How can new technologies help us detect invasive alien species earlier?

At #NEOBIOTA2026, #GuardIAS and @onestop-project.eu presented two emerging tools being tested across Europe, from AI-powered plant detection to automated early alerts. 🌱🔎

Read more: guardias.eu/testing-new-...

🌍 We were thrilled to be part of the 14th International Conference on Biological Invasions in Brussels!

💡 Want to hear more about our experience and key takeaways? Read the full story on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/09/23/p...

#NeoBiota2026 #BiologicalInvasions

It’s been over a week since we got back from #Neobiota2026 and we look back at the highlights from the conference 🔙

🔎 Learn more about our participation in #Neobiota2026 on our website: onestop-project.eu/news/highlig...

It was nice to present our work at the last #NEOBIOTA2026!

The last keynote of #NEOBIOTA2026 was by Melodie McGeoch on governing biodiversity after the invasion era. Really important presentation given that at some point, we need to address that invasive species are here and managing them all is not realistic.

It was a pleasure to attend a talk by Emili García-Berthou, Subject Editor at NeoBiota, titled "Horizon Scans of #Invasive Non-Native Species in Spain" last week at #NeoBiota2026.

We were also thrilled to see him win 2nd place for his poster on the same topic! 🎉

@neobiota.bsky.social

From #neobiota2026 conference to @gfoesoc.bsky.social & @nordicoikos.bsky.social 2026 conference in Odense, Denmark. Talk tomorrow at 10:45 - I am very much looking forward to present our work (@hannoseebens.bsky.social @mormoops.bsky.social) there! 😊

🥇 And @pensoft.net' Best Talk award goes to... Rajat Rastogi - cascading impacts and multi-trophic collapse driven by decadal multi-species forest invasions

🎉 Big congratulations to Rajat! He receives a free publication waiver in @neobiota.pensoft.net

#NeoBiota2026 @neobiota.bsky.social

👉Read the full abstract in #ARPHA Conference Abstracts: doi.org/10.3897/aca....

🌍 We look forward to seeing this vital work published and continuing to support the global community tackling biological invasions.

@neobiota.bsky.social #NeoBiota2026

🏆 Pensoft was proud to sponsor the Best Talk Award at #NeoBiota2026!

🥇 Best Talk: Rajat Rastogi - cascading impacts and multi-trophic collapse driven by decadal multi-species forest invasions

👏 Congratulations to Rajat! He receives a free publication waiver in @neobiota.pensoft.net

Snapshot of the #neobiota2026 dinner. A night full of dinos 🦕🦖

🌍 BopCo is at #Neobiota2026 in Brussels (7–11 Sept)! We're presenting 4 posters on species ID, invasive arachnids, and DNA barcoding for fruit fly surveillance. Posters stay online until March 2027 — links in thread 🧵

On the last day of #Neobiota2026, @cabbageleek.bsky.social showcased our work with @guardias.bsky.social on building a cross-realm European alert system for #IAS 🚨

👀Take a look at the demo version: www.gbif-alert.org

Last keynote of ##NEOBIOTA2026 by Melodie McGeoch talking about governing biodiversity after the invasion era. Where are we in the race, and where are we going?

Christine Sheppard now presenting our paper recently published in Biological Review. We found that competition was the stronger driver of biotic resistance, particularly when non-native species had to compete in competition with native communities. #neobiota2026

Day 3 of #NEOBIOTA2026! Morning keynote presentation by Mark van Kleunen going from the macro to the micro.

A journey throughout how databases can help us understand plant invasion success patterns and how these look at the community level.

Getting ready for the Open poster session at #Neobiota2026 💻
📹 Watch Helen Bayliss from Coventry University talk about her poster on the OneSTOP #LivingLabs
🔎 Learn more: lnkd.in/dgtxb998
👉 Access all #Neobiota2026 posters: lnkd.in/dgtxb998

Ending #NeoBiota2026 day3️⃣with a session highlighting our workflow for updating national checklists of invasive and introduced species making them more open, transparent and scalable.📑
The list for Belgium has already been updated! 🙌
Learn how ➡️https://onestop-project.eu/library?type=search=m6

Important talk from @hannoseebens.bsky.social talking about reproducibility in ecology. The key message is that we need to have clear workflows and standards, so that people can pick up our work and be able to reproduce it or use it. One of these challenges relate to species names #NEOBIOTA2026

📢 FORSAID’s materials are on display at #NeoBiota2026 in Brussels this week!

👀 Check them out at the booth of @pensoft.net and @onestop-project.eu and discover how we innovate the early detection of forest pests.

🔗 Can’t make it? Access the outputs here: forsaid.eu/media-center...