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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · 11d

Today we had our AquaPLAN Interim General Meeting
Recap:
✅ Next Steering Committee Meeting
📊 EC M18 Review Meeting Outcomes
✈️ Next Annual General Meeting – Lisbon in January!
🤝 Updated Consortium Agreement
⏱️ Upcoming Deliverables – Due end 2025
🌍 Updates from @allatlantico.bsky.social Forum

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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · 12d

The @allatlantico.bsky.social Forum brings together stakeholders from both sides of the Atlantic, aiming to advance transatlantic scientific cooperation & innovation for ocean sustainability
👉 tinyurl.com/bpp2zpuu

#AAORIA2025 #EUResearch #Tour4EU #EUROGOOS #OurSharedOcean #GES4SEAS #BlueEconomy

AquaPLAN at the 2025 All-Atlantic Forum - AquaPLAN

Funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme (along with UKRI), AquaPLAN is a €2.6 million, 4-year project that aims to quantify the combined impacts of Light and Noise Pollution (LNP) on aquatic biodive...

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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · 12d

Over the last week, AquaPLAN coordinator @dipbiounipi.bsky.social participated in the @allatlantico.bsky.social (#AAORIA) Forum in Brussels, organised by OKEANO CSA🌊

AquaPLAN was well represented by our coordinator Elena Maggi & Mascha Stroobant 👏

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Department of Biology of the University of Pisa @dipbiounipi.bsky.social · 13d

🇪🇺 Il Dipartimento di Biologia ha partecipato a Bruxelles all’All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance Forum, @allatlantico.bsky.social organizzato dal Progetto HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-02-1 Okeano.🌊

📸 Nelle foto, la rappresentante UNIPI Prof. Elena Maggi (AquaPLAN).👥

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Foto 1: Elena Maggi, Colombe Warin e Stelios Katsanevakis (University of Aegean, Progetto Biodiversa + Bioboost+) Foto 2: Simona Costa (Tour4EU), Elena Maggi, Dina Eparkhina (EUROGOOS) Foto 3: Elena Maggi, Oliver Wilson and Emma Horgan (Marine Institute, Coordinatori del Progetto Horizon Europe OKEANO) e Alice Estrela (SCIENCE CRUNCHERS, Progetto Horizon Europe GES4SEAS) Foto 4: Isabel Sousa Pinto (CIIMAR and University of Porto) Peter Heffernan (Oceano Azul Foundation), Elena Maggi.

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Department of Biology of the University of Pisa @dipbiounipi.bsky.social · 13d

🤝L'evento ha riunito stakeholder da entrambe le sponde dell’Atlantico, con l’obiettivo di far avanzare la cooperazione scientifica transatlantica e l’innovazione per la sostenibilità degli oceani, mostrando come tutto ciò sia cruciale per affrontare i cambiamenti globali. 🌐

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Photo 1: Day 1 - The iconic façade of the Charlemagne Building, setting the stage for the first day of collaboration
Photo 2: Day 2 - The infographic highlighting some messages related to the session focused on Aquaculture (“Action for Sustainable Blue Economy and Food from the Ocean”).
Photo 3: Day 1 - A moment from the FAQ session, with a question on how light and noise pollution will be addressed in future AAORIA strategies featuring Steve Thur (NOAA)

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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · 12d

If you missed the #AAORIAForum25 livestream last week, you can watch it back here
Day 1 👉 lnkd.in/dpmvsiRT
Day 2 👉 lnkd.in/dPTCWCBx

All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance @allatlantico.bsky.social · 20d

🎥🔴 WATCH THE #AAORIAForum25 LIVE | 25–26 SEPTEMBER

Follow the event live here 👇
🔗 Day 1: webcast.ec.europa.eu/all-atlantic...
🔗 Day 2: webcast.ec.europa.eu/all-atlantic...

🔎Learn more: allatlanticocean.org/all-atlantic...

#AtlanticAll

All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance Forum 2025 - Streaming Service of the European Commission

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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · 24d

Today is #WorldWaterMonitoringDay🌊💧🏞️💙

Let’s shine a light on an often overlooked threat to aquatic life: Light & Noise Pollution (LNP) 💡 🔊

AquaPLAN is leading the way in understanding how LNP affects biodiversity in European marine, freshwater & estuarine habitats

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · 27d

🔎 The #InvasiveAlienSpecies we focus on today is Cervus nippon, the Sika Deer.
🦌 Overgrazing by these deer can lead to substantial environmental and economic damage, particularly to crops.
🔴 They are quite aggressive, directly competing and sometimes even hybridising with native red deer.

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MERLIN project @merlin-project.bsky.social · 26d

📢 Our first policy brief is out!

This Policy Working Paper illustrates how water
restoration can be embedded in future agricultural policies to
enhance water resilience: project-merlin.eu/files/merlin... #river #wetlands #restoration #CAP #policy

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Justin J.J. van der Hooft @jjjvanderhooft.bsky.social · 26d

🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨 Great writing project with @adafede.bsky.social & Mehdi Bennidir and colleagues! @w-u-r.bsky.social
#metabolomics #CompMetabolomics #naturalproducts #discovery #libraries
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Scalability of mass spectrometry-based metabolomics for natural extracts libraries exploration: current status, challenges, and opportunities

Covering: up to 2025This review explores the potential of bioinformatics and chemoinformatics tools to advance the exploration of natural extracts libraries (NELs). Although metabolomics has become a ...

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Tim Adriaens @adriaenstim.bsky.social · 26d

SAVE THE DATE #Neobiota2026 is coming to Brussels Leave your contact details www.neobiota2026.org

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 27d

🆕 New £644K Microbiome Innovation Network to drive UK Bioscience Research and impact health, food and environments.

New £644K Microbiome Innovation Network to drive UK Bioscience Research and impact health, food, and environments - Quadram Institute

The Microbiome Innovation Centre at the University of Liverpool, the National Biofilms Innovation Centre, the Quadram Institute, Nottingham Trent University, and the University of Oxford have been…

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GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · 26d

📚 ECSA 61: Bridging Science & Policy for Coastal Biodiversity
🗓️ Dates: 24-27 August 2026
📍 Location: Square, Brussels, Belgium
📅 Deadline for Special Session proposals: 24 November 2025

Supported by the #GuardIAS project.

Register now: www.estuarinecoastalconference.com

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Plymouth Marine Laboratory @pml.ac.uk · Sep 10

“It is the honour of my career to be asked to serve as the Director of Science."

Please join us in congratulating Professor Tim Smyth on his new role as Director of Science at Plymouth Marine Laboratory.

Follow the thread to find out more about Tim 🧵👇

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Plymouth Marine Laboratory @pml.ac.uk · Sep 10

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Colombe Warin @colombewarin.bsky.social · Sep 2

Here is what 🐸 💦 🇪🇺@aquaplan.bsky.social is about: fighting against the impact of #light and #noise pollution on #biodiversity

youtu.be/h3SDh6Oq15o

AquaPLAN Project Video

YouTube video by ERINN Innovation

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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · Sep 3

A great week for @aquaplan.bsky.social!

Our 1st EC Review with @ec.europa.eu & got very positive feedback on our progress🎉

A team effort, 15 organisations from 10 countries, led by @dipbiounipi.bsky.social, quantifying combined impacts of light & noise pollution (LNP) on aquatic biodiversity💡🔊🏞️🌊

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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · Aug 5

Underwater Lights & Sounds – What are the Effects? (Luci e suoni sott’acqua… quali effetti?)

📍 Environmental Education Center (CEA) La Salata Capraia Island
🗓️ 5 Aug @ 22:00 CET

Find out at this public event with @aquaplan.bsky.social Coordinator Elena Maggi!

aquaplan-project.eu/underwater-l...

Underwater Lights and Sounds – What Are the Effects? | Luci e suoni sott’acqua… quali effetti? - AquaPLAN

Funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme (along with UKRI), AquaPLAN is a €2.6 million, 4-year project that aims to quantify the combined impacts of Light and Noise Pollution (LNP) on aquatic biodive...

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INVASIVESNET @invasivesnet.bsky.social · Jul 15

Don't forget to register for the first GuardIAS virtual conference! 👇

GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · Jul 4

We’re excited to invite you to the inaugural GuardIAS Virtual Conference, part of a series hosted by the GuardIAS Project &
INVASIVESNET, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme.
Registration is free – sign up today 👇
guardias.eu/welcome-to-t...

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ERINN Innovation @erinninnovation.bsky.social · Jul 15

We're looking for a Scientific Project Officer to join our team. Must be based in Dublin, Ireland. Apply by 31 July @ 17:00 (IST). Learn more and apply now: tinyurl.com/3rcabxpy #Hiring #ScienceJobs #ProjectOfficer #ScienceCommunication

ERINN Innovation job opportunity for Scientific Project Officer - must be based in Dublin, Ireland. Apply by 31 July 2025 at 17:00 (IST).

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Charlotte Underwood @scarlettthunder.bsky.social · Jul 1

First official day of #ITRS25. Heard some great talks on light pollution and eco-engineering, including some from my colleagues at @aquaplan.bsky.social!

Map of Europe showing combination of light and noise pollution along the coasts

Maps of Europe at night showing light pollution in the coast and graph showing depth reached by different wavelengths including blue and green.

Figures showing difference in fish assemblages at marinas with and without artificial structures.

Three images showing different types of tiles/structures that increase biodiversity on seawalls.

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Lisa Dörner (she/her) @ldoerner.bsky.social · Jun 30

Flash talk at my first time at the @aquaticnoise.bsky.social conference in Prague 😊. Tomorrow I will present a poster on my current field project and @aquaplan.bsky.social

#noisepollution #aquaticnoise #aquaticsystems #anthropohenicnoise #aquaticecology #ecology #fish #phd

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Plymouth Marine Laboratory @pml.ac.uk · Jul 4

📢 Big news! For the first time, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the National Oceanography Centre (@noc.ac.uk) are teaming up to offer a Virtual #WorkExperience Week – and applications are now open! 👇 pml.ac.uk/event/pml-x-...

PML x NOC Virtual Work Experience Week

Big news! For the first time, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) are teaming up with Creative Tuition Collective to offer a Virtual Work Experience Week – an

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Detmer Sipkema @detmersipkema.bsky.social · Jul 4

50 sponge genomes have now been sequenced at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social through the Aquatic Symbiosis project spearheaded by @utehentschel.bsky.social
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/07/03/e...

Enter the absorbing world of sponges - Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog

Enter the absorbing world of sponges, the intricate animals that have evolved to inhabit all corners of our Earth’s waterways and oceans. Thanks to a worldwide collaboration of sponge scientists throu...

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ERINN Innovation @erinninnovation.bsky.social · Jul 4

Join @empowerus.bsky.social for their final project event in Brussels this September. This full day event is designed to amplify coastal community voices and foster deeper connections between local action and EU marine policy. More information and registration: empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...

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