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GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · 9d

Wrap on Day 1 of the GuardIAS project meeting in Thessaloniki! 🇬🇷

A jam-packed day of collaboration, covering everything from AI & eDNA for tracking invasive species to boosting citizen science.

Ready for Day 2!

#GuardIAS #InvasiveSpecies

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European Alien Species Information Network - EASIN @eualiens.bsky.social · 13d

🧐EASIN will participate to the European Researchers Night tomorrow at the JRC stand at Loggia dei Mercanti, Milan, opposite to Duomo!!! Eugenio & Chiara will welcome you, run activities on #AlienSpecies and gladly answer your questions on biodiversity Visit us, see you there!!!

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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 13d

Always wonderful to meet colleagues from wonderful
Environmental organizations @terracypria @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social @enaliaphysis

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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 16d

We were delighted to host Ms Maria Cholvi PhD candidate at the University of Valencia for a STSM funded by COST Action @insectai.bsky.social youtu.be/LTQCkrc5T08?...

STSM Experiences - Maria Cholvi Simó, PhD student at UV [The Cyprus Institute | CYENS, Cyprus]

YouTube video by Cost InsectAI

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 17d

Head over to the methods blog and check out our new post!

Read about how Daniel Souto-Vilarós and his team processed arthropod bulk-collections from seven different protocols with DNA metabarcoding 🐛🐜👇

10,000 Arthropods in a Hectare: What We Found Crawling, Flying, and Hiding in Panama’s Rainforest

Post provided by Daniel Souto-Vilarós. I’m a molecular ecologist who currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Utah, with a long-standing obsession with biodiversity. While …

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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 22d

Delighted to be at the Cyprus Institute for the climate sensitive vector dynamics modellomg workshop led by wonderful @kerguler.bsky.social with an excellent international turn up of amazing mosquito experts

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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · Sep 9

Biggest RES annual
Conference so far! Wonderful to be in Glasgow with over 300 entomologists #ENTO25 @RoyalEntomologicalSociety

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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · Sep 8

And here we are for ENTO25 in fabulous Glasgow! With @ukladybirds.bsky.social @ischnura.bsky.social @jennygotsi.bsky.social

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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · Sep 7

While I was waiting for my nephews to take photos with the dinosaur exhibits at the Natural History Museum London, I flicked through @martin-nunez.bsky.social book on scientific never late for some good advice on scientific writing even if you feel like a dinosaur!

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Don Yee @mosquitolab.bsky.social · Sep 5

Serious question. Does the world need a youtube channel on mosquitoes? Ecology, life history, taxonomy, etc.🦟📺🧠

a man wearing glasses and a bow tie is saying hypothetically

ALT: a man wearing glasses and a bow tie is saying hypothetically

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Maria Cholvi @cholvimaria.bsky.social · Aug 26

Exciting news! We’ve just launched our new @insectai.bsky.social YouTube channel! 🤩

From today, all presentations from our Annual Meeting (7–9 May, Tirana, Albania) are available to watch in case anyone missed it 📽️🇦🇱

Subscribe and share! 👉 [https://youtube.com/@costinsectai?si=Yn7gZs4OEFI8lDFA]

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · Aug 12

🚨Big news🚨

A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing is out🎉

This is the book I wish I’d had 20 years ago — short, practical, and designed to help researchers write & get their papers published

I hope it helps many
Please share with anyone who might benefit!
👉 mybook.to/ScienceGuide

cover of a "pocket guide to scientific writing and publishing"

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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · Aug 17

Hi Martin, congratulations! the soft cover edition of the book does not ship to Cyprus from
Amazon.co.uk. Any other options to purchase it?

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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · Jul 5

Very sorry I missed this bunch and that I could not be in Athens to hear @ukladybirds.bsky.social
Plenary for ICZEGAR wonderful to see the Darwin Plus fellows from Cyprus presenting their work!

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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · Jun 11

Is there a better way to celebrate saltmarshes than sampling?

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · Jun 6

The IUCN is launching a €2.1M EU-funded Rapid Response Fund to tackle invasive species across Europe. 💸

Grants of €10–50k for urgent action, plus training and expert support. First call opens June 2025. 🫰

👉 Find out more: iucnsos.org/funding-rapi...

#Bioinvasions #EUGreenWeek #SavingOurSpecies

Funding rapid action to combat invasive alien species in Europe - IUCN SOS

Invasive alien species remain one of the biggest causes of biodiversity loss and species extinction. These non-natives animals, plants or microorganisms are

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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · May 21

3 days left for Our Akrotiri BioBlitz! Island wide in Cyprus this year just dowload iNaturalist and record biodiversity!

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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · May 21

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Delighted to see our paper from Chapter 4 published! Huge thanks to all the terrestrial invertebrate experts who contributed time and energy to generate a huge dataset for Europe and Central Asia

Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species (GIDIAS) - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species (GIDIAS)

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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · May 19

the Akrotiri BioBlitz is going island wide between 24-26 May 2025. Just download the iNaturalist app and record the animals and plants you see around you.

Want to join us to record the species we see together? Find us on Saturday 24 May at the Akrotiri Environmental Education Centre at 9am.

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · May 13

Join us as an exhibitor or sponsor at #Ento25 🦋

With 300+ entomologists attending from across academia and industry, this is a great opportunity for organisations to engage with the global entomological community 🔽

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#StrathLife @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

Ento24: Exhibition & Sponsorship - Royal Entomological Society

Exhibition & sponsorship Ento is the Royal Entomological Society’s annual conference, and the leading global event for insect science in Europe. The conference provides a platform for leading…

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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · May 8

A lovely second day with many exciting talks and interactive sessions!! @insectai.bsky.social

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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · May 7

WG1 working hard! A buzzing morning in Tirana! Welldone insectaiers! Only the start for a full 3 days!! @insectai.bsky.social

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Erica McAlister @flygirlnhm.bsky.social · Apr 29

One of the nice points that I often raise is that mosquitoes are not always problematic - although research is limited, many species now are highlighted as #pollinators

@tanyptera.bsky.social #ThomDallimore #mosquitoes

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The Global Vector Hub @globalvectorhub.bsky.social · Apr 28

🦟"New species of #mosquito identified on the coast of #EastAfrica" @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @baldini-francesco.bsky.social @malariagen.bsky.social @phys.org.web.brid.gy
phys.org/news/2025-04...

New species of mosquito identified on the coast of East Africa

Scientists have discovered a previously unidentified species of mosquito along the coast of Kenya and Tanzania with potential implications for malaria surveillance and control.

phys.org

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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · Apr 23

Delighted to host the Pragmatick training school and workshop on novel technologies and citizen science for ticks recording

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