iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🪱Last Friday marked the closing day of #ISEE13 @WUR! 🌱 Inspiring talks, valuable discussions, and new connections. 🏆 Congrats to poster prize winners Marion Mittmannsgruber, Rune Melis & Peter Garamszegi. 🙏 Thanks all, and yes... I'll be practicing my catchbox throwing 😅

030

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 03/09/2026

Learn to identify the UK’s 33 soil-dwelling earthworm species using microscopes, specimens and an ID key. Ideal for students, soil ecologists, biological recorders & naturalists 🌎 🧪 29 Oct | Natural History Museum, London | From £50 Register here: 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989370476...

eventbrite.co.uk

Earthworm Identification

Learn how to identify British earthworm species based on morphological features, using a microscope and ID guide, with Keiron Brown.

047

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Last Thursday at #ISEE13, science met art in the world of earthworms 🪱✨. Participants tasted soil, listened to the sounds of the underground, and experienced soil life in creative new ways. A truly sensory journey into soil ecology. #WUR #SoilHealth #ScienceAndArt

020

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The 13th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology🪱 #ISEE13 ended last Friday at Wageningen University & Research. 140 participants from 34 countries sharing their love for 🪱. Awesome sessions, workshops and excursions 🤩!

060

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Omg just won the first copy of @frankashwood.bsky.social new book The world beneath our feet at #isee13 earthworm conference 🤩😍

2142

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Philipp de Jong @pdejong.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Incredible earthworm macrophotography workshop by @frankashwood.bsky.social at #isee13.

Setae of a Lumbricus terrestris fluorescing under UV light.

Close-up of presumably an Eisenia fetida.

1307

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Frank Ashwood @frankashwood.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Every four years, the international earthworm research community gets together to exchange ideas. This time, we’ve taken over Wageningen for #ISEE13, and it’s been a blast! Here’s a few highlights, including my earthworm Macrophotography workshop 📸🪱 @pdejong.bsky.social @helenherself.bsky.social

1174

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Frank Ashwood @frankashwood.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

IT’S PUBLICATION DAY! (UK) I’m so excited to see this labour of love finally out in the world! How better to spend today than at an earthworm research conference 🪱 🧪 If you’re in the UK, THE WORLD BENEATH OUR FEET is in bookshops now! Coming soon to North America and EU. @hodderbooks.bsky.social

A photograph of my hand holding my book up in front of a conference theatre.

85919

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

📢 Thrilled to share that our new paper is out! 🔗 lnkd.in/eiYnv6R7 🪱 Exploring earthworms + phosphorus using the ¹⁸O‑phosphate method 👏 Kudos to Chiara Pistocchi & Andreas Burr for leading the work. 🏆 Special congratulations to Andreas Burr, whose MSc contribution earned him a Best Thesis award.

156

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

⏰ Early‑bird ends today! Register now to join the global earthworm community at ISEE13 ✨ 🪱

021

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

🌱 The ISEE13 preliminary program is live! 🪱 A wonderfully diverse line‑up of earthworm talks and posters ✨🪱 🔗 Program: event.wur.nl/isee13/new-p... ⏳ Early‑bird registration closes 15 April! 📸 Frank Ashwood - invited speaker at ISEE13 Wageningen is getting ready for a worm‑filled conference! 🪱

0104

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

🌟 Huge congrats to Tullia @tulca.bsky.social on her PhD defense! 🌟 She explored the surprising role of earthworms in enhanced weathering 🪱✨ Check out her papers: lnkd.in/eaJkwqmw lnkd.in/eTGAQwmB lnkd.in/eyFP_itc One standout: even dead earthworms influence carbon cycling. 🎉 Bravo, Tullia! 🎉

183

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🎓✨ Franziska Steiner defended her PhD on Monday and absolutely nailed it! 🥳 How drought shapes root traits, soil microbes & feedbacks on soil structure / maize 🌾 🔽 🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... link.springer.com/article/10.1... All the best for your postdoc adventure in France 🍀

1140

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

⏰ Final call for abstracts! Only 1 day left to submit your contribution. Don’t miss your chance to be part of the program 🪱

011

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

📢 Calling all earthworm enthusiasts! 🪱✨ One week to submit your abstract for the Earthworm Symposium happening 23–28 August 2026/Wageningen. 🗓️ Deadline: 31 January You love the 😍 earthworm photography by @frankashwood.bsky.social? Then come 🤩! More info and abstract submission: lnkd.in/ehGwc3ze

0128

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

🪱 📢 Great news! The abstract submission deadline for ISEE13 has been extended - now January 31st, 2026. You can enjoy relaxed holidays 🎄✨ and return in the new year with fresh energy and even more enthusiasm for earthworms 🪱. We look forward to your contributions! event.wur.nl/isee13/home-...

064

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

📢 PhD Opportunity: Plant–Soil Interactions 🌱 Can diversity deliver climate-smart grasslands? 🪱DeepRootLab | roots & earthworms 📍 Copenhagen | 📅 Apply by 8 Feb 2026 🔗 More info & apply: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15... Supervision: Frederik van der Bom, Dorte Bodin Dresbøll & @alixvidal.bsky.social

073

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

🪱 Hey, earthworm enthusiasts! Registration is OPEN for the 13th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology 😎 📌 Deadlines: Abstracts: Jan 4, 2026 Early-bird: Apr 15, 2026 🌍 Details on excursions, workshops & socials: event.wur.nl/isee13/home-... 📅 See you end of August 2026!

043

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

🪱🐜 🐛 🪳 🐌 Join our SOIL FAUNA session at EGU2026! Excited to team up with Dmytro Monoshyn, Marion Mittmannsgruber & Gerrit Angst. Looking forward to catching up, or getting to know you and your work! 🪱🐜 🐛 🪳 🐌

073

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Three days of fieldwork for ReGeNL with a fantastic team: Lyanne, Anne, Yana & Felix! Fieldwork is a rare treat these days, definitely worth celebrating 😛 Lots of curious animals 🐄🐖🐓🐕 and plenty of earthworm pits 🪱😅. Loved sampling such diverse farms!

051

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

📢 Our book chapter "Macrofauna as indicators of soil health: earthworms & enchytraeids" is out with Burleigh Dodds! 🪱 🔗 www.bdspublishing.com/open-access/ 📩 DM me for full chapter. Print edition coming end of year! Thanks to a great team @jwvangroenigen.bsky.social @tulca.bsky.social and more 🙌!

091

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

😊🙏 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 📸

030

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

•📢 🪱 🎉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...

0149

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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

1221

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

🎓 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! 🥳

050

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

🤩✨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 😆!

0101

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

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? 🍄😊

092

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

📣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-...

wur.nl

Biodiversity Challenge - Wageningen city

Wageningen is a green city. Have you ever stopped to think how many plants, insects, birds, aquatic and soil animals can be found around you? We invite you to come and discover them together with our ...

032

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

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

082

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

🪱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!🙏

0120

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

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

0102

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 27/04/2025

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: egu25@copernicus.org

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

0115

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

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

2190

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

👋 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🌱!

0231

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 24/04/2025

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."

042

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 26/04/2025

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

4597

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

🎉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!✨🪱

081

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

🚨 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...

0206

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

✊📚📣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...

1234

Alix Vidal 🪱 @alixvidal.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

📣Join our group as Lab Technician 😀!

085

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

📢 🪱 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

0289

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

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

052

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

📣 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/...

063

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

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

1114

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

✨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!

091

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

📣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...

sciencedirect.com

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…

083

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Phil Delacote @phildelacote.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

A few starter packs of: @inrae-france.bsky.social colleagues on agriculture, food, environment, forests: go.bsky.app/CuM8ekE BETA Economics colleagues: go.bsky.app/FU6FAs6 Climate Economics Chair researchers: go.bsky.app/9cWunpz

0126

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Are you a post- doc interested in soil health and other dimensions of regenerative agriculture? We are looking to appoint a post-doc for a 4.5 yr position leading a monitoring programme in a large project on regenerative agriculture (ReGeNL). Read more here: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

wur.nl

Post-doctoral Researcher (ReGeNL line 3): Monitoring outcomes of regenerative agriculture

0138

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The 2nd edition of the MSc course Research Methods for Soil Biology, designed to prepare students to do a thesis with our group, is already in its third week🦠🍄! Students are supermotivated and the teaching team as well!Soil sampling and lab was already started last week🌱🧪🥼....soon data analysis!

041

Reposted by Alix Vidal 🪱

Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

📣Our Luciana Chavez Rodriguez @lucianachr.bsky.social is convening a session (09a) at the Goldschmidt Conference (Prague 6-11 July 2025) : "Microbial ecology and elemental cycling in terrestrial and aquatic systems: integrating biogeochemistry, geomicrobiology and modeling" 🦠🦠 Open for applications!

073