Geobiology search menu search content Research team expertise Boschker Eric I study electron conduction in cable bacteria. Technique Raman, Cryo-EM, ToF-SIMS Users Researchers Keywords Microbiology, Bacteria, Sediments Flipkens Gunter Limiting global warming will require not only reducing emissions …

Geobiology search menu search content Available Master thesis topics New Culturing approaches for cable bacteria - with Prof. Dr. Ir. Filip Meysman and Dr. Ir. Jeanine Geelhoed Very recently, long filamentous so-called “cable bacteria” have been discovered in marine sediments that are able to ge…

Center for Oncological Research search menu search content Hypoxystations The Center for Oncological Research houses a hypoxia facility for mammalian cell research. The infrastructure consists of two Whitley H45 HEPA Hypoxystations (Don Whitley Scientific). Each hypoxystation allows to control O2 fr…

Sebastiaan van de Velde senior researcher Research Sebastiaan van de Velde Research team Geobiology Expertise Focussing on the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, iron and sulfur, I study the past and present ocean, using a research approach that combines field work and laboratory incubations with nume…

Geobiology search menu search content Coastal oceans as real-life knowledge base Alkalinity release from mineral dissolution or precipitation can be slow and often has a characteristic time scale of decades to centuries. However, some natural sites are known for their natural high alkalinity release…

Geobiology search menu search content Simulating natural environments Bioturbators mix sediment in the mesocosm setup. Closed incubations to determine the carbonate system. Merging lab and nature Current knowledge on how mineral dissolution or precipitation can increase ocean alkalinity is largely b…

Geobiology search menu search content Modelling ocean alkanization Models are crucial for integrating field and experimental observations, simulating alkalinity release rates over long time scales, and assessing the regional and global ocean alkalinization potential. Coastal Carbon uses modeling for…

Geobiology search menu search content Research The research group GEOBIOLOGY performs fundamental and applied research at the intersection between Geology and Biology. Our prime objective is to generate profound insights about the interactions between the biosphere on the one hand, and the geosphere…

Filip Meysman research professor Research Filip Meysman Research team Geobiology Expertise Marine microbiology and biogeochemistry. Oceanography. Climate change and global change. Citizen science. Long-distance electron transport in coastal lagoon environments in the Mediterranean. 15/07/2025 - 14/0…

Alexander van Nuijs research professor Research Alexander van Nuijs Research team Toxicological Centre Expertise Expertise in development and validation of bioanalytical assays to detect endogenous and exogenous substances in biological matrices. Assays are based on chromatographic separation couple…

Toxicological Centre search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Analytical testing of per- and polyfluorinated alkylated substances (PFAS) and their transformation products in electrical and electronic waste (E-PFAStest). 01/09/2026 - 31/08/2028 Abstract Phones, tablets, and flat screens h…