I’m thrilled to share that my project “From Data to Discovery: A Citizen Science Study Towards Species Distribution Models in the Mediterranean Sea” has been awarded funding through the @britishecologicalsociety.org #SmallResearchGrant2025!
Starting by March 2026,
Stay tuned for updates! 🌍💙

What to check how marine sponges contract and move??
Footage captures with a DIY Raspberry Pi cameras!
Studying these hidden rhythms in the sponge Aplysina aerophoba is one of the objectives of the project proposal just submitted!

RootPainter accurately predicting Aplysina aerophoba on the timelapses pictures!!!

#machinelearning #opensource #timelapse #sponge #spongecontractions

Happy to have presented a part of the research of my #PhD describing the low-cost cameras that are permitting me to study sponge contractions! at #SIBECOL2025 @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social on the DIY projects session, chaired by Maria Leo and Angel Lareo.

Today at #UNOC3 The Coalition of Emerging Ocean Leaders #CEOL is being Launched at the Manifesto presented!
The OYSTER Network is also participating!
@em-oyster.bsky.social

Arriving to Sibecol to present part of the research developed on the Aplysina aerophoba contractions study with the TimeLapse cameras!
With the invaluable support of my PhD supervisor @drtanjastratmann.bsky.social and Resercher Jolle Jolles!
At @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social