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Alix Vidal 🪱
@alixvidal.bsky.social
Soil biogeochemist in the Netherlands, Wageningen University - I like earthworms & roots, soil carbon & nutrients!
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The 13th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology🪱 #ISEE13 ended last Friday at Wageningen University & Research. 140 participants from 34 countries sharing their love for 🪱. Awesome sessions, workshops and excursions 🤩!
🪱Last Friday marked the closing day of #ISEE13 @WUR! 🌱 Inspiring talks, valuable discussions, and new connections. 🏆 Congrats to poster prize winners Marion Mittmannsgruber, Rune Melis & Peter Garamszegi. 🙏 Thanks all, and yes... I'll be practicing my catchbox throwing 😅
September 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Learn to identify the UK’s 33 soil-dwelling earthworm species using microscopes, specimens and an ID key.

Ideal for students, soil ecologists, biological recorders & naturalists 🌎 🧪

29 Oct | Natural History Museum, London | From £50

Register here:
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989370476...
Earthworm Identification
Learn how to identify British earthworm species based on morphological features, using a microscope and ID guide, with Keiron Brown.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 3, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Last Thursday at #ISEE13, science met art in the world of earthworms 🪱✨. Participants tasted soil, listened to the sounds of the underground, and experienced soil life in creative new ways. A truly sensory journey into soil ecology.

#WUR #SoilHealth #ScienceAndArt
September 1, 2026 at 7:51 AM
The 13th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology🪱 #ISEE13 ended last Friday at Wageningen University & Research. 140 participants from 34 countries sharing their love for 🪱. Awesome sessions, workshops and excursions 🤩!
August 31, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Omg just won the first copy of @frankashwood.bsky.social new book The world beneath our feet at #isee13 earthworm conference 🤩😍
August 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Incredible earthworm macrophotography workshop by @frankashwood.bsky.social at #isee13.
August 24, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Every four years, the international earthworm research community gets together to exchange ideas. This time, we’ve taken over Wageningen for #ISEE13, and it’s been a blast!

Here’s a few highlights, including my earthworm Macrophotography workshop 📸🪱

@pdejong.bsky.social @helenherself.bsky.social
August 26, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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IT’S PUBLICATION DAY! (UK)

I’m so excited to see this labour of love finally out in the world! How better to spend today than at an earthworm research conference 🪱 🧪

If you’re in the UK, THE WORLD BENEATH OUR FEET is in bookshops now! Coming soon to North America and EU. @hodderbooks.bsky.social
August 27, 2026 at 7:38 AM
📢 Thrilled to share that our new paper is out!
🔗 lnkd.in/eiYnv6R7
🪱 Exploring earthworms + phosphorus using the ¹⁸O‑phosphate method
👏 Kudos to Chiara Pistocchi & Andreas Burr for leading the work.
🏆 Special congratulations to Andreas Burr, whose MSc contribution earned him a Best Thesis award.
May 11, 2026 at 10:02 AM
⏰ Early‑bird ends today! Register now to join the global earthworm community at ISEE13 ✨ 🪱
🌱 The ISEE13 preliminary program is live! 🪱
A wonderfully diverse line‑up of earthworm talks and posters ✨🪱

🔗 Program: event.wur.nl/isee13/new-p...

⏳ Early‑bird registration closes 15 April!

📸 Frank Ashwood - invited speaker at ISEE13

Wageningen is getting ready for a worm‑filled conference! 🪱
April 15, 2026 at 6:59 AM
🌱 The ISEE13 preliminary program is live! 🪱
A wonderfully diverse line‑up of earthworm talks and posters ✨🪱

🔗 Program: event.wur.nl/isee13/new-p...

⏳ Early‑bird registration closes 15 April!

📸 Frank Ashwood - invited speaker at ISEE13

Wageningen is getting ready for a worm‑filled conference! 🪱
March 30, 2026 at 7:47 AM
🌟 Huge congrats to Tullia @tulca.bsky.social on her PhD defense! 🌟
She explored the surprising role of earthworms in enhanced weathering 🪱✨

Check out her papers:
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One standout: even dead earthworms influence carbon cycling.
🎉 Bravo, Tullia! 🎉
February 27, 2026 at 7:56 AM
🎓✨ Franziska Steiner defended her PhD on Monday and absolutely nailed it! 🥳
How drought shapes root traits, soil microbes & feedbacks on soil structure / maize 🌾
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🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
All the best for your postdoc adventure in France 🍀
February 5, 2026 at 8:24 PM
⏰ Final call for abstracts!
Only 1 day left to submit your contribution.
Don’t miss your chance to be part of the program 🪱
📢 Calling all earthworm enthusiasts! 🪱✨

One week to submit your abstract for the Earthworm Symposium happening 23–28 August 2026/Wageningen.

🗓️ Deadline: 31 January

You love the 😍 earthworm photography by @frankashwood.bsky.social? Then come 🤩!

More info and abstract submission:
lnkd.in/ehGwc3ze
January 30, 2026 at 6:31 PM
📢 Calling all earthworm enthusiasts! 🪱✨

One week to submit your abstract for the Earthworm Symposium happening 23–28 August 2026/Wageningen.

🗓️ Deadline: 31 January

You love the 😍 earthworm photography by @frankashwood.bsky.social? Then come 🤩!

More info and abstract submission:
lnkd.in/ehGwc3ze
January 23, 2026 at 9:14 AM
🪱 📢 Great news! The abstract submission deadline for ISEE13 has been extended - now January 31st, 2026.

You can enjoy relaxed holidays 🎄✨ and return in the new year with fresh energy and even more enthusiasm for earthworms 🪱.

We look forward to your contributions!
event.wur.nl/isee13/home-...
December 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
📢 PhD Opportunity: Plant–Soil Interactions
🌱 Can diversity deliver climate-smart grasslands?
🪱DeepRootLab | roots & earthworms
📍 Copenhagen | 📅 Apply by 8 Feb 2026
🔗 More info & apply: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
Supervision: Frederik van der Bom, Dorte Bodin Dresbøll & @alixvidal.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
🪱 Hey, earthworm enthusiasts! Registration is OPEN for the 13th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology 😎

📌 Deadlines:

Abstracts: Jan 4, 2026

Early-bird: Apr 15, 2026

🌍 Details on excursions, workshops & socials: event.wur.nl/isee13/home-...

📅 See you end of August 2026!
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🪱🐜 🐛 🪳 🐌 Join our SOIL FAUNA session at EGU2026! Excited to team up with Dmytro Monoshyn, Marion Mittmannsgruber & Gerrit Angst. Looking forward to catching up, or getting to know you and your work! 🪱🐜 🐛 🪳 🐌
November 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Three days of fieldwork for ReGeNL with a fantastic team: Lyanne, Anne, Yana & Felix!
Fieldwork is a rare treat these days, definitely worth celebrating 😛
Lots of curious animals 🐄🐖🐓🐕 and plenty of earthworm pits 🪱😅.
Loved sampling such diverse farms!
October 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM
📢 Our book chapter "Macrofauna as indicators of soil health: earthworms & enchytraeids" is out with Burleigh Dodds! 🪱
🔗 www.bdspublishing.com/open-access/
📩 DM me for full chapter. Print edition coming end of year!
Thanks to a great team @jwvangroenigen.bsky.social @tulca.bsky.social and more 🙌!
October 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
😊🙏 Just back from a week in Normandy for our Grounding Carbon Farming course 🐄

Lectures, farm visits, Calvados tasting 😄, fieldwork, games, interviews & great food, in a stunning landscape 🤩

With Gabriel Moinet, Ina Moller, Federico Andreotti, Claire Chenu, Roman Huppi
Emma Verweij for the pics 📸
September 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
•📢 🪱 🎉Abstract submissions are now OPEN for the upcoming 13th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology (ISEE13) — hosted in Wageningen, from August 23–28, 2026!
➡️https://event.wur.nl/isee13/author

•🔗🪱🌍 Discover the speaker lineup and our initial program: ➡️ event.wur.nl/isee13/new-p...
September 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Doing my last edits on my keynote for today - bringing some #soilscience into the physics realm #SIMSEurope #SoilBiogeochemistry #NanoSIMS @alixvidal.bsky.social @tuberlin.bsky.social @ucph.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
🎓 Very proud of Enno Sonntag ✨🥳 for successfully defending his PhD last week about Earthworm Farming 🪱 for Circular Food Systems 🔁. A truly original and multidisciplinary topic.

📄 Curious about his work?
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📸 Luc Vietanh Soto
Well done, Enno! 🥳
July 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM