#Postdocjob: Are you eager to investigate how the impact of environmental stressors on ecosystems is related to the size of organisms and communities? Then join the ERC Advanced Grant project ’The Power of Size’ to find out!
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My super department @warwicklifesci.bsky.social is hiring 6 assistant profs in the wake of recent retirements. We're looking for people in microbiology/infection, cellular disease / immunity; environmental biology; and plant/crop science. #MicroSky warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Cool video about our Techno Center, who helped us build the greenhouse gas detection device for peat ditches! (in video from 00:48)

Methane-consuming microorganisms are more selective than previously thought: they prefer carbon monoxide | Radboud University Research by microbiologists Reinier Egas and Cornelia Welte of Radboud University shows that many methane-consuming microorganisms actually prefer carbon monoxide over methane. When carbon monoxide is...

This suggests that in carbon monoxide-rich environments, more methane may be released from the soil into the atmosphere. They published their findings in Nature Communications this week.2/2
💡 Read the general summary: www.ru.nl/en/research/...
📃 Check out the article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Methane-consuming microorganisms are more selective than previously thought: they prefer carbon monoxide | Radboud University Research by microbiologists Reinier Egas and Cornelia Welte of Radboud University shows that many methane-consuming microorganisms actually prefer carbon monoxide over methane. When carbon monoxide is...

Research by microbiologists @raegas.bsky.social and @cuwelte.bsky.social of @ribesresearch.bsky.social shows that many methane-consuming microorganisms actually prefer carbon monoxide over methane. When carbon monoxide is present, they consume far less methane. 1/2

Onzichtbare microben sturen broeikasgassen in water - Bionieuws Op sommige plekken in Nederlandse rivieren neemt de uitstoot van methaan opvallend toe. ‘Op twee kilometer na een lozingspunt van gezuiverd afvalwater zagen we ineens dat er veel meer methaan uit het…

‘Op twee kilometer na een lozingspunt van gezuiverd afvalwater zagen we ineens dat er veel meer methaan uit het water vrijkwam’, vertelt microbioloog Ida Peterse, die vandaag promoveert aan de Radboud Universiteit. Lees meer: bionieuws.nl/onzichtbare-...

Vandaag promoveert Ida Peterse, die zowel veldwerk als laboratorium-onderzoek heeft gedaan naar microben. Een prachtige combinatie van microbiologie en ecologie! 🦠🏞️ @bionieuws.bsky.social publiceerde een kort artikel over haar resultaten. Lees het hier: bionieuws.nl/onzichtbare-... #phdone

Sediments From a Seasonally Euxinic Coastal Ecosystem Show High Nitrogen Cycling Potential The nitrogen cycling potential of sediments from seasonally euxinic Lake Grevelingen was investigated through incubation experiments and 16S rRNA amplicon and shotgun metagenome sequencing. The sedim....

Big Congratulations to #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social PhD candidate Isabel Rigutto : Winner of the KNVM Kiem Award 2026 for her paper Sediments From a Seasonally Euxinic Coastal Ecosystem Show High Nitrogen Cycling Potential enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Congratulations to PhD candidate Isabel Rigutto with the Kiem Award for the best first-author paper by the KNVM (Royal Netherlands Society for Microbiology)! 👏 This award recognizes Isabel’s outstanding research published in Environmental Microbiology. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/1462...

Forgot to tag you @bjoernfrankly.bsky.social ! Congrats on your paper!

Local and Landscape‐Level Environmental Conditions Drive Habitat Selection Across Terrestrial Mammal Species Aim Animal movements are a fundamental process affecting communities and ecosystems. Quantifying habitat selection across species and habitats is key for understanding how animals respond to environ...

...the drivers of animal movement, but Björn is also implementing the patterns in a simulation-based tool. "This will allow us to estimate the space use of species for which movement data is not (readily) available, as well as improve movement mechanisms in ecosystem modelling." 4/4
Read the paper:

...by species traits, but rather by environmental availability at the local and landscape scale in combination. The only exception to this is the avoidance of roads, where individuals of the same species tend to react very similarly. These findings contribute to our wider understanding of... 3/4

wild cats and stone martens in the Netherlands, to:
- quantify habitat selection for several environmental variables
- investigate patterns in selection across species."
🛣️ "We found that selection is not driven... 2/4

New paper! 📃 PhD candidate Björn Franke is happy to announce the publication of his first PhD paper, published last week in Global Ecology and Biogeography. 🦒"We used GPS data from 1344 individuals across 48 mammal species around the world , ranging from giraffes and wild dogs in Botswana, to... 1/4

Come along with some geese as they migrate back from their southern winter havens Geese's iconic "V" formations and trademark squawks can be seen and heard overhead as they go back and forth to the south through the year. But what does it take for such a long trip?

Always wanted to know more about geese migration? If you read this piece with ecologist Andrea Kölzsch, next time you see that V-shape of geese flying in the sky you will know more about them. 🪿
www.npr.org/2026/03/09/n... @ecology-radboud.bsky.social #geese #migration #ecology

Local and Landscape‐Level Environmental Conditions Drive Habitat Selection Across Terrestrial Mammal Species Aim Animal movements are a fundamental process affecting communities and ecosystems. Quantifying habitat selection across species and habitats is key for understanding how animals respond to environ...

Very happy to announce that my paper on cross-species patterns in habitat selection of terrestrial mammals is finally published in Global Ecology & Biogeography!
doi.org/10.1111/geb....

The highlights:
- Strong road avoidance!
- Lots of variation
- Selection driven by environment rather than traits

Promovendus Gijs van Beilen @ecology-radboud.bsky.social is een van de nieuwe #FacesofScience @knaw-nl.bsky.social! Via dit initiatief gaat hij van alles delen over zijn onderzoek naar de relatie tussen dieren en hun omgeving. Bekijk hier alle nieuwe Faces of Science: www.knaw.nl/nieuws/van-e...

Mini-bacterioferritins: structural insight into a ferritin-like protein from the anaerobic #methane -oxidising archaeon Candidatus #Methanoperedens carboxydivorans @ribesresearch.bsky.social @cuwelte.bsky.social
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NIOO scientist Paul Bodelier has been appointed as #professor of Functional Microbial Ecology at the Faculty of Sciences in Nijmegen.

Read on: nioo.knaw.nl/en/news/paul...

@ecology-radboud.bsky.social #FunctionalEcology #MicrobialEcology

Paul Bodelier appointed professor of Functional Microbial Ecology | Radboud University As of February 1, 2026, Paul Bodelier has been appointed professor of Functional Microbial Ecology at the Faculty of Sciences.

As of February 1, 2026, Paul Bodelier from @niooknaw.bsky.social has been appointed extraordinary professor of Functional Microbial Ecology at our institute @ribesresearch.bsky.social @ecology-radboud.bsky.social Welcome Paul!
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Exciting new methane research: Huge credit to @annajwallenius.bsky.social & Andy Leu for using nifty bioinformatics to disentangle 8 novel MAGs of 'Candidatus Methanoborealis' This is version 1 of our #bioRxiv preprint. Aanalysis is ongoing & we welcome your feedback!
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Potential for Manganese Oxide Driven Anaerobic Methane Oxidation in Sediments of a Seasonally Euxinic Coastal Basin - Estuaries and Coasts Estuaries and Coasts - Methane (CH4) is a strong greenhouse gas that, in marine sediments, is produced via methanogenesis and removed via oxidation with electron acceptors such as oxygen, sulfate...

Congrats: Potential for Manganese Oxide Driven Anaerobic #Methane Oxidation in Sediments of a Seasonally Euxinic Coastal Basin by Klomp et al as part of @erc.europa.eu synergy project #MARIX @carolineslomp.bsky.social #microbiology @ribesresearch.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

How do geese know when it’s time to move north? 🪿

In a recent NPR story on goose migration, Andrea Kölzsch, assistant professor in our Department of Ecology, explains how geese “follow the green wave” in spring, tracking warmer temperatures, melting snow, and fresh vegetation along the way.

Christine Mohrmann Stipend for ten female PhD candidates | Radboud University Ten female PhD candidates from Radboud University received a Christine Mohrmann Stipend on 24 February.

PhD candidate Yvet Telgenkamp @ecology-radboud.bsky.social was awarded a Christine Mohrmann stipend by our university. Congratulations! Read more about Yvet and the history and goal of the stipend here www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

Acidification, warming and cadmium exposure disrupt zebrafish calcium metabolism, bone formation and swimming activity Highlighted Article: Warming modulates stressor effects on zebrafish early skeletogenesis, calcium metabolism and swimming activity.

Read the full research at journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Five-day-old zebrafish larvae that developed in water at pH 7.5 (L) and pH 4.0 (R). The skeleton is stained red. The larva that developed in pH 4.0 water has poorer skeletal development. Photo credit: Quinte Geessinck.

Warm temperatures can offset the damage to the developing skeletons of zebrafish larvae growing in acidic water, but when cadmium pollution is added to the mix, they absorb less calcium causing even more damage to their skeletons

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Subsidy for research using microorganisms to recycle critical metals | Radboud University Microbiologist Martyna Glodowska is working on a way to recover critical metals from waste materials such as e-waste, by using the power of microorganisms and biogeochemical processes.

An international team of researchers led by microbiologist Martyna Glodowska will use microorganisms to recover scarce metals from electronic waste. 🦠 The research team is receiving a grant of up to €1.5 million from the SPRIND Tech Metal Transformation Challenge. Read more www.ru.nl/en/research/...

🚨 Paper alert!
A new study published in Ecology Letters by Wilco Verberk and colleagues synthesized data on heat tolerance and heat tolerance plasticity across more than 500 fish species in freshwater, brackish, and marine environments.

Sunday at the Inscience Film Festival in Nijmegen: the film Holy Destructors, about fungi and their destructive role. Afterwards, ecologist Bjorn Robroek @unpeatable.bsky.social sheds light on the other side of fungi. What are fungi good for? Get tickets: www.insciencefestival.nl/en/vertoning...

"We are ALL swimming in chemicals – whether we realise it or not."

Fin-formative blog post by @ribesresearch.bsky.social scientists 👇