GuardIAS
@guardias.bsky.social
Guarding European Waters from Invasive Alien Species
Horizon Europe project supporting the EU IAS Regulation in the marine and freshwater environments by offering solutions that address every phase of the invasion process #bioinvasions
Horizon Europe project supporting the EU IAS Regulation in the marine and freshwater environments by offering solutions that address every phase of the invasion process #bioinvasions
Meet #GuardIAS WP6 Leaders, Dr Maria Sini & Dr Nóirín Burke! 📣
Their team helps tell the story of the entire project. They collaborate with all partners to share GuardIAS's innovations and successes with the world.
Read more: guardias.eu/work-package...
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Their team helps tell the story of the entire project. They collaborate with all partners to share GuardIAS's innovations and successes with the world.
Read more: guardias.eu/work-package...
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Meet #GuardIAS WP6 Leaders, Dr Maria Sini & Dr Nóirín Burke! 📣
Their team helps tell the story of the entire project. They collaborate with all partners to share GuardIAS's innovations and successes with the world.
Read more: guardias.eu/work-package...
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Their team helps tell the story of the entire project. They collaborate with all partners to share GuardIAS's innovations and successes with the world.
Read more: guardias.eu/work-package...
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Lien Reyserhove (@inbo.be & @onestop-project.eu) and Damiano Oldoni (#GuardIAS) recently spent 2 days at the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN) facility at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Italy.
Read more here: guardias.eu/guardias-one...
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Read more here: guardias.eu/guardias-one...
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Lien Reyserhove (@inbo.be & @onestop-project.eu) and Damiano Oldoni (#GuardIAS) recently spent 2 days at the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN) facility at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Italy.
Read more here: guardias.eu/guardias-one...
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Read more here: guardias.eu/guardias-one...
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Spotlight: The Humpback (Pink) Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) 🐟
It’s a major threat, outcompeting native salmon & polluting rivers after mass spawning events.
The #GuardIAS project is assessing its impact across Europe. Read more at guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
It’s a major threat, outcompeting native salmon & polluting rivers after mass spawning events.
The #GuardIAS project is assessing its impact across Europe. Read more at guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Spotlight: The Humpback (Pink) Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) 🐟
It’s a major threat, outcompeting native salmon & polluting rivers after mass spawning events.
The #GuardIAS project is assessing its impact across Europe. Read more at guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
It’s a major threat, outcompeting native salmon & polluting rivers after mass spawning events.
The #GuardIAS project is assessing its impact across Europe. Read more at guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Best of luck to Samuel Vander Velpen (vicuniwgtn.bsky.social, Nelson AI), who is representing the #GuardIAS project at the fourth annual Artificial Intelligence Researchers Association conference this week.
Read the abstract: lnkd.in/eX9Kx-5f
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Read the abstract: lnkd.in/eX9Kx-5f
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
November 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Best of luck to Samuel Vander Velpen (vicuniwgtn.bsky.social, Nelson AI), who is representing the #GuardIAS project at the fourth annual Artificial Intelligence Researchers Association conference this week.
Read the abstract: lnkd.in/eX9Kx-5f
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Read the abstract: lnkd.in/eX9Kx-5f
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Spotlight: Parrot's Feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum) 🌿
This plant is a major aquatic threat, forming dense mats that choke native life, deplete oxygen, and block waterways.
#GuardIAS is managing its spread in Italy.
See our work: guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
This plant is a major aquatic threat, forming dense mats that choke native life, deplete oxygen, and block waterways.
#GuardIAS is managing its spread in Italy.
See our work: guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Spotlight: Parrot's Feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum) 🌿
This plant is a major aquatic threat, forming dense mats that choke native life, deplete oxygen, and block waterways.
#GuardIAS is managing its spread in Italy.
See our work: guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
This plant is a major aquatic threat, forming dense mats that choke native life, deplete oxygen, and block waterways.
#GuardIAS is managing its spread in Italy.
See our work: guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Meet #GuardIAS WP5 Leader, Dr Jonathan Jeschke.
His team is pioneering a STEAM approach, using applied games and "BioArtBlitz" events to bring together scientists, artists, and the public to fight invasive species.
Read our full Q&A: guardias.eu/work-package...
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
His team is pioneering a STEAM approach, using applied games and "BioArtBlitz" events to bring together scientists, artists, and the public to fight invasive species.
Read our full Q&A: guardias.eu/work-package...
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Meet #GuardIAS WP5 Leader, Dr Jonathan Jeschke.
His team is pioneering a STEAM approach, using applied games and "BioArtBlitz" events to bring together scientists, artists, and the public to fight invasive species.
Read our full Q&A: guardias.eu/work-package...
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
His team is pioneering a STEAM approach, using applied games and "BioArtBlitz" events to bring together scientists, artists, and the public to fight invasive species.
Read our full Q&A: guardias.eu/work-package...
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Laura Verbrugge at the #GuardIAS Conference highlighted a key truth: awareness isn’t enough. Her social-science–based framework shows how to measure what people know, feel, and do—giving biosecurity campaigns the tools to track real behavior change, not just information spread.
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Laura Verbrugge at the #GuardIAS Conference highlighted a key truth: awareness isn’t enough. Her social-science–based framework shows how to measure what people know, feel, and do—giving biosecurity campaigns the tools to track real behavior change, not just information spread.
@damianooldoni.bsky.social at #GuardIAS Conference: the #GBIF Alert tool is evolving into a Europe-wide early warning system for #InvasiveSpecies. With open data, eDNA inputs, and alignment with #EASIN /NOTSYS, faster and smarter alerts are on the horizon.
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
@damianooldoni.bsky.social at #GuardIAS Conference: the #GBIF Alert tool is evolving into a Europe-wide early warning system for #InvasiveSpecies. With open data, eDNA inputs, and alignment with #EASIN /NOTSYS, faster and smarter alerts are on the horizon.
Fresh insights at #GuardIAS Conference from @teuneverts.bsky.social : pooled #eDNA sampling is proving a smart, cost-efficient way to track the northernmost Xenopus laevis invasion. With 100+ km² already occupied, this approach delivers fast, actionable intelligence for cross-border management.
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Fresh insights at #GuardIAS Conference from @teuneverts.bsky.social : pooled #eDNA sampling is proving a smart, cost-efficient way to track the northernmost Xenopus laevis invasion. With 100+ km² already occupied, this approach delivers fast, actionable intelligence for cross-border management.
Anastasija Zaiko opened the #GuardIAS conference today: new high-speed, scalable eDNA samplers—surface to deep water, shore to AUV—are making biodiversity detection smarter, faster, and far more reliable. Big step forward for early-warning and #biosecurity surveillance.
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Anastasija Zaiko opened the #GuardIAS conference today: new high-speed, scalable eDNA samplers—surface to deep water, shore to AUV—are making biodiversity detection smarter, faster, and far more reliable. Big step forward for early-warning and #biosecurity surveillance.
A lively #GuardIAS talk from Mar Santos-Simón: marina-based citizen science is turning boaters into frontline biofouling sentinels. With hands-on sampling, rapid alien-species checks, and “adopt-a-collector” monitoring, these events are boosting awareness and expanding surveillance capacity in Italy
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A lively #GuardIAS talk from Mar Santos-Simón: marina-based citizen science is turning boaters into frontline biofouling sentinels. With hands-on sampling, rapid alien-species checks, and “adopt-a-collector” monitoring, these events are boosting awareness and expanding surveillance capacity in Italy
A warning at #GuardIAS Conference from @bgallardo.bsky.social : drought “solutions” like reservoirs and inter-basin transfers can become #invasion highways. With quagga mussels primed to expand under #ClimateChange, integrating #biosecurity into water-infrastructure planning is no longer optional.
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A warning at #GuardIAS Conference from @bgallardo.bsky.social : drought “solutions” like reservoirs and inter-basin transfers can become #invasion highways. With quagga mussels primed to expand under #ClimateChange, integrating #biosecurity into water-infrastructure planning is no longer optional.
A standout #GuardIAS talk from Rein Brys: ddPCR-based #eDNA not only detects #invasive Marbled crayfish in the Hatertse Vennen but also estimates their abundance—revealing a far larger metapopulation and clear impacts on native amphibians. Powerful tools now steering targeted management.
@inbo.be
@inbo.be
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A great talk at #GuardIAS Conference today: Amalia Mailli presented a new open, modular #eDNA reference database for Europe’s aquatic IAS. Bringing assays, primers & barcode gaps together in one place—this will boost detection, monitoring and future research across freshwater and marine systems.
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Theofanis Karayannis just delivered a sharp keynote at #GuardIAS Conference: "Current regulatory developments at IMO on ballast water and biofouling". From the BWM Convention review to a binding biofouling framework, global rules on #IAS pathways are about to get tougher.
#InvasiveSpecies
#InvasiveSpecies
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Theofanis Karayannis just delivered a sharp keynote at #GuardIAS Conference: "Current regulatory developments at IMO on ballast water and biofouling". From the BWM Convention review to a binding biofouling framework, global rules on #IAS pathways are about to get tougher.
#InvasiveSpecies
#InvasiveSpecies
The big win: Biosecurity experts can stop the laborious data-digging and focus on making faster, more informed decisions to protect our ecosystems. 🛡️
A fantastic collaboration between GuardIAS, vicuniwgtn.bsky.social, and Nelson Artificial Intelligence.
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
A fantastic collaboration between GuardIAS, vicuniwgtn.bsky.social, and Nelson Artificial Intelligence.
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The big win: Biosecurity experts can stop the laborious data-digging and focus on making faster, more informed decisions to protect our ecosystems. 🛡️
A fantastic collaboration between GuardIAS, vicuniwgtn.bsky.social, and Nelson Artificial Intelligence.
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
A fantastic collaboration between GuardIAS, vicuniwgtn.bsky.social, and Nelson Artificial Intelligence.
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Damiano Oldoni (@inbo.be) presented on scaling an early alert web app for invasive species management in Belgium to cover Europe at the recent Living Data 2025 in Bogotá.
Explore the talk in more detail 👇
Abstract: lnkd.in/eZvUqQKc
Slides: lnkd.in/e6veyXvK
#InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #BioInvasions
Explore the talk in more detail 👇
Abstract: lnkd.in/eZvUqQKc
Slides: lnkd.in/e6veyXvK
#InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #BioInvasions
October 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Damiano Oldoni (@inbo.be) presented on scaling an early alert web app for invasive species management in Belgium to cover Europe at the recent Living Data 2025 in Bogotá.
Explore the talk in more detail 👇
Abstract: lnkd.in/eZvUqQKc
Slides: lnkd.in/e6veyXvK
#InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #BioInvasions
Explore the talk in more detail 👇
Abstract: lnkd.in/eZvUqQKc
Slides: lnkd.in/e6veyXvK
#InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #BioInvasions
The programme for the first GuardIAS &
@invasivesnet.bsky.social virtual conference is live!
Check out the lineup of presentations, posters & workshops on biosecurity and invasive species prevention.
🗓️ Nov 13-14
📚Full programme: guardias.eu/guardias-con...
#GuardIASConference
@invasivesnet.bsky.social virtual conference is live!
Check out the lineup of presentations, posters & workshops on biosecurity and invasive species prevention.
🗓️ Nov 13-14
📚Full programme: guardias.eu/guardias-con...
#GuardIASConference
October 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The programme for the first GuardIAS &
@invasivesnet.bsky.social virtual conference is live!
Check out the lineup of presentations, posters & workshops on biosecurity and invasive species prevention.
🗓️ Nov 13-14
📚Full programme: guardias.eu/guardias-con...
#GuardIASConference
@invasivesnet.bsky.social virtual conference is live!
Check out the lineup of presentations, posters & workshops on biosecurity and invasive species prevention.
🗓️ Nov 13-14
📚Full programme: guardias.eu/guardias-con...
#GuardIASConference
Attack of the Clones? 👽 That's the marbled crayfish 🦞, just one of 11 invasive species the #GUARDIAS project is tackling!
The team is using high-tech tools like eDNA & AI to build an early-warning system and protect Europe's waters.
Read the full story: guardias.eu/cutting-edge...
The team is using high-tech tools like eDNA & AI to build an early-warning system and protect Europe's waters.
Read the full story: guardias.eu/cutting-edge...
October 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Attack of the Clones? 👽 That's the marbled crayfish 🦞, just one of 11 invasive species the #GUARDIAS project is tackling!
The team is using high-tech tools like eDNA & AI to build an early-warning system and protect Europe's waters.
Read the full story: guardias.eu/cutting-edge...
The team is using high-tech tools like eDNA & AI to build an early-warning system and protect Europe's waters.
Read the full story: guardias.eu/cutting-edge...
Help protect our waters! 🌊
The #GuardIAS project has just launched an online course on preventing invasive aquatic species.
Essential knowledge for anyone in ecology, conservation, or environmental management.
Get started 👉 www.ecmunipv.it/login/index....
#MOOC #InvasiveSpecies
The #GuardIAS project has just launched an online course on preventing invasive aquatic species.
Essential knowledge for anyone in ecology, conservation, or environmental management.
Get started 👉 www.ecmunipv.it/login/index....
#MOOC #InvasiveSpecies
October 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Help protect our waters! 🌊
The #GuardIAS project has just launched an online course on preventing invasive aquatic species.
Essential knowledge for anyone in ecology, conservation, or environmental management.
Get started 👉 www.ecmunipv.it/login/index....
#MOOC #InvasiveSpecies
The #GuardIAS project has just launched an online course on preventing invasive aquatic species.
Essential knowledge for anyone in ecology, conservation, or environmental management.
Get started 👉 www.ecmunipv.it/login/index....
#MOOC #InvasiveSpecies
🌊 Corbicula fluminea has officially arrived in New Zealand — but what does this mean for ecosystems, management, and freshwater biosecurity?
Join @invasivesnet.bsky.social & Dr. Deborah Hofstra on October 14 to learn how a tiny clam could reshape freshwater ecosystems!
Register here: aub.ie/bSALiV
Join @invasivesnet.bsky.social & Dr. Deborah Hofstra on October 14 to learn how a tiny clam could reshape freshwater ecosystems!
Register here: aub.ie/bSALiV
October 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🌊 Corbicula fluminea has officially arrived in New Zealand — but what does this mean for ecosystems, management, and freshwater biosecurity?
Join @invasivesnet.bsky.social & Dr. Deborah Hofstra on October 14 to learn how a tiny clam could reshape freshwater ecosystems!
Register here: aub.ie/bSALiV
Join @invasivesnet.bsky.social & Dr. Deborah Hofstra on October 14 to learn how a tiny clam could reshape freshwater ecosystems!
Register here: aub.ie/bSALiV
Tim Adriaens, WP4 co-lead, presented a keynote at the 12th meeting of the Helenic Ecological Society on "Management of #BiologicalInvasions across the invasion curve: from risk management strategies to real-world #conservation action."
#bioinvasions
#bioinvasions
October 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Tim Adriaens, WP4 co-lead, presented a keynote at the 12th meeting of the Helenic Ecological Society on "Management of #BiologicalInvasions across the invasion curve: from risk management strategies to real-world #conservation action."
#bioinvasions
#bioinvasions
Day 2 of the #GuardIAS meeting was all about our 11 case studies!
Great to see the nitty-gritty of using eDNA & drones for detection, modelling population spread, and launching new citizen science projects.
Also got a preview of upcoming online events from at @invasivesnet.bsky.social.
Great to see the nitty-gritty of using eDNA & drones for detection, modelling population spread, and launching new citizen science projects.
Also got a preview of upcoming online events from at @invasivesnet.bsky.social.
October 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Day 2 of the #GuardIAS meeting was all about our 11 case studies!
Great to see the nitty-gritty of using eDNA & drones for detection, modelling population spread, and launching new citizen science projects.
Also got a preview of upcoming online events from at @invasivesnet.bsky.social.
Great to see the nitty-gritty of using eDNA & drones for detection, modelling population spread, and launching new citizen science projects.
Also got a preview of upcoming online events from at @invasivesnet.bsky.social.
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