It's time for more Raman spectra of micrometeorites! Looking forward to analyzing the large amount of data that we will be collecting over the next several days βοΈ #Spectroscopy
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31.07.2025 14:30 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Just after #Goldschmidt2025, our project's Principal Investigator, Steven Goderis, represented the FLUX team at #MetSoc2025 in Perth! βοΈ @amgc-vub.bsky.social
22.07.2025 13:39 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Had an incredible time at #Goldschmidt2025! We are delighted, and grateful, to have been able to present our ongoing research on micrometeorites. Hereβs a group photo with all the participants! πβοΈ @amgc-vub.bsky.social
15.07.2025 09:16 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
Kan afvalwater helpen tegen droogte?
Droge zomers vragen om slimme oplossingen β hoe twee jonge onderzoekers meewerken aan duurzaam waterbeheer in Vlaanderen
π± Fighting drought with treated wastewater? VUB researchers are onto something!
Using subirrigation tech, theyβre recycling purified wastewater to recharge groundwater & help crops. 2022 trials showed groundwater levels rose by 30cm locally! πΎMore details here π
www.vub.be/nl/nieuws/ka...
03.07.2025 15:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
We are grateful to Lisa for having represented the FLUX team at this yearβs #AsteroidDay in Luxembourg! πβοΈ @amgc-vub.bsky.social
03.07.2025 12:52 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Congratulations #TEFRA team for this accomplishment and thank you, Sevi Triantaphyllou for inviting us to form part of this!
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25.05.2025 16:01 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
This weekend our team traveled to Thessaloniki to celebrate the end of the #TEFRA project with two days of exciting conferences! π₯π₯
25.05.2025 16:01 β π 14 π 4 π¬ 1 π 1
Reconstructing Life Histories: New Insights Into Cremation Practices, Mobility, and Food Consumption Patterns Through Isotope and Infrared Analyses of Petrous Parts and Teeth
This graph shows the strontium results of the individuals from Herstal, Belgium.
π’ New paper alert! π’
Iβm really happy to share our latest publication in AJBA! We explore how sampling cremated petrous parts & teeth helps reconstruct life histories and cremation practices π₯. You can find our paper through this link: doi.org/10.1002/ajpa... (1/6)
30.04.2025 15:42 β π 16 π 5 π¬ 1 π 1
We are happy to end this week with a "family photo" of most FLUX (and related) team members! Despite the Sun being absent, our smiles remained present! A big thanks to Jean-Guillaume Feignon for the photo πβοΈ
25.04.2025 12:30 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
These past two weeks have included quite a bit of work with the SEM! Today various members, including Julius and Lisa (below), have been imaging polished sections of their cosmic spherule finds! βοΈπ
22.04.2025 12:40 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Paper Alert π₯
Want to learn more about Roman cremations?
Canβt sleep because you keep thinking about how the Romans burned their dead?
Then don't miss our latest paper & download it for free here: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
22.04.2025 08:19 β π 28 π 11 π¬ 3 π 1
Received a tour at the excavations of the (first) castle of the counts of Flanders in Ypres today! A very exciting find regarding the earliest history of the city, and for my research on the city's earliest city-dwellers... π° @amgc-vub.bsky.social @shoc-vub.bsky.social
09.04.2025 19:28 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
We are happy to end the day with this relatively large (>400 Β΅m) S-type cosmic spherule find, most likely of the "Barred olivine (Bo)" subtype! This sample was found in Antarctic sediments. βοΈπ
02.04.2025 16:06 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
On Tuesday we collected abundant new Raman spectra of over a dozen cosmic spherules! We look forward to analyzing the data in detail βοΈπ
02.04.2025 08:24 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
Next time you feel the sharp sting of a nettle (Urtica), think of its fascinating stinging microhairs - here around 150β200 Β΅m in length - with irritating chemicals stored in their bulbous heads.
The study study investigates plant silica bodies (phytoliths), including these microhairs and other morphotypes, of extant dicotyledons prevalent in North-Western Europe, establishing a baseline for botanical, archaeobotanical, and palaeoecological research.
π Good news! The paper βPhytoliths in dicotyledons occurring in Northwest Europe: establishing a baselineβ by R. Hermans et al. is now #free for a limited time 1/7
π doi.org/pdrp
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27.03.2025 12:46 β π 7 π 6 π¬ 1 π 1
Phytoliths in dicotyledons occurring in Northwest Europe: establishing a baseline
AbstractBackground and Aims. The absence of a modern plant-based βdicotyledonβ phytolith reference baseline impedes the accurate interpretation of fossil p
πΏπΊThis study lays the foundation for refining NW Europe's phytolith reference database. With more data, we can better reconstruct ancient environments and human-plant interactions. (7/7)
π doi.org/pdrp
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#AoBpapers
27.03.2025 12:46 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
We are excited for tonight's premiere of "De dag dat het zonlicht niet meer scheenβ @docville.bsky.social! This documentary, which explores the extinction of the dinosaurs, is based on research here @amgc-vub.bsky.social of our very own @pimkaskes.bsky.social and Cem Berk Senel! π¦βοΈ
27.03.2025 12:04 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A couple pictures from yesterday showing @zelclara.bsky.social, Julius and @trygveprestgard.bsky.social going through their micrometeorite finds here @amgc-vub.bsky.social βοΈβοΈ
27.03.2025 09:27 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
This week starts with Lisa conducting SEM/EDX analysis of several tens of cosmic spherule candidates! Today's samples were only recently identified by our various FLUX team members here @amgc-vub.bsky.social. βοΈπ
24.03.2025 12:04 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Congratulations to Samuele and the @amgc-flux-team.bsky.social team for their numerous micrometeorite finds! βοΈ
18.03.2025 06:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Yes, excellent job! Keep up the hunt for micrometeorites πβοΈ
13.03.2025 15:16 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Phytoliths in dicotyledons occurring in Northwest Europe: establishing a baseline
AbstractBackground and Aims. The absence of a modern plant-based βdicotyledonβ phytolith reference baseline impedes the accurate interpretation of fossil p
π¨ New paper alert! π¨
(1/5) Excited to share that our latest paper on dicotyledon phytoliths in NW Europe can now be found here! π±π¬ This study fills a gap by documenting and analyzing phytoliths from 74 dicot species.
If you want a free access link to the paper, contact us! π©
12.03.2025 15:33 β π 20 π 8 π¬ 2 π 1
The micrometeorite hunting here @amgc-vub.bsky.social continues! Today our team came across this "large" 0.5-mm cosmic spherule candidate! For comparison, we have also included a selection of "ordinary" micrometeorites, typical of what we find on a weekly basis βοΈβ¨
11.03.2025 17:36 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
This multiproxy analysis of the large Tilburg-Udenhoutseweg urnfield uncovered social networks! Local mobility and preferential land use was seen and nonadults & women were enjoying different diets than men! π₯π¦΄πΏπ
25.02.2025 10:45 β π 9 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
Archaeologist studying lives from the past through isotope analysis | Borderland dynamics on the Lower Rhine Limes| SAVE EARTH SCIENCES @VU | She/Her | Just trying to make sense of it all and not freak out π
I am an archaeologist who loves pondering the enigmas of bygone eras and sharing brand-new archaeological discoveries
Organic Geochemist, palaeoclimate scientist, UM-user, railfan, he/him, Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences at The Open University. For The Mug!
Climatologist/geologist specialised in palaeoceanography and palaeoclimatology
Personal website: https://palaeoclimate.science/
A world-leading independent research organisation providing objective, expert geoscientific data, information and knowledge π
Palaeontologist and Palaeoclimatologist
EUTOPIA-SIF MSCA Fellow
AMGC-VUB, ISTeP-CYU
International journal publishing novel and rigorous research in all areas of plant science, managed by the Annals of Botany Company, a not-for-profit educational charity.
The Organic Geochemistry Unit uses high-end analytical techniques to investigate Earth systems at the molecular level.
Sentientism, food policy for desired/anticipated consumption patterns, plant-based for climate, consumption behaviour, history and reporting of global goals, framing.
Iβm a heritage dendrochronologist in Scotland. My consultancy Dendrochronicle undertakes projects in tree-ring dating, archaeology, buildings, cultural wooded landscapes for archaeological, environmental & community bodies.
https://dendrochronicle.co.uk/
Geochemist currently transitioning from mantle- to cosmogeochemistry ππͺπ«
PhD student at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Uncovering history across Maine. I detect properties for owners to showcase their history by finding items lost by past inhabitants. Credited with discovering a Militia/Civil War muster field in ME. Some items on display at the BostonMuseum of Science
JSPS fellow at Hokkaido University - Zooarchaeology, Historical Ecology, and Palaeoproteomics - Cetaceans π³ and South American Camelids π¦ - π³π± currently in π―π΅ and soon moving to π³π΄ (he/him) π³οΈβπ
Food Historian and Experimental Archaeologist. Medieval and Early Modern Britain & Europe c.5th-18th. Dabbling in Neolithic & Mesolithic.
insta @meganfoodhistorian
PhD - anthropology - stable isotopes - diet - mobility - subsistence strategies - agricultural practices - prehistory @CNRS.fr @LAMPEA_officiel @univ-amu.fr
FWO PhD candidate quenching her thirst for isotopic knowledge and archaeology at @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social, for the Erc Lumiere project π©βπ¬
Forensic anthropologist and Bioarchaeologist interested in stable isotopes, aDNA, and paleopathology; π³οΈβπ ; views are mine
