Project cooperationUpdated on 24 January 2026
Advanced Soil Biodiagnostics for Ecosystem Health
Associate Professor at National University "Chernihiv Polytechnic"
Chernihiv, Ukraine
About
Traditional chemical soil analyses offer only a static snapshot of nutrient levels. Biodiagnostics, however, treats soil as a dynamic, living system. The soil microbiome is the first responder to external stressors—whether from climate change, chemical pollution, or military impact—serving as a high-precision "early warning system" for ecosystem degradation.
We evaluate the state of agroecosystems through key biological indicators:
Microbial Biomass Carbon (MBC): To quantify the active organic living component.
Enzymatic Activity: Assessing metabolic potential through indicators such as dehydrogenase and phosphatase levels.
Soil Respiration (CO2 efflux): Measuring mineralization intensity and the efficiency of the carbon cycle.
Soil Health Index: Developing an integrated scoring system based on biological markers to define "soil health" beyond mere yield.
Resilience Modeling: Determining the capacity of agrocoenoses to recover from anthropogenic and environmental pressure.
Climate Mitigation: Optimizing carbon sequestration by managing microbial-mediated organic matter decomposition.
The project facilitates the transition from extractive farming to regenerative agriculture. By integrating these microbiological datasets into Digital Twins, we enable stakeholders to predict long-term soil fertility, environmental risks, and climate resilience with unprecedented accuracy.
Stage
- Drafting - writing the project proposal
- Completing the consortia
Topic
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-01: Living labs to enhance soil health in managed forests and in natural/semi-natural lands
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-02: Enabling user-centred and open innovation initiatives to enhance soil health in Ukraine
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-03: Monitoring soil health in practice: equipping stakeholders to sample, analyse, and interpret soil health indicators
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-04: Boosting EU competitiveness: advancing food system transformation through innovative soil health solutions
Similar opportunities
Project cooperation
- Completing the consortia
- Offering Expertise to Consortias
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-01: Living labs to enhance soil health in managed forests and in natural/semi-natural lands
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-03: Monitoring soil health in practice: equipping stakeholders to sample, analyse, and interpret soil health indicators
Julien Louvieaux
Researcher - Lecturer at Haute Ecole provinciale de Hainaut Condorcet
Ath, Belgium
Project cooperation
SOIL-LIFE – Living Soil Solutions for Carbon Sequestration and Farm Resilience
- Offering Expertise to Consortias
- Design - setting the project scope
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-03: Standardising and supporting climate services to serve climate adaptation
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-06: Long-term drivers and consequences of soil degradation: the past as key to the future
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-01: Living labs to enhance soil health in managed forests and in natural/semi-natural lands
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-05: Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic biosynthesis in soils – a One-Health perspective
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-two-stage: Living labs to enhance soil health in Alpine and Atlantic biogeographical regions
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-02:Actionable solutions for climate adaptation to the knowledge of the regions and local authorities
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-05: Demonstrating solutions to protect and preserve cultural heritage from the impacts of climate change
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-06: Improving climate resilience of inland waterways, their surroundings and related water infrastructures
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-04: Boosting EU competitiveness: advancing food system transformation through innovative soil health solutions
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-08-CLIMA-SOIL: Joint demonstration of solutions to build soil resilience to extreme weather events and support food security
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-01: National Adaptation Hubs - Bringing together the national level with the engaged regional and local levels (multi-level governance)
Anna Edlund
Chief Scientific Officer at Oath Inc.
Stockholm, Sweden
Project cooperation
- Offering Expertise to Consortias
- Design - setting the project scope
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
- Drafting - writing the project proposal
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-01: Living labs to enhance soil health in managed forests and in natural/semi-natural lands
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-02: Enabling user-centred and open innovation initiatives to enhance soil health in Ukraine
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-05: Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic biosynthesis in soils – a One-Health perspective
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-two-stage: Living labs to enhance soil health in Alpine and Atlantic biogeographical regions
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-08-CLIMA-SOIL: Joint demonstration of solutions to build soil resilience to extreme weather events and support food security
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-03: Monitoring soil health in practice: equipping stakeholders to sample, analyse, and interpret soil health indicators
Diego Soto
Senior researcher at ICCRAM - University of Burgos
Burgos, Spain