Vanessa Mata

Junior researcher @CIBIO_InBIO working with #metabarcoding to study the #ecology of #bats, #birds, and #insects!

[Vanessa Mata @matavca]

It was a great honor to present at #EBRS2024! 😊

[EBRS2024 @ebrs2024]

***Plenary speakers***
A big thank you to all the keynote speakers, @matavca, @OrlyRazgour, @DinaDechmann, @WinifredFrick. All four women leading the latest in bat research and conservation!

[Vanessa Mata @matavca]

The portuguese bat team is at #EBRS24 ! Lots of talks today and tomorrow! 🦇😁

[Laura Torrent 🦇 @arualentina]

Finally, the day has arrived, first day at the @ebrs2024 !!

Isn't it cool the bat-cave conference room? 🤩

[Vanessa Mata @matavca]

10 yrs ago I joined the metabarcoding world and this was my first output! 💪Happy to see it keeps flying 😊

[Dr. Mirela G. Tulbure 🛰 🌎 + 🐍 + 🌊 @MirelaGTulbure]

Do grant proposal texts matter for funding decisions? A field experiment

Spoiler alert...NO!

#Grants #academia

[Vanessa Mata @matavca]

@buchner_dominik great! that will be fantastic! 😁 thanks for the effort!! 💪

[Pedro Beja @PedroBeja12]

Finally, the monumental work led by @SoniaFe02577409 is out, reporting on moth barcodes from Portugal, based on 2350 specimens from 1158 species.

The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Portuguese moths https://t.co/P6l0uavqAJ

[Ricardo Rocha @RicardoNature]

E para celebrar o Dia Internacional dos #Morcegos, aqui está um excelente artigo do @PublicoAzul sobre a nossa investigação da dieta dos morcegos da Ilha da #Madeira.

@PortugalEcology @sbeq @SECEMU_ @CIBIO_InBIO @munfunchal @eva_keltanen @matavca @TMB_cE3c @CE3CResearch

[Luis P. da Silva @LuisPascoalSil1]

A work started in 2018, is finally out.

Our results reveal simplified bird-pest interaction networks with increased agricultural cover, where bird abundance emerges as the key predictor of species' importance in pest consumption.

https://t.co/XKiuJKjOqj

[Owen S. Wangensteen @owenwangensteen]

Unable to decide between Spain or France to apply for your dream #metabarcoding postdoc? Why not both?
Position with @Fred__Viard @xavierturon & Sophie Arnaud-Haond on Project @BIOcean5. #marine #eDNA #environmental #bioinformatics
Apply soon! Position is open until filled.

[Carme Tuneu-Corral @TuneuCarme]

𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗥📢

As part of my PhD, we quantify, for the 1st time in Europe, the #EcosystemServices of #bats as insect pest suppressors in #rice paddies🌾🦇. Bats halved plant damage, saving ∼70 kg rice/ha, which translates into 💸56€/ha

Read more👇
https://t.co/n8RFJ0cyIe

[Jan Macher @JNMScience]

Join me @Naturalis_Sci for a PhD on taxonomic and functional meiofauna diversity! CT scanning, (meta)barcoding & transcriptomics, fieldwork in Indonesia, Japan & New Caledonia. Strong collaboration with @Ifremer_fr @Senckenberg @JAMSTEC_PR #PhDPosition https://t.co/VTS9K5eJ0d

[Vanessa Mata @matavca]

This study was a brilliant work led by Daniel Velarde and supervised by @LuisPascoalSil1 @PedroBeja12 and myself 🙃 All scripts and data used for analysis are provided! 😉

[Vanessa Mata @matavca]

Right on time for christmas 🎄, our newest article is out! 😍 @CIBIO_InBIO @molecology
We used DNA metabarcoding and beta diversity partitioning to test the Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT) and Niche Variation Hypothesis (NVH)! 🧶👇
https://t.co/wn7GjA984w

[Vanessa Mata @matavca]

Instead, it appears that the population became a mixture of specialist and generalist individuals, which may reflect OFT mechanisms on individuals with differential competitive ability to access better food resources.