Dr. Mahya Roustaei will give a seminar entitled "Non-destructive imaging in a warming climate".This seminar is organised by the ELI-E (Environmental Sciences) division of the Earth and Life Institute.Dr. Mahya Roustaei is the Director of the UGent Geotechnical Institute (UGGI) and Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Ghent University.

Public Thesis Defense of Sébastien LemaigreAgricultural biogas production via anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic feedstocks offers strong potential to mitigate climate change while recycling essential nutrients. However, the AD process is vulnerable to biological disturbances that can cause major economic losses for biogas plant operators.

Dr. Magdalena Calusinska will give a seminar entitled "Research activities of the LIST Microbial Biotechnology team: from omics to bioprocesses".This seminar is organised by the ELI-M (Applied microbiology) division of the Earth and Life Institute.Dr. Magdalena Calusinska is working at Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST).

Hiroki Karyu will give a seminar entitled "Studying the origin of Venus' clouds with numerical modeling".This seminar is organised by the ELI-C (Earth and Climate) division of the Earth and Life Institute.Hiroki Karyu is working at Tohoku University (Japan).

Bérengère Bastogne will give a seminar entitled "The systemic herbicide glyphosate affects the sporulation dynamics of Rhizophagus species more severely than mechanical defoliation or the contact herbicide diquat". This seminar is organised by the ELI-M (Applied microbiology) division of the Earth and Life Institute.Bérengère Bastogne is a PhD candidate in the Mycology laboratory (MYCO-ELIM)

On September 18, the Earth and Life Institute is delighted to welcome Dr. Rachael Garrett for an ELI Sustainability Talk entitled "Bridging equity, sustainability, and deforestation reduction in global food systems". The replay of the conference is available here.  The guestDr. Rachael Garrett is Professor at University of Cambridge, in the Department of Geography.

Public defence of Oisin Hamilton's doctoral thesisThe weather in the midlatitudes displays low frequency variability (LFV), or long term repetitions, over time spans much longer than the usual two week forecasting horizon. This LFV originates from internal variability as well as couplings, or interactions, between the atmosphere and other components of the climate system.

Dr. Jeroen Candel will give a seminar entitled "Shaping sustainable food systems: EU policy pathways and political insights".This seminar is organised by the ELI-A (Agronomy) division of the Earth and Life Institute.Dr. Jeroen Candel is an Associate Professor in the Public Administration and Policy Group at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

The 2nd International Summer School on Advanced Soil Physics: Soil-Plant-Water Flow will be held at UCLouvain, Belgium, from 8 to 12 September 2025. This intensive one-week program aims to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of water flow in the soil-rhizosphere-plant system, influenced by plant physiology and rhizosphere hydraulics.

The ACELI is very proud to announce the date of its very first afterwork of the 2025-2026 academic year.Pauline Moreels and Corentin Defalque are so enthusiastic about launching the new ACELI season that they have summarized the incredible adventure that awaits you if you join them in a reel lasting less than 1 minute.