What a start☺️ First #ScanDanube workshop in Vienna- lots of exchange on methods and ideas💡👩🏼‍🔬🧑🏻‍🔬 plus an inspiring visit to #BFW experimental garden to learn how ash trees can fight back against ash dieback 🌳🍄🔥🧬💚

(1/6) 🦋 We are thrilled to announce the release of the 1,000th reference genome of Lepidoptera species found in Europe! This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth. Read the story below!👇🏽

Emotional❤️ and tasty😋🍷end to our amazing UB3Guard project in Portugal. Grateful to have contributed to fantastic research👩🏼‍🔬 networking and innovative approaches in urban tree biosecurity🍄🐛🛰️ 🧬 Proud to have been part of this successful COST action❤️🤗 @ub3guard.bsky.social

When molecular biology🧬 meets entomology 🦋 in the land of marmots, cows and their ever-present flies 🪰🐄😄 An unforgettable one-week scientific expedition 🧬🦋🔬with the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social in the magical South Tyrolean Alps🪄⛰️🌲Ju-hu, 10k genomes here we come!🧬🧬🧬☺️👩🏼‍🔬

Well-deserved treat after @10klepgenomes.bsky.social meeting in the Alps! Where do we go next year? 🤔🇧🇬

First field trip of the #WG2 has come to an end! We will share some of the most relevant moments of this fantastic week! Stay tuned 🦋🧬

@10klepgenomes.bsky.social First WG2 meeting is over. It was an intense week full of light trapping and sample preparations for @projectpsyche.bsky.social, lectures and meeting wonderful people 🤩🦋💡🔬

Our #scandanube project has officially kicked off in Brno, Czechia 🍺🗺️😇 We are ready to explore innovative approaches 🪄 to studying ash dieback 🌳🍄including automatic dendrometers, new spore trap models and targeted genotyping 🧬🌳🍄🧬

(1/4) 📣 Exciting news! 📣 The #10KLepGenomes COST Action has opened the first call for Short Term Scientific Missions #STSMs Keep reading for all the details 👇

(1/4)🦋 Introducing Project Psyche! A groundbreaking initiative to sequence the genomes of all 11,000 species of butterflies and moths in Europe. The goal is to analyse this data to understand global climate insecurity and threats to biodiversity on a genomic level🧬 #ProjectPsyche #Genomics

Collaborative Approaches to Urban Tree Biosecurity: Stakeholders’ Perceptions, Actions & Social Networks This study, led by Alessandro Paletto and with contributions from Urban Tree Guard COST Action members, explores collaboration in urban tree biosecurity. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Save the date for attending our Joint Conference of COST Action Urban Tree Guard (CA20132) and European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) September 8-10, 2025 INIAV, Oeiras, Portugal @epponews.bsky.social #biosecurity #urban #pests #pathogen #networking #plantprotection

APPLY NOW! UB3Guard Training School "Sentinel Arboreta" Atatürk Arboretum, Istanbul, Türkiye – June 17-20, 2025 More info here: ub3guard.eu/news @costprogramme.bsky.social #treehealth #pests #pathogens #urbantrees

COST Action UB3Guard event in Novi Sad International experts & stakeholders gathered to develop inclusive decision support tools for urban tree management. Big thanks to Dr. Milica Zlatković, Dr. Lazar Pavlović & their team and to our amazing Chair Prof. Johanna Witzell @costprogramme.bsky.social