InvAdapt Lab (@invadapt.bsky.social)

InvAdapt Lab

@invadapt.bsky.social

We are a lab focused on the study of invasive soil invertebrates, mainly land planarians. Led by Marta Álvarez Presas and based at the Universitat de Barcelona

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Stephen Montgomery

@ebablab.bsky.social

15 Sept

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Rink Lab

@rink-lab.bsky.social

6 Sept

And that’s a wrap! We hope everyone had as enjoyable and productive a time at ISFB XVI as we did. Thanks for attending, and we’ll see you again in Sant Feliu in 2029!

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Rink Lab

@rink-lab.bsky.social

4 Sept

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Ronald Sluys also delivered a tribute to Masaharu Kawakatsu (1929-2025), renowned for his career-long contributions to planarian taxonomy and ecology.

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Rink Lab

@rink-lab.bsky.social

4 Sept

Day 4 of ISFB XVI was devoted to taxonomy and systematics. Great talks capturing flatworm diversity by Lukas Schärer, Miquel Vila-Farré, Alejandro Catalá Jimenez, Marta Riutort (@riutortlab.bsky.social), Aoi Tsuyuki, Srishti Arya, Vitor Milanese, and Marta Álvarez-Presas (@martaalvarez.bsky.social).

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Big Picture Science

@bipisci.bsky.social

31 July

Planarian flatworms have amazing regenerative abilities. After being sliced in half, wounds close within minutes, new eyes appear in days, and by day seven, the regenerated body is behaving like a functioning flatworm. @stowersinstitute.bsky.social bigpicturescience.org/episodes/wor...

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Big Picture Science

@bipisci.bsky.social

31 July

Scientists have measured in number of cells the smallest fragment of a sliced flatworm that can regenerate into an entire animal. Learn that number and how these worms skillfully use stem cells to regenerate those tubular bodies. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/wor...

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iNaturalist

@inaturalist.bsky.social

31 July

Flatworm so green it could've been easy to miss among the moss ... but because this observer spotted it, we all get to experience these spectacular photos! There are currently only 6 iNaturalist observations of this species, Caenoplana tenuis.

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YEP News en

@english.yepnews.eu

1 Aug

A new dangerous invasive species — the ocher flatworm — has been found in the Nordic countries. The species has... by ERR in Estonia

news.err.eeInvasive flatworm found in Nordic countries may spread to EstoniaA new dangerous invasive species — the ocher flatworm —...

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Steph Price

@ladyfox2000.bsky.social

8 Aug

I let the dog out tonight to find this guy on the prowl. A native blue planarian or blue garden flatworm. I've never seen one before! #Insects #worms #nature

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Did You Know

@did-you-know-1337.bsky.social

12 Aug

The Flatworm That Regrows Its Own Memories #didyouknow #funfacts #usefultips #education #learning #practicaladvice

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Marta Álvarez-Presas

@martaalvarez.bsky.social

2 Aug

New preprint out where I had a small contribution. Want to know more about Physalia utriculus? Take a look ! 👇 @multicellgenome.bsky.social @obog.bsky.social @alexdemendoza.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

biorxiv.orgIntegrative genomics of the siphonophore Physalia utriculus reveals the regulatory logic of colonial division of labour and the molecular basis of venom activityHow a single genome gives rise to specialised multicellular individuals that function as an integrated organism remains a fundamental question in the evolution of complex coloniality. Siphonophores re...