Kelly Martinou
@afmartinou.bsky.social
Vector Ecologist/Entomologist working in a protected area in Cyprus
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The happiest smiles by our authors Cristina Preda and @helianateixeira.bsky.social as they pose with @onestop-project.eu materials at @pensoft.net's #LivingData2025 stand!
October 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The happiest smiles by our authors Cristina Preda and @helianateixeira.bsky.social as they pose with @onestop-project.eu materials at @pensoft.net's #LivingData2025 stand!
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Wrap on Day 1 of the GuardIAS project meeting in Thessaloniki! 🇬🇷
A jam-packed day of collaboration, covering everything from AI & eDNA for tracking invasive species to boosting citizen science.
Ready for Day 2!
#GuardIAS #InvasiveSpecies
A jam-packed day of collaboration, covering everything from AI & eDNA for tracking invasive species to boosting citizen science.
Ready for Day 2!
#GuardIAS #InvasiveSpecies
September 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Wrap on Day 1 of the GuardIAS project meeting in Thessaloniki! 🇬🇷
A jam-packed day of collaboration, covering everything from AI & eDNA for tracking invasive species to boosting citizen science.
Ready for Day 2!
#GuardIAS #InvasiveSpecies
A jam-packed day of collaboration, covering everything from AI & eDNA for tracking invasive species to boosting citizen science.
Ready for Day 2!
#GuardIAS #InvasiveSpecies
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🧐EASIN will participate to the European Researchers Night tomorrow at the JRC stand at Loggia dei Mercanti, Milan, opposite to Duomo!!! Eugenio & Chiara will welcome you, run activities on #AlienSpecies and gladly answer your questions on biodiversity Visit us, see you there!!!
September 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🧐EASIN will participate to the European Researchers Night tomorrow at the JRC stand at Loggia dei Mercanti, Milan, opposite to Duomo!!! Eugenio & Chiara will welcome you, run activities on #AlienSpecies and gladly answer your questions on biodiversity Visit us, see you there!!!
Always wonderful to meet colleagues from wonderful
Environmental organizations @terracypria @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social @enaliaphysis
Environmental organizations @terracypria @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social @enaliaphysis
September 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Always wonderful to meet colleagues from wonderful
Environmental organizations @terracypria @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social @enaliaphysis
Environmental organizations @terracypria @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social @enaliaphysis
We were delighted to host Ms Maria Cholvi PhD candidate at the University of Valencia for a STSM funded by COST Action @insectai.bsky.social youtu.be/LTQCkrc5T08?...
STSM Experiences - Maria Cholvi Simó, PhD student at UV [The Cyprus Institute | CYENS, Cyprus]
YouTube video by Cost InsectAI
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September 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We were delighted to host Ms Maria Cholvi PhD candidate at the University of Valencia for a STSM funded by COST Action @insectai.bsky.social youtu.be/LTQCkrc5T08?...
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Head over to the methods blog and check out our new post!
Read about how Daniel Souto-Vilarós and his team processed arthropod bulk-collections from seven different protocols with DNA metabarcoding 🐛🐜👇
Read about how Daniel Souto-Vilarós and his team processed arthropod bulk-collections from seven different protocols with DNA metabarcoding 🐛🐜👇
10,000 Arthropods in a Hectare: What We Found Crawling, Flying, and Hiding in Panama’s Rainforest
Post provided by Daniel Souto-Vilarós. I’m a molecular ecologist who currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Utah, with a long-standing obsession with biodiversity. While …
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September 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Head over to the methods blog and check out our new post!
Read about how Daniel Souto-Vilarós and his team processed arthropod bulk-collections from seven different protocols with DNA metabarcoding 🐛🐜👇
Read about how Daniel Souto-Vilarós and his team processed arthropod bulk-collections from seven different protocols with DNA metabarcoding 🐛🐜👇
Delighted to be at the Cyprus Institute for the climate sensitive vector dynamics modellomg workshop led by wonderful @kerguler.bsky.social with an excellent international turn up of amazing mosquito experts
September 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Delighted to be at the Cyprus Institute for the climate sensitive vector dynamics modellomg workshop led by wonderful @kerguler.bsky.social with an excellent international turn up of amazing mosquito experts
And here we are for ENTO25 in fabulous Glasgow! With @ukladybirds.bsky.social @ischnura.bsky.social @jennygotsi.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
And here we are for ENTO25 in fabulous Glasgow! With @ukladybirds.bsky.social @ischnura.bsky.social @jennygotsi.bsky.social
While I was waiting for my nephews to take photos with the dinosaur exhibits at the Natural History Museum London, I flicked through @martin-nunez.bsky.social book on scientific never late for some good advice on scientific writing even if you feel like a dinosaur!
September 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
While I was waiting for my nephews to take photos with the dinosaur exhibits at the Natural History Museum London, I flicked through @martin-nunez.bsky.social book on scientific never late for some good advice on scientific writing even if you feel like a dinosaur!
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Serious question. Does the world need a youtube channel on mosquitoes? Ecology, life history, taxonomy, etc.🦟📺🧠
a man wearing glasses and a bow tie is saying hypothetically
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a bow tie is saying hypothetically
media.tenor.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Serious question. Does the world need a youtube channel on mosquitoes? Ecology, life history, taxonomy, etc.🦟📺🧠
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Exciting news! We’ve just launched our new @insectai.bsky.social YouTube channel! 🤩
From today, all presentations from our Annual Meeting (7–9 May, Tirana, Albania) are available to watch in case anyone missed it 📽️🇦🇱
Subscribe and share! 👉 [https://youtube.com/@costinsectai?si=Yn7gZs4OEFI8lDFA]
From today, all presentations from our Annual Meeting (7–9 May, Tirana, Albania) are available to watch in case anyone missed it 📽️🇦🇱
Subscribe and share! 👉 [https://youtube.com/@costinsectai?si=Yn7gZs4OEFI8lDFA]
August 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Exciting news! We’ve just launched our new @insectai.bsky.social YouTube channel! 🤩
From today, all presentations from our Annual Meeting (7–9 May, Tirana, Albania) are available to watch in case anyone missed it 📽️🇦🇱
Subscribe and share! 👉 [https://youtube.com/@costinsectai?si=Yn7gZs4OEFI8lDFA]
From today, all presentations from our Annual Meeting (7–9 May, Tirana, Albania) are available to watch in case anyone missed it 📽️🇦🇱
Subscribe and share! 👉 [https://youtube.com/@costinsectai?si=Yn7gZs4OEFI8lDFA]
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🚨Big news🚨
A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing is out🎉
This is the book I wish I’d had 20 years ago — short, practical, and designed to help researchers write & get their papers published
I hope it helps many
Please share with anyone who might benefit!
👉 mybook.to/ScienceGuide
A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing is out🎉
This is the book I wish I’d had 20 years ago — short, practical, and designed to help researchers write & get their papers published
I hope it helps many
Please share with anyone who might benefit!
👉 mybook.to/ScienceGuide
August 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🚨Big news🚨
A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing is out🎉
This is the book I wish I’d had 20 years ago — short, practical, and designed to help researchers write & get their papers published
I hope it helps many
Please share with anyone who might benefit!
👉 mybook.to/ScienceGuide
A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing is out🎉
This is the book I wish I’d had 20 years ago — short, practical, and designed to help researchers write & get their papers published
I hope it helps many
Please share with anyone who might benefit!
👉 mybook.to/ScienceGuide
Very sorry I missed this bunch and that I could not be in Athens to hear @ukladybirds.bsky.social
Plenary for ICZEGAR wonderful to see the Darwin Plus fellows from Cyprus presenting their work!
Plenary for ICZEGAR wonderful to see the Darwin Plus fellows from Cyprus presenting their work!
July 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Very sorry I missed this bunch and that I could not be in Athens to hear @ukladybirds.bsky.social
Plenary for ICZEGAR wonderful to see the Darwin Plus fellows from Cyprus presenting their work!
Plenary for ICZEGAR wonderful to see the Darwin Plus fellows from Cyprus presenting their work!
Is there a better way to celebrate saltmarshes than sampling?
June 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Is there a better way to celebrate saltmarshes than sampling?
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The IUCN is launching a €2.1M EU-funded Rapid Response Fund to tackle invasive species across Europe. 💸
Grants of €10–50k for urgent action, plus training and expert support. First call opens June 2025. 🫰
👉 Find out more: iucnsos.org/funding-rapi...
#Bioinvasions #EUGreenWeek #SavingOurSpecies
Grants of €10–50k for urgent action, plus training and expert support. First call opens June 2025. 🫰
👉 Find out more: iucnsos.org/funding-rapi...
#Bioinvasions #EUGreenWeek #SavingOurSpecies
Funding rapid action to combat invasive alien species in Europe - IUCN SOS
Invasive alien species remain one of the biggest causes of biodiversity loss and species extinction. These non-natives animals, plants or microorganisms are
iucnsos.org
June 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The IUCN is launching a €2.1M EU-funded Rapid Response Fund to tackle invasive species across Europe. 💸
Grants of €10–50k for urgent action, plus training and expert support. First call opens June 2025. 🫰
👉 Find out more: iucnsos.org/funding-rapi...
#Bioinvasions #EUGreenWeek #SavingOurSpecies
Grants of €10–50k for urgent action, plus training and expert support. First call opens June 2025. 🫰
👉 Find out more: iucnsos.org/funding-rapi...
#Bioinvasions #EUGreenWeek #SavingOurSpecies
3 days left for Our Akrotiri BioBlitz! Island wide in Cyprus this year just dowload iNaturalist and record biodiversity!
May 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
3 days left for Our Akrotiri BioBlitz! Island wide in Cyprus this year just dowload iNaturalist and record biodiversity!
www.nature.com/articles/s41... Delighted to see our paper from Chapter 4 published! Huge thanks to all the terrestrial invertebrate experts who contributed time and energy to generate a huge dataset for Europe and Central Asia
Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species (GIDIAS) - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species (GIDIAS)
www.nature.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
www.nature.com/articles/s41... Delighted to see our paper from Chapter 4 published! Huge thanks to all the terrestrial invertebrate experts who contributed time and energy to generate a huge dataset for Europe and Central Asia
the Akrotiri BioBlitz is going island wide between 24-26 May 2025. Just download the iNaturalist app and record the animals and plants you see around you.
Want to join us to record the species we see together? Find us on Saturday 24 May at the Akrotiri Environmental Education Centre at 9am.
Want to join us to record the species we see together? Find us on Saturday 24 May at the Akrotiri Environmental Education Centre at 9am.
May 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
the Akrotiri BioBlitz is going island wide between 24-26 May 2025. Just download the iNaturalist app and record the animals and plants you see around you.
Want to join us to record the species we see together? Find us on Saturday 24 May at the Akrotiri Environmental Education Centre at 9am.
Want to join us to record the species we see together? Find us on Saturday 24 May at the Akrotiri Environmental Education Centre at 9am.
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Join us as an exhibitor or sponsor at #Ento25 🦋
With 300+ entomologists attending from across academia and industry, this is a great opportunity for organisations to engage with the global entomological community 🔽
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#StrathLife @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
With 300+ entomologists attending from across academia and industry, this is a great opportunity for organisations to engage with the global entomological community 🔽
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#StrathLife @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Ento24: Exhibition & Sponsorship - Royal Entomological Society
Exhibition & sponsorship Ento is the Royal Entomological Society’s annual conference, and the leading global event for insect science in Europe. The conference provides a platform for leading…
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May 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Join us as an exhibitor or sponsor at #Ento25 🦋
With 300+ entomologists attending from across academia and industry, this is a great opportunity for organisations to engage with the global entomological community 🔽
buff.ly/9Io46P7
#StrathLife @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
With 300+ entomologists attending from across academia and industry, this is a great opportunity for organisations to engage with the global entomological community 🔽
buff.ly/9Io46P7
#StrathLife @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
A lovely second day with many exciting talks and interactive sessions!! @insectai.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A lovely second day with many exciting talks and interactive sessions!! @insectai.bsky.social
WG1 working hard! A buzzing morning in Tirana! Welldone insectaiers! Only the start for a full 3 days!! @insectai.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 9:03 AM
WG1 working hard! A buzzing morning in Tirana! Welldone insectaiers! Only the start for a full 3 days!! @insectai.bsky.social
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One of the nice points that I often raise is that mosquitoes are not always problematic - although research is limited, many species now are highlighted as #pollinators
@tanyptera.bsky.social #ThomDallimore #mosquitoes
@tanyptera.bsky.social #ThomDallimore #mosquitoes
April 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
One of the nice points that I often raise is that mosquitoes are not always problematic - although research is limited, many species now are highlighted as #pollinators
@tanyptera.bsky.social #ThomDallimore #mosquitoes
@tanyptera.bsky.social #ThomDallimore #mosquitoes
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🦟"New species of #mosquito identified on the coast of #EastAfrica" @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @baldini-francesco.bsky.social @malariagen.bsky.social @phys.org.web.brid.gy
phys.org/news/2025-04...
phys.org/news/2025-04...
New species of mosquito identified on the coast of East Africa
Scientists have discovered a previously unidentified species of mosquito along the coast of Kenya and Tanzania with potential implications for malaria surveillance and control.
phys.org
April 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
🦟"New species of #mosquito identified on the coast of #EastAfrica" @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @baldini-francesco.bsky.social @malariagen.bsky.social @phys.org.web.brid.gy
phys.org/news/2025-04...
phys.org/news/2025-04...
Delighted to host the Pragmatick training school and workshop on novel technologies and citizen science for ticks recording
April 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Delighted to host the Pragmatick training school and workshop on novel technologies and citizen science for ticks recording