Category Archives: General

Communication is key

Posted on September 26, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

If you want to do science with impact, communication is key. Thanks to the Flemish PhD Cup, a ‘scicomm’ competition for recent PhD graduates, I got the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn this from professionals. When you see this tower on … Continue reading →

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Pink

Posted on September 12, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Nothing says pink like the Flemish heathlands at the end of summer. I was lucky enough to spend one of the last hot summer days on the vast pink plains of the ‘Kalmthoutse Heide’, where we have our sites for … Continue reading →

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Elevation and climate as drivers of non-native species distributions

Posted on August 30, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

For MIREN, we are working on an awesome blog series summarizing our scientific findings from the last 15 years for conservation, policy makers and the global public. This is chapter 3 in the series, follow the whole story on www.mountaininvasions.org. If … Continue reading →

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The 3D Lab

Posted on August 26, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Proudly introducing: The 3D Lab! The 3D Lab is a virtual lab. It is not a research group in the strict sense of the word, as it is not a physical lab. Instead, it is the team of scientists, PhD- … Continue reading →

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About wrapping up 2 field seasons

Posted on August 25, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

This is a guest post by Charly Geron, PhD-student at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech and in our Virtual Lab. One month ago, I was left with mixed feelings about finishing up my second field season, and acquiring massive amount of data … Continue reading →

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Calling in the plant doctor

Posted on August 23, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Sometimes you really want to know how a plant is feeling. That’s when you call in The Plant Doctor! The Plant Doctor is sitting next to me in the office and he knows a lot more diagnostic tools than the ‘I’ll-just-look-if-the-plant-is-there’-ecologist … Continue reading →

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