Spectroscopic insights into the mechanism of #anammox #hydrazine synthase by Versantvoort et al # microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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

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/...

Job alert: 2 PhD positions in Thermal Ecology, Ecophysiology, or Invasion Biology Application deadline = 17 October 2025 Read more! ⤵️ #jobalert #academicjobs #phdjob #researchjobs #phdposition www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

🌍 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

Vandaag in de hofstad: een mooie dag over #transformativechange. Wat grofweg neerkomt op: alles moet overal anders. www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/natu...

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 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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) doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... #plantbiology #newresearch

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! 🙏

🌍💧💨 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...

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

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

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/...

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: www.tubantia.nl/video/produc...

There have been some busy bees 🍯in the department! Judith van der Knaap and colleagues published a paper in Ecosystems about the contribution of drainage ditches to greenhouse gas emissions in drained peatlands here in the Netherlands. Read here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Congratulations to ‪@annajwallenius.bsky.social‬ on submitting her PhD thesis on microbial #methane cycling in anoxic coastal sediments. A great milestone. Some cheerful photos to mark the occasion. Well done, Anna! #MARIX @erc.europa.eu #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social #NESSC

With @ribesresearch.bsky.social contributions from Judith van der Knaap @judithvdknaap.bsky.social , Quinten Struik, and Sarian Kosten :-) @nature.com @ecology-radboud.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Congratulations to Nicky Dotsios. Her PhD thesis "Microbial #nitrogen cycling across coastal ecosystems" has been approved 😎 with ao seasonal dynamics of #nitrification in lake #Grevelingen @ribesresearch.bsky.social Supported by @erc.europa.eu synergy project #MARIX www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A large census conducted on 157 dikes along rivers in the Netherlands revealed that more and rarer bee species live on dikes than previously thought. According to ecologist Constant Swinkels, many more dikes can be made bee-friendly. #bees #science #ecology #dikes www.ru.nl/en/research/...

3.5-year #Postdoc position on avian microbiomes and reproduction @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @niooknaw.bsky.social on a fully-funded ERC project focused on understanding the significance of reproductive microbiomes for host biology and fitness. Reach out for more info! nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

Kortzichtigheid maakt meer kapot dan je lief is, door @heleendeconinck.bsky.social van TU Eindhoven/Radboud @ribesresearch.bsky.social esb.nu/industrie-ko... We verspillen belastinggeld. We houden bedrijven in de lucht die geen plek hebben in een CO2-neutraal Nederland. We smoren...

Veengebieden, de Waddenzee, rivierdelta's: Nederland heeft allerlei wetlands. Wereldwijd zijn er veel wetlands verdwenen, maar ze zouden moeten terugkomen omdat ze bijvoorbeeld veel CO₂ opslaan, aldus Bjorn Robroek @unpeatable.bsky.social: www.nporadio1.nl/nieuws/binne... #wetlands #draslanden

In a recent study, researchers were able to use a ‘PARTHENOGENESIS’ (PpPAR) gene to trigger clonal reproduction in rice plants. @charlieunderwood.bsky.social (RIBES) and Kejian Wang and his team made a breakthrough on the function of this gene. Read more: www.ru.nl/en/research/...

C3 Compound Metabolism in the Thermoacidophilic Methanotroph Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum SolV by Changqing Liu, Arjan Pol, et al #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

One might expect that climate mitigation measures would help to counteract oxygen decline in the oceans. Yet a new study reveals that many proposed marine carbon dioxide removal methods could in fact intensify oxygen loss. 😕 🌊 Read more: www.ru.nl/en/research/... with @carolineslomp.bsky.social

Today is the RIBES away day! We get together with our academic staff to discuss updates and developments in our institute, meet our newest colleagues, and in the afternoon we will dive into science communication with @arnoldvanvliet.bsky.social. Repost if you are attending ☀️

Together with my new colleague Roven Rommel Fuentes @ribesresearch.bsky.social we are currently looking to hire a PhD student or postdoc in the area of computational genetics and machine learning.

Hoe #tomaten hun stuifmeel koel houden in de hitte? Door een flink potje te zweten www.trouw.nl/wetenschap/h... Met Ivo Rieu @ribesresearch.bsky.social

‘Methane emissions from drinking water purification can be reduced by 50%’ - PhD research by Alje Boersma ⬇️🚰 #methane #microbiology #drinkingwater www.ru.nl/en/research/...

🔓 : The role of #offsetting in city #climateaction is generally unclear and lacks detail, find Chappell et al. @ribesresearch.bsky.social ➡️ Many cities lack details on estimating residual emissions, defining an upper limit on offsets & ensuring environmental integrity Read below ⬇️

Save the date: 28-29 May 2026. Farewell symposium @msmjetten.bsky.social on Microbial #Methane and #Nitrogen cycling under the Loupe. A tribute to shared curiosity and collaborative hunting for "impossible" #spookmicrobes. At #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/mikeje...

Seagrass bread as food product of the future: ‘The Netherlands must take the lead in production’ New article on our website, with researcher Marieke van Katwijk: www.ru.nl/en/research/...

Many congratulations 🎉 & very proud of our colleague now prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. ir. @carolineslomp.bsky.social of #microbiology & #biogeochemistry @ribesresearch.bsky.social highlighting her fascinating voyage through various marine ecosystems & appreciation for interdisciplinary team science #hypoxia

#FossilFriday Elrathia kingii. Trilobites from the Cambrian from the fantastic fossil collection at @ribesresearch.bsky.social We used them this week in a new Geobiology course @Radboud University, Nijmegen.

We are happy to be able to share that prof. dr. Mark Huijbregts has been selected as a new member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen)! Congratulations 🎉

Job alert: Postdoc Position in Peat Land Use and Paludiculture Value Chains 🏞️ 🔗 💧 🌱 Are you or is someone you know passionate about sustainability, peatlands and paludiculture? And are you looking for a postdoc position? Then go to our website and apply by 1 June 2025! www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

Funding granted to create SMART experimental hub for aquatic-processes! What if you connect the best aquatic facilities in the Netherlands, and add data scientists? See: https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/over-eu21-million-awarded-for-projects-in-scientific-infrastructure (1/5)

Approaches to artificial reoxygenation have been studied as possible solutions to coastal oxygen loss, but they come with risks that must be assessed carefully, write @carolineslomp.bsky.social @ribesresearch.bsky.social & @aoschlies.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social eos.org/features/cou...

On Friday the 9th of May, Ivo Rieu will give his inaugural lecture as professor of Crop Biotechnology at Radboud University! The lecture is titled 'The heat is on - future-proofing our crops and education'. www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

On my way to @uofglasgow.bsky.social for collaborative research funded by glasgow-radboud collaboration fund. Taking the scenic route by train! @ribesresearch.bsky.social

Hooray - dr. Jelle Hilbers has won this year's University Education Talent Award of Radboud University! Congrats 👏

Congratulations 🎉 Kop et al : High diversity of nitrifying bacteria and archaea in biofilms from a subsea tunnel #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...

Congratulations 🎉 🎉 to Martijn Wissink for being awarded the Kiemprijs for best 1st author Microbiology paper. see publication on probing anaerobic methane oxidation pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.... #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social @cuwelte.bsky.social

Next week I'll give my inaugural lecture as Professor in Microbial Physiology at Radboud University! Excited!!

On the 4th of April (Friday next week), Cornelia Welte @cuwelte.bsky.social will give her inaugural lecture as professor in Microbial Physiology at Radboud University! The lecture is titled 'Invisible yet powerful'. www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

Our work on the role of photosynthetic microbes in #peatland carbon dynamics, and the effects of warming now in @natclimchange.bsky.social. Warming amplifies microbial photosynthesis, and offsets ~14% of heterotrophic CO₂ emissions in northern #peatlands. rdcu.be/eejri @ribesresearch.bsky.social

Nijmeegse ecologen weerleggen de Nature-publicatie die afname van insecten toeschrijft aan weersafwijkingen over de laatste decennia. ‘Het rammelt qua opzet en statistiek.’ bionieuws.nl/article/1836...

#proudPI day! My PhD student Maider Echeveste Medrano handed in her printed PhD thesis today on the stress physiology of #anaerobic #methanotrophoc #archaea @ribesresearch.bsky.social co-supervised w/ @msmjetten.bsky.social Irene Sanchez Andrea

Job alert: PhD position Microbiology of Arctic Freshwater Lakes 🏞️ 🦠 Are you or is someone you know looking for a PhD position in microbiology? Then go to our website and apply by 15 April 2025! www.ru.nl/en/working-a... #phdjob #academicjobs #researchjobs #vacancy #microbiology #arcticresearch

How can soil life help with the transition to sustainable agriculture? 🪱 🌱 Rosa Boone answers this question on our website: www.ru.nl/en/research/...