt-tekst
October 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Omdat het kabinet het niet aandurft, namen wetenschappers @caringdoctors.bsky.social het initiatief voor een #klimaatpersconferentie.

We hebben een regering nodig die burgers beschermt en correct informeert. Over bedreigingen maar ook over oplossingen.

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Nature Today | Klimaat Persconferentie in Nieuwspoort
Tijdens corona organiseerde de overheid speciale persconferenties om de bevolking te informeren over de pandemie en over maatregelen. Maar op het gebied van klimaat, gezondheid en natuur laat de overh...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Dit plan reduceert de CO₂-uitstoot, remt de bodemdaling, voorkomt rotte funderingen en brengt en passant ook nog de wulp terug. Maar niemand heeft het erover: het hervernatten van veenweidegebied.

Daarom in onze serie Goed plan: maak Nederlands veen weer nat.
Goed plan: maak Nederland nat again (en los van alles op)
Dit plan reduceert de CO₂-uitstoot, remt de bodemdaling, voorkomt rotte funderingen en brengt en passant ook nog de wulp terug. Maar niemand heeft het erover: het hervernatten van veenweidegebied. Daa...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Heide kwaliteit gaat blijvend achteruit, in gebieden met een hoge #stikstof harder dan in gebieden met minder hoge stikstofdruk. Aldus Joost Vogels bij de verdediging van zijn proefschrift @ribesresearch.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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2nd day of enjoyable field work in 🇩🇰. We measured #nitrous oxide fluxes in the Hove Å stream & Roskilde Fjord.
Many thanks to the @ribesresearch.bsky.social colleague @anneliesv.bsky.social et al for equipment.
Supported by @erc.europa.eu synergy project #MARIX @carolineslomp.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Congratulations 🎉 🎉 Long-Term Euxinia Restricts Microbial Methane Removal in Eutrophic Coastal Basins by @jessicavenetz.bsky.social et al #microbiokogy & Ecology @ribesresearch.bsky.social supported by @erc.europa.eu synergy project #MARIX
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Long-Term Euxinia Restricts Microbial Methane Removal in Eutrophic Coastal Basins
In eutrophic coastal waters, aerobic methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) mitigate methane emissions by oxidizing benthic methane even in the stratified, anoxic water column. However, ongoing warming and ...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Spectroscopic insights into the mechanism of #anammox #hydrazine synthase by Versantvoort et al # microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social
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Spectroscopic insights into the mechanism of anammox hydrazine synthase
Anaerobic ammonium oxidizing (anammox) bacteria oxidize ammonium with nitrite as electron acceptor. Hydrazine is a free intermediate in this metabolis…
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October 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Zaterdag 4 en zondag 5 oktober vindt het Weekend van de Wetenschap plaats in Nederland. Ook de Radboud Universiteit biedt verschillende activiteiten aan voor deelnemers van alle leeftijden! 🧑‍🔬
Hieronder een paar activiteiten uitgelicht die samen door of met ons instituut worden georganiseerd: 1/4
October 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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As of 1 September, Sebastian Lücker has been appointed Professor of Applied and Environmental #Microbiology in our institute. He explores the potential applications of novel #nitrifiers in protecting our clean water supply - a pressing concern of our time. Read more: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...
Sebastian Lücker appointed Professor of Applied and Environmental Microbiology | Radboud University
As of September 1 2025, Sebastian Lücker has been appointed Professor of Applied and Environmental Microbiology at the Faculty of Science.
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September 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Job alert: 2 PhD positions in Thermal Ecology, Ecophysiology, or Invasion Biology
Application deadline = 17 October 2025
Read more! ⤵️
#jobalert #academicjobs #phdjob #researchjobs #phdposition
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PhD Position: Thermal Ecology, Ecophysiology or Invasion Biology (two openings) | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a PhD in Thermal Ecology, Ecophysiology or Invasion Biology at the Faculty of Science? Check our vacancy!
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September 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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pbesnl.bsky.social
🌍 Nieuw IPBES-rapport: biodiversiteitscrisis vraagt fundamentele systeemverandering. Verlies van biodiversiteit is geen losstaand probleem van stikstof of verdroging, maar het gevolg van dieperliggende oorzaken.
🔎Lees: www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/natu...

#biodiversiteit #natuur #klimaat
Nature Today | IPBES-rapport: Biodiversiteitscrisis vraagt om fundamentele systeemverandering
Op 18 september verschijnt het rapport Nieuwe perspectieven voor natuur en samenleving, waarin kerninzichten uit twee recente IPBES-studies, Transformative Change en Nexus, zijn vertaald naar de Neder...
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September 18, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Vandaag in de hofstad: een mooie dag over #transformativechange. Wat grofweg neerkomt op: alles moet overal anders.

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Nature Today | IPBES-rapport: Biodiversiteitscrisis vraagt om fundamentele systeemverandering
Op 18 september verschijnt het rapport Nieuwe perspectieven voor natuur en samenleving, waarin kerninzichten uit twee recente IPBES-studies, Transformative Change en Nexus, zijn vertaald naar de Neder...
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September 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Great new trait of #Methanoperedens archaea: Carbon monoxide metabolism in freshwater anaerobic #methanotrophic archaea #aom #anme
Egas @cuwelte.bsky.social et al #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social
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September 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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New publication alert: plant research by Jian Xu and others was published online this week in Cell: "Time-resolved reprogramming of single somatic cells into totipotent states during plant regeneration". Read more (open access)
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September 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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It's Postdoc Appreciation Week! 🌟 #PAWNL #PAW_NL. RIBES would like to show some extra appreciation to the three postdoctoral researchers currently leading the RIBES Postdoc Platform: B. Conall Holohan, Sofia Baliña, and Wouter Mes. Thank you for making RIBES a better place for postdocs! 🙏
September 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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🌍💧💨 Small ditches, large impact!

Published my first PhD chapter in Ecosystems. Ditches in drained peatlands emit far more GHG than their small surface area might suggest. Accounting for them is crucial for accurate national inventories.

Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Disproportionately High Contribution of Ditches to Landscape Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Drained Peatlands - Ecosystems
Drained peatlands are a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; however, research has predominantly focused on terrestrial areas, with much less attention given to drainage ditches. Desp...
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September 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Our university magazine @voxweb.bsky.social made a video report of ongoing greenhouse gas experiments in a pond on Radboud University's campus! 🌿🫧🍂 www.voxweb.nl/nieuws/waaro...
@ecology-radboud.bsky.social [text is in Dutch, video in English with subtitles] #biology #ghg #waterplants
Waarom Radboudwetenschappers door de Hortusvijver waden - Vox magazine
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September 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Microbiologists Martijn Wissink and @cuwelte.bsky.social, among others, are helping us understand how microorganisms regulate the methane balance. 🦠 🫧 The scientists have demonstrated how a methane-converting enzyme (MCR) works in detail.
www.ru.nl/en/research/... #science #microbiology #enzymes
New insights into how microbes regulate methane balance | Radboud University
Research by microbiologists Martijn Wissink and Cornelia Welte of Radboud University, among others, is helping us understand how microorganisms regulate the methane balance .
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September 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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As of September 1st 2025, Wilco Verberk has been appointed Professor of Functional Ecology at Radboud University. Verberk’s research explores how animals cope with changes in temperature and oxygen to explain why species live where they do. Read more: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...
Wilco Verberk appointed Professor of Functional Ecology | Radboud University
As of September 1 2025, Wilco Verberk has been appointed Professor of Functional Ecology at the Faculty of Science.
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September 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Today (August 27, 2025) is the inaugural United Nations World Lake Day. Lakes, reservoirs, and ponds are essential in ensuring global water security, flood mitigation, biodiversity, and other services.

Find here a recent news story featuring department researchers:
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Hier wordt onderzoek gedaan naar de 'scheten' van een vijver
Uit slootjes, meren en zelfs vijvers in de achtertuin borrelen soms giftige broeikasgassen omhoog zoals methaan en lachgas. Ecoloog prof dr. Sarian Kosten van de Radboud Universiteit onderzoekt hoe di...
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August 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM