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Mike Jetten @msmjetten.bsky.social · 3d

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

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Mike Jetten @msmjetten.bsky.social · 2d

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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Mike Jetten @msmjetten.bsky.social · 8d

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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Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences @ribesresearch.bsky.social · 9d

Ook kun je van alles bekijken in de Latijnse School in het centrum van #Nijmegen, zoals het Brein Museum van het Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour. weekendvandewetenschap.nl/activiteiten...
We wensen je alvast een leuk en interessant weekend toe! 4/4

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Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences @ribesresearch.bsky.social · 9d

Ook op de universiteitscampus: onderzoekscentrum B-WARE Research Centre, waar je een heleboel verschillende dingen kunt doen! Hoe is het om op een laboratorium te werken? Hoe ziet de grond onder het gras eruit? Bekijk alle activiteiten van B-WARE hier:
weekendvandewetenschap.nl/organisaties... 3/4

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Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences @ribesresearch.bsky.social · 9d

🪴 Bezoek ons kassencomplex en de proeftuin, op het terrein van de Radboud University! weekendvandewetenschap.nl/activiteiten... 2/4

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Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences @ribesresearch.bsky.social · 9d

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

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Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences @ribesresearch.bsky.social · 11d

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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Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences @ribesresearch.bsky.social · 18d

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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pbesnl.bsky.social @pbesnl.bsky.social · 22d

🌍 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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pbesnl.bsky.social @pbesnl.bsky.social · 22d

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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Mike Jetten @msmjetten.bsky.social · 22d

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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Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences @ribesresearch.bsky.social · 23d

This work also addresses one of the “125 Unsolved Scientific Questions” highlighted by Science on its 125th Anniversary - “How does a single somatic cell become a whole plant?” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

How Does a Single Somatic Cell Become a Whole Plant?

It takes a certain amount of flexibility for a plant to survive and reproduce. It can stretch its roots toward water and its leaves toward sunlight, but it has few options for escaping predators or fi...

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Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences @ribesresearch.bsky.social · 23d

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

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Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences @ribesresearch.bsky.social · 23d

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! 🙏

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Judith van der Knaap @judithvdknaap.bsky.social · 25d

🌍💧💨 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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Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences @ribesresearch.bsky.social · 25d

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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Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences @ribesresearch.bsky.social · 29d

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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Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences @ribesresearch.bsky.social · Sep 10

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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Department of Ecology - Radboud University @ecology-radboud.bsky.social · Aug 27

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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Department of Ecology - Radboud University @ecology-radboud.bsky.social · Sep 5

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...

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...

link.springer.com

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Mike Jetten @msmjetten.bsky.social · Aug 25

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

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Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences @ribesresearch.bsky.social · Aug 25

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...

Chelsea Clifford @ditchontologist.bsky.social · Aug 23

It's out! 🧪 "Lines in the landscape," on the under-appreciated importance of #ditches as diverse ecosystems: doi.org/10.1038/s432.... By @peatymike.bsky.social, @fluitans.bsky.social, @drtatariw.bsky.social, @timaukel.bsky.social, @jordannabergman.bsky.social, @juliecrabot.bsky.social, ...

Lines in the landscape - Communications Earth & Environment

Ditches have many overlooked environmental and societal roles, including impact on biodiversity and pollution, and management strategies to enhance their multifunctional landscape-scale benefits are n...

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Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences @ribesresearch.bsky.social · Aug 18

Sounds great, enjoy the cake and the sunshine!🌞

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Mike Jetten @msmjetten.bsky.social · Aug 15

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
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