Cells of cable bacteria sacrifice themselves

Cells of electricity-generating cable bacteria sacrifice themselves for the greater good of the organism, a new NESSC-publication shows. The researchers discovered that electricity-generating cable bacteria do not divide labour

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Blog: Gulf of Mexico Cruise, 2020

Every year, the mighty Mississippi river and its distributaries carry vast amounts of sediments and nutrients into the northern Gulf of Mexico, impacting the chemistry and biology in the

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Professor Caroline Slomp elected Geochemistry Fellow

NESSC-researcher Caroline Slomp (Utrecht University) has been granted the honorary title of Geochemistry Fellow 2020 by the Geochemical Society (GS) and The European Association of Geochemistry (EAG).  [caption id="attachment_7092" align="alignright"

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NESSC Christmas Lecture 2019

On Sunday December 15th, the annual NESSC Christmas lecture takes place. In this year’s lecture NESSC-researcher Peter Kuipers Munneke, glaciologist at IMAU, Utrecht, will talk about his research on

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