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Joana Vicente
@jrvicente.bsky.social

InvasionS (Invasion Science) Group Leader @Cibio - InBio - BIOPOLIS

I'm interested in Natural and Environmental sciences especially on Invasion Sciences: modelling distribution and impacts, ecosystem services, ecology and biology :) .. more

Environmental science 70%
Geography 18%

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🌎 Amidst #LivingData2025, we are introducing Obama nungara, the Obama Flatworm.
🪱 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies is a predator that kills and consumes native earthworms and land snails.
👉 Its introduction can potentially lead to drastic alterations in soil dynamics, impacting the health of ecosystems.

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Our PI @jrvicente.bsky.social will speak at the “Forests and Fires: What Future?” Conference!

📅 3 Nov 2025 | ⏰ 10:00–12:30 (CET)
📍 ESA–IPVC, Prof. Eugénio Castro Caldas Auditorium

Join the experts to discuss the future of forests and fires! 🌳🔥

More info 👇

#Forests #Fires #Sustainability
#fogos #florestas #gestãoflorestal #sustentabilidade #incêndiosrurais #invasionscience #esaipvc | InvasionS
🔥 Junta-te a nós para debatermos sobre o futuro das florestas e dos fogos rurais! A nossa PI Joana Vicente marcará presença na Conferência “Floresta e Fogos: que futuro?” 🌲 📅 3 de novembro de 2025 ...
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👀 Our next #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Neogale vison, the American Mink.
🟢 It is a direct competitor with many native EU species that share its ecological niche, such as the European mink, Pyrenean desman, and Water vole
🪱It is also known to be a carrier of pathogens
#UnionConcernSpecies #IASinEurope

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🪸 Meet a new #InvasiveAlienSpecies, Nanozostera japonica, the Japanese Eelgrass.
🐚 It displaces native seagrass, affecting local shellfish communities.
⚪ Its faster decomposition rate compared to native seagrasses also alters the decomposer community and productivity dynamics in the tidal zone.

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🔎 Today we are focusing on Mulinia lateralis, the Dwarf Surfclam.
🐚 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies, with high fecundity, has the potential to alter benthic communities and influence the food web.
#IASinEurope #BioInvasions #UnionConcernSpecies
💚 BMD will host an online User Story Workshop on 3 November, 14:00–16:00 (CEST). ➡️ Contributions will support the development of BMD’s Single Access Point.
✍️ Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔎 Explore the upcoming BMD co-design opportunities: bmd-project.eu/news/upcomin...
🔎 The big picture of OneSTOP comes alive in a newly released project video!
🎞️ The video offers a short overview of OneSTOP’s objectives and methodology, as well as the project’s planned results and activities.
👉 Watch it now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl6E...

#IAS #BioInvasions

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👉 Our next #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Misgurnus bipartitus, the Northern Weatherfish
🌊 It directly competes with the native protected species M. fossilis in the EU, potentially leading to its extinction and disrupting the ecosystem
🪱 It's a carrier of pathogens and may hybridise with native fish

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🌿 Our PI @jrvicente.bsky.social presented the @onestop-project.eu at Porto Business School, highlighting CamAlien, AMITrap and Air-DNA and the importance of collaboration for tackling biological invasions!

#InvasionS #Technology #Biologicalnvasions

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🌿 This past month, we hosted PhD student Gorgias Aikpon (Univ. of Abomey-Calavi, Benin)! His PhD explores the ecology, distribution & management of two invasive plants: Jack in the Bush and Pignut.

During his stay, he developed species distribution models to predict their potential distributions. 🗺️

Out website is out!!! Hope you like it :)
🌿 The InvasionS group has launched a new website!

Discover our story, meet the team, and explore our projects, publications, and outreach.

👉 Visit: sites.google.com/biopolis.pt/...

#InvasionS #newwebsitelaunch #researchgroup

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🌿 The InvasionS group has launched a new website!

Discover our story, meet the team, and explore our projects, publications, and outreach.

👉 Visit: sites.google.com/biopolis.pt/...

#InvasionS #newwebsitelaunch #researchgroup

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📢 On Sept 4th (14:00–15:00 CET), our PI @jrvicente.bsky.social joins Roseli Pellens (MNHN) for a CO-OP4CBD online training session on invasive alien species, ahead of SBSTTA-27. 🌿

🔗 Find out more and register: events.pensoft.net/events/co-op...

#COOP4CBD #SBSTTA27 #invasivespecies #CBD

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🎉 Congrats to our PI, @jrvicente.bsky.social, named among the world’s top researchers 2025 in the field of Ecology and Evolution! 🌍✨

Learn more:
🔗 noticias.up.pt/2025/07/28/u...
🔗 research.com/rankings
🔗 research.com/u/joana-r-vi...
U.Porto tem 155 investigadores entre os melhores do mundo
Mais de um quinto dos 792 cientistas de instituições nacionais destacados pelo portal Research.com estão ligados à Universidade do Porto.
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📢 EU expands the Union List of Invasive Alien Species from 88 to 114 — including Neogale vison and Castor canadensis. 🐚🦫🐛🌼

For a deeper look we recommend the blog post by Riccardo Scalera: riccardoscalera.blogspot.com/2025/07/eu-s...

#invasivespecies #biodiversity #unionlist #iasmanagement

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🛣️ CamAlien hits the road!

We’ve just delivered it to Ascendi, the first Portugal Living Lab stakeholder of @onestop-project.eu to test it in real highway conditions.

An exciting step for invasive species detection! 🌾

#CamAlien #OneSTOP #biosecurity #invasivealienspecies

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🎉 An updated version of OneSTOP’s website has been launched!
👀 Check it out on onestop-project.eu and learn more about our main lines of work, OneSTOP’s Living Labs and what the project objectives are.
#InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #Bioinvasions

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📸 What can CamAlien do?

This high-speed camera system captures roadside images and helps detect invasive alien species — all while on the move! 🛣️🌿

🔗 Want to know more?
👉 Detection techs: onestop-project.eu/detection
👉 CamAlien: theailab.dk/camalien/

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🚗🌿 Meet CamAlien — the first detection tech from @onestop-project.eu now being tested by our stakeholders!

Rolling into action at BIOPOLIS-CIBIO’s Portugal Living Lab 🚙✨

Developed in WP2 (led by @tokehoye.bsky.social) & piloted in WP3 Living Labs.

#OneSTOP #invasivespecies #biosecurity

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📢 The @onestop-project.eu grant proposal is out in @riojournal.com!

Our team is contributing with:
🔹Species distribution modelling
🔹 Prioritisation tools
🔹 Creation of Living Lab in Portugal

Very happy to support better biosecurity in Europe!

#OneSTOP #Biosecurity #InvasiveSpecies #EUProjects

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When the lights are off: microbial life in caves 🦠

This Friday, July 25th at 15h30, @bernardobarosa.bsky.social will be at my research center (CIBIO) to give a talk on cave systems - windows into one of Earth’s most hidden ecosystem: the subsurface.

Curious? Join us CIBIO auditorium or online!

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🎓 Big congratulations to Maria Marques on defending her Master’s thesis!

Her thesis explored how elite anglers perceive invasive species — a great contribution to science and management. 🌿🎣

We wish her the best in what comes next! 🌍✨

#mastersthesis #invasivespecies #recreationalfisheries

Can you help my team? :)
🌿 What terms do European cities use for green corridors—and why?

Survey (4 min) part of Ana Pinheira’s PhD (@UTAD), with Invasions (CIBIO-InBIO), Landscape Lab & Guimarães – European Green Capital 2026. 🌳

📝 forms.office.com/r/dLQQX9Q1dt

#survey #urbanplanning #sustainablecities

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🌿 What terms do European cities use for green corridors—and why?

Survey (4 min) part of Ana Pinheira’s PhD (@UTAD), with Invasions (CIBIO-InBIO), Landscape Lab & Guimarães – European Green Capital 2026. 🌳

📝 forms.office.com/r/dLQQX9Q1dt

#survey #urbanplanning #sustainablecities

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🎓 Huge congrats to Tidiane Seck on defending his Master’s thesis!

His research explored dam impacts on bird communities in northern Portugal — a key contribution to our understanding of human impacts on biodiversity!. 🦅

All the best for what’s next! 💫

#mastersthesis #ecology #ecologicalmodelling

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🎓 Master’s Thesis Presentation
Discover how competitive anglers perceive invasive species in Maria Marques’ study "Fishing and Biological Invasions: can we rely just on the legislation?"

📅 18 July
🕑 14:00
📍 FC4 117, University of Porto

#invasivespecies #angling #environmentalpolicy #masterthesis

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🎓 Discover how energy infrastructures affect biodiversity in Cheikh Tidiane Seck’s research:
"A multilevel approach to assess the ecological impacts of hydroelectric infrastructures on local avifauna"

🗓️ 15 July
🕙 10:00
📍 FC4 117, Faculty of Science, University of Porto

Don’t miss it! 🐦⚡

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🔄 And we finished by building static and dynamic models to simulate ecological change!

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📈 We looked at costs, incentives, and ecological-economic strategies....