Isabel Kilian Salas
@isakiliansalas.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Pollination for Native Seed @ WSU| former PhD candidate @ #LIB & #unibonn | 🐝🪰pollinator networks & 🪱soil biodiversity |#LatinasInStem🇪🇨 | (ella/she/her) | views are my own
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Maximizing Identification Precision of Hymenoptera and Brachycera (Diptera) With a Non‐Destructive DNA Metabarcoding Approach
DNA metabarcoding is utilized for efficient bulk sample assessment, yet limited research addresses disparities in species identification methods. We compared diverse clustering and filtering techniqu....
doi.org
How does #DNAmetabarcoding overlap with traditional morphological ID? We tested this on Brachycera 🪰 and Hymenoptera 🐝 in our latest publication! 👇 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Reposted by Isabel Kilian Salas
🚨 Out now in #EnvironmentalDNA led by #MiwaTakahashi: Results of a huge, global effort to facilitate the publication of raw and processed #eDNA data & ensure that dataset we are currently generating, adhere to the #FAIR principles & won't be lost. @gbif.org, #ENA,
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
A Metadata Checklist and Data Formatting Guidelines to Make eDNA FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable)
Environmental DNA (eDNA) has emerged as a transformative tool for biodiversity monitoring and species detection, yet inconsistent metadata practices hinder data interoperability and reuse. To address...
doi.org
June 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🚨 Out now in #EnvironmentalDNA led by #MiwaTakahashi: Results of a huge, global effort to facilitate the publication of raw and processed #eDNA data & ensure that dataset we are currently generating, adhere to the #FAIR principles & won't be lost. @gbif.org, #ENA,
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
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From meeting the challenges of parenting whilst completing a PhD to thriving as a researcher, Dr Chimene Laure Daleu says honesty is key to a supportive environment. #AndAScientist #CarersWeek royalsociety.org/about-us/who...
June 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
From meeting the challenges of parenting whilst completing a PhD to thriving as a researcher, Dr Chimene Laure Daleu says honesty is key to a supportive environment. #AndAScientist #CarersWeek royalsociety.org/about-us/who...
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🚨New research sets conservation goals for European terrestrial mammals! 🌎🧪
Study by D’Alessio, A., Davoli, M., Rondinini, C. et al. employed a new methodology to set targets for 81 threatened European mammals to achieve a favorable conservation status.🐺🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Study by D’Alessio, A., Davoli, M., Rondinini, C. et al. employed a new methodology to set targets for 81 threatened European mammals to achieve a favorable conservation status.🐺🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
2030 conservation targets for European terrestrial mammals using the favourable conservation status concept - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - 2030 conservation targets for European terrestrial mammals using the favourable conservation status concept
www.nature.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🚨New research sets conservation goals for European terrestrial mammals! 🌎🧪
Study by D’Alessio, A., Davoli, M., Rondinini, C. et al. employed a new methodology to set targets for 81 threatened European mammals to achieve a favorable conservation status.🐺🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Study by D’Alessio, A., Davoli, M., Rondinini, C. et al. employed a new methodology to set targets for 81 threatened European mammals to achieve a favorable conservation status.🐺🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Isabel Kilian Salas
Along with @ferransayol.bsky.social we discovered specialized bees have bigger brains... which was puzzling at first royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/.... But evidence supporting this is accumulating: Specialists are better at learning: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Pollinator cognition in a plant network | Biology Letters
Cognitive abilities evolve within the context of ecological communities. Honeybees
and bumblebees have become model systems for cognitive ecology, but pollination is
performed by a diverse group of in...
royalsocietypublishing.org
June 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Along with @ferransayol.bsky.social we discovered specialized bees have bigger brains... which was puzzling at first royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/.... But evidence supporting this is accumulating: Specialists are better at learning: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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📢 Calling PhD students 📢 we want to hear from you!
Help shape the future of PhD education. Take our survey to tell us all about your experiences
https://go.nature.com/3FhzbVE
Help shape the future of PhD education. Take our survey to tell us all about your experiences
https://go.nature.com/3FhzbVE
PhD students in STEM: Nature wants to hear from you
Nature - Buried in lab work or drowning in data? Take a break and help shape the future of PhD education.
go.nature.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
📢 Calling PhD students 📢 we want to hear from you!
Help shape the future of PhD education. Take our survey to tell us all about your experiences
https://go.nature.com/3FhzbVE
Help shape the future of PhD education. Take our survey to tell us all about your experiences
https://go.nature.com/3FhzbVE
Reposted by Isabel Kilian Salas
Pollinator decline has captured global attention, but another plant-animal mutualism is quietly unraveling.
Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity article synthesizes global evidence on seed disperser decline and what it means for plant biodiversity, ecosystem recovery, and climate adaptation. 🧵
Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity article synthesizes global evidence on seed disperser decline and what it means for plant biodiversity, ecosystem recovery, and climate adaptation. 🧵
Drivers and impacts of global seed disperser decline
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Many plants rely on animals to disperse their seeds, but some groups of these seed-dispersing animals are facing severe declines. This Review summarizes evidence of...
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May 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Pollinator decline has captured global attention, but another plant-animal mutualism is quietly unraveling.
Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity article synthesizes global evidence on seed disperser decline and what it means for plant biodiversity, ecosystem recovery, and climate adaptation. 🧵
Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity article synthesizes global evidence on seed disperser decline and what it means for plant biodiversity, ecosystem recovery, and climate adaptation. 🧵
Reposted by Isabel Kilian Salas
Insect apocalypse? No! Intercropping can be a solution: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Multispecies crop mixtures increase insect biodiversity in an intercropping experiment
In an agricultural field intercropping experiment, we manipulated crop diversity (0–3 crop species) and the input of agrochemicals. We found that insect biodiversity increases with crop diversity and...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Insect apocalypse? No! Intercropping can be a solution: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Isabel Kilian Salas
Contrasting effects of #climate warming on hosts and parasitoids: insights from Rocky Mountain aspen leaf miners and their parasitoids #ProcB royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
March 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Contrasting effects of #climate warming on hosts and parasitoids: insights from Rocky Mountain aspen leaf miners and their parasitoids #ProcB royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reposted by Isabel Kilian Salas
A new issue of Journal of Pollination Ecology has just been published. All papers are open access and free to download!
pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...
#pollinators #bees #botany #entomology #biodiversity #ecology
pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...
#pollinators #bees #botany #entomology #biodiversity #ecology
Vol. 37 (2024)
| Journal of Pollination Ecology
pollinationecology.org
March 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A new issue of Journal of Pollination Ecology has just been published. All papers are open access and free to download!
pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...
#pollinators #bees #botany #entomology #biodiversity #ecology
pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...
#pollinators #bees #botany #entomology #biodiversity #ecology
Reposted by Isabel Kilian Salas
Excited to see this out!! In this thought-provoking review led by @davidperis.bsky.social and Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente we further demonstrate that insect #pollination was once widespread among #gymnosperms and existed long before the origin of #angiosperms
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Excited to see this out!! In this thought-provoking review led by @davidperis.bsky.social and Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente we further demonstrate that insect #pollination was once widespread among #gymnosperms and existed long before the origin of #angiosperms
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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🌿🐝 New paper! Sílvia Castro, Sara Lopes, @catarinasiopa.bsky.social, @jloureiro13.bsky.social & Hugo Gaspar coauthored a study on EuPPollNet, Europe’s largest plant-pollinator network database! 🌍💡
Thanks @joseblanuza.bsky.social and @ibartomeus.bsky.social for the great coordination!
📖 Read it 👇
Thanks @joseblanuza.bsky.social and @ibartomeus.bsky.social for the great coordination!
📖 Read it 👇
EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant‐Pollinator Networks
Motivation Pollinators play a crucial role in maintaining Earth's terrestrial biodiversity. However, rapid human-induced environmental changes are compromising the long-term persistence of plant-pol...
doi.org
February 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🌿🐝 New paper! Sílvia Castro, Sara Lopes, @catarinasiopa.bsky.social, @jloureiro13.bsky.social & Hugo Gaspar coauthored a study on EuPPollNet, Europe’s largest plant-pollinator network database! 🌍💡
Thanks @joseblanuza.bsky.social and @ibartomeus.bsky.social for the great coordination!
📖 Read it 👇
Thanks @joseblanuza.bsky.social and @ibartomeus.bsky.social for the great coordination!
📖 Read it 👇
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Shoutout to all my fellow amazing women in science I have met in the past. You inspired me everyday!
¡Feliz y reivindicativo #11F a todas y a todos, porque la ciencia no tiene género!
#WomanInStem #WomenInScienceDay #11F2025
¡Feliz y reivindicativo #11F a todas y a todos, porque la ciencia no tiene género!
#WomanInStem #WomenInScienceDay #11F2025
February 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Shoutout to all my fellow amazing women in science I have met in the past. You inspired me everyday!
¡Feliz y reivindicativo #11F a todas y a todos, porque la ciencia no tiene género!
#WomanInStem #WomenInScienceDay #11F2025
¡Feliz y reivindicativo #11F a todas y a todos, porque la ciencia no tiene género!
#WomanInStem #WomenInScienceDay #11F2025
Reposted by Isabel Kilian Salas
"Women will continue moving forward — not only for ourselves but for the next generation that will inherit our efforts and build upon them. The status quo is not an option"
Kaori Hayashi is the executive vice-president of the University of Tokyo
https://go.nature.com/4jTowA0
Kaori Hayashi is the executive vice-president of the University of Tokyo
https://go.nature.com/4jTowA0
‘Male-dominated campuses belong to the past’: the University of Tokyo tackles the gender gap
A range of initiatives, from financial-support schemes to awareness campaigns, is already changing the university’s environment.
go.nature.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Women will continue moving forward — not only for ourselves but for the next generation that will inherit our efforts and build upon them. The status quo is not an option"
Kaori Hayashi is the executive vice-president of the University of Tokyo
https://go.nature.com/4jTowA0
Kaori Hayashi is the executive vice-president of the University of Tokyo
https://go.nature.com/4jTowA0
And that is why representation matters! 👩🏻⚕️👩🏼⚕️👩🏽⚕️🧑🏾⚕️👩🏿⚕️
When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.
Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx
Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx
February 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
And that is why representation matters! 👩🏻⚕️👩🏼⚕️👩🏽⚕️🧑🏾⚕️👩🏿⚕️
Reposted by Isabel Kilian Salas
📣#Stellenangebot
🌱 🌽 🎓Promotion zur nachhaltigen Landwirtschaft - Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in🌱 🌽 🎓
Zum Bewerbungsportal ⬇️
lnkd.in/eKe7NDuV
Bei Fragen gerne Frau Dr. Sarah Iweala (sarah.iweala@uni-goettingen.de) kontaktieren!
Über das Teilen der Ausschreibung würden wir uns sehr freuen 🙏
🌱 🌽 🎓Promotion zur nachhaltigen Landwirtschaft - Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in🌱 🌽 🎓
Zum Bewerbungsportal ⬇️
lnkd.in/eKe7NDuV
Bei Fragen gerne Frau Dr. Sarah Iweala (sarah.iweala@uni-goettingen.de) kontaktieren!
Über das Teilen der Ausschreibung würden wir uns sehr freuen 🙏
January 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
📣#Stellenangebot
🌱 🌽 🎓Promotion zur nachhaltigen Landwirtschaft - Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in🌱 🌽 🎓
Zum Bewerbungsportal ⬇️
lnkd.in/eKe7NDuV
Bei Fragen gerne Frau Dr. Sarah Iweala (sarah.iweala@uni-goettingen.de) kontaktieren!
Über das Teilen der Ausschreibung würden wir uns sehr freuen 🙏
🌱 🌽 🎓Promotion zur nachhaltigen Landwirtschaft - Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in🌱 🌽 🎓
Zum Bewerbungsportal ⬇️
lnkd.in/eKe7NDuV
Bei Fragen gerne Frau Dr. Sarah Iweala (sarah.iweala@uni-goettingen.de) kontaktieren!
Über das Teilen der Ausschreibung würden wir uns sehr freuen 🙏
How does #DNAmetabarcoding overlap with traditional morphological ID? We tested this on Brachycera 🪰 and Hymenoptera 🐝 in our latest publication! 👇 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Maximizing Identification Precision of Hymenoptera and Brachycera (Diptera) With a Non‐Destructive DNA Metabarcoding Approach
DNA metabarcoding is utilized for efficient bulk sample assessment, yet limited research addresses disparities in species identification methods. We compared diverse clustering and filtering techniqu....
doi.org
January 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
How does #DNAmetabarcoding overlap with traditional morphological ID? We tested this on Brachycera 🪰 and Hymenoptera 🐝 in our latest publication! 👇 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Reposted by Isabel Kilian Salas
📢 Job opportunity: Join our team as Postdoctoral Researcher to explore acoustic monitoring methods and their applications in conservation and agriculture with a focus on arthropods
@unigoettingen.bsky.social
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@feda-biodiv.bsky.social
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht...
@unigoettingen.bsky.social
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@feda-biodiv.bsky.social
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht...
Stellen OBP - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
www.uni-goettingen.de
January 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
📢 Job opportunity: Join our team as Postdoctoral Researcher to explore acoustic monitoring methods and their applications in conservation and agriculture with a focus on arthropods
@unigoettingen.bsky.social
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@feda-biodiv.bsky.social
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht...
@unigoettingen.bsky.social
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@feda-biodiv.bsky.social
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht...
Reposted by Isabel Kilian Salas
Introducing Nature Reviews Biodiversity! This Review explores the relationship between emerging infectious diseases and biodiversity loss, and how both are connected to global environmental changes in the Anthropocene. https://go.nature.com/42fzUQk 🧪
January 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Introducing Nature Reviews Biodiversity! This Review explores the relationship between emerging infectious diseases and biodiversity loss, and how both are connected to global environmental changes in the Anthropocene. https://go.nature.com/42fzUQk 🧪
Reposted by Isabel Kilian Salas
+++ Startpaket zu Naturschutz & Biodiversität +++
Nachdem die Startpakete von @rote-liste-zentrum.bsky.social & @akrotelm.bsky.social uns sehr weitergeholfen haben, hier nun eines von der BSG.
Gerne in den Kommentaren weitere wichtige Akteur*innen ergänzen!
go.bsky.app/BZGnXSi
Nachdem die Startpakete von @rote-liste-zentrum.bsky.social & @akrotelm.bsky.social uns sehr weitergeholfen haben, hier nun eines von der BSG.
Gerne in den Kommentaren weitere wichtige Akteur*innen ergänzen!
go.bsky.app/BZGnXSi
January 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
+++ Startpaket zu Naturschutz & Biodiversität +++
Nachdem die Startpakete von @rote-liste-zentrum.bsky.social & @akrotelm.bsky.social uns sehr weitergeholfen haben, hier nun eines von der BSG.
Gerne in den Kommentaren weitere wichtige Akteur*innen ergänzen!
go.bsky.app/BZGnXSi
Nachdem die Startpakete von @rote-liste-zentrum.bsky.social & @akrotelm.bsky.social uns sehr weitergeholfen haben, hier nun eines von der BSG.
Gerne in den Kommentaren weitere wichtige Akteur*innen ergänzen!
go.bsky.app/BZGnXSi
Reposted by Isabel Kilian Salas
Okay, the list is far from complete, but it is a first attempt.☺️Here you can find our starter pack on #research organizations and #academies, in #Germany and worldwide. Who else do you think should be included? go.bsky.app/DGGtVu6
January 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Okay, the list is far from complete, but it is a first attempt.☺️Here you can find our starter pack on #research organizations and #academies, in #Germany and worldwide. Who else do you think should be included? go.bsky.app/DGGtVu6
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"My confidants … helped me see there is no disgrace in seeking help."
This week's #ScienceWorkingLife: https://scim.ag/3C6lXJV
This week's #ScienceWorkingLife: https://scim.ag/3C6lXJV
January 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"My confidants … helped me see there is no disgrace in seeking help."
This week's #ScienceWorkingLife: https://scim.ag/3C6lXJV
This week's #ScienceWorkingLife: https://scim.ag/3C6lXJV
Reposted by Isabel Kilian Salas
Ever dreamt of an insect trap that is non lethal? Check out this new paper by our PhD student Juan Chiavassa! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Field Automatic Insect Recognition‐Device—A Non‐Lethal Semi‐Automatic Malaise Trap for Insect Biodiversity Monitoring: Proof of Concept
The FAIR-Device, a novel nonlethal field tool, combines semi-automatic image capture and AI-based species identification to monitor insect biodiversity. In a 26-day proof-of-concept evaluation, it re....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 1, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Ever dreamt of an insect trap that is non lethal? Check out this new paper by our PhD student Juan Chiavassa! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Isabel Kilian Salas
One week left to apply!
I have an open position (fully funded for 4 years) for a PhD candidate in a project on pollinator communities and populations in relation to forest structure and microclimate.
See more, and apply here: www.slu.se/en/about-slu....
See more, and apply here: www.slu.se/en/about-slu....
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Jobs and vacancies at SLU. Read more about each job by clicking the job title. Please, follow the instructions closely when applying.
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January 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
One week left to apply!