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Stefaniya Kamenova

@stefaniyak2.bsky.social
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Molecular ecologist studying trophic interactions 🇵🇸🇱🇧 National Museum of Natural History, Sofia | University of Oslo

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Jesse Shapiro @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our latest, spearheaded by the truly indefatigable @emderrick.bsky.social in which we search for selective sweeps in nature and genetic targets of selection within a species in the context of a diverse background community @isme-microbes.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/isme... 🧵 1/n
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Laura Bertola @lauradbertola.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Connecting biodiversity biobanks in the global infrastructure landscape share.google/akLxcCrDmDXo...
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Connecting biodiversity biobanks in the global infrastructure landscape
Abstract. The Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) is an international consortium of biodiversity biobanks and collections that strives to standardize
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My former colleagues, Mark Cane and Stephen Zebiak, were the first to successfully predict El Niño more than a year in advance in the late 1980s. Now we’re really good at it, and know the consequences. It’d be irresponsible for governments not to take action. Read this from my buddy Jeff Shaman.
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Opinion | The Super El Niño Comes Bearing One Gift: Time to Prepare (Gift Article)
There’s still time to prepare.
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Stefaniya Kamenova @stefaniyak2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Great new paper: The competence of the practitioner is inseparable from the credibility of #eDNA as a method, trustworthy exemplars and transparent communication of limitations are key for #eDNA uptake. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Embracing Environmental <fc>DNA</fc> (<fc>eDNA</fc>): Trust, Skepticism, and Competence in an Emerging Method
Trust in eDNA is fundamentally relational. Survey results show that experience increases perceived validity and usefulness while transforming skepticism into more nuanced evaluation, highlighting the....
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Mathieu M.J.E. Rebeaud @chercheurjuteux.com · 24/09/2026
Une analyse sortie aujourd'hui dans Current Biology analyse les communautés bactériennes dans la Raclette du Valais en analysant une meule vieille de 142 ans. Microbial community dynamics in a traditional Swiss mountain cheese over 142 years of cheesemaking www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Microbial community dynamics in a traditional Swiss mountain cheese over 142 years of cheesemaking
How did modernizing cheesemaking change the microbes inside the cheese? By sequencing preserved traditional Alpine cheese wheels spanning 142 years from a single Alpine dairy, Somerville et al. trace ...
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Systems Ecology @systems-ecology.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Many people have asked us how to start an independent Diamond open-access journal. So we have written "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Starting an Independent Diamond OA Journal". We hope it helps many more community-led journals follow. systems-ecology.org/index.php/se... #DiamondOA #OpenAccess
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Evolutionary Genetics Laboratory @eglankara.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
FROM DNA—TO NETWORKS—TO ACTION On 24 September, DNABARDIV starts in Brussels. Its first Management Committee meeting will connect expertise from 41 countries to build an efficient, sustainable and inclusive network for DNA-based biodiversity monitoring. #DNABARDIV #COSTAction @iboleurope.bsky.social
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Pensoft @pensoft.net · 21/09/2026
📝 We're excited to launch #ORPHO, a revolutionary collaborative workspace for scientific writing. 🚀 Ready to experience the future of scholarly publishing? Learn more here: blog.pensoft.net/2026/09/21/p...
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Systems Ecology @systems-ecology.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🌱 Systems Ecology is now live! A new independent, researcher-run, diamond OA journal for ecological research through systems science. Free to read. Free to publish. No APCs. We are now open for submissions: systems-ecology.org Please help spread the word!
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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wild honeybee populations in the EU are on the Red List for the first time phys.org/news/2026-09...
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Wild honeybee populations in the EU are on the Red List for the first time
Populations of the Western honeybee (Apis mellifera) are under immense pressure in the wild in Europe. New research published in Conservation Science and Practice from the University of Hohenheim in S...
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Dominic Manchee @dpmanchee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Impressive findings from Dr George Nash, from Liverpool University, and the the 'Lost Land Bridge' project team. Hopefully finding rock will lead to much more, say sediments with aDNA. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @aidanosullivan.bsky.social @graemewarren.bsky.social @boothicus.bsky.social
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Cave art discovery suggests first humans in Ireland came from Wales
During the most recent Ice Age, researchers believe there was a "lost land bridge" between Wales and Ireland.
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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Everyone should read this. #academia #racism #arday www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The death of Jason Arday must prompt deep reflection
Universities and media organizations need to scrutinize their roles in the events that led to this tragedy.
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GGBN @ggbnoutreach.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO will offer a workshop on DNA Barcoding for Marine Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring in Makhanda, South Africa. Deadline to apply: 18 September 2026 Prerequisites and further info: oceanexpert.org/event/5081
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OceanExpert - A Directory of Marine and Freshwater Professionals
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Max Telford @maxjtelford.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Important paper by @kaplipa.bsky.social and colleagues. Advocating for the importance of Natural History museum collections in genomics. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Species-dense genomics through natural history collections - Nature Reviews Genetics
Large-scale genome initiatives are transforming biodiversity genomics, but genomes remain taxonomically sparse and difficult to compare across species. Kapli and colleagues argue that natural history ...
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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 01/09/2026
Today, TETTRIX officially begins. 🌍 🌿 Building on the foundations of TETTRIs, TETTRIX will strengthen Europe’s taxonomic capacity by connecting knowledge, expertise, infrastructure, and communities to generate reliable, actionable biodiversity knowledge for science, policy and society. 🫱🏻‍🫲🏻
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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Great new open access book by Pim Edelaar: "The Selective Organism: An Expanded Theory of Adaptive Evolution" Check it out here: academic.oup.com/book/63165?l... #HPBio #PhilSci
Front cover of the book "The selective organism: An expanded theory of adaptive evolution" by Pim Edelaar.
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GGBN @ggbnoutreach.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The 2026 Call for Proposals under the Kunming Biodiversity Fund is open until 15 September. The fund supports projects that advance biodiversity conservation, ecosystem restoration, policy integration, resource mobilisation, and equitable benefit-sharing. Info: www.unep.org/events/award...
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2026 Call for Proposals — Kunming Biodiversity Fund
The Kunming Biodiversity Fund (KBF) invites UN organizations, together with relevant partners specified in the guidelines, to submit proposals for projects that support the conservation, protection, a...
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Stefaniya Kamenova @stefaniyak2.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Some good news from @gbif.org ! www.gbif.org/news/1RGAh9a...
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From base pairs to binomials: Sequence search is now available on GBIF.org
Users can discover occurrence records using DNA or RNA sequences... Nucleotide sequence searches are now possible through GBIF.org, allowing users to discover occurrence records not only through…
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Ferwen @ferwen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Continental-scale fern savannah wildfires during end-Triassic greenhouse warming. Nat. Geosci. 19, 973–979 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Continental-scale fern savannah wildfires during end-Triassic greenhouse warming - Nature Geoscience
Fern savannahs spread rapidly following the collapse of the forest ecosystem during the end-Triassic mass extinction, setting the conditions for widespread wildfires, according to an analysis of the d...
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A new study finds that audiences connect with scientists less through credentials or demographic similarity and more through human qualities like curiosity, authenticity, and clear communication.
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Forming Relationships With Scientists Through Film: A Qualitative Study of Viewers’ Trust, Identification, and Value Alignment - Nicole M. Krause, Emily L. Howell, Sarah S. Goodwin, 2026
Drawing on open-ended responses from a national U.S. survey (N = 630) of viewers of Observer, a documentary film featuring scientists engaged in practices of ob...
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Stefaniya Kamenova @stefaniyak2.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The #Arthropod #Genomics i5K Community -🦋🧬🕷️🧬🪲🧬🦀- opportunities to harmonise reporting standards & promote their dissemination, ensuring that future arthropod #genomes are both comparable & maximally reusable for large-scale comparative & applied research academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
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Toward standardization in arthropod and biodiversity genome projects
Abstract. In recent years, many high-quality reference genome sequences for arthropod species have been generated. Although most genome papers describe the
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Wayne Maddison @waynemaddison.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
An important and beautiful paper on the central role of natural history in ecology and evolutionary biology.
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 17/07/2026
New from #RSOS: The compounding costs of being female in academia: individual-based modelling of career progression and interventions. Read more: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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Julie Carpenter, PhD @jgcarpenter.com · 16/07/2026
As a robotics researcher, learning scientist, and author who has followed Realbotix for years, I'm compelled to do a Bluesky thread on this whole pivot that Realbotix is now trying, turning from humanoid sex robots to classroom "education" robots. Buckle up. nysfocus.com/2026/07/14/n... 🧵
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Rural NY School To Launch Humanoid Robot Teacher
Plans to deploy a "lifelike" robot and avatar teaching assistant at Salamanca High School have sparked debate over the role of technology in schools.
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IUCN SSC Butterfly & Moth Specialist Group @iucnbutterflysg.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
📣EUROPEAN RED LIST OF MOTHS PUBLISHED!📣 A m(amm)oth task - huge congratulations to the team! Spoiler: >3000 species assessed at the European level, 704 of them endemic. Ca. 25% are listed as Data Deficient & 11% threatened with extinction. op.europa.eu/en/publicati...
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Dr Ross Barnett @deepfrieddna.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
💪 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Ancient DNA analysis reveals Wiltshire’s Upton Lovell Shaman was a woman
Exclusive: Analysis offers ‘smoking gun evidence’ that overturns previous assumption that bronze age individual was male
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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
📢 @asab.org Conference Attendance Grants for developing country applicants: deadline 1st AUGUST 📢 Up to £2500!!! Joint Winter Conference of ASAB and PSGB: “Social Learning and Culture” @asabpsgb2026.bsky.social #ASABWinter2026 @asab-meetings.bsky.social Full details: www.asab.org/conference-g...
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Bulgarian Barcode of Life @bgbol.org · 03/07/2026
🤝@ergabiodiv.bsky.social, @iboleurope.bsky.social, and @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org, part of the @biogeneurope.bsky.social consortium, are to build a coordinated infrastructure for #biodiversitygenomics. 👀 Read more on monumental step: bgbol.org/en/news/usin... #OpenScience #FAIRdata #DNAbarcoding
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Using DNA to save Nature: Europe's Next Biodiversity Frontier
The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA), the&nbsp;International Barcode of Life Europe (iBOL Europe), and the&nbsp;Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF) have signed a historic agreeme...
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Stefaniya Kamenova @stefaniyak2.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
💙 www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...
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Une année parmi les loups - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE
Un photographe et un peintre se retirent dans une cabane entre la Finlande et la Russie dans l’espoir d’y observer une meute de loups. Au fil de leur aventure immobile, la vie sauvage s'offre au regar...
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Joachim Mergeay @jmergeay.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Hour of the Wolf. On the comeback of wolves in NW Europe and the challenges this poses in areas densely populated by humans. #wolf 🦊 www.science.org/content/arti...
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Wolves are reconquering Europe. Can people learn to live with them?
As populations rebound, attacks on livestock and humans are fueling debate over the limits of coexistence
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Fernando Villanea @fervillanea.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This is a cool paper! Late Neanderthals in NW Europe had interconnected populations, were not inbred like Siberian Neanderthals, and didn't admix with humans - and yet they still go extinct a few thousands of years later. Something other than mutation meltdown was responsible for their extinction!
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Stefaniya Kamenova @stefaniyak2.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A labour of love. Identifying #lepidoptera species, especially micromoths, requires time & patience but we gathered the best experts from across Europe. Nothing less would do: during the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social field workshop in Vlahi 🇧🇬, we collected ~300 species! 💪💪 @projectpsyche.bsky.social
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Quite effective for an ad. That Malcovich is going places.
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Stefaniya Kamenova @stefaniyak2.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Happy summer solstice!
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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The Omnibus risks locking the EU into outdated, underprotective assessments while weakening accountability and scientific scrutiny. A reoriented framework grounded in clearly defined protection goals, robust premarket testing, systematic postauthorization monitoring www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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EU Omnibus proposal increases pesticide risks
More efficient environmental risk assessment and stronger protection are achievable
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Stefaniya Kamenova @stefaniyak2.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Busy days, we keep collecting, identifying & dissecting #butterflies and #moths for #referencegenome sequencing. No 🦋 is safe during the @10klepgenomes.bsky.social field workshop in Vlahi 🇧🇬 @projectpsyche.bsky.social @charlottewright.bsky.social @alenasuchackova.bsky.social @lepphylo.bsky.social
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Sebastian Schreiber @sebastianschreiber.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
My @ucdavis.bsky.social colleague Laci Gerhart is doing extraordinary work: teaching natural history and participatory science in CA prisons, with a new $1.9M NSF grant to scale it statewide. The participants' curiosity and engagement shine through in this piece. biology.ucdavis.edu/news/trainin...
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Training Naturalists Behind Prison Walls
A kestrel swoops to grab a smaller bird on the wing and eats it, right in front of a group of men in the garden at California Health Care Facility, or CHCF, a prison in Stockton, where the garden has ...
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Stefaniya Kamenova @stefaniyak2.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Kicking off @10klepgenomes.bsky.social field workshop in Vlahi 🇧🇬 Butterfly & moth afficinados from all over Europe start deploying their beautiful light traps to capture undersampled #biodiversityhotspots for #referencegenome sequencing. Stay tuned for more! @projectpsyche.bsky.social
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Sad to hear of the passing of Robert Ricklefs - a giant of Ecology who simultaneously pushed forward big ideas at multiple biological levels yet took time for detailed natural history .. McGill does a nice job summarizing his impressive contributions 🌐🧪 dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2026/06/11/r...
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Robert Ricklefs – in memoriam
Robert Ricklefs, a giant of ecology, passed away on Sunday. It is hard to overstate the extensive impact Bob had on the field. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in the US,…
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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Is your Country represented in the ERGA Council? Check it here 👉www.erga-biodiversity.eu/community-contacts#council-of-country-reps If yes, consider reaching out to your national representatives to learn more about #ERGA activities in your country! #ERGA #council #representatives #community
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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
#Biodiversity #Genomics #Europe plus: Group photo at BGE+ kick-off meeting --- laying the foundations for a step change in how #Biodiversity #Genomics is done in Europe biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/06/03/b... with @biogeneurope.bsky.social & @iboleurope.bsky.social
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Arvid Ågren @arvidagren.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Much has been written about The Selfish Gene, and few books have been both as influential and as persistently contested. To commemorate its 50th anniversary, here are some brief thoughts in the latest issue of @science.org. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A provocative view of evolution turns 50
The Selfish Gene continues to challenge readers half a century later
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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Human shielding from wolves helps Golden jackal range expansion - cool paper #ecology www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Human shielding from wolves facilitates jackal expansion across Europe - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Human-driven declines of top predators can have cascading effects on other species. Here the authors show that the loss of wolves from a landscape has facilitated the spread of the golden jackal throu...
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LifeWatch ERIC @lifewatcheric.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
LifeWatch ERIC Thematic Service Working Group on Taxonomy, coordinated by @leenvandepitte.bsky.social (@vliz.be @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social), is organising a dedicated #BEeS2026 session 🐝 We are looking for contributions on taxonomy👇
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iBOL Europe @iboleurope.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
On this International Day for Biological Diversity, we are releasing two papers that aim to facilitate the development of a robust network of DNA barcoding practitioners in Europe and beyond: iboleurope.org/acting-local...
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Acting locally, impacting globally: New blueprints chart the course for DNA Barcoding in Europe and beyond
On this International Day for Biological Diversity, themed “Acting locally for global impact,” we are releasing two papers that aim to facilitate the development of a robust network of DNA barcoding p...
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Metabarcoding and Metagenomics @mbmg.pensoft.net · 22/05/2026
On the International Day for #BiologicalDiversity, researchers have released a blueprint for a global #DNAbarcoding network, drawing on experiences from 20 countries to outline 10 recommendations for building successful national nodes. 👉Full #OA study: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
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Bulgarian Barcode of Life @bgbol.org · 21/05/2026
We are continuing our #BgBOLSeminarSeries next Thursday, May 28th! If you want to learn more about the Digital Catalogue of Biodiversity of Poland and Polish Biodiversity Information Network, join in through the QR code 🔗👀
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Stefaniya Kamenova @stefaniyak2.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Norwegian court blocks extradition to Greece of migrant rights activist
Case hailed as human rights victory as Tromsø court says Tommy Olsen’s actions are lawful and protected under international treaties
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Stefaniya Kamenova @stefaniyak2.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Commission seeks public opinion on how EU Nature Directives are working environment.ec.europa.eu/news/commiss...
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Commission seeks public opinion on EU Nature Directives
A public consultation on the Birds and Habitats Directives is underway. Contributions will feed into a stress test of both.
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