Darwin PhD research: North Sea subtropical and anoxic 56 million years ago
Petra Schoon will defend her PhD Thesis entitled “Impact of CO2 and pH on the distribution and stable carbon isotopic composition of microbial biomarker lipids” on April 3rd 2013. | read more

Darwin Day 2013 - Thu 18 April - Utrecht
The Darwin Day 2013 will this year take place in the center of Utrecht at the University Museum. This day, there will be two keynote lectures - 10 Darwin research talks and posters. More information here.

In Memoriam - Carlo Heip

It is with deep regret and sadness that we announce the passing of Carlo Heip. Our thoughts are with his family, who have surrounded him with care during his fatal illness.

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Symposium 18-12-2012 "The Poles, tops of the world"
Symposium in Utrecht with contributions of: Dr. Huiskens (NIOO-KNAW/RUG) - Dr. Tijm-Rhijmer (UU) - Dr. Gunther (TU Delft) - van Konijnenburg (Shell) and Prof. Brinkhuis (NIOZ/UU) | read more

International School on Foraminifera

The International School on Foraminifera will organize a fourteen-day intensive course, which will be held in Urbino (Italy) on June 4-18, 2013.

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Darwin christmas lecture 2012 - 16 dec 2012
De Darwin kerstlezing van dit jaar zal gegeven worden door Prof. dr. Theunis Piersma, hoogleraar trekvogelecologie en waddenonderzoeker. De lezing zal ingaan op de evolutie van vandaag en gisteren en is gratis bij te wonen in museum Naturalis. read more

Nature publication: Climate Change Stories from the Abyss
Darwin researcher Appy Sluijs, and many other colleagues, have shed new light on the world's history of climate change by looking at deep ocean's carbonate compensation depth. Their results have been published in Nature | read more

Nature publication: Tropical Rainforest on the South Pole
multidisciplinary research, with a.o. Darwin researchers Stefan Schouten and Henk Brinkhuis, shows that 50 million years ago, the Antarctic summer was subtropical, winter temperatures were above freezing and there was a tropical rainforest on the coast. | read more

Prestigious ERC award for Johan Weijers
Biogeochemistry researcher Johan Weijers has received a prestigious ERC Starting Grant (1.5 M€) for his research into the reconstruction of the continental climate history. | read more

4 Veni's granted to Darwin research related young scientists
4 out of the 18 Veni grants (250 k€) awarded within the Earth and Life sciences division go to young researchers who will be working in one of the Darwin research groups. | read more

Spinoza award for Darwin researcher Mike Jetten
The Darwin Center for Biogeosciences congratulates Mike Jetten with his 'Dutch Nobel prize' for his groundbreaking work in ecological microbiology. | read more

Science publication: Ocean acidification: the other CO2 problem
Darwin researcher Appy Sluijs and colleagues look back 300 million years to understand the impact of ocean acidification. Their research appeared in the journal Science in March 2012 | read more

PhD course “Molecular Organic Biogeochemistry”

24-28 September 2012 @ NIOZ-TEXEL - For PhD-students and early career postdocs with an interest in organic geochemistry or who want to use molecular organic geochemical tools in their field of study.

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Prestigious Patterson Award for Stefan Schouten
Professor and Darwin researcher Stefan Schouten has won the Patterson Award in 2012. Schouten is recognized specifically for his identification of archaeal membrane lipids in marine environments and their application as a novel sea-surface paleothermometer. | read more

PhD defense Suzann Vollrath
PhD Defense of Suzann Vollrath: Microbial Fe(II) oxidation at circumneutral pH: Reaction kinetics, mineral products, and distribution of neutrophilic iron oxidizers in wetland soils | read more

Oceans of the future
Sunday 23 October Labyrinth (VPRO - Dutch radio) broadcasted a radio show about the influence of climate change on the seas. What will happen with our oceans? Darwin center related research was well represented in this edition (in Dutch). | read more

Defense symposium Julia van Winden
On Friday 4th of november, Julia van Winden will defens her thesis. Before her defense there will be a small symposium at Utrecht University with lectures from renowned researchers Johan Weijers, Helen Talbot, Rich Pancost and Julia herself. | read more

Darwin Christman lecture by Pier Vellinga
This years' Christmas lecture will be given by Pier Vellinga, who recently published his popular science book about climate change; 'Hoezo klimaat verandering'. The Darwin Christmas lecture will take place in Naturalis, Leiden on Sunday December 18^th.  read more

Anammox bacteria and rocket fuel ?!
Researchers at the Radboud University Nijmegen have identiefied a molecular mechanism by which anammox bacteria transforms ammonium, the ingredient of urine, into hydrazine, a rocket fuel.
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