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RIBES | Research institute of Radboud University (Nijmegen, the Netherlands) | Our mission: Towards healthy ecosystems

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🧡 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." 🫧🌿

05.02.2026 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Macrophyte-associated methane oxidation as a key process diminishing methane emissions from agricultural drainage ditches Methane (CH4), a potent greenhouse gas, plays an important role in climate change, with natural and human-made aquatic ecosystems contributing about h…

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...

03.02.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

03.02.2026 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🧡 Today is World Wetlands Day, celebrating the importance of wetlands and their impact on people and the planet! 🌍

Two weeks ago, RTV Drenthe interviewed one of our PhD candidates, Quint van Giersbergen, in a drained peatland in Gasteren, Drenthe.

02.02.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🧡 Yesterday Ana Paula Dalbem Barbosa successfully defended her doctoral thesis, a cotutelle between Radboud University and UNEMAT (Brazil), titled "Nutrient fluxes in aquaculture systems." πŸŽ“πŸŸπŸŒΏ

29.01.2026 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wetenschapsprogramma Focus volgt het spoor van methaan, van koe tot watergang COβ‚‚ domineert het klimaatdebat, maar een ander broeikasgas is per molecuul veel krachtiger: methaan. De concentratie ervan in de atmosfeer blijft stijgen. Methaan komt vrij bij olie- en gaswinning, ui...

Via H2Owaternetwerk kun je alvast wat lezen over dit onderwerp: www.h2owaternetwerk.nl/h2o-media/we...
En, als je niet live kunt kijken dan is de aflevering later ook terug te kijken via @npostart.bsky.social ! 2/2

26.01.2026 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Focus | NPO Start Bij elke nieuwe crisis kijken we hoopvol naar wetenschappers. Petra Grijzen gaat mee met hun zoektocht naar oplossingen voor de problemen van deze tijd. Ze ziet onderzoekers streven, worstelen, falen ...

Kijktip! Deze week in Focus (NTR) leer je alles over methaanuitstoot. Het krachtige broeikasgas methaan komt vrij bij olie- en gaswinning, uit veeteelt en vuilnisbelten, maar ook uit moerassen, rivieren en meren. Sarian Kosten (Radboud Universiteit) legt uit hoe dat zit. 1/2 npo.nl/start/serie/...

26.01.2026 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gisteren presenteerden we in het Trippenhuis van de @knaw-nl.bsky.social de vernieuwde Bionieuws: een maandmagazine Γ©n een nieuwe website.

Na meer dan een halve eeuw als tweewekelijkse krant zetten we een volgende stap – met oog voor journalistiek, samenhang en verdieping.

22.01.2026 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A nice news feature follow up on Niels van Helmond's paper
at omroep Zeeland in Dutch: Onder water gaat het mis: waarom het Veerse Meer zuurstof blijft verliezen
www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/18137...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
@ribesresearch.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu synergy #MARIX

20.01.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Raad eens wat ik doe | NPO Start In de mysterybox zit weer een beroep verstopt. Maar welk beroep is het dit keer? Is het een huisarts, een bouwvakker, een zangeres... of misschien wel iets heel anders? Door vier hints komen we stap v...

Nooit te jong om te leren: wat doet een ecoloog. Met in de hoofdrol onze collega Robin Lexmond πŸ¦‹

npo.nl/start/afspel...

16.01.2026 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This position is still open. The Weisberg lab is recruiting a postdoc or Ph.D. student to study horizontal gene transfer in plant-associated microbial communities. Please see the job ad for more information and feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

14.01.2026 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NWO funding for research project on the effects of climate change on microbial growth in cooling towers | Radboud University An international research team has received an NWO grant of €700,000 for the research project MicroSafe, which focuses on the impact of climate change on microbial growth in wet cooling towers.

Our new research project MicroSafe focuses on the impact of climate change on microbial growth (such as Legionella) in wet cooling towers. Due to climate change and higher temperatures, the risk of pathogen spread may increase. Read more: www.ru.nl/en/research/... #microbiology #legionella πŸ§ͺ🦠

14.01.2026 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An early Christmas present from our team for all of the tomato πŸ… & recombination fans:

Chromosome-scale Solanum pennellii and Solanum cheesmaniae genome assemblies reveal structural variants, repeat content and recombination barriers of the tomato clade

biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

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β€˜Stress can have a positive effect on the immune system' | Radboud University A recent study showed how stress changes behavior by using two different receptors.

Stress affects many systems in our body and biologists Marcel Schaaf and Erin Faught at @ribesresearch.bsky.social are figuring out how that works. A recent study by them showed how stress changes behavior by using two different receptors.
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
#biology #imunesystem #zebrafish

15.12.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Kustgebieden kunnen methaanuitstoot niet meer bijbenen - Beste-ID Onderzoek naar methaanuitstoot in kustgebieden

Kustgebieden kunnen methaanuitstoot niet meer bijbenen:
www.beste-id.nl/nieuws/kustg...
@ribesresearch.bsky.social

13.12.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome! πŸ™‚

11.12.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coastal areas can no longer keep up with methane emissions | Radboud University Heavily polluted waters, such as Lake Grevelingen, emit large amounts of methane. Microbiologist Anna Wallenius will defend her PhD thesis on this topic at Radboud University on 15 December.

On Monday 15 dec 1630h @Anna J. Wallenius will defend her PhD thesis "Muddy Affairs, Microbial #methane cycling in coastal ecosystems" please find the @ribesresearch.bsky.social coverage at www.ru.nl/en/research/...

11.12.2025 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ERC Consolidator Grants for research on methane eaters, air showers and language in our brain | Radboud University Five Radboud University researchers are set to receive a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Their research covers topics such as methane-eating micro-organisms, air showers f...

We congratulate Cornelia Welte with her @erc.europa.eu #Consolidator grant πŸ₯³ for "electroANME": a project which will uncover how anaerobic methanotrophic (ANME) archaea oxidize methane, interact with bacteria, and use diverse metabolic pathways. Read more: www.ru.nl/en/research/...

10.12.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoc Position: Modelling Impacts of Agricultural Land Management Systems on Biodiversity | Radboud University Do you want to work as a Postdoc: Modelling Impacts of Agricultural Land Management Systems on Biodiversity at Radboud University? Check our vacancy!

Apply this week! #vacancy #Postdoc position: Modelling Impacts of Agricultural Land Management Systems on Biodiversity. πŸ§‘β€πŸŒΎπŸ¦— You will contribute to new knowledge and tools to refine how impacts on biodiversity are captured in life cycle assessment for agricultural products. www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

04.12.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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KNMI-klimaatgedicht Bijna 5 december, tijd voor een nieuw gedicht, vol feiten waar we over hebben bericht.

Bijna 5 december, tijd voor een nieuw gedicht, vol feiten waar we over hebben bericht.

04.12.2025 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Degraded peatlands emit nearly twice as much greenhouse gas as previously thought | Radboud University For the first time, researchers from Radboud University have produced a detailed, high-resolution map of peatlands in the EU, showing that these areas emit twice as much greenhouse gases than previous...

Researchers have produced a detailed, high-resolution map of #peatlands in the EU, showing that these areas emit twice as much #greenhousegases than previously thought. With @quintvg.bsky.social Christian Fritz @ecology-radboud.bsky.social www.ru.nl/en/research/...

03.12.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 Paper Alert!

πŸ“’We are excited to announce the publication of a new study in Nature Communications, β€œIdentifying hotspot of peatland emissions in the EU+”, in which researchers from our department in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Greifswald, the Greifswald Moor (1/11)

02.12.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congrats @annajwallenius.bsky.social & her PhD thesis 15-12-25 1630h "Muddy affairs: Microbial #methane cycling in anoxic coastal sediments" Thanks to #NESSC @erc.europa.eu synergy #MARIX & @ribesresearch.bsky.social collabs. Good luck at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @carolineslomp.bsky.social

17.11.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ Save the date: ERC annual conference will take place on 28 January 2026! Its theme will be β€˜One Health’.

Discover the programme and register now πŸ‘‰ t.co/SBat1iYccr

#OneHealth

@scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu @ecdc.europa.eu @efsa.europa.eu

17.11.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Rooted macrophytes reduce sediment CH4 storage and net production: An experimental approach using a novel scanning method Methane (CH4) emissions from freshwater ecosystems are significant but rarely quantified in vegetated zones. We assessed the influence of five macrophyte species that root in the sediment differing i...

New paper alert! 🚨

RU researchers Lucia Cabrera Lamanna, Ilenia Marquina LuΓ©vano, Eric Visser, and Sarian Kosten, along with co-authors Dick van Oevelen and Andreas Lorke published a study in Limnology and Oceanography Letters.

Read here: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

11.11.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Save the date May 28 and 29, 2026, and please share widely. thx! Goodbye symposium and lecture: Microbial #Methane and #Nitrogen Cycling Under the Loupe: A tribute to shared curiosity and collaboratively hunting for β€œimpossible” spookmicrobes

06.11.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This work, lead by @felixpleiva.bsky.social, is finally published in a @funecology.bsky.social issue. Have a look.

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

05.11.2025 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great work by our @chaidiradlan.bsky.social, Steef Hanssen, Carlijn Hendriks, and Birka Wicke! And colleagues from the @leefomgeving.bsky.social πŸ‘

30.10.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Emissions Footprints of Agriculture Around the World 1970–2020: Decreasing Land Conversion, Regional Exceptions and Increasing Management Intensity

πŸ”— buff.ly/ugy56na
@ribesresearch.bsky.social

29.10.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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De Future Dikes: onze biodiverse beschermers Onderzoekers van de Radboud Universiteit zijn al een tijd bezig met het innovatieproject β€˜Future Dikes’. Het doel? Dijken ontwikkelen met een sterke, soortenrijke grasbekleding, zodat ze ons land bete...

Onderzoek van onze afdeling in de spotlight! 🌾

De β€œfuture dikes” combineren waterveiligheid met biodiversiteit - een duurzaam ontwerp voor de toekomst.

Lees meer:
πŸ‘‰ www.intonijmegen.com/blijf-op-de-...

29.10.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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