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Marko Prokic

@proksima.bsky.social
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Climate change and environmental pollution on 🐸🦎🐟. #ecophysiology, #amphibians, #lightpollution, #oxidativestress Leader of ENLIGHT project and AmphibiaLab www.enlightproject.rs/team www.researchgate.net/lab/AmphibiaLab-Tijana-B-Radovanovic

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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🌙💡 Our new paper in Environmental Science & Technology shows that warm and cool #LED light at night can alter #amphibian redox #physiology, development and growth. Spectral warming alone may not be enough as #mitigation. #lightpollution #ALAN #conservation doi.org/10.1021/acs....
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
📢 Postdoc position available Join the lab of Peter Dijkstra at Central Michigan University. 🧬 NSF-funded research on behavior, aggression, and stress resilience in East African cichlid fish, combining genomics, cognition & neurobiology. 📅 Start: June 2026 www.jobs.cmich.edu/postings/44560 Share!
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
🌙💡 Does light pollution go deeper than we think? Our new study shows that LED light at night alters thyroid gland histology in Triturus newts, a key endocrine organ. Suggesting ALAN as a subtle endocrine disruptor, beyond known effects on melatonin and corticosterone 📄 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/16...
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
🌙 Teaser from our manuscript under consideration in the Biological Conservation Special Issue on Artificial Light at Night. Great collection of cutting-edge work on how #ALAN reshapes organisms, ecosystems, and conservation thinking. Fingers crossed and hope we’ll soon add our contribution
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
ENLIGHT project in its beauty. I’m truly happy to work alongside these incredible girls ❤️
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Main day at our conference Facial expression analysis revealed a 94% smile rate, not bad. Sounds like ENLIGHT lived up to its name. Thank you all for being a part of it. P.S. smiles were not produced by either AI or coercion. The guy in the middle with checkered shirt was excluded from analysis.
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
First day of the ENLIGHT conference done! 🎉 We had an amazing workshop today, and tomorrow brings a second day full of new opportunities and knowledge. 💡✨ . . . . . #ENLIGHT2025 #lightpollution #darkskyprotection #amphibians #novisad #belgrade #promis2023 #ibiss #pmf #sciencefund
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🌙🔊 How do we perceive light and noise pollution? Your experience matters! ✨ Take part in this survey 👉 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/pl... Your input will help better understand these growing problems. The survey is part of the European project PLAN-B. #lightpollution #noisepollution
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Excited to join the #UnderOneSky conference (Nov 7–8), organized by @darkskyintl.bsky.social to protect our natural night. 🌙 I’ll present findings from the ENLIGHT project on how #lightpollution affects amphibians, highlighting why preserving natural night conditions is vital for wildlife.
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
See You at ENLIGHT 2025! Together, we’ll share research, strategies, and inspiration to reduce light pollution and safeguard the beauty of our night skies. 📅 28–30 November | Novi Sad, Serbia @salvabara.bsky.social @aquaplan.bsky.social #lightpollution #ALAN
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🚨 Deadline Extended! 📅 New deadline:  November 10th, 2025. 📍 Novi Sad, Serbia OR online 👉 Register & submit abstracts: 🔗 enlightproject.rs/enlight-conference 📩 enlightproject@gmail.com #lightpollution #ALAN #darknight
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Come and join us on this journey www.enlightproject.rs/enlight-conf... #lightpollution #alan #darksky #arrificiallightatnight
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Lights from local football stadium, turning night into day just to have training. Complete unawares about #lightpollution and effects on living world. #alan #artificiallightatnight
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
📣 Our special issue is open. We invite you to help us determine how human-induced changes in circadian environmental signals affect animals, communities and ecosystems. Please share #lightpollutin #noisepollution #climatechange www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Last day #sebconference .Talk by Nedim Tüzün on effects of #lightpollution on Daphnia and it's parasite. - flatworms decrease abundance of Daphnia under #ALAN, - question that remains how can this reflect on food chain of urban freshwater ecosystem, already under anthropogenic pressure?
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Two posters on how #ALAN shapes predator prey interaction. More about on effects on interaction between parasitic faltworm and the water flea find out on Friday.
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Second day #SEBconference. Effects of #alan on newts in short: The Good (natural dark), the Bad (warm light) and the Ugly (cool light). Great chat with Nedim Tüzün about #lightpollution, what can we learn from Daphnia and amphibians.
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
First day at #sebconference and great talk about carry-over effects of #ALAN on fish by Maria Costa from CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies. Artificial light: - reduced reproductive outcome - increased heart rate - induced greater sensitivity to chemicals #lightpollution #fish
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
See you next week in Antwerp at @sebiology.bsky.social conference. We will be presenting our results on effects of #ALAN on newts. There will be more awesome work on effects of #ligthpollution on fish and aquatic invertebrates. More in program 👇 issuu.com/societyforex...
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
SEB magazin. Great honour to talk about research. #oxidativestress #amphibians #hybridization #ecophysiology #sebmagazine
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Our preliminary results revealed that LED lights affect metabolic rate, development and body growth of crested newts larvae. #lightpollution #alan #ENLIGHT #amphibians Stay tuned with our project www.enlightproject.rs/home
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
📢 ADRISKY Project Conference! 👇 Dark Skies, Thriving Lives: Addressing Light Pollution's Impact on Wildlife, Biodiversity, and Human Health! 🎤 I will present preliminary results from ENLIGHT project Register now! [www.rcms.si/upload/news/4973/adrisk…]
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
We demonstrate that #ALAN exposure disrupts redox balance in amphibians. Both light pollution treatments (20 and 90 lux) changed antioxidant responses and induced higher oxidative damage in both tadpoles and juveniles. Juveniles seem to be more impacted by #lightpollution
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
#ALAN accelerate development and body size, suggesting ability of artificial light to alter feeding behavior, activity rates and energy allocation
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
We exposed larvae to three different night light conditions: natural darkness (control <0.3 lux), moderate ALAN (intensity of 20 lux) and high ALAN (intensity of 90 lux). We measured body size, developmental rate, and quantified #oxidativestress
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Although #urbanization currently affects 88% of threatened amphibian species and is considered one of the primary drivers of their global decline, little attention has been given to the effect of #ALAN on 🐸. Here in we used European tree frog (Hyla arborea).
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Rocking around the fig tree with Morris my 12 y.o. mate.
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
First year of ENLIGHT project is almost behind us. We completed experimental work on #ALAN effects on #crestednewts. We'll have soon first results.
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Someone may find it useful
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Studying microplastics: Lessons from evaluated literature on animal model organisms and experimental approaches. We have summarized data from 500 studies published on #microplastic #pollution from January 2011 to May 2020. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
"Nulla dies sine experimentum" #lightpollution #ALAN #ENLIGHT
Experimental design, warm 2700k led light intensites 20 and 5 lux, and cold 6000k led lights intensity 20 and 5lux.
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
After more than 4 months of developing under #ALAN we got first juveniles. Waiting for possible carry-over effects. #lightpollution #carryover #crestednewts #LED #amphibians
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