Research projects
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AMOXENSE: Ammonia Biosensing in Wastewater Treatment using Bacteria
This project will develop an ammonium biosensor that can uniquely operate in the low oxygen and anoxic conditions found in wastewater treatment plants. This biotechnology will contribute to optimizing ammonium removal during wastewater treatment.
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Sand Filtration
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the microbiological and geochemical dynamics of sand filtration.
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Paludi4all
Paludiculture, sustainable farming on wet peatlands, is crucial for climate action. The Paludi4All project studies its impacts and seeks ways to expand this practice across Europe, focusing on climate benefits and rural development.
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The PaluWise project
Understanding all paludiculture options is crucial, as each farmer faces unique challenges and operates under different business models. PaluWise addresses these challenges through four paludiculture demonstration sites.
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The Prokaryotic Origin of Our Immune System
Recently, there has been a growing discussion about the potential bacterial origin of innate immune mechanisms. Undoubtedly, bacterial defense systems (DS) play a significant role in it, but what about archaea?
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The prokaryotic origin of our Immune System
Recently, there has been a growing discussion about a potential bacterial origin of innate immune mechanisms. Undoubtedly, bacterial defense systems (DS) play a significant role in it, but what about archaea?
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LABPLAS: Land-Based Solutions for Plastics in the Sea
The project will provide scientific evidence to support decision making in regulatory efforts around plastics in the environment.
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QTOX
In the EU Marie Curie QTOX project, we aim to improve chemical risk assessment by bridging the gap between toxicity tests in the lab and ecologically relevant endpoints in the field.
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The Power of Size
This project looks at chemical pollution, one of the fastest growing environmental problems in the world. The project derives relationships for parameters that determine the emission, fate, accumulation and effects of substances.
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Understanding and preventing the impact of endocrine disruptors on the hypothalamus-pituitary axes in sensitive populations
The HYPIEND project examines the effects of endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) on the stress, reproduction and thyroid endocrine systems besides implementing strategies to minimalize the exposure to EDCs in sensitive populations.
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Carbon Connects
Carbon Connects is an Interreg North-West Europe initiative with a primary focus on peatland restoration. Originally slated for a four-year period commencing in 2018, the project's timeline has now been extended to December 2023.
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Achieving High-Integrity Voluntary Climate Action (ACHIEVE)
The ACHIEVE research project will identify opportunities to strenghten and scale up voluntary climate action, to achieve a worldwide net-zero society by 2050.
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MARIX
The ERC synergy project MARIX studies marine redox transitions to understand how they remove toxic ammonium and methane. It combines fieldwork, lab experiments and modelling to explore new microbial pathways and their environmental impact.
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Biogas to bioenergy
The project Biogas to bioenergy investigates how certain micro-organisms generate electricity, and how we can apply this quality for electricity production and for reducing methane emissions from e.g. water treatment plants.
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Towards smart soil-sensing: developing a proxy for soil health
Rosa Boone is studying how the restoration of soil diversity contributes to the condition of soil. To do this, she's developing a new measuring method that farmers can use to track the health of the soil beneath their feet.
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Future Dikes
The Future Dikes project investigates how we can strengthen the Dutch dikes with a species-rich grass covering.
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Restoration of ancient oak forests with stone meal
Ancient oak forests are threatened by nitrogen deposition and are now on the verge of collapse. Stone meal restores acidification and mineral imbalance. We combine soil and plant chemistry with soil biology and microbiology, among other things.
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DIGS
Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from surface waters with the aim to unravel their drivers and develop mitigation measures using field measurements, experiments and modelling approaches.
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Environmental impact of inland aquaculture in Brazil
In this research we aim to quantify greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient budgets of aquaculture ponds in Brazil and relate them to management practices.
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Effects of bioturbation on microbial CH4 production, accumulation and emission from inland waters
This research focuses on providing a mechanistic understanding of how bioturbating organisms affect greenhouse gas (GHG) production (through microbial communities), its rates of emission and emission pathways from aquatic ecosystems.