Tag Archives: Science

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 →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged Climate, climate change, Database, Ecology, Nature, Science, Snow, Temperatures, Winter | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Science | Tagged Climate, climate change, Ecology, Global change, Microclimate, Nature, Science | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in General, Science | Tagged Ecology, Global change, Labwork, Microbes, Microbial ecology, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature, Science | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in General, Norway, Sweden | Tagged Ecology, Landscape photography, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature photography, Photography, Plant ecology, Plants, Scandinavia, Science | 1 Comment

To the growth chamber

Posted on November 21, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

This week, a new exciting research direction opened up: our PhD-student in Gembloux (Wallonia) launched a growth chamber experiment! For me, this is an absolute first: to experience the ability to entirely control all conditions, without any noisy outside factor … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Cities, Ecology, Experiment, Growth chamber, Invasive species, Lab, Nature, Science, Urban ecology, Urban heat islands | Leave a comment

Smart bud(die)s

Posted on November 19, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Smart bud(die)s, or Knappe k(n)oppen in Dutch, is a citizen science project initiated by our research group at the University of Antwerp (together with ReaGent). It is tailored towards high schools, and aims to provide them with a fun and … Continue reading →