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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 1d

A couple of weeks ago our Gabriel Moinet & Alix Vidal led the Grounding Carbon Farming course in Normandie🐄 together with Ina Möller, Federico Andreotti & guests experts Claire Chenu & Roman Hüppi!

🌱 Lectures 🚜 Farm visits 🧪 Field sampling 🎲 Serious game sessions 🎤 Interviews

See you next year?

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 2d

📢 Hot off the press in New Phytologist!
A fresh study explores the link between root traits and ecosystem functions 🌱🌍, with our very own Thom Kuyper among the co-authors! 👏

🔗 Check it out :
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Rooting for function: community‐level fine‐root traits relate to many ecosystem functions

Humans are driving biodiversity change, which also alters community functional traits. However, how changes in the functional traits of the community alter ecosystem functions—especially belowground...

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 2d

📣Amazing outreach day yesterday with the Weekend of science! More than 300 visitors looking at plants, soil...🎉

Thank you to all the collaborators, great collective effort to pass our science to the general public and a lot of kids🪱🦠🌱😀!

See you next year! weekendvandewetenschap.nl/hotspots/hot...

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 7d

🎉Come to the Wageningen Hotspot of the Weekend of Science on Sunday 5th Oct!✨

You will find a variety of activities from the Soil Museum, soil painting, measuring photosynthesis, genetics, games with roots & more...

Spread the word and see you there! Info: weekendvandewetenschap.nl/hotspots/hot...

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

🎉Last week first observation together with NIOO, on their beautiful green rooftop, for the Bodemdierendagen! It was great success & we manage to find the tiny ten🪱🐛🐜 ..but also the little eleven🦠✨! Take your observation, is your turn now! How many soil organisms will you find?
bodemdierendagen.nl/nl

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 13d

📣Come on the 5th October to Wageningen University to get some hand on soils and more during the Weekend of Science! Soil Biology group people are also going to be there to inspire about the beauty of soil organisms🪱🦠🐛🌱!!

More info: weekendvandewetenschap.nl/hotspots/hot...

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 27d

📣ART&SOIL ALERT ⁉️ Studio Metaform & our PhD candidate Doina Mani will take you into the invisible world of nematodes and their ecological stories.

🎼 Join Singing Soil @ EnergieKas, The Hague, Sept 25, 2025, Free Admission via this link: lnkd.in/e7VKAUfR
Listening Session, Workshop, Co-creation

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Sep 8

✨A big thank you to all the participants and lecturers of the Soil Biology Lab skills course for assessing soil functions 🪱🦠🌱! A week full of exchanges, discussions, activities, learning and networking! Looking forward to the next edition!🎉

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

Find Paolo di Lonardo at EUROSOIL 2025 in Sevilla next week

📅 Monday 8 Sept 18:00–19:00
👉 panelist in the workshop “Missions to Protect Soil”
📅 Tuesday 9 Sept 12:30–12:45
EUSO Stakeholders Forum
👉 “Rethinking Soil Health in Urban Systems: Insights from Research Trends and Field Implementation”.

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Sep 1

🎉And yet another edition of our Soil Biology Lab skills course for assessing soil functions started today🦠🪱🐜🐛🌱! Impressive diversity of participants with different backgrounds and expertise! Looking forward to the rest of the week! 🥼🔬☕🎉

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Aug 30

🪱 Publication Announcement! 🌱🍄‍🟫

Book chapter “Soil biology, health and ecosystem services: an overview”. We detail the process of selecting indicators to assess soil health in agricultural systems, applied to four key soil functions.

📂 Open access link:
lnkd.in/eXW6VQzu

Have a nice read!

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Aug 22

📣Soil cluster seminar: "Disentangling the soil-plant microbiome nexus for beneficial solutions: from biostimulants to xenobiotics degradation" 🦠 from Prof. Eduardo Puglisi

☑️9th September
☑️10 to 11 am
☑️GAIA building room B001

For joining on Teams:
Meeting ID: 326 610 433 473 8
Passcode: Hy9Kp9Pf

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Aug 19

📣Paper alert! "Drivers of the geographical distribution of nematode-based indices across Europe" led by the PhD student Doina Mani working between SBL and SGL.

Have a nice read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Drivers of the geographical distribution of nematode-based indices across Europe

Nematode-based indices (NBIs) are widely used as indicators of soil health, reflecting key aspects of soil functioning. However, their spatial variabi…

www.sciencedirect.com

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

📣We are hiring a PhD candidate to work on modeling soil processes in regenerative agriculture 🌱
If you have experience in process-based modeling and a background in agriculture, we invite you to apply.
Deadline, September 30, 2025.

More info here:

lnkd.in/eGFJktsN

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Jul 7

📣 Paper alert: publications led by PhD Jonas Schepens at the Soil Biology group (SBL) on SOC accrual in relation to management practices in northwest Europe.

Read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

From global trends to local realities: SOC accrual of improved management practices in northwestern Europe

Numerous meta-analyses provide rates of carbon accrual for specific management practices at global scales. However, understanding how specific farming…

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

📣Last week new doctor Enno Sonntag, joint PhD with Thuenen Institute of Organic Farming, successfully defended his thesis:

“Earthworm Farming for Circular Food Systems: Upcycling Residual Biomass into Edible Protein and Organic Soil Amendments.” 🪱🪱

Congratulations Dr. Enno!🎉

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Jun 24

📣♻️ Turning dairy processing waste into phosphorus fertilizer? Absolutely — with a little help from soil microbes! 🌱
Dive into the final chapter of Angel Velasco-Sánchez’s PhD thesis @geoderma.bsky.social, also with Gabriel Moinet and @jwvangroenigen.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Phosphorus fertilization of grasses with dairy processing waste materials and contributions of soil microorganisms towards phosphorus uptake

Dairy processing waste (DPW) is one of the largest agro-industrial residues globally and has the potential of reducing the dependency on mineral phosp…

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Jun 18

🎉Very nice workshop on public engagement, communication and soil literacy last week in collaboration with Stephan Mantel from ISRIC during the Soil@WUR day! Bulding a community here 💪🎉

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Jun 11

✨Very nice workshop on art and soils organized by Giulia Bongiorno, Erne Blondeau and Tullia Calogiuri from our department! This is one way to connect with soil..

Thanks to ISRIC for hosting us at the amazing Soil museum and to Erika Henskens for guinding us through the world of soil pigments🎨

Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Jun 11

✨Yesterday we organized a workshop on Art and Soil for the ArtMeetScience program at WUR in the ISRIC soil museum🎨🖌️...very inspiring seeing how participants liked it and connected with soils! Also adults like to be creative!

More events will take place during the month of art of WUR, stay tuned!🪱🦠🐜

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

✨Congratulations for the new exposition featuring the work of various colleagues of the SBL group!🎉🖌️🎨If you are around campus go to visit it in IMPULSE building! 🪱🐛🦠🐜

Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Jun 6

📣Last Monday we participated again in the ArtMeetsScience project 🎨 with a nice little sharing moment by Giulia Bongiorno (SBL) and with the Artistic-scientific collaboration between the Soil cluster and the artist Trijnie Goudriaan. The exhibition is in IMPULSE and will be there until August!

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Jun 5

📣New publication led by our PhD student Gidena Reda: "Determination of phosphorus pools, sorption capacity and supply potential of agricultural soils of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia".🎉

Enjoy the read! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Determination of phosphorus pools, sorption capacity and supply potential of agricultural soils of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Phosphorus (P) is a major limiting nutrient for food production in Ethiopian agricultural soils, primarily due to low P fertilizer application and str…

www.sciencedirect.com

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

🎉New publication led by Guusje Koorneef with authors from our group, Soil Chemistry group, NIOO and France.

"Understanding the effects of organic versus conventional farming on soil organic carbon characteristics – a chronosequence study".

Enjoy the read! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Jun 4

📢 New Publication from Soil Chemistry Group Wageningen by our recent PhD Dr.Guusje Koorneef, focusing on understanding the dynamic of Soil Organic Matter in conventional and organic farming practices. Have a look below for full paper. 👏 👏
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Understanding the effects of organic versus conventional farming on soil organic carbon characteristics – a chronosequence study

Organic farming aims at producing high quality, nutritious food while sustaining the health of soils and ecosystems, for which it relies on ecological…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · Jun 3

❓What do we do as soil biologist in our weekends? This is real love for soils and its inhabitants🪱🦠🐛🐜! Thank you to Giulia Bongiorno from our department, the Bodemdierendagen team of NIOO and ARTIS!

Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · Jun 3

🎉Last weekend another fantastic day at the Aardbewoners Festival at Artis in Amsterdam with the Bodemdierandagen! So many kids and adults enthusiastic about soil biodiversity!🦠🪱🐛🐜 Don't forget to upload the data on the website! bodemdierendagen.nl/nl

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · May 30

Interested in soil outreach activities? Join the upcoming World of Soils lecture at the ISRIC World Soil Museum: "Soil and people connected through different perspectives - a soil biologist's journey" by Giulia Bongiorno from the SBL group.
📆 11 June
⏰ 12:25-13:00
🔗 Register: lnkd.in/eCNCuHzQ

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Soil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · May 30

📣🎉Join the the Month of Art @WUR in June! Also the Soil Science cluster will be participating with an inspiring art-science collaboration and workshops about soil (of course ;) )!🎨🖌️

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