At #ugent we are proud of all our ERC Grantees. With 10 new Starting Grants from call 2022,we now host 108 ERC grantees in total, together having 142 ERC projects. Thank you European Research Council (ERC) for funding excellent groundbreaking research! #ERC100GranteesUGent ugent.be/en/news-events…

Check our latest article by Lisa Joos on Soil health and determination of soil health indicators by looking into incubator experiments: Exploring the microbial response as a potential bio-indicator for soil health sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Ghent University Research ILVO

Happy to announce the start of the #MiCoS project with Lisa Joos where we will focus on microplastic contamination of agricultural soil in relation to soil and plant health. With thanks to European Research Council (ERC) for funding and UGent and ILVO for believing in this project!

Meer weten over mijn doctoraatsonderzoek rond het bodemmicrobioom en bodemgezondheid? Lees dan dit artikel op ILVO. #soilhealth

Learning more on microplastic sampling and extraction in soil Wageningen Soil Conference by Nicolas Beriot and colleagues Wageningen U&R, 5ogether with Lisa Joos. A good start for our project #MiCoS funded by European Research Council (ERC)

#WSC2023 speaker Adriaan Vanderhasselt used drone image derived crop parameters to detect soil compaction in Flanders🚜. "Excess green vegetation index and canopy height models showed to be promising new tools to detect soil compaction"

Eerste staalname voor microplastic onderzoek in landbouwgronden #Micos. Direct vonden we groter plastic. Puffen en zweten, maar heerlijk om terug op het veld te staan met Benthe en Caroline De Tender. European Research Council (ERC) Ghent University Research ILVO

Happy #InternationalMicroorganismDay! Make sure to share your celebrations using our hashtag :) On this date in 1683, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek sent a letter to the @RoyalSociety with the first description of a single-celled organism. Find out more: internationalmicroorganismday.org/whoarewe

We kwamen voor een grond staalname en keerden terug met plastiek. De realiteit waar onze landbouwers mee te maken hebben. Tijd om hen te helpen met het MiCoS onderzoek rond microplastiek in akkergronden van de Benelux. @LM_UGent ILVO funded by ERC

Together with farmers, we are uncovering the hidden impact of (micro)plastic in our soils with the MiCoS project. Want to know more or want to join our research as a farmer? micos.ugent.be

Zin om deel te nemen aan microplastic onderzoek als landbouwer? Lees in landbouwleven waarom en schrijf je in op micos.ugent.be: landbouwleven.be/17844/article/…

This time we are not on a field, but at the Landbouwvakdagen in Assen. 🚜We are still looking for farmers that want to join our research about microplastics. Who will be farmer nr 200? #microplastic European Research Council (ERC) UGent @LM_UGent

At this international day of women in science, I am so proud of my team sampling for MiCoS to evaluate microplastics in soils in relation with soil health. Although the hard work, these women have shown physical and mental strength on top of their research capacity European Research Council (ERC)

Our website micos.ugent.be had an upgrade thanks to Baryon. Read now our latest blog post about our microplastic research in agricultural fields! #microplasticresearch #erc

Sampling in the sun the last two weeks. A lot of (macro)plastic, big fields that were not always easy to reach. But still, having fun. European Research Council (ERC) @LM_UGent Lisa Joos

A female farmer, a female dog and 3 female researchers on a row. A quick picture before starting the sampling today. Happy international women's day! European Research Council (ERC) @LM_UGent Ghent University Research

Field 200/240 done for our microplastic sampling campaign. This also means that we have finished sampling in the Netherlands! Almost done. #micos #erc #microplasticresearch

Almost there. We sampled over 200 soils, including all those in The Netherlands and Luxemburg. Still 30 left for next week in Flanders. Thanks at the sampling team of this week. European Research Council (ERC) @LM_UGent

Exciting update! We have completed the sampling of 240 arable fields in the Benelux after three months of hard work. 🚜A big shoutout to everyone who lent a hand 👊- team effort all the way! #micos #microplasticresearch #erc UGent

For her PhD research, Nelle Meyers (#VLIZ, ILVO, GhEnToxLab) developed a new semi-automatic method for the detection and identification of marine microplastics - combining fluorescent Nile Red staining with machine-learning. The method proved reliable for most polymer