Workshop
Josef Greenhalgh and Noemi Colinas gave a workshop on Adaptation at the Colegio Virgen del Carmen to two classes of year 5 students.
3rd June 2025
Author: centrebaleardebiodiversitat
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Biodiversity Day Posters ENG
Convention
During the 2nd Biodiversity Day, several CBB members presented their research in poster format, sharing progress on a variety of biodiversity-related projects. They contributed the following:
Tommaso Cancellario: “Biodumpy: A Python package for downloading comprehensive biological datasets”
Carolina de Oliveira Magalhães: “Workflow for using Nanopore technology to enhance dietary composition studies: the deep-water rose shrimp Parapenaeus longirostris as a case of study”
Claudio Padua: “Biases in conservation efforts and limited genetic data hinder protection of Mediterranean marine invertebrates”
Joan Díaz-Calafat: “Using flower eDNA metabarcoding to identify the effects of forest structure and microclimate on flower-visiting arthropods”
Joan Pons: “The genome sequence of Tethysbaena scabra (Pretus, 1991), the first known in the peracarid crustacean order Thermosbaenacea”
Laura Triginer-Llabrés: “Genome of Naufraga balearica, an endemic and monospecific plant of Mallorca”
Shantika Maylana Sastraprawira: “Population genetics of pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti), from West Papua, Indonesia: insights from mitochondrial DNA analyses and RADsequencing”
22nd May, 2025
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Biodiversity Day Pres Oral ENG
Convention presentations
The CBB organised the second edition of Biodiversity Day, a scientific convention dedicated to the study and dissemination of biodiversity research. The event brought together numerous researchers who presented their latest work. Among them, the following contributions were made by CBB:
Josef Thomas Greenhalgh: “Microplastics Under Review: How Research Has Evolved, and What Comes Next”
Karen D. Schöninger-Almaraz: “The genome sequence of Tethysbaena scabra (Pretus, 1991), the first known in the peracarid crustacean order Thermosbaenacea”
Lluís Moragues-Solanas: “Using Nanopore’s Adaptive Sampling to enrich metabarcoding reads to analyse diet composition in Parapenaeus longirostris”
Noemi Colinas: “Inhibition of sexual reproduction in rotifer populations: A transgenerational effect in relation to environmental predictability”
Tomás Golomb Durán: “Specifind: Automating Species’ Occurrence Discovery in Scientific Literature through NLP”
Tommaso Cancellario: “Balearica: A new platform for Balearic biodiversity data integration and research”
22nd May, 2025
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Ciència per a Tothom 2025 ENG
Activity Stand
The CBB actively participated in the activities of Ciència per a Tothom 2025 (UIB, Palma) through an activity stand.
May 8–10, 2025
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International Staff Week ENG
Visit and Activity
30 staff members from various countries visited the centre as part of the first International Staff Week at the UIB. During their visit, they toured the facilities and took part in an interactive activity designed to introduce them to the different units within the centre.
6 May 2025
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Phototrapping Extremadura
5th and 6th of May, 2025
Photo-trapping in practice: from survey design to data analysis.
Universidad de Extremadura
The Centro de Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (University of Extremadura), as a member of the Red de Centros para el Estudio y Gestión de la Bioidiversidad, is organising this workshop to provide comprehensive training in the use of camera traps for ecological studies and wildlife conservation.
Key issues such as activity patterns, species interactions, population density estimation and occupancy models will be addressed, combining theory and case studies.
(Deadline for registration: 30 April)
WHEN and where
05/05/2025 to 06/05/2025
9:30-14h and 16-19h
Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Badajoz, Universidad de Extremadura
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BiodiversityDay2025 ENG
22nd May, 2025
2nd Biodiversity Interdisciplinary Meeting
Biodiversity Day 2025
Celebrating International Biodiversity Day, this multidisciplinary event will bring together researchers, students and managers in biology, evolution, ecology, conservation and environmental sciences, among other disciplines. We will explore the challenges and opportunities of biodiversity, approaching its study, management and conservation from a collective and innovative perspective.
Invited speakers, speed-talks, posters (with prizes for students) and networking opportunities in a relaxed atmosphere.
(Deadline for registration: May 1st!)
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Workshop HMW/HiC ENG
20th to 21st May, 2025
Reference Genome Generation: Workshop on Problem Solving in High Molecular Weight DNA and Hi-C Extraction
A two-day interactive workshop focused on the extraction of high molecular weight DNA (HMW) and Hi-C problem-solving.** Designed for experienced researchers and motivated beginners, it provides a platform to discuss and address some of the key challenges in generating high-quality reference genomes.
The main goal of this workshop is to provide practical support for real-world challenges. We aim to create an open and collaborative space where participants can share their experiences, discuss common obstacles, and receive feedback from peers. By engaging everyone in problem-solving discussions, we hope to promote knowledge exchange, refine methodologies, and collectively improve HMW DNA and Hi-C extraction techniques.
When and Where
20/05/2025 to 21/05/2025
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Edifici complex M2 (Carrer Blaise Pascal, 7, Parc Bit)
Limited places
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Talk Porreres
Talk
Maria Capa and Enrique Arboleda were invited to participate in the science week of the Porreres Secondary School, organised under the slogan IES Porreres Fa Ciència.
April 15, 2025
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Presentaciones CBB Abril ENG
Seminar
The CBB organized a scientific event open to the Balearic community. This half-day meeting featured the following presentations:
Guillem Mateu (CBB-UIB): “Entre sediments i fanerògames: foraminífers, ecologia i migracions al Mediterrani”.
Samuele Voyron (Universidad de Turín): “The metabarcoding lab tales”.
Maria Barroso (CBB-UIB): “Variat poliquetil”.
Josef Greenhalgh (CBB-UIB): “How to conquer the world if you are a fish”.
April 10, 2025