<![CDATA[Olivier Duboc - What\'s up?]]>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:23:31 +0200Weebly<![CDATA[Long Night of Research 2026: What's my shit good for?]]>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:01:29 GMThttp://www.oduboc.com/whatsup/long-night-of-research-2026-whats-my-shit-good-forOn 24.04.26 I will be holding a stand at the long night of research in Tulln entitled "What's my shit good for?" together with Luis Quiroga Gutierrez and Carolina Paez-Velez, two master students, and my son Raphael.
Experience the cycle: Have you ever wondered how to manage a dry toilet so it does not stink? And a toilet compost so it is hygienically safe and produces abundant crops? Or simply ever asked yourself: "what happens with my shit after I flush the toilet?"
Come and visit us! Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 24, 3430 Tulln, Fr. 24.04.2026
]]><![CDATA["Minerals in Soils - Being and Becoming" (NAHR Salon 2026)]]>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:40:15 GMThttp://www.oduboc.com/whatsup/minerals-in-soils-being-and-becoming-nahr-salon-2026I had the chance to give a lecture about minerals in soils in the frame of the NAHR Salon 2026. Thanks to Ilaria for the opportunity!
]]><![CDATA[Grow your own, with your own!]]>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.oduboc.com/whatsup/grow-your-own-with-your-ownThis was the title of a spontaneous poster, which I presented at the conference of the Danube region in Tulln, 16.09.2025. About my own experiments with a compost toilet, hands on recycling dealing with the most nutritive resources we all happen to produce every day. 
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]]><![CDATA[Trockentoiletten in Österreich]]>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.oduboc.com/whatsup/trockentoiletten-in-osterreichIn early 2024 I started a Facebook group called "Trockentoiletten in Österreich", with the aim to gather like-minded people in Austria interested in the topic, with a focus on going full cycle.
Not sure how it will end, me not being very active on social media. But a start is a start!
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]]><![CDATA[Kiss the Ground]]>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 22:15:31 GMThttp://www.oduboc.com/whatsup/kiss-the-groundApart of the fact that soil alone will not solve the CO2 emission crisis, I liked the movie
https://kissthegroundmovie.com/

]]><![CDATA[PhD thesis defense]]>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.oduboc.com/whatsup/phd-thesis-defense2. December 2019: my PhD Defense!
"Nutrient recycling, and testing methods for diverse fertilizers"
The crowning of 5 years of work at BOKU's Institute of Soil Research.
Looking back, it's been such a rewarding time. The research was exciting, and it's been so enriching to work in a team for 5 years: my supervisors, the master, bachelor and trainee students, the rhizosphere ecology (Rhizo) group, the FERTI-MINE project team, and all other the people I've worked or interacted with.
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The defense ended well (!) with french cider, chocolate truffles & salted butter caramels.
Big thanks to all who attended, and those who prepared this great wish card & present!
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]]><![CDATA[Starting with LEX4BIO @BOKU]]>Thu, 03 Oct 2019 14:39:59 GMThttp://www.oduboc.com/whatsup/starting-with-lex4bio-bokuI am now part of the LEX4BIO, Horizon 2020 project at BOKU!

"Optimizing bio-based fertilisers in agriculture”.
EU Horizon 2020 project to provide a knowledge-base on bio-based fertilisers, collect regional nutrient stock, flow, surplus and deficiency data, assess technological solutions, and develop a toolkit for use of bio-based fertilisers and for their environmental impacts.

Objectives are to optimise the usage of bio-based fertilisers from nutrient-rich side-streams, ensure their safety, build evidence-based trust in their usage and develop the legislative framework. 
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]]><![CDATA[Natural Climate Solutions]]>Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:10:30 GMThttp://www.oduboc.com/whatsup/natural-climate-solutionsFrom the Natural Climate Solutions website.
]]><![CDATA[January 03rd, 2019]]>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 20:23:20 GMThttp://www.oduboc.com/whatsup/january-03rd-2019Funny interview with Bill Gates reinventing the toilet
]]><![CDATA[PSP 6 in Leuven]]>Thu, 13 Sep 2018 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.oduboc.com/whatsup/psp-6-in-leuven
PSP 6 in Leuven was a great event. Some of my favorite presentations:
- Astrid Oberson about how to notice that an inoculated P solubilizing microorganism didn't do better than soil-borne biota.
- Hannah Vos about Earthworms mobilizing soil P
- Moritz Hallama about how cover crops mobilize P for the main crop (meta-analysis)
- Kari Ylivainio about liming as a prerequisite to soil fertility management in acidic tropical soils.
- Ellis Hoffland trying to assess complementarity of P resource use efficiency in crop mixtures (partitioning).

I was there with our poster about P recycling fertilizers.
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