🌿 This past month, we hosted PhD student Gorgias Aikpon (Univ. of Abomey-Calavi, Benin)! His PhD explores the ecology, distribution & management of two invasive plants: Jack in the Bush and Pignut. During his stay, he developed species distribution models to predict their potential distributions. 🗺️

Out website is out!!! Hope you like it :)

📢 On Sept 4th (14:00–15:00 CET), our PI @jrvicente.bsky.social joins Roseli Pellens (MNHN) for a CO-OP4CBD online training session on invasive alien species, ahead of SBSTTA-27. 🌿 🔗 Find out more and register: events.pensoft.net/events/co-op... #COOP4CBD #SBSTTA27 #invasivespecies #CBD

🎉 Congrats to our PI, @jrvicente.bsky.social, named among the world’s top researchers 2025 in the field of Ecology and Evolution! 🌍✨ Learn more: 🔗 noticias.up.pt/2025/07/28/u... 🔗 research.com/rankings 🔗 research.com/u/joana-r-vi...

💬 Already responded the survey? Share it with your network! 🌾 🔗 forms.office.com/pages/respon... #survey #urbanplanning #sustainablecities

🌿 Find more and read the grant proposal at: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

📢 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

📸 What can CamAlien do? This high-speed camera system captures roadside images and helps detect invasive alien species — all while on the move! 🛣️🌿 🔗 Want to know more? 👉 Detection techs: onestop-project.eu/detection 👉 CamAlien: theailab.dk/camalien/

🚗🌿 Meet CamAlien — the first detection tech from @onestop-project.eu now being tested by our stakeholders! Rolling into action at BIOPOLIS-CIBIO’s Portugal Living Lab 🚙✨ Developed in WP2 (led by @tokehoye.bsky.social) & piloted in WP3 Living Labs. #OneSTOP #invasivespecies #biosecurity

🛣️ CamAlien hits the road! We’ve just delivered it to Ascendi, the first Portugal Living Lab stakeholder of @onestop-project.eu to test it in real highway conditions. An exciting step for invasive species detection! 🌾 #CamAlien #OneSTOP #biosecurity #invasivealienspecies

📢 EU expands the Union List of Invasive Alien Species from 88 to 114 — including Neogale vison and Castor canadensis. 🐚🦫🐛🌼 For a deeper look we recommend the blog post by Riccardo Scalera: riccardoscalera.blogspot.com/2025/07/eu-s... #invasivespecies #biodiversity #unionlist #iasmanagement

When the lights are off: microbial life in caves 🦠 This Friday, July 25th at 15h30, @bernardobarosa.bsky.social will be at my research center (CIBIO) to give a talk on cave systems - windows into one of Earth’s most hidden ecosystem: the subsurface. Curious? Join us CIBIO auditorium or online!

🌿 What terms do European cities use for green corridors—and why? Survey (4 min) part of Ana Pinheira’s PhD (@UTAD), with Invasions (CIBIO-InBIO), Landscape Lab & Guimarães – European Green Capital 2026. 🌳 📝 forms.office.com/r/dLQQX9Q1dt #survey #urbanplanning #sustainablecities

🎓 Huge congrats to Tidiane Seck on defending his Master’s thesis! His research explored dam impacts on bird communities in northern Portugal — a key contribution to our understanding of human impacts on biodiversity!. 🦅 All the best for what’s next! 💫 #mastersthesis #ecology #ecologicalmodelling

🎓 Big congratulations to Maria Marques on defending her Master’s thesis! Her thesis explored how elite anglers perceive invasive species — a great contribution to science and management. 🌿🎣 We wish her the best in what comes next! 🌍✨ #mastersthesis #invasivespecies #recreationalfisheries

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📣 Don't miss! Next wednesday at 10 a.m. "Decentralized approaches to natural resource management: Key challenges and implications for policy design" with Dr. Nicolas Quérou! 📌🔗Join us at CIBIO auditorium or online: videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/91344250357 #environmentalgovernance #resourcemanagement

🔄 And we finished by building static and dynamic models to simulate ecological change!

📈 We looked at costs, incentives, and ecological-economic strategies....

The InvasionS Advanced Course has come to an end! 🌾💪 These photos show four days exploring how tech, models & economics can help us understand and manage biological invasions. A week of learning, collaboration & tools to face invasive species! 📸 Take a look at some highlights from our journey!

🎓 Master’s Thesis Presentation Discover how competitive anglers perceive invasive species in Maria Marques’ study "Fishing and Biological Invasions: can we rely just on the legislation?" 📅 18 July 🕑 14:00 📍 FC4 117, University of Porto #invasivespecies #angling #environmentalpolicy #masterthesis

🎓 Discover how energy infrastructures affect biodiversity in Cheikh Tidiane Seck’s research: "A multilevel approach to assess the ecological impacts of hydroelectric infrastructures on local avifauna" 🗓️ 15 July 🕙 10:00 📍 FC4 117, Faculty of Science, University of Porto Don’t miss it! 🐦⚡

Join us this Wednesday for this amazing open class!!! videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/91344250357

🌿 On June 20th @jrvicente.bsky.social joined curious young minds from Colégio João Paulo II, Braga, to tackle Tradescantia fluminensis, an invasive plant threatening local biodiversity. 🌱 Learning by doing, growing by caring — that’s how future stewards are made! #invasivespecies #citizenscience

✨ This post is in Portuguese to celebrate our São João traditions, but we haven’t forgotten our international friends! 🎈 As lanterns rise and songs are sung, Saints are praised in every tongue. But if an invader comes our way, science is here to save the day!

🎉 Huge congrats to PhD student @cristinaglima.bsky.social a finalist in UPorto’s 3MT! She presented her research on the complex relationships between Acacia dealbata and fire, all in just 3 minutes 🔥🌱 🔗 Read her paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.je... #invasivespecies #wildfireecology #acaciadealbata #3MT

Up we go! Mapping invasive species from above! 🚁🌿

🌿 Data collection in action! With technical support from FIREMAP, we now have new high-resolution data! This will contribute to a new management plan for the Paisagem Protegida Regional do Litoral de Vila do Conde and the Reserva Ornitológica de Mindelo. 🌱📡 #InvasiveSpecies #RemoteSensing #LiDAR

🌍 #WorldEnvironmentDay reminder: Floating plastic = travel platform for invasive species 🐚🌊 Land litter, fishing gear, and plastic waste all contribute to their spread. Fewer plastics in the sea = lower invasion risk. Let’s protect our oceans! #plasticpollution #invasivespecies

Today on the #InternationalDayforBiologicalDiversity we were at the Paisagem Protegida Regional do Litoral de Vila do Conde and at Reserva Ornitológica de Mindelo mapping invasive species. The data will support a new management plan to help protect local biodiversity! 🌱🌿

👏 Exciting news from @invasionscience.bsky.social as the team held their first workshop part of #SEI25 today! 🦜 Watch this space as we share more highlights on #IAS management 👀 #Bioinvasions @eualiens.bsky.social

This morning at our @onestop-project.eu Living Lab workshop - a fantastic and inspiring session bringing together great minds and ideas! 💡 Stay tuned for more updates and insights coming soon!

🌿 Junta-te à linha da frente na gestão de invasões biológicas! Oficina de co-criação do projeto @onestop-project.eu 📅 8 maio 📍 BIOPOLIS 👉 Inscrições até 2 maio às 18h

With 15+ years of experience and passion for biodiversity, @joao-goncalves.bsky.social now joins the team and the @onestop-project.eu to develop species distribution models, apply scenarios and future projections, and support the prioritization of invasive species. 📊🌾 Welcome to the team João! 💚

@cabbageleek.bsky.social @eualiens.bsky.social @guardias.bsky.social

🎉 Officially introducing the first version of our website! 🎊 Explore resources on invasive alien species management via onestop-project.eu #InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #Bioinvasions

🗓️ On 8 May, during the Iberian Week of Invasive Species, BIOPOLIS-CIBIO are hosting a OneSTOP Living Lab workshop on innovative #IAS management strategies. 👽 🔜 Learn more: onestop-project.eu/news/onestop... #SEI2025 #Bioinvasions @eualiens.bsky.social @invasionscience.bsky.social

Want to master the latest tools and technologies in ecological research? Join our course "Tackling Current Challenges in Ecology: Novel Tools and Technologies – Applications to Invasion Science"!🌿 📌Apply by May 2, 2025 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 👉Find out more: www.cibio.up.pt/en/events/ta...

@jrvicente.bsky.social was a guest speaker at today’s open lecture on “Invasive Species and Soil Restoration”, held at the Auditorium of the Library of the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto. 🌱 The session ended with a very interesting debate on #ecology and the future of #restoration! ✨

We are waiting for you :)

This week, our team was in Tapada da Amora (Vairão, PT) collecting environmental data. We used #drones equipped with 💥 #LiDAR & 🌈 #Multispectral sensors to collect high-precision data of the terrain and vegetation. This data will support better management strategies, including for invasive species!

📖✏️ That’s a wrap up on the "Methods in Research Synthesis II: Meta-Analysis" course! Thanks to our dedicated team and participants, we hope we met your expectations and wish you good luck with your future meta-analyses! Great job, everyone! 🙌

Curious to learn more about our project partner's engagement in #OneSTOP❓ Seek no further and read all about BIOPOLIS-CIBIO contributions 👇

🌟🌍 BIOPOLIS-CIBIO is partner in @onestop-project.eu, an ambitious European project to tackle invasive alien species. 🔍 Learn more about the goals of the project and the contributions of our team here! 👇 www.cibio.up.pt/en/media/bio...

Today is #WomenInScienceDay! 🌍🔬👩‍🔬 Science thrives on diversity, and today we celebrate the incredible women in our team who are advancing research in Invasion Science. Let’s continue to break barriers, challenge biases, and inspire the next generation of scientists! 💪🔍

🤝 #Science is stronger with diversity, equality, and inclusion! For 🔟 years, #February11 has pushed for greater equity in #STEM. Let’s celebrate progress & keep advocating for representation, leadership & opportunity for #WomenInScience & #GirlsInScience 👉 Join: www.unesco.org/en/articles/...

🌍🥳 Celebrate the #ReversetheRedDay by supporting conservation efforts reversing biodiversity loss and decreasing the spread of biological invasions!🌾🐞 Photos by Scotty Turner, Coralie Meurice, Sonika Agarwal and Nina Luong in Unsplash

Join our amazing @invasionscience.bsky.social team!!!

As we approach the end of day 3️⃣ of our joint #GuardiasOnestopKickoff here are some afternoon session highlights: 📌 Stakeholder interview implementation on different levels 📌 Citizen science involvement through Sentinel garden schemes for #IAS 📌One-Biosecurity integrated governance for invasions

💡Updates from the final morning of our #GuardiasOnestopKickoff at #JRC based around: 🎯 Resource management, ethics and GDPR standards 🎯 Streamlined communications and collaborative synergies 🎯 Logistics involved in the Living Labs Watch this space as we share more highlights from day 4️⃣