
Wednesday 16 April
19:45 live music
20:15 speakers
Café Loburg
Ever wondered how pesticides truly affect our rivers, lakes, and the rich life they sustain? Join us at our upcoming Wageningen Science Café, where experts (and brothers!), Paul and Nico van den Brink, will guide you through the hidden world of pesticides and environmental risks. Discover how these chemicals impact aquatic ecosystems, how climate change might amplify their effects, and the state of Dutch biodiversity today. Have your questions answered about how pesticides might be impacting you, and the future of these chemicals in the Netherlands. Join us from 7:45pm on Wednesday 16 April for live music, with the speakers beginning their presentations at 8:15pm. Don’t miss out on your chance to learn more about pesticides in the Netherlands.
During his presentation, Paul will outline the background on how pesticides impact the ecology of aquatic ecosystems and how these effects will be influenced by climate change. Paul will present the current poor state of aquatic ecosystems in the Netherlands and the role of pesticides in this. Nico will address current risk assessment procedures with respect to pesticides in a complex world. There is an ongoing debate about how to address mixtures of pesticides for instance in crops with high application rates, and whether biodiversity is sufficiently protected.
Prof. dr. Paul J. Van den Brink is a full, personal professor at the Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group of Wageningen University. He chairs the chemical stress ecology sub-group. He is amongst others involved in international projects on assessing the ecological effects of contaminants like pesticides, pharmaceuticals and personal and home care products as well as those of multiple stressors, including climate change.
Prof. dr. Nico W. van den Brink is the new chair holder of the laboratory of Toxicology at Wageningen University. His background is in environmental toxicology, with a focus on wildlife toxicology and emphasis on immunomodulatory as well as behavioral effects of chemicals (PPPs, pharma, trace metals) on animals. His research spans from in vitro to in vivo and in field and is aimed to identify mechanisms to establish causality of dose-response relationships, also under field conditions.
About the band
Downtime is a trio born from the Jazz in Wageningen jam sessions that loves to fuse different music styles. A jazz standard with a hiphop groove? Or a Drum and bass beat with jazz chords? Anything is possible with Downtime!
Keys: Eric de Zeeuw
Bass: Dani Nooijen
Drums: Thijmen van loon