LifeWatch ERIC

Last Friday we released our July and August issue before the summer break. Our newsletter will resume in September! 🍃 🍂
👉 Meanwhile, you can read the last one at the link below, including:
- highlights, Book of Abstracts, and presentations;
- News from FAIR2Adapt, , , Marbefes, and many more;
- lots of exciting new vacancies, events and opportunities!

Today, LifeWatch ERIC's CEO Christos Arvanitidis is attending , the 15th International Polychaete Conference in Frankfurt, Germany.

Dr. Arvanitidis will present the work carried out in collaboration with Daniel Martin and Rafael Sardá from the Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Spain.
Their comparative analysis focuses on current shifts in our relation with marine biodiversity data, taking Polychaete research as an ideal model for the investigation of these dynamics.

Read more 👉https://www.lifewatch.eu/2026/07/27/polychaete-conference/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=polychaete-conference

It was great to catch up with Vishwakalyan Bhoyroo at the Pensoft booth during , the LifeWatch ERIC Biodiversity and Ecosystem eScience Conference in Plovdiv, Bulgaria!

Vishwakalyan is co-author on two recent open-access papers with us, spanning both marine biodiversity and mycology:

🍄 A morpho-molecular study describing Discosia ravennica sp. nov. and reporting a new host for Sporocadus rosigena, published in MycoKeys
👉 https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.79.60662

🐌 A new distributional record of the nudibranch Hypselodoris infucata from the Republic of Mauritius, published in Check List
👉 https://doi.org/10.15560/18.1.1

Always a pleasure connecting with our authors face-to-face - thanks for stopping by! 🌿

✨ 2026 concludes with a strong vision for future scientific collaboration

🔷 concluded with a closing session attended by the Vice-Rector for Scientific and International Activities of Agricultural University-Plovdiv Prof. Dr. Dimo Atanasov, the Chief Executive Officer of LifeWatch ERIC Dr. Christos Arvanitidis, and the Acting Director of the LifeWatch ERIC Service Centre Alberto Basset.

✅ During the closing session, the conference organizers summarized the key highlights of , emphasizing the importance of international scientific collaboration in addressing global challenges and outlining opportunities for future joint initiatives and research projects in the fields of biodiversity, agroecology, and sustainable development.

👏 We sincerely thank all speakers, researchers, partners, and participants for making a truly inspiring and successful event. Together, we continue building bridges between science, innovation, and sustainability.

📌 Full publication: au-plovdiv.bg

📢 Calling all contributed sessions participants:
We are pleased to inform you that the Abstract Collection from the BEeS Conference is now open for submissions on the Pensoft Publishers ARPHA Platform!

📢 Call for Abstracts: - Biodiversity and Ecosystem eScience Conference

The organisers of BEeS 2026 have issued a call for abstracts to all conference participants. Publish your work as part of the official LifeWatch ERIC Scientific and Technological Review and enjoy some fantastic benefits:

🔗 Permanent citability: your abstract receives a Crossref-registered DOI, giving you formal recognition for your research

⏱️ Early publication record: claim credit for your work well before your full paper is published, adding it to your portfolio straight away

🌍 Optimised discoverability: your abstract is automatically indexed across major scientific databases and archives, which will maximise its visibility and reach

👉 Submit your abstract today and give your research the recognition it deserves: https://aca.pensoft.net/collection/629/

LifeWatch ERIC

Reminder that you still have time until 30 August to become LifeWatch ERIC's new Chief Executive Officer! 👇

📣 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.

Info at the link in the comments ⬇

Looking back at , we've put together a small recap of the event and a few pictures of our favourite moments.

We'd like to thank once again Agricultural University-Plovdiv Аграрен университет - Пловдив for hosting us on its beautiful campus, and all the people who helped organise this event.
We were also delighted to experience a wonderful introduction to Bulgarian folk dance: what better networking than by immersing ourselves in the local culture? 🇧🇬

Find the event recap at the link in comments. 👇

🌿 We're at - the LifeWatch ERIC Biodiversity and Ecosystem eScience Conference in Plovdiv, Bulgaria!

🔬 The conference brings together researchers, policymakers and innovators to tackle biodiversity conservation, ecosystem responses to climate change, agroecology and cutting-edge eScience tools.

👋 Come to the Pensoft Publishers booth to see our open-access journal featured!

LifeWatch ERIC

Greetings from Аграрен университет - Пловдив!
is approaching! Today's programme is dedicated to the pre-conference sessions, including the State of the Art on LifeWatch ERIC's Thematic Services Working Groups, and the launch of the Working Group.
If you are already in Plovdiv, find us in Corpus 1, and don't forget to download LifeWatch Italia's bioblitz app to win your t-shirt!
https://www.lifewatch.eu/bees-2026