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
At a recent workshop in Monaco, Maria Zotou shared how the #GuardIAS project is tackling the lionfish invasion in Crete & Santorini through population control & commercial fishing.
Read more about the event here: guardias.eu/lionfish-in-...
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Read more about the event here: guardias.eu/lionfish-in-...
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
At a recent workshop in Monaco, Maria Zotou shared how the #GuardIAS project is tackling the lionfish invasion in Crete & Santorini through population control & commercial fishing.
Read more about the event here: guardias.eu/lionfish-in-...
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Read more about the event here: guardias.eu/lionfish-in-...
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
The Lionfish (Pterois miles) 🐠
Its stomach expands up to 30x when feeding! It’s a major threat, known for devastating native fish & wrecking marine ecosystems.
The #GuardIAS project is running control programs in the Aegean Sea.
Read more: guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Its stomach expands up to 30x when feeding! It’s a major threat, known for devastating native fish & wrecking marine ecosystems.
The #GuardIAS project is running control programs in the Aegean Sea.
Read more: guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Lionfish (Pterois miles) 🐠
Its stomach expands up to 30x when feeding! It’s a major threat, known for devastating native fish & wrecking marine ecosystems.
The #GuardIAS project is running control programs in the Aegean Sea.
Read more: guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Its stomach expands up to 30x when feeding! It’s a major threat, known for devastating native fish & wrecking marine ecosystems.
The #GuardIAS project is running control programs in the Aegean Sea.
Read more: guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Brown Algae (Rugulopteryx okamurae) 🌿
A single plant can make 600 copies! It’s a major threat, known for suffocating native species & damaging coastal tourism/fishing. The #GuardIAS project is creating an early warning system in Greece.
See more: guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
A single plant can make 600 copies! It’s a major threat, known for suffocating native species & damaging coastal tourism/fishing. The #GuardIAS project is creating an early warning system in Greece.
See more: guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Brown Algae (Rugulopteryx okamurae) 🌿
A single plant can make 600 copies! It’s a major threat, known for suffocating native species & damaging coastal tourism/fishing. The #GuardIAS project is creating an early warning system in Greece.
See more: guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
A single plant can make 600 copies! It’s a major threat, known for suffocating native species & damaging coastal tourism/fishing. The #GuardIAS project is creating an early warning system in Greece.
See more: guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
📣 Be part of the consultation on an IUCN strategy for invasive alien species 📣
The IUCN is developing a dedicated strategy to guide collective action, but they need your input first 👇
🔗 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
🗓️ Deadline: 19 Dec 2025
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
The IUCN is developing a dedicated strategy to guide collective action, but they need your input first 👇
🔗 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
🗓️ Deadline: 19 Dec 2025
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
📣 Be part of the consultation on an IUCN strategy for invasive alien species 📣
The IUCN is developing a dedicated strategy to guide collective action, but they need your input first 👇
🔗 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
🗓️ Deadline: 19 Dec 2025
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
The IUCN is developing a dedicated strategy to guide collective action, but they need your input first 👇
🔗 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
🗓️ Deadline: 19 Dec 2025
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
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
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The first #GuardIAS Conference has just wrapped up—two days of sharp science, great discussions, and real progress on invasive species prevention and biosecurity. Huge thanks to @invasivesnet.bsky.social for outstanding organization and bringing this community together. Momentum is strong—onward!
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The first #GuardIAS Conference has just wrapped up—two days of sharp science, great discussions, and real progress on invasive species prevention and biosecurity. Huge thanks to @invasivesnet.bsky.social for outstanding organization and bringing this community together. Momentum is strong—onward!
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.
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@zoopel.bsky.social just presented our MODAS concept at the #GuardIAS Conference: a database flag for alien species detected solely through molecular tools. By integrating these “invisible invaders” into IAS systems, we can prioritise validation, boost early warning, and modernise biosecurity.
#eDNA
#eDNA
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
@zoopel.bsky.social just presented our MODAS concept at the #GuardIAS Conference: a database flag for alien species detected solely through molecular tools. By integrating these “invisible invaders” into IAS systems, we can prioritise validation, boost early warning, and modernise biosecurity.
#eDNA
#eDNA
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.
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Two presentations from Saudi Arabia in the #GuardIAS Conference: baseline mapping across Red Sea and Arabian Gulf has uncovered 200+ potential NIS - a new national roadmap is turning these data into concrete #biosecurity action. Saudi Arabia is emerging as a regional leader in marine biosecurity.
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Two presentations from Saudi Arabia in the #GuardIAS Conference: baseline mapping across Red Sea and Arabian Gulf has uncovered 200+ potential NIS - a new national roadmap is turning these data into concrete #biosecurity action. Saudi Arabia is emerging as a regional leader in marine biosecurity.
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
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Curious about Early Alert tools, and how GBIF Alert in particular can play a role at European level? My slides are out: bit.ly/20251114-early-alert. Join the first virtual conference on #InvasiveSpecies and #Biosecurity organised by @guardias.bsky.social & @invasivesnet.bsky.social: bit.ly/4i71BAL
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Curious about Early Alert tools, and how GBIF Alert in particular can play a role at European level? My slides are out: bit.ly/20251114-early-alert. Join the first virtual conference on #InvasiveSpecies and #Biosecurity organised by @guardias.bsky.social & @invasivesnet.bsky.social: bit.ly/4i71BAL