Green frog 🐸 in dune.

sampling week in terra dunes

Jade flowers in Hortus Leiden

Excited after giving my first presentation and poster #esm2022 in Prague

Hiking in Schoorl duinen

The first publication of my PhD project is out🥳🥳! Thanks to all who contributed to this work! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Interested in soil microbes and C and want to do a PhD? Few more days to apply to the PhD positions in Leiden and in WUR!

Microbes need protection as other organisms do. But we have to understand them first. With the help of GlobalFungi it is now more clear where to focus our research attention. Check the recent paper in Nature Microbiology that suggests how and where to act nature.com/articles/s4156…

Mushroom hunting in Leidse Hout

Abstract writing template by nature PhD Voice - Independently Run PhD_Genie Your PhD pal phdfriend

Last year I taught myself R with resources I primarily found via Twitter. I've been meaning to share some of the resources here, and I finally have a little time today. So here they are... 🧵 Academic Chatter™ #rstudio #rstatistics

We’re proud of our soil, 22 years without glyphosate, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides or synthetic fertiliser and it’s in great shape. We’re building soil, increasing biodiversity and producing nutritious #organic food all at the same time - it’s possible! #WorldSoilDay2022

Our new paper is online now in Journal of Ecology🎉🎉 This study provides empirical evidence about the impact of soil biotic and abiotic conditions on community-level plant functional traits and between-trait links. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

Here my top 10 tips for postdocs - what would you add to the list?

The EU wants to drastically reduce the use of chemical #pesticides. Professor Marnix Medema coordinates a new research consortium that will be spending the next few years looking for an alternative to chemical pesticides in the #agriculture sector ⬇ wur.nl/en/research-re…

Congratulations to Dr. Chenguang Gao! Today he defended his thesis on plant-soil interactions and above-belowground interactions in primary dune ecosystems. It was a pleasure to be in the committee (sitting in a sunny terrace after the defence drinking beer...).

Day 1 #GSB2023 in Dublin show the last chapter of my PhD work. Take home message: soil microbes are not "drivers" but "passengers" in the community development of early successional dune ecosystem.

Excited to present my poster about “Soil management practices influence soil microbial network complexity and ecosystem functions” in Wageningen #WSC2023

Excited to have our new paper published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Martijn Bezemer, Prof. Franciska de Vries 🦠🍄🪱🌱🍂🌍 ,Peter van Bodegom Enjoy reading! #SoilBiodiversity #SustainableAgriculture

field work at a glacial retreat site #mountain #Hailuogou