There's a party going on at @ribesresearch.bsky.social! Henk Siepel is saying goodbye after many years in our institute and its @ecology-radboud.bsky.social department. We thank him for his contributions to science and education over the years, and wish him all the best in this new chapter.

A study of eighteen Dutch #grasslands (in the Ooijpolder near #Nijmegen) revealed that the conventional management categories for grasslands do not always accurately reflect reality. The researchers propose a more accurate way to categorize them, using a continuous scale: www.ru.nl/en/research/...

A [Cu-4Fe-4S] cluster? Yep, you read that right! We report a new bioinorganic motif in an acetol dehydrogenase and characterized it with our wonderful collaborators from @ribesresearch.bsky.social @lmu.de @cutsail-lab.bsky.social @ksgchem.bsky.social @mpi-mr.bsky.social @hhu.de 🧪 #chemsky

Ever wondered how animal movement data can help with biodiversity monitoring? Then check out our latest work led by Ruth Oliver: rdcu.be/foMed @ribesresearch.bsky.social

What happens if the snow melts a month earlier than expected? Microbiologist Noemí Segura Solé witnessed the consequences first-hand. The #thaw meant that her fieldwork in Longyearbyen, #Svalbard was cancelled. www.ru.nl/en/research/... #ecology #microbiology #arcticresearch

Hij leerde de taal, kent het land en werkt er als gastprofessor. Microbioloog Mike Jetten, die afscheid neemt van de Radboud Universiteit, is een nieuw leven begonnen in Zweden. Maar hij blijft nooit langer dan twee weken weg. Dan wordt zijn vrouw in het Nijmeegse verpleeghuis onrustig.

Great news: Bjorn Robroek and Patrick Weigelt have received a Comenius Senior Fellowship grant for their project ‘Future-proof ecological education’. 🌿 Read on our website how they will transform our #botanical education! www.ru.nl/en/research/... #ecology #biodiversity #biology

Many (former) colleagues present at @msmjetten.bsky.social 's goodbye lecture at Radboud University! Fascinating science as well as some reflections on university life. @ribesresearch.bsky.social is grateful that Mike has conducted his research, education and mentorship in our Institute. 🧑‍🔬

Looking back at 25 magnificent at #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social Interview by Annemarie Haverkamp. Meer menselijk maat en nooit meer email :) Have a great time too! www.voxweb.nl/nieuws/micro...

Tomorrow, our colleague @msmjetten.bsky.social will have his goodbye lecture at Radboud University, entitled "Microbial Methane and Nitrogen Cycling under the Loupe". We hope to see many of you there! You can also join the livestream (29 May, 3 pm Amsterdam time): www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

Making #ClimateAction High-Integrity & Credible? This event explores the new 5-Yr Vision and launches CoAct database w. data on cooperative climate action 📍 IDOS,Tulpenfeld 6, Bonn ⏱️ 15Jun,18:30–20:00 Register @ forms.office.com/e/ZJEp19uZyw @achieveproject.bsky.social @ribesresearch.bsky.social

Huge congratulations 🎉 to Dr. Martijn Wissink on defending his PhD thesis 'Wired for Methane' with flying colors at #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social 🎓 Microbes that mitigate greenhouse gases and produce electricity, groundbreaking research for a sustainable future. @cuwelte.bsky.social

Do you work #ForNature?🌿💻 We're happy to share our new collection of virtual video call backgrounds! Showcase the beauty of biodiversity, from species to genetics and ecosystems across the regions of our planet. 🌍

Koolstofkredieten: een weg uit de klimaatcrisis, of gebakken lucht? 🤔 Ben je benieuwd naar de waarde en de betrouwbaarheid van #koolstofkredieten? Promovenda Kiri van den Wall Bake doet hier onderzoek naar: www.beste-id.nl/jonge-geeste... @beste-id.bsky.social

Bij de lintjesregen dit jaar is onze onderzoeksdirecteur @carolineslomp.bsky.social geëerd met een Ridderorde in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw! Van harte gefeliciteerd Caroline 🎖️ www.ru.nl/over-ons/nie... #lintjesregen #koningsdag

Are you curious how processes in cells and tissues contribute to plant regeneration and development? Come work with me! I'm hiring a PhD candidate: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

We have a new PhD position opening in our Plant & Animal Biology department! 🪴🔬 Apply by 29 May 2026: @charlieunderwood.bsky.social @maritzavandop.bsky.social www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

Congratulations to our esteemed colleague, Prof. dr. ir. @carolineslomp.bsky.social of #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social, who received a Royal Decoration in the Order of the Netherlands Lion today 🇳🇱 for her exceptionel service to science & society. #biogeochemistry #oxygen @erc.europa.eu

#Postdocjob: Are you eager to investigate how the impact of environmental stressors on ecosystems is related to the size of organisms and communities? Then join the ERC Advanced Grant project ’The Power of Size’ to find out! www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

My super department @warwicklifesci.bsky.social is hiring 6 assistant profs in the wake of recent retirements. We're looking for people in microbiology/infection, cellular disease / immunity; environmental biology; and plant/crop science. #MicroSky warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Cool video about our Techno Center, who helped us build the greenhouse gas detection device for peat ditches! (in video from 00:48)

Research by microbiologists @raegas.bsky.social and @cuwelte.bsky.social of @ribesresearch.bsky.social shows that many methane-consuming microorganisms actually prefer carbon monoxide over methane. When carbon monoxide is present, they consume far less methane. 1/2

‘Op twee kilometer na een lozingspunt van gezuiverd afvalwater zagen we ineens dat er veel meer methaan uit het water vrijkwam’, vertelt microbioloog Ida Peterse, die vandaag promoveert aan de Radboud Universiteit. Lees meer: bionieuws.nl/onzichtbare-...

Vandaag promoveert Ida Peterse, die zowel veldwerk als laboratorium-onderzoek heeft gedaan naar microben. Een prachtige combinatie van microbiologie en ecologie! 🦠🏞️ @bionieuws.bsky.social publiceerde een kort artikel over haar resultaten. Lees het hier: bionieuws.nl/onzichtbare-... #phdone

Big Congratulations to #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social PhD candidate Isabel Rigutto : Winner of the KNVM Kiem Award 2026 for her paper Sediments From a Seasonally Euxinic Coastal Ecosystem Show High Nitrogen Cycling Potential enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Congratulations to PhD candidate Isabel Rigutto with the Kiem Award for the best first-author paper by the KNVM (Royal Netherlands Society for Microbiology)! 👏 This award recognizes Isabel’s outstanding research published in Environmental Microbiology. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/1462...

New paper! 📃 PhD candidate Björn Franke is happy to announce the publication of his first PhD paper, published last week in Global Ecology and Biogeography. 🦒"We used GPS data from 1344 individuals across 48 mammal species around the world , ranging from giraffes and wild dogs in Botswana, to... 1/4

Always wanted to know more about geese migration? If you read this piece with ecologist Andrea Kölzsch, next time you see that V-shape of geese flying in the sky you will know more about them. 🪿 www.npr.org/2026/03/09/n... @ecology-radboud.bsky.social #geese #migration #ecology

Very happy to announce that my paper on cross-species patterns in habitat selection of terrestrial mammals is finally published in Global Ecology & Biogeography! doi.org/10.1111/geb.... The highlights: - Strong road avoidance! - Lots of variation - Selection driven by environment rather than traits

Promovendus Gijs van Beilen @ecology-radboud.bsky.social is een van de nieuwe #FacesofScience @knaw-nl.bsky.social! Via dit initiatief gaat hij van alles delen over zijn onderzoek naar de relatie tussen dieren en hun omgeving. Bekijk hier alle nieuwe Faces of Science: www.knaw.nl/nieuws/van-e...

Mini-bacterioferritins: structural insight into a ferritin-like protein from the anaerobic #methane -oxidising archaeon Candidatus #Methanoperedens carboxydivorans @ribesresearch.bsky.social @cuwelte.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...

NIOO scientist Paul Bodelier has been appointed as #professor of Functional Microbial Ecology at the Faculty of Sciences in Nijmegen. Read on: nioo.knaw.nl/en/news/paul... @ecology-radboud.bsky.social #FunctionalEcology #MicrobialEcology

As of February 1, 2026, Paul Bodelier from @niooknaw.bsky.social has been appointed extraordinary professor of Functional Microbial Ecology at our institute @ribesresearch.bsky.social @ecology-radboud.bsky.social Welcome Paul! www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

Exciting new methane research: Huge credit to @annajwallenius.bsky.social & Andy Leu for using nifty bioinformatics to disentangle 8 novel MAGs of 'Candidatus Methanoborealis' This is version 1 of our #bioRxiv preprint. Aanalysis is ongoing & we welcome your feedback! doi.org/10.64898/202...

Congrats: Potential for Manganese Oxide Driven Anaerobic #Methane Oxidation in Sediments of a Seasonally Euxinic Coastal Basin by Klomp et al as part of @erc.europa.eu synergy project #MARIX @carolineslomp.bsky.social #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

How do geese know when it’s time to move north? 🪿 In a recent NPR story on goose migration, Andrea Kölzsch, assistant professor in our Department of Ecology, explains how geese “follow the green wave” in spring, tracking warmer temperatures, melting snow, and fresh vegetation along the way.

PhD candidate Yvet Telgenkamp @ecology-radboud.bsky.social was awarded a Christine Mohrmann stipend by our university. Congratulations! Read more about Yvet and the history and goal of the stipend here www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

Read the full research at journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Warm temperatures can offset the damage to the developing skeletons of zebrafish larvae growing in acidic water, but when cadmium pollution is added to the mix, they absorb less calcium causing even more damage to their skeletons journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

An international team of researchers led by microbiologist Martyna Glodowska will use microorganisms to recover scarce metals from electronic waste. 🦠 The research team is receiving a grant of up to €1.5 million from the SPRIND Tech Metal Transformation Challenge. Read more www.ru.nl/en/research/...

🚨 Paper alert! A new study published in Ecology Letters by Wilco Verberk and colleagues synthesized data on heat tolerance and heat tolerance plasticity across more than 500 fish species in freshwater, brackish, and marine environments.

Sunday at the Inscience Film Festival in Nijmegen: the film Holy Destructors, about fungi and their destructive role. Afterwards, ecologist Bjorn Robroek @unpeatable.bsky.social sheds light on the other side of fungi. What are fungi good for? Get tickets: www.insciencefestival.nl/en/vertoning...

"We are ALL swimming in chemicals – whether we realise it or not." Fin-formative blog post by @ribesresearch.bsky.social scientists 👇

Research into how animals use ecological corridors reveals that these corridors are not used uniformly across different species 🐘🐒 @marleetucker.bsky.social #wildlifecorridors #botswana #elephantswithoutborders www.ru.nl/en/research/...

Researchers Jolie Smeets and Marnix Gorissen, within the European #HYPIEND project, investigate how endocrine-disrupting chemicals ( #EDCs) affect #hormone regulation and behaviour of individual #zebrafish larvae. They wrote this interesting blog about their work! hypiend.eu/swimming-in-...

The molecular mechanism and activity of Kuenenia stuttgartiensis #hydrazine synthase #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social @robertsjansen.bsky.social et al www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6....

SUMMER SCHOOL CLIMATE ACTION BEYOND GOVERNMENTS (22-26 Jun'26) Business,cities,& civ.society are stepping up, but greenwashing concerns are rising. Work on integrity challenges, and codevelop roadmaps (e.g.,for cities,businesses) Register by: 15May; Radboud Univ.(NL),more: www.ru.nl/en/education...

🧵 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." 🫧🌿

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...

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