📢 MIZ PAS seminars are back after the summer break!
🎤 Dr Dana Zubriková & Klaudia Švirlochová
🦠 Vector-borne pathogens in horses and ruminants in Slovakia
📅 Oct 13, 12:00 CET
📍 Hybrid (Warsaw + online), seminar link in the comments
Enjoy the latest published studies in the comments!
📢 Polish Journal of Ecology
Rapid editorial and publication process⚡
📊2026 average journal metrics:
3 days – first editorial decision
25 days – reviewer turnaround
68 days – final decision
11 days – acceptance to online publication
🔓 Open Access ✅ Free for authors
A special guest in our collection! 🪲
We welcomed Dr Takao Ishikawa, Vice-Dean for Student Affairs at the Faculty of Biology UW (@wbuw.bsky.social).
We discussed how collections underpin reproducible research, enable museomics, and can help educate future biologists. #MIZPAS #Museomics #Biodiversity
📍 Jabłonna | Science Festival 🔬
Our nematode research group MIZ PAS presented a project using AI to identify soil nematodes that cause agricultural losses at the “Science with the Palace in the Background” festival.
A great day of science, conversations & curiosity! 🌱🧬💡
Deep thanks to the great work from authors and reviewers!
@elvarobinson.bsky.social @eliaguariento.bsky.social @igorsiedlecki.bsky.social
📢Fragmenta Faunistica Special Issue dedicated to Prof. Wojciech Czechowski, a prominent figure in Polish myrmecology 🐜
👥📚A tribute by colleagues, collaborators & friends, and the debut of the journal’s new layout!
🔗Link 👉 l1nq.com/ntgbriq
🦇 New study on Greater Horseshoe Bats in the South Caucasus! A 24-years monitoring with Prof. Bogdanowicz as collaborator, reveals strong roost fidelity, movements between caves & the importance of connected roost networks for conservation.
📢Thinking about sharing your social insect science?
The next Central European IUSSI meeting @ceiussi.bsky.social is at @mizpas.bsky.social in Warsaw! 🇵🇱 Even if you can't ensure attendance, we’d love to hear your interests and preferences.
📝 Fill out our questionnaire!
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🐦🦋 A new study in Nature Ecology & Evolution, coauthored by T. Chodkiewicz MIZ PAS, analyses data from 27 European countries to predict declines in common birds and butterflies through 2050!
More ambitious action is needed!
Link 👉 shorturl.at/pSbKs
🦉 We said goodbye to summer in Warsaw and @fundacja_ADA! 🌿 Over 10,000 people joined us for a day full of science, zoological curiosities 🐾 and conversations about biodiversity, species protection and caring for nature. 🌍🔬
A wonderful day to remember!
🐫🪳🐜🌏 Expedition Mongolia!
Lech Karpiński & Gema Trigos-Peral (MIZ PAS), with Enkhnasan Davaadorj & Gan-Ochir Gerelt (MAS), explored the steppe & Eastern Gobi to study arthropod evolution. Now, the lab awaits!
Polish-Mongolian Academy of Sciences collaboration!
#Mongolia #Science #Nature #Arthropod
📢 An international team including MIZ PAS researchers shows how BirdNET + acoustic monitoring 🎧 help decode bird voices 🐦🌍. Thousands of recordings sharpened ID accuracy, boosting global biodiversity monitoring 🌱✨.
Link 👉🏻 l1nq.com/nf7z21p
🐜Ants in a teapot!!!
Our researchers documented Camponotus nicobarensis escaping a home formicarium and nesting in ceramic teapots, raising brood successfully. A striking example of ant adaptability and a warning about risks linked to exotic ant trade. 🔗https://shorturl.at/NruKr
#Ants #AnimalTrade
