GENOA’s WG2/WG3 joint workshop on Ne/Nc ratios and genetic indicators in the wild-to-domesticated continuum took place on July 23 and 24 in the Herman Teirlinck Building Brussels. Thirty participants worked in two groups and held short plenary sessions to inform on reciprocal progress. A WG2 team led by Joachim Mergeay and Ivan Paz Vinas critically…
Month: September 2026
This edition of the News & Views brings you: ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. The new episode of the GENOA comic series 2. GENOA’s WG2/WG3 joint workshop 3. GENOA co-organizes the art exhibition 4. Summary report from SBSTTA 28 and SBI 7 DECODING THE CBD 5. Learn your CBD ABCs Click to read the newsletter
As Project Psyche rapidly advances toward its goal of sequencing, assembling, and publishing reference-level genomes for all Lepidopteran (butterflies and moths) species in Europe, 17 early-career researchers gathered at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Hinxton, UK, to contribute to this effort. Over two weeks, from February 16th to 27th, 2026, they attended the Project Psyche…
Jose Vicente Pérez Santa-Rita from the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Universitat de València,Spain, visited Marko Mutanen’s lab at the Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, University of Oulu, Finland from April 1st ot May 1st 2026. They worked on the project “Building a Phylogenomic Framework for Olethreutini (Tortricidae) through Genomic and Museomic Data”.…
From seafarer abandonment to health, safety and working conditions, this three-day Training School in Ankara explored how knowledge and training can strengthen the protection of people working at sea.
Marking 60 years of the UN International Covenants on Human Rights, this conference in Tbilisi will explore how human rights protection can better respond to vulnerable people. BlueRights sessions will focus on the right to health at sea, seafarers’ wellbeing, mental health vulnerabilities, and the legal and governance challenges shaping protection in maritime environments.
From Arctic search and rescue to maritime labour, migration law and communications, BlueRights members are using Short-Term Scientific Missions to deepen research, access new expertise and build collaborations across Europe. These four missions show what changes when researchers work in a different environment — and how mobility can turn new perspectives into stronger research and…
“CliMent Training: Survey Design in Climate–Mental Health Methods in Climate–Mental Health Survey Design and Quantitative Data Analysis” 17–19 March | United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies in Bruges, Belgium The CliMent Training School on Survey Design in Climate–Mental Health brought together researchers and practitioners in Bruges to explore advanced methodological approaches for…
“From Research to Practice – Increasing Agency in the Time of Climate Crisis” 18–20 June 2026 | Porto, Portugal The second CliMent Training School brought together young researchers, experienced academics, and international experts in a shared effort to strengthen the bridge between qualitative research and real-world climate action. Held at Faculty of Medicine and at…
On 17 June, the 4th CliMent Management Committee (MC) Meeting was held at the Nursing School of the University of Porto, bringing together Action participants to review progress, strengthen collaboration, and shape the next phase of the network’s activities. The meeting provided an excellent opportunity to discuss ongoing research, Working Group achievements, upcoming deliverables, and…
