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Biological invasions ¦ Human dimensions

Located at EEZA-CSIC in Almeria, Spain
Arnau participated in the II Spanish Botany Congress. He co-organized the symposium “Invasive flora: from cataloging to management, through ecology & evolutionary biology”. He also presented his PhD plan on identifying plant invasion syndromes in mountains globally (part of the MIREN project) 🌍⛰️.
September 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We took part of the MIREN workshop!✨
Arnau and Paula participated in the MIREN — Mountain Invasion Research Network 🌄 workshop, held earlier this month in Innsbruck, Austria. They joined through the project PRISMA: “Syndromes of recurrent plant invasions in mountain areas.”
September 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
IRIS goes to Iceland 🧊

At the beggining of July, Theresa ( @theresahenke.bsky.social )set off for colder climates returning to the University of Iceland Research Centre of the Westfjords (& @fishiceland.bsky.social)‬ for a 6 weeks stay.

Stay tuned for updates on old & new projects :)
August 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Me and @agneskreiling.bsky.social have seen a lot of cool species while on vacation in #Spain: #chamalaeon, #flamingo, #octopus and a huge #robberfly.

It has been a treat visiting @Theresahenke.bsky.social and hear about her work on #bioinvasions.
June 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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We had a busy Invasive Species Week at @iris-eeza.bsky.social!!
We joined the Macrobioblitz #SEI25, organized a public debate on invasions at La Guajira in Almería and were part of the organizing and scientific committees of IyrCIS (iyrcis.webs.uvigo.gal). Next year: more and better! :)
May 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
On April 3rd Ana, Arnau, Paula, and Theresa headed to Cordoba for the PRISMA kick-off meeting. Together with a team of researchers lead by Pablo González Moreno, we will investigate invasion syndromes in plant invasion in mountains over the next four years.

Stay tuned for exciting PRISMA updates!
April 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
IRIS’s first PHD student!!!

Arnau Bosh Guiu has officially started working at the EEZA as part of the IRIS team. Over the next 4 years he will be researching plant invasions in mountain ecosystems worldwide as part of the PRISMA project.

Welcome to the team, Arnau!! 🙂
April 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
In the beginning of march, Ana went to Sevilla for an interviewing process for a permanent position with a focus on global change & biodiversity conservation. She was selected as one of four candidates to receive a permanent position with the CSIC.

Congratulations @ananovoaperez.bsky.social 🎉
April 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
At the end of February, Pavel Pipek (@pavelpipek.bsky.social) (Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Science) came for a visit. In-between catching up, bird-watching, and exciting discussions on culturomics & iEcology, the IRIS team got an introduction into html and data mining.
March 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In January, @ananovoaperez.bsky.social attended the kick off of the Horizon project OneSTOP coordinated by Quentin Groom (Belgium) & Helen Roy (UK). OneSTOP aims to reduce the risks of introducing & spreading invasive species across Europe. Read more about OneSTOP: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/13/p...
March 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
IRIS is growing 🎉 Lucas from Brazil joined us for a short stay until the end of April & Lida from Greece arrived for ger 4-month internship. Both will support Paula in her project on the management of naturalized alien plant species in mountain areas. 

(IRIS selfie for Theresa's birthday :) )
March 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
IRIS went to Prague!!

From 10. - 14.02 our team co-organised two exciting workshops on invasion culturomics ( and SoNAF (Social dimensions of Naturalized Alien Flora) that took place in the castle of Průhonice @ibotcz.bsky.social
@invaculture.net
We are excited to work on the future developments!
March 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The last couple of months have been quiet on here but but we have been busy...

Let us catch you up :)

#IRIS-EEZA #InvasionScience
March 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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New paper out: The tale of the founder flounder 🐟

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We identify the geographic origin of alien flounder in Iceland, and discuss potential implications on the flounders’ status & hybridisation ❓👀

@fishiceland.bsky.social
@mfri.bsky.social
The tale of the founder flounder: assessing the origin of a recently established fish in Icelandic waters - Hydrobiologia
The geographic origin of a newly established species is an important aspect of a species’ colonisation history used for classification and management plans but can additionally deliver information on ...
link.springer.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Getting ready for the second #SoNAF meeting in winter wonderland 🤩❄️ @iris-eeza.bsky.social @invaculture.net @ibotcz.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Great discussions, amazing people, and exciting new perspectives at the Invasion Culturomics Workshop! 🌍 Happy to be part of this event in Průhonice, Czech Republic! #InvasionScience #Culturomics #ScienceMeetsCulture
February 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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How to include a human dimension in the research of biological invasions? @theresahenke.bsky.social talked to recreational anglers in Iceland to get their perspective on the spread of the European flounder. She was kind enough to share her story and findings with us!
blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/06/t...
The human dimensions of biological invasions – involving stakeholders in addressing invasive species
Can the knowledge and experience of recreational anglers in Iceland help us understand how far the invasive flounder has spread in the country?
blog.pensoft.net
February 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
New paper out 🙌
Happy that my 2nd PhD paper is officially published in @neobiota.pensoft.net 🐟
Looking at flounder, we highlight the value of stakeholder observations in the monitoring of alien species 🐟🇮🇸

neobiota.pensoft.net/article/1323...

@fishiceland.bsky.social @hlynurb.bsky.social @mfri.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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The time has come 🤓🇮🇸🐟

I will be defending my PhD on Thursday at 13 GMT. If you want to hear me talk about flounder (once again) and all the fun things I did over the past five years, tune in for the life stream:

eu01web.zoom.us/j/67667648639

@fishiceland.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
When one team member has relocated to Spain from Argentina and one from Iceland...

Can you tell?🥶🥵
December 12, 2024 at 5:19 PM
IRIS is starting the new week with coffee & work from the beach :)

@zarahpattison.bsky.social, want to join us for a Maricastaña monday? :)
December 2, 2024 at 10:43 AM
IRIS's PI @ananovoaperez.bsky.social has joined the team of Editors-in-Chief of @neobiotajournal.bsky.social 🥳🎉
November 26, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Today, we had our first (of hopefully many) weekly IRIS team meetings to get to know each other & catch up on our projects, progresses and potential mishaps 🙂

We can’t wait to see where all our projects will lead to & what new ideas will come up in these meetings. Stay tuned!
November 25, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Our views on the way to the office 🌴☀️
Good morning ☕🌴
November 25, 2024 at 2:41 PM
2 new team members decided to join us in Almeria all the way from South America 🌞

Paula Gervazoni from Argentina is the newest researcher at IRIS & Jonathan Almeida is a visiting PhD student from Brazil 🌱

⬇️ In our preferred habitat: the IRIS team in front of invasive Pennisetum setaceum
November 21, 2024 at 8:34 AM