Tag Archives: Ecology

2018 in stories (1)

Posted on December 25, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Here on ‘On top of the world’, we have the tradition to end the year with a ‘best of’, a list of the most read stories on this blog from the last year. This list helps us to wrap up … Continue reading →

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Growing database

Posted on December 22, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

We have been receiving a lot of early Christmas gifts lately. 2608 in total, more precisely, from a mind-boggling 22 different countries across the world. That is the current status of our SoilTemp-database: 2608 unique temperature loggers, many of them … Continue reading →

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Research network

Posted on December 11, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Science works best when people work together. This is especially true for the big questions, that involve the whole world in all its complexity. With our growing SoilTemp-database, that is exactly the type of questions we hope to answer: how are … Continue reading →

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SoilTemp website launched

Posted on December 5, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

SoilTemp, our project working towards a global database of soil temperatures for use in ecological analyses, launched its own website: soiltemp.weebly.com! The website allows interested visitors to explore what the project is about and, most importantly, follow the growth of … Continue reading →

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PCR

Posted on December 4, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

It is official now: I am an aspiring microbial ecologist! What gave it away, is the following blurry picture: Not convincing, you say? Think again, because this is the very first gel electrophoresis of my very first own PCR! A … Continue reading →

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Species (re)distributions in Scandinavian mountains

Posted on November 29, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

I am happy and honoured to announce some fantastic news: this week, we got a 4-years Fundamental Research Grant from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) to strengthen our research on species (re)distributions in the Scandinavian mountains, in the framework of … Continue reading →

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