🌱 We’ve the pleasure of hosting Nancy Montero, researcher from the Plant Protection Unit at ICIA. Nancy will be staying with us for a month working on sample processing in the entomology and molecular lab 🔬 We trust her stay will be very fruitful and allow us to share our knowledge together 🪲

Exciting news! 🌟 The VI Iberian Congress of Biological Systematics (CISA 2025) will be held in Tenerife, a true biodiversity hotspot in Macaronesia 🏝️🔬 🔗 cisaconference.org

CISA 2025 | VI Iberian Congress of Biological Systematics 2025

VI Iberian Congress of Biological Systematics in Tenerife, Spain, October 26-30, 2025. Explore latest advances in systematics and evolutionary biology.

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The team is back from the Czech Republic after #EdAFoBio project sampling! 🎉 With all the samples and new experiences, we surveyed a large stretch of forest in the south of the country 🐞🌳🧬 Huge thanks to the team at the Institute of Entomology @czechacademy.bsky.social for your invaluable support! 🌐

Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting Albert Vilà Cabrera, Ramón y Cajal researcher at UVIC and National Geographic Explorer🌍We are collaborating with Albert within the framework of a National Geographic project @hgl7.bsky.social, categorizing the influences of forest legacy on soil biodiversity🌳

🌱Last week, our team from @soilevoecolab.bsky.social — Paula Arribas, @niravega.bsky.social, Carmen Balibrea and María Borrallo — visited @creaf.cat to attend the soil biodiversity and functionality workshops within #SoilNet network, funded by @ageinves.bsky.social

The next #EdAFoBio project sampling is about to begin — this time, the team (@vicnc13.bsky.social @lorellobiod.bsky.social) is heading to the Czech Republic! ⛏️🪲 This project is funded by @ageinves.bsky.social 🌍

We’re setting up Malaise traps in various locations for @gioelemoro.bsky.social’s thesis project! The goal? To understand the impact of fire on arthropods and how they recover afterward! 🔥🪲 Thanks a lot to all the team, especially this time to Javier Rodríguez #ULLinterships and Carmen Balibrea! 💪🏽

🌱 Webinar: Diversidad y funcionalidad de la biota del suelo En el marco del proyecto #SoilNet, el @soilevoecolab.bsky.social junto con otros grupos de esta red organizan un webinar para explorar la vida bajo nuestros pies🪱🦠 Más información e inscripción 🔗 www.creaf.cat/es/diversida...

Last week, our team — Carmelo Andújar, Carmen Balibrea, and @vicnc13.bsky.social — came back from southeastern Spain for the #EdAFoBio project (funded by @ageinves.bsky.social) They carried out an amazing sampling in the Albacete and Jaén mountain ranges that will bring a wealth of new knowledge!🧬🪲⛰️

Algunas fotos de la inauguración de la exposición 'Volcanes y Biodiversidad: el legado natural de las islas Canarias' incluida en las IV Jornadas de Biodiversidad y Sostenibilidad de @ull.es 📅Hasta 10 abril | 17-20 h 📍Espacio Cultural La Capilla +INFO: www.ull.es/portal/agend...

Our team has been working in Jaén and Albacete mountain ranges, sampling for the #EdAFoBio project (funded by @ageinves.bsky.social )! This is EdAFoBio's first sampling of the year, but much more is coming! ⛰️🏔

As part of @gioelemoro.bsky.social's stay at @ipna.csic.es, his co-director Alena Suchackova and botanist Vojtech Lanta (Biology Centre #CAS) visited Tenerife for the sampling and characterization of soil plots in burned areas of the island ⛰️🕷🌲

Nov-Dec 2024, I collaborated on the EdAFoBio project, led by Carmelo Andújar, in #Chile 🇨🇱 We sampled #soil #arthropods along two 200-km transects, one in the Mediterranean region and one Temperate region I am excited for the wocDNA metabarcoding results! @soilevoecolab.bsky.social @ipna.csic.es

Last week, we sampled #soil #arthropods in Tenerife, where a major wildfire occurred in 2023. We’re investigating arthropod responses in fire-adapted and fire-sensitive forests. Sampling was done with Alena Sucháčková and Vojtech Lanta from Biology Centre CAS, and Carmelo Andújar from @ipna.csic.es

Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting Bea Lago from Misión Biológica de Galicia (#MBG-CSIC) for a short stay as part of the @csic.es tech personal mobility grants 🌎 We exchanged knowledge about our research lines, and she had the chance to explore techniques for studying soil biodiversity ⛏️🪲

In late January, our PhD student Nira Vega had a short stay at INIA-CSIC, diving into soil nematodes! 🌱🪱 She explored their role in soil health and is now sharing her new knowledge with our team 📈 This stay is part of the #SoilNet research network, funded by @ageinves.bsky.social 🌐

Gioele Moro, from the Laboratory of Woodland Ecology (Biology Centre #CAS), is back with us for his second research stay at @ipna.csic.es! 🌍 This time, he will be involved in metabarcoding procedures for soil biodiversity and sampling in different burned areas on the island as part of his thesis ⛏️⛰️

By the end of 2024, we completed two more regions for the #EdAFoBio project (funded by @ageinves.bsky.social)! 🌍🌱 Over the course of a month, we conducted a soil sampling campaign in Chile, covering both a temperate and a Mediterranean forest! 🐜🌳

#IPNApaper Molecular Delimitation of Evolutionary Significant Units Reveals Hidden Geographic Drivers of Extinction Risk Within Island Arthropods (@consbiog.bsky.social) Co-authors: Eduardo Jiménez, Daniel Suárez, Carmelo Andújar, Heriberto López, @brentcemerson.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/ddi....

Molecular Delimitation of Evolutionary Significant Units Reveals Hidden Geographic Drivers of Extinction Risk Within Island Arthropods

Aim Globally, arthropod biodiversity is under threat, with increased risk of species-level extinctions, and this threat is particularly acute on oceanic islands. A fundamental first step towards und...

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This week, we had the pleasure of hosting Paula Lillo from INIA @csic.es and Rubén Olmo-Gilabert from @creaf.cat at the @ipna-csic.bsky.social🌱🔬 Paula and Rubén shared their work and explored molecular pipelines and soil sampling techniques for studying soil biodiversity. 🧬🕷️