IRIS goes to Iceland 🧊 At the beggining of July, Theresa ( @theresahenke.bsky.social )set off for colder climates returning to the University of Iceland Research Centre of the Westfjords (& @fishiceland.bsky.social)‬ for a 6 weeks stay. Stay tuned for updates on old & new projects :)

Me and @agneskreiling.bsky.social have seen a lot of cool species while on vacation in #Spain: #chamalaeon, #flamingo, #octopus and a huge #robberfly. It has been a treat visiting @Theresahenke.bsky.social and hear about her work on #bioinvasions.

We had a busy Invasive Species Week at @iris-eeza.bsky.social!! We joined the Macrobioblitz #SEI25, organized a public debate on invasions at La Guajira in Almería and were part of the organizing and scientific committees of IyrCIS (iyrcis.webs.uvigo.gal). Next year: more and better! :)

On April 3rd Ana, Arnau, Paula, and Theresa headed to Cordoba for the PRISMA kick-off meeting. Together with a team of researchers lead by Pablo González Moreno, we will investigate invasion syndromes in plant invasion in mountains over the next four years. Stay tuned for exciting PRISMA updates!

IRIS’s first PHD student!!! Arnau Bosh Guiu has officially started working at the EEZA as part of the IRIS team. Over the next 4 years he will be researching plant invasions in mountain ecosystems worldwide as part of the PRISMA project. Welcome to the team, Arnau!! 🙂

In the beginning of march, Ana went to Sevilla for an interviewing process for a permanent position with a focus on global change & biodiversity conservation. She was selected as one of four candidates to receive a permanent position with the CSIC. Congratulations @ananovoaperez.bsky.social 🎉

At the end of February, Pavel Pipek (@pavelpipek.bsky.social) (Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Science) came for a visit. In-between catching up, bird-watching, and exciting discussions on culturomics & iEcology, the IRIS team got an introduction into html and data mining.

In January, @ananovoaperez.bsky.social attended the kick off of the Horizon project OneSTOP coordinated by Quentin Groom (Belgium) & Helen Roy (UK). OneSTOP aims to reduce the risks of introducing & spreading invasive species across Europe. Read more about OneSTOP: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/13/p...

IRIS is growing 🎉 Lucas from Brazil joined us for a short stay until the end of April & Lida from Greece arrived for ger 4-month internship. Both will support Paula in her project on the management of naturalized alien plant species in mountain areas.  (IRIS selfie for Theresa's birthday :) )

IRIS went to Prague!! From 10. - 14.02 our team co-organised two exciting workshops on invasion culturomics ( and SoNAF (Social dimensions of Naturalized Alien Flora) that took place in the castle of Průhonice @ibotcz.bsky.social @invaculture.net We are excited to work on the future developments!

The last couple of months have been quiet on here but but we have been busy... Let us catch you up :) #IRIS-EEZA #InvasionScience

New paper out: The tale of the founder flounder 🐟 link.springer.com/article/10.1... We identify the geographic origin of alien flounder in Iceland, and discuss potential implications on the flounders’ status & hybridisation ❓👀 @fishiceland.bsky.social @mfri.bsky.social

Getting ready for the second #SoNAF meeting in winter wonderland 🤩❄️ @iris-eeza.bsky.social @invaculture.net @ibotcz.bsky.social

Great discussions, amazing people, and exciting new perspectives at the Invasion Culturomics Workshop! 🌍 Happy to be part of this event in Průhonice, Czech Republic! #InvasionScience #Culturomics #ScienceMeetsCulture

How to include a human dimension in the research of biological invasions? @theresahenke.bsky.social talked to recreational anglers in Iceland to get their perspective on the spread of the European flounder. She was kind enough to share her story and findings with us! blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/06/t...

New paper out 🙌

The time has come 🤓🇮🇸🐟 I will be defending my PhD on Thursday at 13 GMT. If you want to hear me talk about flounder (once again) and all the fun things I did over the past five years, tune in for the life stream: eu01web.zoom.us/j/67667648639 @fishiceland.bsky.social

When one team member has relocated to Spain from Argentina and one from Iceland... Can you tell?🥶🥵

IRIS is starting the new week with coffee & work from the beach :) @zarahpattison.bsky.social, want to join us for a Maricastaña monday? :)

IRIS's PI @ananovoaperez.bsky.social has joined the team of Editors-in-Chief of @neobiotajournal.bsky.social 🥳🎉

Today, we had our first (of hopefully many) weekly IRIS team meetings to get to know each other & catch up on our projects, progresses and potential mishaps 🙂 We can’t wait to see where all our projects will lead to & what new ideas will come up in these meetings. Stay tuned!

Our views on the way to the office 🌴☀️

2 new team members decided to join us in Almeria all the way from South America 🌞 Paula Gervazoni from Argentina is the newest researcher at IRIS & Jonathan Almeida is a visiting PhD student from Brazil 🌱 ⬇️ In our preferred habitat: the IRIS team in front of invasive Pennisetum setaceum

In September @theresahenke.bsky.social officially joined the IRIS team After living in Iceland for the past 8 years & studying alien 🐟, she has decided to switch it up and trade the Nordic cold for the Mediterranean sunshine 🌞 Stay tuned for more news: iriseeza.com/news/

Welcome to IRIS 🌸 IRIS is dedicated to exploring the interplay between environmental and human dimensions of alien plant invasions Check out our new website: iriseeza.com