Reposted by Soil Biology Group - Wageningen URSoil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026📢 Looking for something to do this weekend? Come with your friends and family to Gaia/Lumen (WUR) at the Weekend of Science! ✨ 🪱 🪴 🧬 🐜 Plants, soils, genes, animals, earthworms, macroplastics, tardigrades, art...these are some of the themes at our Hotspot Wageningen! Check out: lnkd.in/evxMG9r2 042
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026📣📃Recent publication on truffles co-authored by Prof. Thom Kuyper "Truffles: diversification in niche construction in temperate ecosystems" Read here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comTruffles: diversification in niche construction in temperate ecosystems - Plant and SoilBackground and aims Ecological niche construction by ectomycorrhizal Tuber species (truffles) was described in alkaline soils in Mediterranean ecosystems but its variability depending on fungal specie... 000
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026📣The registration and abstract submission for the fourth annual symposium of the National Centre for Soil Ecology is open! nioo.knaw.nl/nl/form/symp... Join us for a stimulating symposium on the 4th of December. The symposium will be held at the HAS green academy!🪱🌱🦠🐛 042
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026📢 Today the Bodemdierendagen officially start! 🪱 🪴 take part in the 12th edition of this exciting citizen science project on soil organisms! bodemdierendagen.nl/nlbodemdierendagen.nlBODEMDIERENDAGENGa jij ook op bodemdierensafari? Elk jaar zoeken duizenden mensen in het hele land naar bodemdieren!Dichtbij huis is er een vergeten jungle vol dieren. Kleine dieren, maar onmisbaar voor een gezonde b... 021
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 18/09/2026📃New publication led by Anna Maria Visscher: "Can Organic Amendments Override Environmental Filtering of Soil Microbiomes? Evidence From 20 Years Old Agricultural Field Trials in Contrasting Tropical Sites" Want to know more? here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comCan Organic Amendments Override Environmental Filtering of Soil Microbiomes? Evidence From 20 Years Old Agricultural Field Trials in Contrasting Tropical SitesAcross four long-term Kenyan maize trials, site was the dominant driver of microbial community composition and N-cycling gene abundance. Among organic amendments, farmyard manure most strongly enrich... 012
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 09/09/2026💫 Shevani Murray PhD from our group developed a survey addressing agroforestry farmers all around Europe for her research 🌳 🌲 This is the link to the survey, which is open until the 31st October: shorturl.at/bC7l0 It would be great if you could share this within your network ! 001
Reposted by Soil Biology Group - Wageningen URSoil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 20/07/2026We are launching a call to find an artist who works, or has always wanted to work, with soil biodiversity 🪱 🦠 🍄 to co-create a project in collaboration with researchers from WUR and the support of Platform DIS (platformdis.nl) Please share👍 Questions? contact me @ giulia.bongiorno@wur.nl 024
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 13/07/2026📢With Thom Kuyper:🍫 Panama’s cacao is more diverse than previously documented. Distinct regional genetic profiles, unique Criollo ancestry, and links to soil conditions highlight opportunities for conservation and industry development. 🌱https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10722-026-02844-2 010
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 03/07/2026📢Paper out with our own Thom Kuyper🌳European forests show declining nutrient health, and emerging evidence suggests shifting ectomycorrhizal fungi dynamics may be a key, overlooked driver of how forests respond to global environmental change.🌳 academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...academic.oup.comImpacts of ectomycorrhizal forest change on nutrient cycling, forest resilience, and ecosystem servicesAbstract. At a time when we count on northern hemisphere forests to mitigate global atmospheric change, European forests are showing deteriorating abovegro 094
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 03/07/2026🎉🪱✨🌱New WILDCARD biodiversity initiative granted to Dr. Giulia Bongiorno and team: Exploring new ways of connecting people with soil biodiversity. Not just through science, but through experiences! ✨Stay tuned ! For more info: wageningenur4.sharepoint.com/:u:/r/sites/...wageningenur4.sharepoint.comSign in to your account 021
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 30/06/2026🚀 New review “Integrating soil imaging with spatial omics to uncover root–soil interactions” now published in Plant Communications lnkd.in/ebG3bbJu. 🌱 Contribution by our own Alix Vidal and brilliantly led by Tino Colombi, together with Hannah Cooper and Rahul A Bhosale. 📖 Enjoy the read 😊lnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 031
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 26/06/2026New publication led by Dr. Anna Visscher: "Early soil health responses to crop diversification and manure application vary across tropical agroecological zones" Highlights: Focus is Kenya, where 4 long-term experiments were recently redesigned into diversified systems! 📄 article lnkd.in/exwxmwsv 032
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 15/06/2026📣Interested in regenerative agriculture, soil nematodes, and data science? Then this is the PhD position for you! Be part of ReGeNL, a large-scale project helping the NL transition to reg. agr. The position is co-hosted by Antonie in Giesbeek & our group! For more info read below 🪱🥼🔬👨💻🌾🍀 021
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 10/06/2026📣Our special professor Ciska Veen organizes a discussion at European Congress for Conservation Biology (ECCB) (Leiden, 10 July '26; 3 pm) on 'Making soil biodiversity a priority for conservation in policy and practise'🦠🪱 Info: eccb26leiden.eu Interested in pitching your idea? contact her!eccb26leiden.euECCB 2026eccb26leiden.eu 031
Reposted by Soil Biology Group - Wageningen URSoil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 01/06/2026⏳ Only a bit more than two weeks left to register for our earthworm conference ISEE13🪱🪱🪱🪱 in Wageningen (23–28 August)! lnkd.in/eJ4PZ33N 🪱 Join our global community of earthworm researchers 🤝 Reconnect with colleagues and meet new collaborators ⭐ Hear from our invited speakers and many others 🤩 063
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 27/05/2026📢Our very own Thom Kuyper is co‑author on a new study diving into the interactions between Cannabis sativa 🌿 and beneficial fungi 🍄. Discover it there ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comEnhancement of fiber content and cannabinoids of hemp using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and endophytic fungi - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Enhancement of fiber content and cannabinoids of hemp using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and endophytic fungi 030
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 21/05/2026🌱 The new Dutch Biodiversity Status Report dropped! Shout‑out to our own Thom Kuyper for his contribution on beachgrass & fungi, and their role in protecting dunes (p. 67). 🔗 Dive into the full report: www.naturalis.nl/en/over-ons/...naturalis.nlNaturalis presents: the state of Dutch biodiversityHow many species are there in the Netherlands? And how are they faring? On Thursday 21 May, Naturalis will publish the first edition of the Status Report Dutch Biodiversity. A complete overview of Dut... 000
Reposted by Soil Biology Group - Wageningen URAlix 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
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 12/05/2026📢Our latest paper, with contributions from Thom Kuyper and Mirjam Pulleman, uncovers how political drivers and persistent social‑ecological lock‑ins shape the future of forest transitions in Latin America 🌳. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comUnderstanding forest transitions and lock-ins in Latin American agro-forest frontiers: aligning theory to practice for accelerating restorationThe agro-forest frontier is the dynamic border between agricultural and forested lands. Drawing on results from an interdisciplinary research programm… 042
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 08/05/2026📣Delighted to be sharing this new paper by Roelof Zwaan & other SBL colleagues. In this paper they evaluated different approaches for calculating single indices of soil health and show that the final numbers are often in disagreement for the same site! Here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comSoil Health Indices in Disagreement: A Systematic Review and Comparison of Soil Health Assessment MethodsSoil health is commonly understood as the ability of soils to provide multiple ecosystem services such as primary production, climate mitigation, and … 053
Reposted by Soil Biology Group - Wageningen URSoil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 28/04/2026🎉Join our short course at EGU26. We will offer a unique opportunity for participants to come together and exchange tools, insights, and experiences related to geoscience education for children.📖🥼 📍EGU26, Vienna ⏲️6. May 2026, 14:00-15:45 CET, Room -2.82 Session link: lnkd.in/dmsZsqRX 022
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Happy to have Jan Willem van Groenigen as our new chair! @jwvangroenigen.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Soil Biology Group - Wageningen URSoil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 15/04/2026📣Last chance today for the Early bird registration of the International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology: event.wur.nl/isee13/home-2 🪱🪱 Ensure your early bird spot!event.wur.nlhttps://event.wur.nl/isee13/home-2Your cookies are disabled, please enable them. 011
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 14/04/2026🌱 How does plant diversity shape soil life? Omotola, PhD candidate in SBL, has just published new findings on multispecies swards and nematode dynamics. 🔍 A great read for anyone interested in soil ecology and sustainable agriculture. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comMultispecies swards support lower plant-parasitic nematode abundance in agricultural grasslandsReducing reliance on mineral nitrogen (N) fertilizer is central to improving the sustainability of agricultural grassland management. Increasing sward… 052
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 13/04/2026✨After 5 years and many activities, the project Clima-LoCa, coordinated by Mirjam Pulleman, and focusing on Cd mitigation in cacao systems has officially ended🍫 However, it will continue to share its adventures and products through climaloca.org and linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/clim... 010
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 09/04/2026🎉Congratulations to our doctor Gidena Reda, graduated yesterday with the thesis: "Utilising diagnostic features to define the safe operating space for nutrient management in smallholder farming systems"🌱 contributing to smallholder farming systems in Ethiopia!🌍 research.wur.nl/en/publicati... 061
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 20/03/2026📢New paper led by our own Marie Zwetsloot. 🌱Weeds aren’t just pests - they can act as climate‑smart service plants that support water and climate regulation in agroecosystems, as long as farmers prevent competition. ▶️https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.70181nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.comWeeds in a changing climate: Competitors or service plants?Reducing herbicide use and preparing agroecosystems for climate change are two top priorities on the global policy agenda. Here, we explore whether these two challenges can be tackled simultaneously.... 061
Reposted by Soil Biology Group - Wageningen URSoil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 03/03/2026📣 The special issue of the Wageningen Soil Conference 2023 on “Soil Solutions for a Sustainable World” 🌱 was recently finalized with contributions from the four soil cluster departments (SBL, SGL, SOC and SLM) You can find it here: bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comEditorial for Special Issue on “Soil Solutions for a Sustainable World”Click on the article title to read more. 053
Reposted by Soil Biology Group - Wageningen URSoil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 11/03/2026📣 The annual meetings of 2 important EU soil outreach projects just took place🎉: Loes Van Schaik (SLM)&Giulia Bongiorno (SBL) for SoilTribes in Portugal soiltribes.eu, while Wietse Wiersma&Ingrid Lubbers (SGL) for CURIOSOIL in Slovenia curiosoil.eu Raising soil awareness is one of our mission🌱! 042
Reposted by Soil Biology Group - Wageningen URSoil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 10/03/2026📣✨Don't miss the Exposition from the Uitwaaien magazine ‘Art meets Science’ In De Cultuurwerkplaats Wageningen ... 🪱🦠🐛It is on until the end of March and featuring a beautiful artistic collaboration on soil from the Soil biology group and Trijnie Goudriaan! www.instagram.com/reel/DVRq_Rm... 011
Reposted by Soil Biology Group - Wageningen URSoil Science Cluster WUR @soilsclusterwur.bsky.social · 27/02/2026🎓 Last week our Tullia Calogiuri (working at the interface between soil chemistry & biology) defended her PhD thesis "The role of earthworms in enhanced mineral weathering - understanding their impact on carbon dynamics and sustainable fertilisation". 🪱🪨 ✨Thesis: research.wur.nl/en/publicati... 071
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 19/02/2026📢 New paper out in Geoderma with many SBL and SOC colleagues! “Glued forever: incomplete dispersion hampers POM–MAOM fractionation in soils with high SOC and metal (hydr)oxide content.” ▶️https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016706126000327sciencedirect.comGlued forever: incomplete dispersion hampers POM-MAOM fractionation in soils with high SOC and metal (hydr)oxide contentFractionation of soil organic carbon (SOC) into particulate organic carbon (POC) and mineral-associated organic carbon (MAOC) has contributed to our u… 084
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 16/02/2026📣Publication alert📃 "Temperature Response of Soil Organic Matter Decomposition Rates: Construction and Applications of a Temperature Gradient Block" led by our PhD student Karen Moran Rivera, shows a practical way to study how sensitive to climate is soil carbon!🌡️ app.jove.com/t/69785/temp...app.jove.comTemperature Response of Soil Organic Matter Decomposition Rates: Construction and Applications of a Temperature Gradient BlockWageningen University & Research. We introduce a temperature gradient block and detail its construction and utilization. The block provides 22 discrete temperatures, linearly distributed between a us... 051
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 12/02/2026📃📣Publication alert! A great collaborative effort merging science&practice on temperate food forests🌳🍎🪱 👉"A scoping review of temperate food forestry research: key themes, methodological considerations and research priorities" - featuring our own Giulia Bongiorno link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comA scoping review of temperate food forestry research: key themes, methodological considerations and research priorities - Agroforestry SystemsThere is increasing interest in practice and policy in the use of polycultures composed of a tree layer integrated with multiple other perennial vegetation layers (“food forests”) in temperate regions... 041
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 08/02/2026📄 New publication alert A timely and insightful paper on biostimulants and their regulation has just been released — featuring contributions from our own Thom Kuyper 🔗 Check it out. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 001
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 28/01/2026📣🎉New PhD-position in our group together with CIAT and WUR Business Economics! "Resilience of food systems; learning from Lighthouse Farm Communities in Colombia and four other countries" Here the link with more information: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...wur.nlPhD: Food System Resilience in Colombia: learn from Lighthouse Farm CommunitiesPhD position - Resilience of food systems; learning from Lighthouse Farm Communities in Colombia and four other countries. In this PhD project, you will explore how Lighthouse Farm Communities build... 010
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 21/01/2026The third edition of our course "Research Method in Soil Biology" in on! Experiments, discussions, and curiosity about soil life is what the students are experiencing! A big thank you to Michiel in t' Zandt that is coordinating the course, and to all our staff members involved in it 🧪🍄🪱🧫🦠 021
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 12/01/2026📣 EGU 2026 Abstract Deadline is coming up on January 15th! Still ample time to submit an abstract to session BG3.31 - Biogeochemical Processes Shaped by Soil Heterogeneity across Scales where our Dr. Alix Vidal is an invited speaker! lnkd.in/dqME5C8m 010
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 09/01/2026📣New publication on 'Modelling of Soil Multifunctionality Across Europe' By Wadoux, Debeljak, Lagacherie & our own Rachel Creamer 020
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 19/12/2025🎉📣Congratulations to our new Dr. Chindy Kapembwa who on 21st defended the thesis "Exploring the potential of invasive aquatic weeds to supply N to tropical soils" The work led to evaluating the effect of the weeds on the yield and nutritional content of sorghum: research.wur.nl/en/projects/... 0140
Reposted by Soil Biology Group - Wageningen URAlix 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
Reposted by Soil Biology Group - Wageningen URAlix 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
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 24/11/2025🚨 New publication alert! Hot off the press: a study co-authored by our very own Thom Kuyper 🌱. It explores the effect of organic amendments and microbial inoculation on sugarcane cultivation. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comImpact of bio-organic amendment supplemented with phosphate-solubilizing bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on sugarcane cultivation - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Impact of bio-organic amendment supplemented with phosphate-solubilizing bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on sugarcane cultivation 021
Reposted by Soil Biology Group - Wageningen URAlix 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
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 14/11/2025📣 Exciting news! A brand‑new publication co‑authored by our own Paolo Di Lonardo is out now 🎉 It’s a comprehensive review on Urban Soil Health — a field with huge potential and still so much work ahead📝! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comAdvancing urban soil health: challenges, knowledge gaps, and future research perspectivesUrbanization is projected to surpass 65% of the global population by 2050 and urban soils remain an overlooked yet crucial component for a sustainable… 001
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 07/11/2025📃🪱🪨 Have you ever thought about the role that not just living, but even dead earthworms play in carbon capture through mineral weathering? 🪱🪨 🧨Check out the newly fresh paper, published in Nature communications earth and environment led by our PhD student Tullia Calogiuri ➡️ lnkd.in/e5P8ucpclnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 161
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 29/10/2025📃Publication "Sustainable intensification: time to question the goal of ever-increasing agricultural production" Gabriel Moinet (SBL) et al. Land use intensity effect on soil multifunctionality? Challenging the claims that productivity can increase without trade-offs www.scopus.com/pages/public...scopus.comScopus - Document Details 031
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 17/10/2025📣 Another Chapter from our group, this time the focus is on earthworms and enchytraeids as indicators of soil health🪱🪱: www.bdspublishing.com/open-access/ With great work of Alix Vidal, Tullia Calogiuri (amazing figures!), Jan Willem van Groenigen and other authors outside SBL✨ Enjoy the read!🎉bdspublishing.comOpen Access 150
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 16/10/2025📣Our own Gerlinde De Deyn at the World Economic Forum Annual Meetings of the Global Future Councils and Cybersecurity in Dubai! Soil Health as spotlight also in this event!🎉✨ 010
Soil Biology Group - Wageningen UR @sbl-wur.bsky.social · 07/10/2025A 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? 020