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📢 New era of ACTIONr joint lab meetings began ! 🔎UTH researcher Alexandros Kanellopoulos, in collaboration with the UNIVIE and Prof. Schleper’s group, presented their progress on developing a fast-track, ecologically relevant bioassay for screening AMO responses to novel BNIs !

🌟Save the Date! ACTIONr Open Day 🌟 Join us on November 21, 2024, for our Open Day! More details coming soon.

ACTIONr Webinar Series again ! Title: "Hydrogels as a technology to better understand and address soil dysbiosis".Presenter: Dr. Mari Winkler, John R. Kiely Endowed Professor,Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, University of Washington (US).🗓️04-11-2024 ,17:00-18:00 CET

The ACTIONr Open Day is almost here! 🚀 🗓 Mark your calendar: Thursday, 21 Nov 2024 📍 Larissa, Greece Join us for interactive school visits, hands-on experiments, workshops, and casual science chats! Full program: actionr.eu/the-open-day-o… Don’t miss it! #ACTIONr #OpenDay

ACTIONr Open Day Highlights! 🎉 On Nov 21, we celebrated innovation, creativity, & connection with workshops, school activities, and Beer Talks. 🍻 Huge thanks to everyone who joined us! Check out the highlights and relive the unforgettable moments. actionr.eu/wp-content/upl…

🎉 Congrats to Eleftheria Bachtsevani on her PhD defense & impressive work on "Pesticides toxicity on ammonia-oxidizing microbes”. Thrilled to welcome her as a Postdoctoral Fellow of ACTIONr to the ECL team! Well done to her supervisors, G. Nicol & C. Hazard, for their guidance!

ACTIONr Joint Lab Meeting – Dec 17, 2024 🎤 Talks: • Hugo Ribeiro: Plant Triterpenoids as BNIs • Fran Požarić: Biofilm Formation & Urea Utilization Our last 2024 meeting was interactive & engaging. Thanks to all! See you in 2025!

🌟Upcoming ACTIONr Webinar🌟 Ecophysiological implications of the millipede microbiome. 🎙️ Dr. Roey Angel, Laboratory for Anaerobic and Molecular Microbiology, Institute of Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry, Biology Centre CAS, Czech Republic. 🗓️09-01-2025|⏰ 16:00-17:00 CET

📰 Check Out the Latest ACTIONr Newsletter and Discover: ✨ Editorial by Prof. Dimitrios G. Karpouzas: "How useful are nitrifiers in an ecotoxicological context?" ✨ Latest updates from the ACTIONr network ✨ Upcoming conferences and events actionr.eu/actionr-newsle…

🚨 ACTIONr's NI Workshop at ICoN9! 📅 June 27, 2025 📍 Max Planck Institute, Bremen, Germany Explore nitrification inhibitors in agroecosystems. Limited to 50 participants — register for ICoN9 first! More info: mpi-bremen.de/en/ICoN9-Confe…

Highlights from Our Latest ACTIONr Lab Meeting! Valia Moutzourelli (UTH) shared findings on nitrification inhibitors in arable soils, while Maximilian Dreer (UNIVIE) presented on Candidatus Nitrosocosmicus arcticus from arctic soils. Fresh insights for the ACTIONr community!

🎥 Watch live our first podcast :"Exploring Nitrogen’s Significance and Impact on Crops and the Environment” and discover why nitrogen matters for crops and the challenges of nitrogen loss for both agriculture and environment. youtu.be/Qyk8gSq56Uo

🔬 ACTIONr honors 25 years of the Dept. of Biochemistry & Biotechnology! Last week, high school students visited DBB @UTH to celebrate 25 years of exploration! Postdoc Elena Papadopoulou shared insights on lab life, research & techniques - a bridge between science & students!

ACTIONr shines at Innovent Forum 2025! Hosted at JOIST Innovation Park (Larissa, Greece) & online, the event brought together academia, business & research. UTH & ACTIONr members showcased innovative research, fostering collaboration across sectors such as agri-food, & tech.

Exciting insights on nitrification inhibitors from UTh PhD student Vivi Amanatidou at our latest joint lab meeting! She shared results from the FRIDA project (frida.env.uth.gr) & her ongoing work on biological NIs from Greek flora. Keep up the great work, Vivi!

🌟 Don’t miss the upcoming ACTIONr webinar 🌟 "Unexpected genomic and physiological diversity in ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms" 🎙️ Dr. Wei Qin, University of Oklahoma 🗓️ 10 March 2025 |⏰17:00-18:00 CET Το register please contact us at [email protected] actionr.eu/actionr-webina…

Join our PhD Summer School on: “Biological Nitrification Inhibition: Integrating Microbial Functions, Plant Traits, and Technological Innovations for Sustainable Nitrogen Cycling” Organized by ACTIONr & the University of Thessaly. 🔗 More info & updates: actionr.eu/actionr-phd-su…

Great talks at our latest joint lab meeting! 🔹 Dr. Elena Papadopoulou (UTH) on BNI dissipation in soils 🔹 Thomas Pribasnig (UNIVIE) on nitrifying archaea biofilms Engaging topics sparking exciting research conversations!

Vivi Amanatidou & Dimitris Dalkidis (UTH) joined a 2-week training with Prof. Dr. Christa Schleper’s group @UniVienna, mastering statistical & transcriptomic data analysis in microbial ecology! 📊🧬 Big thanks to Dr. Logan Hodgskiss & the Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics Unit! 🙌

Join us for the opening lecture of the ACTIONr PhD Summer School by Prof. Christa Schleper (Univ. of Vienna)! 📅 12 May | 🕝 13:30 | 📍 Biopolis Campus, Larissa “What is wrong with the Nitrogen cycle – and how can we fix it?” 🔗 actionr.eu/actionr-phd-su…