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WP3 aims to build a pan-Europe Species AI Lab (SAIL) and connect it to other infrastructures, such as @dissco.bsky.social, so we can study how to better discover species with the help of genomic workflows 🔬🦎 #TETTRIXkickoff

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 27m

WP2 of TETTRIX will develop the GHOST framework for integrating dark taxa into biodiversity data and strengthen Europe’s nomenclature services 👻🌱 @cabbageleek.bsky.social @vermiformes.bsky.social #TETTRIXkickoff

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 45m

🌐🦋 @aguentsch.bsky.social from @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social shared the plans for WP1: TaxoTrack, an open platform for compiling and documenting resources for taxonomic research. Taxotrack will integrate nomenclature backbone services from WP2 and interfaces from Тhe Marketplace. #TETTRIXkickoff

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 1h

Starting off day 2️⃣ of the #TETTRIXkickoff ☀️🇧🇪 Today, our TETTRIX partners will introduce us to their most important tasks for the next few years while going through all four of the TETTRIX pillars – Integrate, Transform, Upskill, and Demonstrate 💡🤝 #Taxonomy #NameItToSaveIt #EUbiodiversity

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 17h

Our main collaboration partner for TETTRIX will be @biogeneurope.bsky.social! 🤝🧬 BGE+ is a Horizon Europe project, working on protecting biodiversity through genomics. Together, the two projects will address common challenges and ensure long-term impact for policy. #TETTRIXkickoff

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 19h

Meet our representatives from the EU Commission! 🇪🇺 ➡️ Policy officer: Gilles Doignon from DG RTD, who showed us why we need to #KeepCalmAndDescribe! ➡️ Project officer: Colombe Warin from REA, who will guide and support us during our ambitious taxonomic journey. #TETTRIXkickoff

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 21h

At the center of the TETTRIX project is our coordinator Ana Casino from @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org 🌟 Ana is the executive director of CETAF, and she and her team will lead WP11, setting up the building blocks for the next four years and making sure everything stays intact. #TETTRIXkickoff

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 21h

Hello from our #TETTRIXkickoff meeting in Brussels! 👋🇧🇪 In the next 3 days, all TETTRIX partners will gather at the @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social, where we'll exchange big ideas for the future of the project. Follow along to hear how each partner will help make taxonomy more visible and accurate 🌿

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 01/10/2026

The TETTRIX team will meet for the first time at the #TETTRIXkickoff meeting! 🇧🇪🌿 📅 When: 7-9 October 2026 📍 Where: Brussels, Belgium

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 25/09/2026

During the session "Designing Institutional Knowledge Data Science Centres for Biodiversity", TETTRIX partner @patriciamergen.bsky.social (@nhmcrete.bsky.social) explained how the project will support taxonomic training and research, providing TETTRIX Academy as an example 📝🌱

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 25/09/2026

One last day at #TDWG2026 👋🇳🇴 Today, our TETTRIX partner David Fichtmüller from BO Berlin gave a talk on the topic of automatic tracking of taxonomic research, in which he also explained the connection between TETTRIX and its predecessor TETTRIs. 👉 More about this: cetaf.org/tettris-tett...

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 24/09/2026

We are still at #TDWG2026 in Oslo 🇳🇴👋 Today, our partner Jana Hoffmann from @sgn.one stopped by our shared dissemination booth to check out the TETTRIX materials. Don't forget to also stop by the booth, where you can ask all your burning questions about TETTRIX! 📍📚

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 23/09/2026

Greetings from #TDWG2026 👋🇳🇴 Yesterday, the TETTRIX partners Mathias Dillen (@meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social), David Williamson (NTNU), and David Fichtmueller (BGBM Berlin) visited our shared booth displaying the brand new TETTRIX materials. Come visit us too and learn more about TETTRIX! 🌱

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 17/09/2026

Come say hi to the TETTRIX team at #TDWG2026 🇳🇴👋 Between 21-25 September, TETTRIX will appear for the first time at the TDWG conference, organised by @tdwg.org. Find us at our co-shared dissemination booth with the projects @bmd-project.eu and @aneris.eu 📚🤝 👉 www.tettrix.eu/news/mark-da...

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 15/09/2026

One of our TETTRIX members, David Williamson (NTNU), was spotted at #NordicOikosGfÖ2026 in Odense, Denmark 🌱🇩🇰 David stopped by @pensoft.net's dissemination booth – one of TETTRIX’s 19 partnering organisations. 👉 More about the event here: nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/joint-...

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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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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 27/04/2026

🟠 Wrap-up of the first day of TETTRIs Final Event Today we focused on advances in #AI-based tools for taxonomy, reference collections, and the relevance of genomic tools, with a special focus on the new #Marketplace as a key tool to connect experts and taxonomic services.

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 26/04/2026

🚀 Tomorrow the TETTRIs Final Event kicks off in Brussels 🇪🇺 Organised by @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org & @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social , bringing together experts, researchers & policymakers to share insights and shape the future of taxonomy in #Europe (Apr 27–29).

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 08/04/2026

Every species has a story—but without a name, that story may never be told. 🌍✨ On May 23, we celebrate #Taxonomy, the science that names, classifies, and describes life on #Earth. We invite you to join us—discover how on our website 🔗 tettris.eu/trd/

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 30/03/2026

🎧 During the #TETTRIs project, innovative ways of engaging citizens were explored through music. Groups of young people took part in nature excursions alongside a biologist and musicians, encouraging them to observe, pause, and truly listen.

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 26/03/2026

Citizen science apps like iNaturalist are transforming biodiversity data 📱🌿 But behind every record, experts verify observations — ensuring quality data for platforms like GBIF. AI helps, but human expertise is key. Do you use these apps? 👇 #CitizenScience #Taxonomy #Biodiversity

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 11/03/2026

🟣Many women contribute to the future of taxonomy. Meet Amelie Höcherl, an early-career taxonomist working on parasitoid wasps (Microgastrinae) and recently involved in the description of a new species from the German Alps: Illidops oroseira #WomenInScience #Taxonomy

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 05/03/2026

TETTRIs is represented at the European Citizen Science Conference 2026 in Oulu 🇫🇮 The team shared work on building taxonomic capacity, engaging hard-to-reach communities, environmental DNA in education, and Taxonomy Recognition Day. #CitizenScience #Taxonomy #Biodiversity #TETTRIs

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 15/01/2026

If a species has no name, it is invisible to science, policy and conservation In this article, Michael Magee (@nhmdk.bsky.social ) explains how #TETTRIs is tackling Europe’s taxonomic capacity crisis—making taxonomy visible,connected and future-ready 🔗 Read more misc.pagesuite.com/pdfdownload/...

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 18/12/2025

📣Over 1,000 people attend the Citizen Science Fair at MUSE-Museo delle Scienze in #Trento 🇮🇹 🔗 tettris.eu/2025/12/16/c...

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 09/12/2025

The TEOSS project carried out its 5 field campaign, a 9-day expedition across Sierra Nevada. Led by El Bosque Animado and supported by TETTRIs, this mission aimed to record Orthoptera species that are scarce, poorly documented, or even absent from existing sound libraries.

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 04/12/2025

🟠TETTRIs goes to Africa! Maarten Van Steenberge, Dr. Rodrigue Pelebe, and Prof. Maarten Vanhove delivered a four-day workshop at the University of Parakou. #TETTRIs #Taxonomy #Biodiversity #CitizenScience #Africa #CapacityBuilding

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 03/12/2025

📣 Don’t miss the Citizen Science Fair in Trento! 🔬Explore over 20 citizen science projects from the region, learn about their work, and connect with the people behind them. Join us for a day of discovery! 📅 14 December | 📍 Trento #TETTRIs #Taxonomy #Biodiversity #CitizenScience #Trento #Italy

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 29/10/2025

All our knowledge, challenges, and solutions gathered in one interactive document: TETRIs Blueprint👇 #TETTRIs #Blueprint #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #AIforNature #CitizenScience #Innovation #Conservation

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 29/10/2025

Michael Magee, from the Natural History Museum of Denmark, leads TETTRIs’ communication and impact work. He presented at the Swedish Biodiversity Symposium an initiative engaging young people through nature walks that combine species discovery with music creation under the NATURE the Artist campaign

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 27/10/2025

Leonardo Veronesi, from the European Citizen Science Association, has been working closely with our Satellite project, #Footprints. Based in Norway, Footprints asks citizen to send pictures of animal tracks in snow and mud.👇

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 23/10/2025

"Talking about #biodiversity without #taxonomy is like trying to build a puzzle without the pieces" Kate Evans works at the Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre. In TETTRIs, she is leading the task of writing a blueprint for building taxonomic capacity.

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 22/10/2025

1️⃣2️⃣ TEOSS: The European Orthoptera Sound System

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 22/10/2025

1️⃣1️⃣ NEXTRAD: Macaronesian Lotus

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 22/10/2025

🔟 L.U.C.E. Lighting up the understudied charismatic fireflies of Europe

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 22/10/2025

9️⃣ ARCADE: Improving national reference collections to protect Portugal’s pollinators

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 22/10/2025

8️⃣ FOOTPRINTS: Engaging citizens protecting Norway’s wildlife

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 22/10/2025

7️⃣Balkan PolliS: Providing access to pollinators in the Balkan Peninsula

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 22/10/2025

6️⃣INC-STEP: Creating a National Reference Collection for Spain’s Threatened Pollinators

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 22/10/2025

5️⃣ TNLS: A new taxonomic name matching system in the age of Big Data

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 22/10/2025

4️⃣SoilMATs: Training the next generation of soil Meiofauna experts

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 22/10/2025

3️⃣TrAILSID: Training artificial intelligence models for Land Snail identification

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 22/10/2025

2️⃣iSedge: An integrative, appealing and dynamic digital platform for sedges

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 22/10/2025

1️⃣CRYPTERS: Untangling the cryptic diversity of the Vesubia jugorum spiders

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 22/10/2025

🇪🇺These projects help establish open access to collections data, design and test novel AI and molecular tools, test training frameworks, and involve citizen scientists in monitoring biodiversity hotspots. This community-based perspective is fundamental to the entire ethos of TETTRIs. #Taxonomy 🧵👇

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 14/10/2025

The letters of Austrian botanist Eduard Hackel (1850–1926) keep science blooming 🌿 Digitized & transcribed with #AI by @transkribus.bsky.social & volunteers, they unveil 19th-century networks linking #Austria & #Italy. Explore the story on @Europeana 👉 www.europeana.eu/en/exhibitio...

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 22/09/2025

🔗 To participate you only have to upload your pictures here: footprints.citizenscience.no/report/ #TETTRIs #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #Footprints #Project #Animal

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 22/09/2025

🐾 Your picture is so important!

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TETTRIX @tettrix.eu · 22/09/2025

📸 It is very easy to participate!

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