Alix Vidal 🪱
@alixvidal.bsky.social
Soil biogeochemist in the Netherlands, Wageningen University - I like earthworms & roots, soil carbon & nutrients!
🪱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
🪱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 😅
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
#WUR #SoilHealth #ScienceAndArt
September 1, 2026 at 7:51 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
#WUR #SoilHealth #ScienceAndArt
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
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 🤩!
📢 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.
🔗 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
📢 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.
🔗 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.
🌱 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! 🪱
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
🌱 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! 🪱
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! 🪱
🌟 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:
lnkd.in/eaJkwqmw
lnkd.in/eTGAQwmB
lnkd.in/eyFP_itc
One standout: even dead earthworms influence carbon cycling.
🎉 Bravo, Tullia! 🎉
She explored the surprising role of earthworms in enhanced weathering 🪱✨
Check out her papers:
lnkd.in/eaJkwqmw
lnkd.in/eTGAQwmB
lnkd.in/eyFP_itc
One standout: even dead earthworms influence carbon cycling.
🎉 Bravo, Tullia! 🎉
February 27, 2026 at 7:56 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:
lnkd.in/eaJkwqmw
lnkd.in/eTGAQwmB
lnkd.in/eyFP_itc
One standout: even dead earthworms influence carbon cycling.
🎉 Bravo, Tullia! 🎉
She explored the surprising role of earthworms in enhanced weathering 🪱✨
Check out her papers:
lnkd.in/eaJkwqmw
lnkd.in/eTGAQwmB
lnkd.in/eyFP_itc
One standout: even dead earthworms influence carbon cycling.
🎉 Bravo, Tullia! 🎉
🎓✨ Franziska Steiner defended her PhD on Monday and absolutely nailed it! 🥳
How drought shapes root traits, soil microbes & feedbacks on soil structure / maize 🌾
🔽
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
All the best for your postdoc adventure in France 🍀
How drought shapes root traits, soil microbes & feedbacks on soil structure / maize 🌾
🔽
🔗 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
🎓✨ Franziska Steiner defended her PhD on Monday and absolutely nailed it! 🥳
How drought shapes root traits, soil microbes & feedbacks on soil structure / maize 🌾
🔽
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
All the best for your postdoc adventure in France 🍀
How drought shapes root traits, soil microbes & feedbacks on soil structure / maize 🌾
🔽
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
All the best for your postdoc adventure in France 🍀
📢 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
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
📢 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
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
🪱 📢 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-...
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
🪱 📢 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-...
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-...
📢 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
🌱 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
📢 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
🌱 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
🪱 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!
📌 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
🪱 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!
📌 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!
🪱🐜 🐛 🪳 🐌 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
🪱🐜 🐛 🪳 🐌 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! 🪱🐜 🐛 🪳 🐌
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!
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
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!
Fieldwork is a rare treat these days, definitely worth celebrating 😛
Lots of curious animals 🐄🐖🐓🐕 and plenty of earthworm pits 🪱😅.
Loved sampling such diverse farms!
📢 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 🙌!
🔗 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
📢 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 🙌!
🔗 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 🙌!
😊🙏 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 📸
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
😊🙏 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 📸
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 📸
•📢 🪱 🎉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...
➡️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
•📢 🪱 🎉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...
➡️https://event.wur.nl/isee13/author
•🔗🪱🌍 Discover the speaker lineup and our initial program: ➡️ event.wur.nl/isee13/new-p...
🎓 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?
lnkd.in/eGPMPN-Q
lnkd.in/e5Vknkif
📸 Luc Vietanh Soto
Well done, Enno! 🥳
📄 Curious about his work?
lnkd.in/eGPMPN-Q
lnkd.in/e5Vknkif
📸 Luc Vietanh Soto
Well done, Enno! 🥳
July 4, 2025 at 7:37 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?
lnkd.in/eGPMPN-Q
lnkd.in/e5Vknkif
📸 Luc Vietanh Soto
Well done, Enno! 🥳
📄 Curious about his work?
lnkd.in/eGPMPN-Q
lnkd.in/e5Vknkif
📸 Luc Vietanh Soto
Well done, Enno! 🥳
#Train2EGU from Wageningen 🇳🇱 to Vienna 🇦🇹 @egu.eu. Let's see if I am lucky with connections 😬🙏🏻
April 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
#Train2EGU from Wageningen 🇳🇱 to Vienna 🇦🇹 @egu.eu. Let's see if I am lucky with connections 😬🙏🏻
👋 Heading to #EGU25 tomorrow! Excited to catch up with many of you. Will be talking about earthworms🪱, roots, AMF and how they shape soil phosphorus and carbon cycling🌱!
April 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
👋 Heading to #EGU25 tomorrow! Excited to catch up with many of you. Will be talking about earthworms🪱, roots, AMF and how they shape soil phosphorus and carbon cycling🌱!
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
Soil, rhizosheath formation, and maize 🌱🌽.
Congrats to Franziska 🥳 for a fantastic piece of her PhD work! Rewarding to see results from this challenging field experiment with rainout shelters 😅
Check it out
➡️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Soil, rhizosheath formation, and maize 🌱🌽.
Congrats to Franziska 🥳 for a fantastic piece of her PhD work! Rewarding to see results from this challenging field experiment with rainout shelters 😅
Check it out
➡️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...
April 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
Soil, rhizosheath formation, and maize 🌱🌽.
Congrats to Franziska 🥳 for a fantastic piece of her PhD work! Rewarding to see results from this challenging field experiment with rainout shelters 😅
Check it out
➡️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Soil, rhizosheath formation, and maize 🌱🌽.
Congrats to Franziska 🥳 for a fantastic piece of her PhD work! Rewarding to see results from this challenging field experiment with rainout shelters 😅
Check it out
➡️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...
📣Curious about quantifying earthworm activity 🪱 easily and effectively? Hint: use sugar 😛! Check out our latest paper, led by the brilliant Peter Garamszegi, co-supervised by @jwvangroenigen.bsky.social, @mhagens.bsky.social and Tullia Calogiuri #OpenAccess!
▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 2, 2024 at 9:49 AM
📣Curious about quantifying earthworm activity 🪱 easily and effectively? Hint: use sugar 😛! Check out our latest paper, led by the brilliant Peter Garamszegi, co-supervised by @jwvangroenigen.bsky.social, @mhagens.bsky.social and Tullia Calogiuri #OpenAccess!
▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It was great to step out of our offices and scientific bubble to engage in discussions with these incredibly inspiring artists 🎇 ! Naturally, the conversation revolved around one of my favorite topics: EARTHWORMS 🪱😍. Can’t wait for the next session. Thanks Emilie, Nina and Nienke 🙏!
November 20, 2024 at 8:05 AM
It was great to step out of our offices and scientific bubble to engage in discussions with these incredibly inspiring artists 🎇 ! Naturally, the conversation revolved around one of my favorite topics: EARTHWORMS 🪱😍. Can’t wait for the next session. Thanks Emilie, Nina and Nienke 🙏!
📣A few spots left for our #PhD course on Resource Use Efficiency #agriculture with PEandRC/WUR 🐮💧🌽. Nitrogen and water across scale: plant/soil/field/farm with Katrin Descheemaeker, Florian Wichern, Gerlinde De Deyn, Francisco Pinto, Franca Bongers etc. ▶️https://www.pe-rc.nl/resource-use-efficiency
April 19, 2024 at 7:28 AM
📣A few spots left for our #PhD course on Resource Use Efficiency #agriculture with PEandRC/WUR 🐮💧🌽. Nitrogen and water across scale: plant/soil/field/farm with Katrin Descheemaeker, Florian Wichern, Gerlinde De Deyn, Francisco Pinto, Franca Bongers etc. ▶️https://www.pe-rc.nl/resource-use-efficiency
📣Registration open for the first edition of our #PhD immersive course on #carbon #farming on a dairy farm in France in September 2024 🐮! We seek to see, to witness, experience, and truly understand: what is carbon farming? ▶️ www.wur.nl/en/activity/...
April 3, 2024 at 7:30 PM
📣Registration open for the first edition of our #PhD immersive course on #carbon #farming on a dairy farm in France in September 2024 🐮! We seek to see, to witness, experience, and truly understand: what is carbon farming? ▶️ www.wur.nl/en/activity/...
Big congratulations to the PhD candidate Andreas Wild 🤩
for leading this great work on root and rhizosphere traits -Implications for soil resource acquisition and drought adaptation. Published in Plant, Cell & Environment. Happy to be part of this adventure ! doi.org/10.1111/ele....
for leading this great work on root and rhizosphere traits -Implications for soil resource acquisition and drought adaptation. Published in Plant, Cell & Environment. Happy to be part of this adventure ! doi.org/10.1111/ele....
March 22, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Big congratulations to the PhD candidate Andreas Wild 🤩
for leading this great work on root and rhizosphere traits -Implications for soil resource acquisition and drought adaptation. Published in Plant, Cell & Environment. Happy to be part of this adventure ! doi.org/10.1111/ele....
for leading this great work on root and rhizosphere traits -Implications for soil resource acquisition and drought adaptation. Published in Plant, Cell & Environment. Happy to be part of this adventure ! doi.org/10.1111/ele....