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Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 16d

😊🙏 Just back from a week in Normandy for our Grounding Carbon Farming course 🐄

Lectures, farm visits, Calvados tasting 😄, fieldwork, games, interviews & great food, in a stunning landscape 🤩

With Gabriel Moinet, Ina Moller, Federico Andreotti, Claire Chenu, Roman Huppi
Emma Verweij for the pics 📸

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Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 25d

•📢 🪱 🎉Abstract submissions are now OPEN for the upcoming 13th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology (ISEE13) — hosted in Wageningen, from August 23–28, 2026!
➡️https://event.wur.nl/isee13/author

•🔗🪱🌍 Discover the speaker lineup and our initial program: ➡️ event.wur.nl/isee13/new-p...

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · Sep 8

Doing my last edits on my keynote for today - bringing some #soilscience into the physics realm #SIMSEurope #SoilBiogeochemistry #NanoSIMS @alixvidal.bsky.social @tuberlin.bsky.social @ucph.bsky.social

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Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · Jul 4

🎓 Very proud of Enno Sonntag ✨🥳 for successfully defending his PhD last week about Earthworm Farming 🪱 for Circular Food Systems 🔁. A truly original and multidisciplinary topic.

📄 Curious about his work?
lnkd.in/eGPMPN-Q
lnkd.in/e5Vknkif
📸 Luc Vietanh Soto
Well done, Enno! 🥳

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Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · May 23

🤩✨Feeling incredibly lucky to be part of such a vibrant, creative team — and a very proud supervisor of @tulca.bsky.social 🪱, alongside @mhagens.bsky.social & @jwvangroenigen.bsky.social 💫. We will make very good use of this new chair 😆!

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · May 23

🎉New design addition to the SBL coffee room 😊 our PhD
@tulca.bsky.social designed the fabric, our education coordination Florien Vernooy re-upholstered this chair with it. Tullia designed also some SBL logos and is working on her portfolio! Florien is also an upholsterer: www.atelierflorien.nl✨🪱✨

Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · May 23

🎉New design addition to the SBL coffee room 😊 our PhD @tulca.bsky.social designed the fabric, our education coordination Florien Vernooy re-upholstered this chair with it. Tullia designed also some SBL logos and is working on her portfolio! Florien is also an upholsterer: www.atelierflorien.nl✨🪱✨

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · May 22

Curious about the state of biodiversity in the Netherlands? 🌿
The latest report has all the insights ▶️ www.naturalis.nl/system/files... (in Dutch).
Our very own Thom Kuyper co-authored the section on fungi—who else but the 'mushroom man' himself? 🍄😊

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · May 20

📣The Soil Cluster is participating to the Biodiversity challenge organized by WUR to share its enthusiasm about soil biodiversity 🪱🦠🌱

Where: Wageningen market square
When: Saturday 24th April from 9 am till 15!

For more information check: www.wur.nl/en/research-...

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Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social · May 8

Worm charming challenge in Wageningen @sbl-wur.bsky.social the funniest event of the year. We went dressed as Belgian Badgers 🦡 and played didgeridoo to get the worms out. Enjoyed it very very much @fornalab.bsky.social and ANEKO regenwormenwerkgroep. Next month we organize it @nerdland.be

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Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · May 9

🪱Another delightful round of Earthworm Charming 🪱✨ this year! Despite the dry conditions (only 10 worms for the winning Louis Bolk team 😬), the creativity, costumes, and community spirit were amazing 🤩💡👗. Always a magical mix of people and ideas ✨! Big thanks to all the earthworm enthusiasts!🙏

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · May 9

🎉✨Great 2025 edition of the Earthworm 🪱 charming championship. 17 teams participating including a kids' team and an international team💪! The soil was very dry, but we had a winnner: the PFAS team from the Luis Bolk found 10 earthworms🪱🪱✨ So many different strategies applied to charm the earthworms😀

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · May 6

An exciting day - we have teamed up again with the amazing Wim van Egmond to make one of his fantastic time lapse movies! What will it be about? Enchytraeids, fungi, collembola or perhaps even tardigrades?!?! Stay tuned!!! @soilclusterwur.bsky.social

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · Apr 27

It’s time to collect your #EGU25 badge 🙌!

Here is what you will need:

✅ Identification card/passport
✅ QR code from Copernicus for a valid on-site registration (get it here: www.egu.eu/4QFEKH/)

❓ For any further help, please reach out to: [email protected]

Image description: A person standing on a rocky summit. With text reading: "It’s time to collect your badge!"

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Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · Apr 27

#Train2EGU from Wageningen 🇳🇱 to Vienna 🇦🇹 @egu.eu. Let's see if I am lucky with connections 😬🙏🏻

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Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · Apr 26

👋 Heading to #EGU25 tomorrow! Excited to catch up with many of you. Will be talking about earthworms🪱, roots, AMF and how they shape soil phosphorus and carbon cycling🌱!

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · Apr 24

What's the best way to deliver a successful #Poster and #PICO presentation🤔?

In this #GeoLog Tullia Calogiuri and Steve Kwatcho Kengdo #2022OSPPWinners share their top tips for giving an Outstanding Student and PhD-candidate Presentation!

👉 Read the full blog post: egu.eu/97T2DA

Image description:" A poster session at the EGU, with text reading:"Get our top Outstanding Student and PhD-candidate Presentation (OSPP) tips for EGU25, from previous winners and judges! Read more."

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · Apr 26

Are you on your way to #EGU25?! Share your #Train2EGU trip and let us know what you see on your travels!!

#GreenEGU

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Apr 23

🎉Last week great good-by party for our colleague Ron de Goede, which is retiring after many years working at the SBL group. Years full of great publications📃, education 🎓and outreach activities🚀, jokes and complains. We will miss you Ron, for the great ecologist and person you are!✨🪱

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Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · Apr 22

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
Soil, rhizosheath formation, and maize 🌱🌽.
Congrats to Franziska 🥳 for a fantastic piece of her PhD work! Rewarding to see results from this challenging field experiment with rainout shelters 😅
Check it out
➡️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Apr 14

✊📚📣Once again, speaking out against the Dutch government’s disastrous cuts to science and research 🚫. Some of our SBL team showed up to make noise and stand up for the future of knowledge!
www.fnv.nl/cao-sector/o...

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Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · Apr 7

📣Join our group as Lab Technician 😀!

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Apr 4

📣We're looking for a Lab Technician to support SBL's research and education activities🥼🎓. If you know someone who might be interested, please share the vacancy within your network📣.

For more details and to apply, please see the vacancy page here: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/l...

Lab assistant - technician for the soil biology lab

www.wur.nl

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Mar 21

📢 🪱 Earthworms enthusiasts 😁 : The official website for the 13th Symposium on Earthworm Ecology is now live! ✨ 🪱
📅 SAVE THE DATE: August 23-28, 2026 in Wageningen, the Netherlands
🔗 Check it out and stay tuned for updates!
event.wur.nl/isee13/home-2
📸Amazing pictures @frankashwood.bsky.social

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Mar 20

📣Preparation ongoing for the International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology that will take place in Wageningen in the end of August 2026!

Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Mar 20

📣Preparation ongoing for the International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology with efforts from researchers from The Soil Science cluster, Luis Bolk institute, NIOO and VU💪! Soon the official website will be launched ✨...curious? stay tuned!

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Mar 17

📣 Registration open for our Grounding Carbon Farming course 🐮🌱
🍃 Join us in Normandy, France for an immersive and truly transdisciplinary experience on farm 👩‍🌾
✨A participant: "Looking from the bottom up—on the farm, with the farmers and their choices—was truly inspiring!"
www.wur.nl/en/activity/...

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Mar 10

Last week Frans fertilized our plots in the earthworm hotel: manure, compost, mineral fertilizer are going to feed our guests, we need to satisfy their needs🌿The hotel is used for research and outreach purposes. Find more informaton in the poster designed by PhD Tulllia Calogiuri @tulca.bsky.social

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Mar 4

✨Yesterday SBL team building in the beautiful Renkum....sharings laughs, achievements, food, and artistic skills with each other is very important for our group and makes us grow together! Thank you to the organizing team, looing forward to the next one!

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Feb 18

📣Freshly published by Jordy van' Hull, PhD in our group and Wageningen Environmental Research. Congratulations Jordy for this first paper 🥳! How can we reduce nitrogen losses from renovated grasslands 💧☁️🌱? Check it out 😉.
🔽 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Potential measures to reduce nitrate and nitrous oxide losses from renovated grasslands

Grassland renovation (grassland renewal or temporary conversion to arable land) is a common practice employed by farmers to reverse declining yields i…

www.sciencedirect.com

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