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Kelly Martinou

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Vector Ecologist/Entomologist working in a protected area in Cyprus martinoulab.weebly.com youtube.com/@martinoulab?feature=sh…

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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New research in #RESMedVetEnt Monitoring the spread and seasonal abundance of the Asian tiger mosquito, #Aedes albopictus (Diptera: #Culicidae), in Limassol, Cyprus doi.org/10.1111/mve.70105 #InsectVectors #InsectMonitoring @wileyecology.bsky.social
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Fluffy my lab cat! She would have gone dipping but is very dry season and marshes have dried up!
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Has Europe learned lessons from 2003 #heatwave? Pierre Masselot tells @theguardian.com: “Climate scientists have been saying for a long time we’ll have a lot more 2003s... Now it’s become painfully obvious this is the case.” @lshtm-planet.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat?
Scorching summer of 2003 triggered first efforts to deal with the problem but heatwaves still have devastating impact
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
That’s something you don’t see every day! Blue iguanas at the botanical gardens at Cayman and eggs of blue iguanas! At Cayman National Trust that runs a fantastic conservation programme
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Turks and Caicos, Bahamas and Grand Cayman! June 2026!
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Never thought I would be fond of a tick but there you go! Nature never ceases to amaze me. Hyalomma lusitanicum from sampling in Alkala Spain last week! Such a clever little thing!
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Join us!
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
That’s what I call the butterfly effect! Idiots vote for Trump in the Americas and we are scared to go to work in Cyprus!
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
🚀 a 7‑step blueprint for robust, AI‑driven insect monitoring! 28 authors from @InsectAI (EU) & the US Status of Insects network lay out sensor choices, data standards, and practical AI tips. Scale up biodiversity data—read now 👉 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... #Biodiversity #AI #Entomology
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Insect monitoring without pitfalls: seven steps for robust insect sensing systems
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Celebrating women and girls in science!!
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Join us! At the Akrotiri Environmental Education Centre 8th of February 10:30
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Maria Cholvi @cholvimaria.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Don’t miss the Annual Meeting of 2026 at Serbia‼️🥰 👉🏽 Call for abstracts 👉🏽 Call for sessions See you soon 😍🥳 #InsectAIActionCOST
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
@insectai.bsky.social join us in April! Scan and propose a session! Send an abstract! Only a few days left! @cholvimaria.bsky.social @tokehoye.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
@insectai.bsky.social 🌟 InsectAI Annual Meeting, Niš, Serbia on 20–24 April 2026. Call for proposals for interactive sessions—hardware demos, training workshops, data analysis sessions, and focused discussion groups. ⏰ Deadline: 15 Dec 2025 Accepted proposals include a funded seat at the meeting!
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
A great evening celebrating the life of Mehmet Aziz who eradicated malaria in Cyprus. First country in Europe to succeed this in the 50s. Sinekci- The flycatcher is a great lesson of where passion, unity and dedication can lead a man, bunch of public health workers and a whole island!
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RIO (Research Ideas and Outcomes) journal @riojournal.com · 24/10/2025
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!
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GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
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 · 26/09/2025
🧐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 · 26/09/2025
Always wonderful to meet colleagues from wonderful Environmental organizations @terracypria @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social @enaliaphysis
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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?...
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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 · 22/09/2025
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 🐛🐜👇
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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 · 17/09/2025
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 · 09/09/2025
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 · 08/09/2025
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 · 07/09/2025
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 · 05/09/2025
Serious question. Does the world need a youtube channel on mosquitoes? Ecology, life history, taxonomy, etc.🦟📺🧠
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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 · 26/08/2025
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! 👉 [youtube.com/@costinsectai?si=Yn7gZs…]
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
🚨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 · 05/07/2025
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 · 11/06/2025
Is there a better way to celebrate saltmarshes than sampling?
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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · 06/06/2025
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
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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 · 21/05/2025
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 · 21/05/2025
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
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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 · 19/05/2025
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 · 13/05/2025
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 🔽 buff.ly/9Io46P7 #StrathLife @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
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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 · 08/05/2025
A lovely second day with many exciting talks and interactive sessions!! @insectai.bsky.social
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
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 · 29/04/2025
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 · 28/04/2025
🦟"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...
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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.
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Delighted to host the Pragmatick training school and workshop on novel technologies and citizen science for ticks recording
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Amazing Falklands!!!
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Delighted for giving a talk yesterday about mosquitoes to the Xylotymvou community in Cyprus. Thank you for hosting us at your beautiful school full of wonderful Artwork made by students!
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
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Adaptive genomic signatures of globally invasive populations of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Analysing phylogenetic relationships, genome-wide selective sweeps and genetic differentiation among global populations of Aedes aegypti, the authors identify adaptive signals in 186 genes related to ...
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Delighted to have with us the second year students of ecology course from the University of Cyprus demonstrating arthropod sampling methods
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
My tenth year of us running the fieldcourse on integrated vector management. Very happy to have my first boss ever at JSHU with us for it
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Wonderful talking to Dr Avi Betz-Heinemann, University of Helsinki who is making a documentary about the history of mosquito control in Cyprus. Looking forward to seeing the film done in September
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Kelly Martinou @afmartinou.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Drivers of Change, One Health and One Biosecurity workshop completed! Wonderful to meet colleagues and present all the work from the Darwin fellowships
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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · 11/02/2025
🤝 #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/...
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InsectAI @insectai.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Just published!!! riojournal.com/article/1348... #AI #Insect #computervision
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Using Image-based AI for insect monitoring and conservation - InsectAI COST Action
The InsectAI COST action will support insect monitoring and conservation at the national and continental scale in order to understand and counteract widespread insect declines. The Action will bring t...
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