Stefaniya Kamenova
@stefaniyak2.bsky.social
Molecular ecologist studying trophic interactions 🇵🇸🇱🇧
National Museum of Natural History, Sofia | University of Oslo
National Museum of Natural History, Sofia | University of Oslo
Global inequities in pesticide legislation: nearly half of pesticides approved in major crops in Latin America are not allowed in the European Union
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Global inequities in pesticide legislation: nearly half of pesticides approved in major crops in Latin America are not allowed in the European Union
Abstract. Pesticide use is a core strategy to control agricultural pests. Although international treaties and health recommendations call for banning hazar
royalsocietypublishing.org
February 17, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Global inequities in pesticide legislation: nearly half of pesticides approved in major crops in Latin America are not allowed in the European Union
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
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Long-read sequencing can revolutionise the way we monitor #biodiversity.
A comprehensive guide for using #ONT & #PacBio for analysis of biodiversity through #eDNA, #metabarcoding, metagenomics
Just published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A comprehensive guide for using #ONT & #PacBio for analysis of biodiversity through #eDNA, #metabarcoding, metagenomics
Just published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Long-read sequencing can revolutionise the way we monitor #biodiversity.
A comprehensive guide for using #ONT & #PacBio for analysis of biodiversity through #eDNA, #metabarcoding, metagenomics
Just published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A comprehensive guide for using #ONT & #PacBio for analysis of biodiversity through #eDNA, #metabarcoding, metagenomics
Just published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Wikipedia is needed now more than ever, 25 years on www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Wikipedia is needed now more than ever, 25 years on
The online encyclopedia is an antidote to an increasingly poisoned information ecosystem. Researchers should help to nourish it.
www.nature.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Wikipedia is needed now more than ever, 25 years on www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Learn eDNA and invasive species monitoring from leading European experts at the GuardIAS Summer School. Explore workflows, policy, and real monitoring applications.
Meet the trainers & register:
guardias.eu/meet-the-tra...
#GuardIAS #InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions
Meet the trainers & register:
guardias.eu/meet-the-tra...
#GuardIAS #InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Learn eDNA and invasive species monitoring from leading European experts at the GuardIAS Summer School. Explore workflows, policy, and real monitoring applications.
Meet the trainers & register:
guardias.eu/meet-the-tra...
#GuardIAS #InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions
Meet the trainers & register:
guardias.eu/meet-the-tra...
#GuardIAS #InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions
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REMINDER: i5k 2025-2026 Annual Meeting is TOMORROW, Wednesday February 4th, 2026! Anyone with an interest in arthropod #genomics is encouraged to join this open meeting. More details here: i5k.github.io/2025_annual_...
2025 i5k Annual Meeting Announcement
Website for the i5k 5,000 insect genome initiative.
i5k.github.io
February 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
REMINDER: i5k 2025-2026 Annual Meeting is TOMORROW, Wednesday February 4th, 2026! Anyone with an interest in arthropod #genomics is encouraged to join this open meeting. More details here: i5k.github.io/2025_annual_...
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💼 #WeAreHiring
📝 As head of the BBD department, you will support the BBMRI National Nodes and biobanks in implementing & maintaining sustainable biobanking practices & developments, enhance their visibility & foster collaboration with various stakeholders.
📍 Graz, Austria
🔗 buff.ly/iRwhsFV
📝 As head of the BBD department, you will support the BBMRI National Nodes and biobanks in implementing & maintaining sustainable biobanking practices & developments, enhance their visibility & foster collaboration with various stakeholders.
📍 Graz, Austria
🔗 buff.ly/iRwhsFV
February 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
💼 #WeAreHiring
📝 As head of the BBD department, you will support the BBMRI National Nodes and biobanks in implementing & maintaining sustainable biobanking practices & developments, enhance their visibility & foster collaboration with various stakeholders.
📍 Graz, Austria
🔗 buff.ly/iRwhsFV
📝 As head of the BBD department, you will support the BBMRI National Nodes and biobanks in implementing & maintaining sustainable biobanking practices & developments, enhance their visibility & foster collaboration with various stakeholders.
📍 Graz, Austria
🔗 buff.ly/iRwhsFV
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❄️ #ERGANews January is here!
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-ne...
Highlights:
📄 New SSP Publication
🎤 BG Connects policy roundtable report now available @biogeneurope.bsky.social
❔Help choose the new ERGA logo!
#newsletter #community #science #logo #genomics @ebpgenome.bsky.social
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-ne...
Highlights:
📄 New SSP Publication
🎤 BG Connects policy roundtable report now available @biogeneurope.bsky.social
❔Help choose the new ERGA logo!
#newsletter #community #science #logo #genomics @ebpgenome.bsky.social
ERGA News #34 - January 2026
NewsNew Publication! From Permits to Samples: Addressing Key Challenges for High-Quality Reference Genome Generation in EuropeLed by the Sampling & Sample Processing Comittee, the article titled “From...
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January 29, 2026 at 11:10 AM
❄️ #ERGANews January is here!
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-ne...
Highlights:
📄 New SSP Publication
🎤 BG Connects policy roundtable report now available @biogeneurope.bsky.social
❔Help choose the new ERGA logo!
#newsletter #community #science #logo #genomics @ebpgenome.bsky.social
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-ne...
Highlights:
📄 New SSP Publication
🎤 BG Connects policy roundtable report now available @biogeneurope.bsky.social
❔Help choose the new ERGA logo!
#newsletter #community #science #logo #genomics @ebpgenome.bsky.social
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van Klink et al 2020 receives an expression of concern in @science.org
@retractionwatch.com also cites our technical comment on this paper published in WIRES Water in 2021 🧪
@retractionwatch.com also cites our technical comment on this paper published in WIRES Water in 2021 🧪
The notice, published today, applies to a 2020 meta-analysis measuring population patterns of freshwater and terrestrial insects and predicting what might drive changes in population numbers.
‘Kicking the can down the road’: Science flags insect meta-analysis based on allegedly buggy database
An insect meta-analysis published in Science in 2020 has been hit with an EOC. (Photo credit: Aron Sousa) Science has issued a permanent expression of concern for a paper reporting a meta-analysis …
retractionwatch.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:09 PM
van Klink et al 2020 receives an expression of concern in @science.org
@retractionwatch.com also cites our technical comment on this paper published in WIRES Water in 2021 🧪
@retractionwatch.com also cites our technical comment on this paper published in WIRES Water in 2021 🧪
If you haven't already done so, do fill out this EU public consultation about the future of the European Research Area. Everything that matters to us is in there - funding, employment stability, AI regulations, open science, etc.
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
ec.europa.eu
January 19, 2026 at 8:03 AM
If you haven't already done so, do fill out this EU public consultation about the future of the European Research Area. Everything that matters to us is in there - funding, employment stability, AI regulations, open science, etc.
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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Apply for Sepkoski Grants $1000 USD if you are a paleontologist from Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Central and South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia www.paleosoc.org/sepkoski-gra... deadline March 1 @paleosoc.bsky.social
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January 7, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Apply for Sepkoski Grants $1000 USD if you are a paleontologist from Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Central and South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia www.paleosoc.org/sepkoski-gra... deadline March 1 @paleosoc.bsky.social
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🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿
#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential,” led by Quentin Cronk, Nolan Kane & Kyle Keepers.
Proposals due by 16 March 2026
More info at botany.org/home/publica...
#botany #phylogenetics #genomics #plantscience
#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential,” led by Quentin Cronk, Nolan Kane & Kyle Keepers.
Proposals due by 16 March 2026
More info at botany.org/home/publica...
#botany #phylogenetics #genomics #plantscience
January 12, 2026 at 6:27 PM
🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿
#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential,” led by Quentin Cronk, Nolan Kane & Kyle Keepers.
Proposals due by 16 March 2026
More info at botany.org/home/publica...
#botany #phylogenetics #genomics #plantscience
#AppsPlantSci invites proposals for “Plant genome skimming: Special uses and future potential,” led by Quentin Cronk, Nolan Kane & Kyle Keepers.
Proposals due by 16 March 2026
More info at botany.org/home/publica...
#botany #phylogenetics #genomics #plantscience
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One of my concerns with AI-assisted research in biology is that we're already looking only in the lamplight and AI incentivizes us to narrow the beam. Seems like it's happening...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Artificial intelligence tools expand scientists’ impact but contract science’s focus - Nature
Artificial intelligence boosts individual scientists’ output, citations and career progression, but collectively narrows research diversity and reduces collaboration, concentrating work in data-rich a...
www.nature.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:08 PM
One of my concerns with AI-assisted research in biology is that we're already looking only in the lamplight and AI incentivizes us to narrow the beam. Seems like it's happening...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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🦋🧬 A milestone for biodiversity genomics.
Project Psyche is building chromosome-level genomes for ~11,000 European butterflies & moths — 1,000 sequenced, 3,000+ collected, across 34 countries.
🔗 Read the publication: bit.ly/ProjectPsyche
@projectpsyche.bsky.social
#BiodiversityGenomics 🧬🌍
Project Psyche is building chromosome-level genomes for ~11,000 European butterflies & moths — 1,000 sequenced, 3,000+ collected, across 34 countries.
🔗 Read the publication: bit.ly/ProjectPsyche
@projectpsyche.bsky.social
#BiodiversityGenomics 🧬🌍
January 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
🦋🧬 A milestone for biodiversity genomics.
Project Psyche is building chromosome-level genomes for ~11,000 European butterflies & moths — 1,000 sequenced, 3,000+ collected, across 34 countries.
🔗 Read the publication: bit.ly/ProjectPsyche
@projectpsyche.bsky.social
#BiodiversityGenomics 🧬🌍
Project Psyche is building chromosome-level genomes for ~11,000 European butterflies & moths — 1,000 sequenced, 3,000+ collected, across 34 countries.
🔗 Read the publication: bit.ly/ProjectPsyche
@projectpsyche.bsky.social
#BiodiversityGenomics 🧬🌍
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Anatomy promotes neutral coexistence of strains in the human skin microbiome
Take home: each pore is dominated by a single genotype due to neutral bottlenecking (priority effects)
I absolutely love this paper. It's very clearly written and fun to use when teaching. 👏🧪
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Take home: each pore is dominated by a single genotype due to neutral bottlenecking (priority effects)
I absolutely love this paper. It's very clearly written and fun to use when teaching. 👏🧪
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
January 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Anatomy promotes neutral coexistence of strains in the human skin microbiome
Take home: each pore is dominated by a single genotype due to neutral bottlenecking (priority effects)
I absolutely love this paper. It's very clearly written and fun to use when teaching. 👏🧪
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Take home: each pore is dominated by a single genotype due to neutral bottlenecking (priority effects)
I absolutely love this paper. It's very clearly written and fun to use when teaching. 👏🧪
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
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Wow! This is probably the closest we are ever going to get to finding something equivalent to Excalibur!
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social !! I know you said there was a spectacular Iron Age fund, but you could have warned us!!!
@theduncanmackay.bsky.social and me are going to be fit for nowt today!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
@theduncanmackay.bsky.social and me are going to be fit for nowt today!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links
Bronze instrument or carnyx dug up in Norfolk in area inhabited by Celtic tribe led by warrior who fought Romans
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Wow! This is probably the closest we are ever going to get to finding something equivalent to Excalibur!
The most comprehensive, multifaceted study to date shows it is hard to measure social and economic impacts of open science.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Is ‘open science’ delivering benefits? Major study finds proof is sparse
It’s hard to measure social and economic impacts of making papers and data free, researchers say
www.science.org
January 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The most comprehensive, multifaceted study to date shows it is hard to measure social and economic impacts of open science.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Reformation of Science Publishing – Join the Call to Action – Co-Sign the Stockholm Declaration
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The Stockholm Declaration | sciii-it.org
The Stockholm Declaration calls for reform to protect academic freedom and integrity
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December 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Reformation of Science Publishing – Join the Call to Action – Co-Sign the Stockholm Declaration
sciii-it.org/stockholm-de...
sciii-it.org/stockholm-de...
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[3/3] 3) free butterfly taxonomy course: The Pollinator Academy has launched a free, online butterfly identification course. With flexible lessons taking just 10–30 minutes, you can master European butterfly characteristics at your own pace 🦋 pollinatoracademy.eu/training/eu-... #PollinatorAcademy
December 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
[3/3] 3) free butterfly taxonomy course: The Pollinator Academy has launched a free, online butterfly identification course. With flexible lessons taking just 10–30 minutes, you can master European butterfly characteristics at your own pace 🦋 pollinatoracademy.eu/training/eu-... #PollinatorAcademy
Our first exhibit for visually impaired visitors at the Natural History Museum in Sofia. Feeling so privileged and humbled, it was a great learning experience too! Looking forward to setting up more projects like this in 2026 🐕🦺👩🦯💙
#Inclusivity #Accessibility #NaturalHistoryMuseums
#Inclusivity #Accessibility #NaturalHistoryMuseums
December 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Our first exhibit for visually impaired visitors at the Natural History Museum in Sofia. Feeling so privileged and humbled, it was a great learning experience too! Looking forward to setting up more projects like this in 2026 🐕🦺👩🦯💙
#Inclusivity #Accessibility #NaturalHistoryMuseums
#Inclusivity #Accessibility #NaturalHistoryMuseums
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An accessible, easily understandable description of the Earth BioGenome Project @ebpgenome.bsky.social - a worldwide effort aiming to read the complete set of genetic instructions (genomes) for every known eukaryotic species on Earth kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... #biodiversity #genomics
The Earth BioGenome Project: Building the Ultimate Library of Life
Earth is full of amazing life forms, from giant whales to tiny microbes. Scientists want to understand and protect this biodiversity—but first, they need to know what is out there. That is where the E...
kids.frontiersin.org
December 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
An accessible, easily understandable description of the Earth BioGenome Project @ebpgenome.bsky.social - a worldwide effort aiming to read the complete set of genetic instructions (genomes) for every known eukaryotic species on Earth kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... #biodiversity #genomics
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The @ergabiodiv.bsky.social December newsletter
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⏩ Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season!
#biodiversity #genomics
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⏩ Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season!
#biodiversity #genomics
ERGA News #33 - December 2025
NewsERGA 2025: Community HighlightsThe last ERGA Plenary of 2025 was an opportunity to look back on a year of progress across our committees, reflecting the strength, diversity, and collaborative spir...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The @ergabiodiv.bsky.social December newsletter
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⏩ Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season!
#biodiversity #genomics
⏩ www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-ne...
⏩ Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season!
#biodiversity #genomics