LifeWatch ERIC

04/09/2026

The Tomography for Scientific Advancement society represents the International Tomography community, providing a platform to promote, advance and support innovation, share knowledge and encourage collaborations.

🇬🇷 We just attended the 18th annual symposium of the society at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), engaging with fellow researchers, microtomography enthusiasts, and industry representatives!

🪼 This year's scientific programme included tomography applications in biological hard and soft tissue imaging.
Niki Keklikoglou from LifewatchGreece, presented the abstract “Advancing marine research through 3D imaging at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research”.
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If you are curious to learn more about LifeWatch Greece and their current work, visit: https://bit.ly/4gUqm31

04/09/2026

Don't miss this week's opportunities:

🔹Postdoctoral Fellowships at Trinity College Dublin focused on Marine Species Distribution 🌟 🆕!
🔹 Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme is still open for applications until 30 September;
🔹DANUBIUS-RI is looking for its new Director General - applications by 16 September;
🔹 Free online course on "Early Detection Monitoring" with Project GuardIAS.

🦊 Read more or post your own opportunity here 👇
https://bit.ly/4qPsEVD

02/09/2026

Last week, LifeWatch ERIC members attended the 15th Conference in Brest, France, to share knowledge and strengthen links in ecological restoration.
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The scientific programme was particularly relevant as a source of knowledge and good practices to potentially implement in the RECUP-DAS Project (which aims to support the restoration of river basins affected by mining activities).
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Read more in the comments section 👇

01/09/2026

🍇 [Enters September] 🍇
And with it comes a series of new research-focused events.
The members are meeting for their workshop from 21 to 25 September, and this time they are opening up one of the sessions to the online public! 👇
Register before September 23, and learn about OntoPortal, Research Infrastructures, Data Spaces and much more, including an open Q&A session and a practical tutorial.
Info: https://bit.ly/3TInDSk

28/08/2026

Summary of this week at :
👉 We had a chance to contribute in two special sessions, showcase our services through two poster presentations, and to take part in the general session on "Coastal and estuarine biodiversity and ecosystems"; This was a great opportunity to present the Marbefes project toolbox for marine biodiversity analysis, as well as LifeWatch ERIC's operational eDNA workflows for biodiversity in coastal ecosystems, and much more!
👉 Emma Verling presented the new documentary recently launched on LifeWatching TV 📺 (LifeWatch ERIC's Science Channel), within the project (watch it here: https://bit.ly/3RCpsjb);
👉 We also attended the "Science-meets-Policy" event, a first time at ECSA 61, providing an opportunity to discuss research findings from Horizon Europe projects with decision-makers.
Thank you Elsevier and for organising this great event!
Read more at the link in comments 👇

24/08/2026

This week, members of LifeWatch ERIC and partners are attending the Conference: "Bridging the gap between science and policy in estuarine and coastal marine biodiversity: the way forward", organised by Elsevier and

If you are in Bruxelles for this event, find out where to find us! We'll talk about toolboxes for marine and estuarine management, environmental DNA workflows, and much more!
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https://bit.ly/4qBJeZ0
Marbefes

24/08/2026

24/08/2026

🌱📊 Ready to turn environmental data into knowledge?

Applications are open for SAFEST — School in Agriculture, Forest and Environmental Geodata Statistical Analysis, Modelling and Machine Learning, organised by the University of Pisa.

SAFEST is an intensive, full-time school designed for students, researchers and professionals who want to strengthen their skills in statistical analysis, modelling and machine learning applied to agricultural, forest and environmental geodata.

📍 Pisa, Italy — Department of Veterinary Sciences, Via delle Piagge 2
📅 26–30 October 2026
🗣️ Language: English
🎓 ECTS: 3
💶 Tuition fee: €500, including enrolment, coffee breaks and a light lunch each day
⏰ Application deadline: 7 September 2026 — please check the website for possible extensions

The programme runs Monday–Thursday, 9:00–16:00, and Friday, 9:00–14:00.

If you work with agriculture, forestry, environmental sciences, geodata, statistics, modelling, data science or machine learning, SAFEST is an opportunity to develop quantitative skills in an interdisciplinary environment in Pisa.

🔗 Programme, information and applications:
https://www.unipi.it/didattica/corsi/summer-schools/summer-school-on-agriculture-forest-and-environmental-geodata-statistical-analysis-modelling-and-machine-learning/

Please share this opportunity with students, colleagues, researchers and professionals who may be interested.

21/08/2026

LifeWatch ERIC is looking for its next Chief Executive Officer, through an international open competition, to lead the organisation into its next phase of development.
The CEO will work with the General Assembly, Member States and partners to strengthen LifeWatch ERIC’s scientific excellence, technological capacity, organisational cohesion and contribution to open science, biodiversity knowledge and sustainability policy.
🚨 Apply by 30 August!
Info 👉 https://bit.ly/4xpc5Si

20/08/2026

It's great to see research projects joining forces to make real impact in research! 💪
RESTORE4Cs, ALFAwetlands, REWET, Wet Horizons, ForPeat, Wetland4Change, and Palus Demos have combined their expertise and practical knowledge to deliver policy recommendations on wetlands restoration.

They identified four priority areas:
👉 Improving policy coherence across sectors;
👉 Mobilising public and private financing;
👉 Enabling landscape scale implementation;
👉 Strengthening monitoring systems and stakeholder participation.
Read the full document:
https://lnkd.in/epAB7rag