#Cyberinfrastructure alignment workshop was held in May at @colorado.edu as part of the #NSF project: Community-driven enhancement of information ecosystems for the discovery & use of #paleontological #specimen data. 🔓Check out activities & outcomes in the Workshop Report: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

🌊 The @biopole.bsky.social project (2022-2027) brings together #fieldwork & innovative #modelling to determine how polar #ecosystems regulate the balance of #carbon & nutrients in the world’s oceans; and their effect on global fish stocks & carbon storage. 📄Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

How can Europe's research institutions collaborate to deal with global issues such as food safety, water scarcity, and biodiversity loss? Coordinated by @lifewatcheric.bsky.social, European RIs state their commitment to transform scientific cooperation into actionable policy and robust innovation.

🆕 Gender Equality Plan by @lifewatcheric.bsky.social to promote gender equality & equity. 🫶 It reflects @lifewatcheric.bsky.social's commitment to creating a fair, inclusive & respectful working environment. 🔎 See: doi.org/10.3897/rio..... 📚 Part of the collection: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....

Bio-logging data publishing on @gbif.org and @obis.org in this #LivingData2025 presentation by our author @peterdesmet.com

The happiest smiles by our authors Cristina Preda and @helianateixeira.bsky.social as they pose with @onestop-project.eu materials at @pensoft.net's #LivingData2025 stand!

🐝Bees and all kinds of pollinators on the menu as Denis Michez presents and PoshBee and @wildposh.eu Denis btw is a prolific author in many Pensoft journals such as @riojournal.com, @oneecosystem.pensoft.net, and @jhr.pensoft.net and we've also collaborated on a number of projects with him!

We met with RIO author Lina Estupinan Suarez at #LivingData2025 and we couldn’t resist snapping a quick photo at the @pensoft.net booth! 📸

"From literature to biodiversity data: mining arthropod organismal and ecological traits with machine learning," a talk by our author @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social at #LivingData2025

🙌 @sib.swiss 's @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social mentioned our Genome report collection in his talk on ergabiodiv.bsky.social - we have so far published 15 genome reports that you can explore here doi.org/10.3897/rio....

At #LivingData2025 Day 1 was incredible full of interesting talks and workshops! With many @b-cubed.eu contributions! Stop by @riojournal.com stand and check what news they have!

A conversation with our author @helianateixeira.bsky.social of @b-cubed.eu as she visited the @pensoft.net stand at #LivingData2025 Stop by booth 9 to meet our team and learn how we can work together!

Pieter Huybrechts, author at @riojournal.com and @biss.pensoft.net and reviewer at @bdj.pensoft.net stopped by at our #LivingData2025 stand to say hi and chat to the Pensoft team!

We were happy to meet with our author @damianooldoni.bsky.social at #LivingData2025 and we’re thrilled to have connected in person at this exciting event!

Our author Tim Robertson stopped by the @pensoft.net booth at #LivingData2025! Our team was excited to exchange ideas with him.

We met with Pierre Bonnet, author at RIO journal and @biss.pensoft.net, at #LivingData2025! He is also part of @mambo-project.eu, a Horizon Europe project dedicated to modernising biodiversity monitoring.

Pier Luigi Buttigieg, author at RIO journal and @biss.pensoft.net focussed on omics and biodiversity standards, stopped by the @pensoft.net stand at #LivingData2025 - always great to meet like-minded scientists!

Very happy to share the outcomes of a 3 day workshop in the Black Forest where we discussed meanings and cultural values of the #understory. If you’re interested in #interdisciplinary research and thoughts about how to enrich natural science perspectives on the understory, give it a read 🌱!

📢 Shoutout to everyone at the #OpenScience Conference today & tomorrow (8-9 Oct) in Hamburg! #OSC2025 🤩 What a wonderful occasion to meet our Editor-in-Chief & co-founder: @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy & have a chat about our #OpenScience #journal that just turned 10 years! 🎂

At this year's Open Science Conference in Hamburg we will bring into focus the intersection between Open Science and AI. On-site as well as online participation are possible. Register now! Further information and registration: www.open-science-conference.eu #OSC2025

🎉Already 12 #project outcomes (e.g. research papers, project & survey reports) in the @ip4os.eu collection in our #openscience journal at: doi.org/10.3897/rio.... ! 🔓 👏 Since Jan 2025, @ip4os.eu has been working towards a practical connection between #IntellectualProperty management & #OpenScience.

🌳 #Forest understories are much more than a #biological layer! 📃Workshop Report: doi.org/10.3897/rio.... explores overlooked cultural, #ecological, social & management significance of the #forest understory, particularly within the context of #biodiversity #conservation & #forest management.

🍂 Welcome October! 🍁 Our newsletter with updates from last month is out: read about our White Paper contributing strategically to the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework targets. 👉 Catch up on this and other updates: bit.ly/4o2wKHu @pensoft.net @riojournal.com @marinesabres.bsky.social

📢 First #scientific contributions from the @horizoneu.bsky.social project: @marbefes.bsky.social now out! 🔎 In the project collection: doi.org/10.3897/rio...., outcomes like the grant proposal and policy briefs will explore the implications of #biodiversity changes for the #European #seas.

👂We hear that recognising & opening up #research outputs beyond #research articles has come up multiple times at #OASPA2025. 🫣We suspect there are those not yet aware of our #openscience #journal: optimising #scholarly #communication for research ideas, grant proposals, guidelines etc. 👇See more:

🔍 Check out 30 #research outputs from the @mambo-project.eu, including many #research and review papers, conference abstracts and the project's Grant Proposal, as accepted by the European Commission & #HorizonEurope, in the project's #openscience collection at our journal: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

🆕 Modern #technologies & #CitizenScience called to the rescue at the @onestop-project.eu to deliver methods for identification, early detection and surveillance of #invasive alien #animals and #plants. 📑 Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio..... 📌 Funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social. #Science4EU

🌎 Potential of simple, replicable methods to support long-term #monitoring demonstrated at a workshop of the #Marine #Biodiversity Observation Network Pole to Pole of the Americas that brought together participants from 10 countries earlier this year. 📑 Workshop Report: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

📌 The white paper is also the latest publication in the #LifeWatchERIC Strategic Working Plan Outcomes collection in our #openscience journal. 🔍 Explore the outcomes to date at: doi.org/10.3897/rio..... 🔓 @lifewatcheric.bsky.social

🔬 Research Idea published in our #openscience #journal proposes a study to a find out how mutations in the viral nucleocapsid and spike proteins impact the diagnostic sensitivity of antigen rapid diagnostic tests across #SARSCoV2 variants. 🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.3897/rio..... #COVID19

Latest addition to the #EOSCFuture collection examines and illustrates how #eutrophication & #ClimateChange contribute to #biodiversity loss & associated implications in the Archipelago Sea. 📌Check out the publication: doi.org/10.3897/arph.... 📌Explore the #EOSC collection: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....

🎉 OneSTOP’s grant proposal has been published on @riojournal.com! 🪲 It outlines OneSTOP’s objectives, approach and expected impact. 👀 Read it here: lnkd.in/dG4ngGiu #InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #Bioinvasions

👏 The #ParAqua #COSTAction for applications for #zoosporic #parasites in #aquatic #ecosystems shares 12 project outcomes with the world! 📚 See their #openscience collection: doi.org/10.3897/rio...., incl. workshop reports, research poster, conference abstracts booklet & software management plan!

📢 The @onestop-project.eu grant proposal is out in @riojournal.com! Our team is contributing with: 🔹Species distribution modelling 🔹 Prioritisation tools 🔹 Creation of Living Lab in Portugal Very happy to support better biosecurity in Europe! #OneSTOP #Biosecurity #InvasiveSpecies #EUProjects

🆕 A protocol for a semi-field experiment to assess the effects of two #pesticides on two #species of mason #bees added to the @wildposh.eu open-science project collection: doi.org/10.3897/rio..... 💡Note the document was added as is thanks to our integration with ‪@preprints.arphahub.com!

There are several ways to contribute to the ERGA Community #GenomeReports Collection: 🔗 Link a genome report published elsewhere ✏️ Upload a preprint 📑 Submit a report for peer review and publication via @riojournal.com Authors can choose the path that suits them best! riojournal.com/topical_coll...

🆕 This Policy Brief by the #Horizon2020 project #PROMICON provides recommendations on how to enhance #social benefits for different stakeholders, thereby speerding up broader adoption of #bio-based products. 📄 See: doi.org/10.3897/arph... 🔎 More project outputs by PROMICON: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

Visit @pensoft.net's stand at the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social annual meeting next month! It's a great chance to meet our team and find out more about the publishing opportunities we offer. riojournal.com/news/935

📑Latest addition to the #openscience collection of the #European Reference #Genome Atlas (ERGA, @ergabiodiv.bsky.social) presents a the 1st #genome report for a sun spider (order Solifugae). 🔗 Find the report: doi.org/10.3897/arph... 🔍 Explore the collection to date: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

🌊 Underwater #tsunamis triggered by calving #glaciers could be more powerful than tides for ocean mixing, heat and nutrient fluxes. 🆕 A @ukri.org-funded project hosted at @bas.ac.uk: @polomints.bsky.social will seek to further understand the phenomenon. 🔓 Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....

🔍 A review of available books that address #Research #DataManagement reveals a limited number of #books aimed at #academic #researchers and #research trainees. Less than a dozen of those focus on the topic. 🆕 Check out this annotated bibliography by @hedgielib.bsky.social & Kristin Briney:

📚 By collating #GenomeReports from ERGA-affiliated projects and members, this collection promotes high standards and supports comparative analyses. 🔗 riojournal.com/topical_coll... Join the #ERGAPlenary to learn how to contribute your genome report to the collection! @pensoft.net @riojournal.com

🧠 #Brain age proposed as a #biomarker to improve diagnosis and treatment for patients suffering from #neurodegenerative diseases using #DeepLearning & #BigData. 📃 Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.... ‪by @maxkorbmacher.bsky.social. #neuroscience #neuroimaging #medicine

📚 The #ParAqua #COSTAction team added to their #openscience project collection: doi.org/10.3897/rio.... a poster presenting the 1st database to centralise & harmonise data on #zoosporic #parasites of #algae by integrating observations, #NCBI genetic data & literature. @costprogramme.bsky.social

Our new #SLUAqua paper summarises the development and deployment of a mobile electronic monitoring system. Twenty vessels in the Swedish small-scale fleet have carried the systems so far, with the aim of better detecting protected species bycatch. #EM4FISH 🦑 🐬🧪🌎

Using our #openscience #publishing solution designed for #project consortia & our integration with #ARPHA #Preprints, the #PROMICON #Horizon2020 project team added their Policy Brief to their project-branded collection! 🔗 Policy Brief: doi.org/10.3897/arph.... 📚 Collection: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....

📸 #Ecologists & #environmental #scientists gathered at the ANDINA workshop in the Conguillío National Park (Chile) last year to discuss the roles, obligations & accountability of professionals in this field amidst the #environmental crises. 🔓 Workshop Report: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....

Our new paper presents a case study on the mobile #EM4FISH camera equipment we developed for electronic monitoring of fisheries bycatch in small-scale Swedish fisheries, driven in part by the need for better data on bycatch of the critically endangered Baltic harbour porpoise. 🦑 🐬🧪🌎

👍 The #SAFEMAPS project is to improve quality & compliance of #herbal products sold in Romania & across the EU. 🆕 It will also introduce new procedures & analytical approaches for evaluating #herbal #supplements' identity, authenticity & quality. 🔗 Read the Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

📢 The #openscience collection of the @horizoneu.bsky.social-funded @wildposh.eu opens up with the Grant Proposal! 🤝 At @wildposh.eu, 17 partnering institutions are teaming up to enhance the sustainable health of #pollinators & #pollination services. 🔗 Find more: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....