Lisette de Senerpont Domis is to be appointed professor of Smart Ecological Monitoring of Aquatic Systems at the University of Twente as of 1 May.

Het CvB van Universiteit Twente benoemt Dr. Lisette de Senerpont Domis per 1 mei tot hoogleraar Smart Ecological Monitoring of Aquatic Systems.

Nearly 1000 'citizen scientists' sent in their observations this year on Soil Animal Days 2019. And a surprisingly high number of people tried to do something in return for the vital services these soil creatures provide for us.

Bijna 1000 waarnemers verspreid over het land ontdekten tijdens de Bodemdierendagen 2019 zo’n 7900 ‘bodemschatjes’.

16/04/2021 Kay Moisan has won the 2020 Hugo de Vries Award, for her PhD thesis on odours released by soil fungi and their effects on plants.

16/04/2021 Kay Moisan heeft de Hugo de Vries Prijs 2020 gewonnen met haar proefschrift over geurstoffen van bodemschimmels en het effect ervan op planten.

Zaagsel klinkt stoffig en nutteloos. Maar in de bodem kan het goede schimmels stimuleren om te groeien.

16/10/2020 Plant roots not only release odours themselves, but also appear to react to odours released by beneficial and harmful fungi in the soil. In her PhD research at NIOO, Kay Moisan found that this 'sense of smell' has a positive effect on the eventual health of the plant.

16/10/2020 Wortels van planten scheiden niet alleen zelf geuren af, maar reageren ook op geuren die nuttige én schadelijke schimmels in de grond afscheiden.

Wouldn't it be great if we could tell the state of an ecosystem or the like - healthy or heading for a crisis - by keeping track of a few key signals? Thanks to the theory of ‘tipping points’, that’s not unthinkable. Now a team of researchers led by Alena Gsell of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) has tested early warning signals: in lakes. In the Early Edition of PNAS online, they conclude that predicting works...but not yet in all cases.