On a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) supported by #COSTaction CA22137 ROAR-NET, Martin Juříček from Brno University of Technology is visiting the Jožef Stefan Institute to work on benchmarking of multiobjective optimization algorithms. @costprogramme.bsky.social
📌 From COST Action ILCquest
Celebrating International Women’s Day with a powerful reflection from Mangala Srinivas!
#WomenInScience #EquityInAcademia #ILCQuest #COSTAction #InternationalWomensDay2026
📌 From COST Action ILC-quest
International Women’s Day
Interview with Joana F. Neves, Women in Science!
Member of the COST Action ILC Quest,
#InternationalWomensDay2026 #WomenInScience #ILCQuest #COSTAction #EquityInResearch #CollaborationInScience
In Brussels for discussions within the #COSTAction #CardioPharmaGENET, advancing collaboration at the intersection of cardiovascular challenges & translational precision medicine. As WG5 Lead, happy to work with such an inspiring European research community. @katsilalab.bsky.social
Register now!
6th Sigma Symposium / 2nd SIGMA-1EUROPE Meeting
June 9-11, 2026 | Krakow
Hosted by Jagiellonian University & Jagiellonian University Medical College
Deadline: 31 March 2026
Details & registration:
sigma1europe.eu/event/6th-si...
#Sigma1Europe #COSTAction #Sigma1Receptor
🌍🚢 PACT Newsletter-Looking Ahead to Lisbon
As we approach the Energy Transition & Waterfront Futures Conference
📍 Lisbon | 25–27 March 2026
Short articles (500 words) due 15 March ✍️
Also in this issue:
🎧 Port City Soundscapes
📘 SPARKS in the PACT Journal
🔗 Link in bio
#COSTAction #PortCities
Department at ÚTIA co-founds European COST Action – InterCoML. Tatiana V. Guy co-leads WG1 on Control Theory for ML.
as.utia.cas.cz
bit.ly/3OYrs3j
cost-intercoml.unidu.hr
pef.czu.cz/en
#InterCoML #COSTAction #UTIA #MachineLearning #ControlTheory #Research
Well into its third year and so far attracting 476 participants from 45 countries, #COSTaction ROAR-NET holds the 3rd General Meeting in Zagreb, Croatia to assess the progress in making Randomised Optimisation Algorithms (ROAs) highly competitive in practice.
roar-net.eu @costprogramme.bsky.social
Microscopy image of a pea root apex. The root tip shows a clear growth zone with orderly layers of cells arranged in files. Cell outlines form a regular, brick-like pattern that changes gradually from small, densely packed cells near the tip to larger, elongated cells further back. The tissue organisation of the root is visible as distinct regions with different cell sizes and orientations.
Close up of a microscopy image of a pea root apex. The root tip shows a clear growth zone with orderly layers of cells arranged in files. Cell outlines form a regular, brick-like pattern that changes gradually from small, densely packed cells near the tip to larger, elongated cells further back. The tissue organisation of the root is visible as distinct regions with different cell sizes and orientations.
Picture of the day: Pea root apex with orderly cell layers and active growth zones. Roots are key systems to study how cell walls support division and expansion.
#PlantWallK #COSTAction #PlantCellWall #PlantScience
⏳ Happening tomorrow!
Don’t miss the next TENET Seminar with:
• Ekaterina Oleinik (TU Wien)
• Kristiyan Stiliyanov Atanasov (IdISBa)
Sharing their latest tendon research from their #STSM
🗓️ 25 Feb 2026 | 🕒 14:00–15:00 CET
📍 Online bit.ly/4cjxJQH
#TENETSeminar #COSTAction #TendonResearch
💻 We’re launching the YouthDMH Working Group Webinar Series!
A space for members to present research, share expertise & spark collaboration across the Action 🧠🌍
Interested in speaking?
👉 Submit your expression of interest: forms.gle/JpBocvptAATD...
#YouthDMH #COSTAction
Cross section of a Brachypodium stem seen under the microscope. The stem forms a roughly circular ring of tissues. Some regions show thick, strongly stained cell walls forming supportive tissue, while other regions show thinner-walled cells. The contrast between thick- and thin-walled areas makes the functional zoning of the stem easy to see.
Picture of the day: Cross section of a Brachypodium stem. Thick supporting tissues contrast with thinner growing regions, showing how cell wall structure is tuned to function.
#PlantWallK #COSTAction #PlantCellWall #PlantScience
This image shows an Arabidopsis root tip, with cell walls highlighted by a pectin probe. Differences in signal across tissues reflect changes in wall composition and organisation as cells divide, expand, and differentiate. At this scale, mechanics, chemistry, and development meet. One of the goals of COST Action PlantWallK (CA24116) is to connect observations like this across species, methods, and scales. By sharing tools, data, and concepts, we aim to build a common framework for plant cell wall mechanobiology.
Picture of the day: An Arabidopsis root tip with cell walls highlighted using a pectin probe. Different tissues show distinct signals, reflecting how cell wall composition changes as cells divide, grow, and specialise.
#PlantWallK #COSTAction #PlantCellWall #PlantScience
Despite the Red Weather warning, our dedicated #COSTAction #Skystorians manged to visit the Alhambra palace - before it was closed! Nothing could dampen the spirits of this group! Thanks to our wonderful guide JJ for an informative tour #Granada #Alhambra #CA22159
🚀 #STSMTuesdays 🚀
Next up is Amitha Prakasha Mayya from Barkhausen Institut, Germany who completed her STSM at Ecole nationale supérieure de l'Electronique et de ses Applications, France, in September-October 2025.
#6GPHYSEC #PLS #STSM #wireless #security #COSTAction
📢 Reminder – ILCquest Webinar!
🧬 ILC in type 1 diabetes
🎤 Ivana Stojanovic, PhD – IBISS, Belgrade
🗓 Feb 4 | 🕑 14:00 Budapest time
🔗 Join here: zoom.us/j/9668058534...
ID: 966 8058 5341 | Pass: 491517
#ILCquest #Immunology #COSTAction
🐜🤖 Registrations are OPEN!
Join us at the @insectai.bsky.social Annual Meeting to connect, collaborate, and explore the future of AI in insect science. 🤩
📅 Don’t miss out—register now!
🔗 url-shortener.me/9U1O
#INSECTAI2026 #COSTAction
📍 YouthDMH in Copenhagen
The Core Group and WGs 3 & 4 met to align priorities and strengthen collaboration on digital mental health for young people 🧠🌍
Great discussions on early assessment, intervention design & implementation.
#YouthDMH #COSTAction #DigitalMentalHealth
⏰ Final reminder — the TENET Webinar Series 2026 starts tomorrow!
🗓️ 28 January 2026
🕒 14:00–15:00 CET
📍 Online via Microsoft Teams bit.ly/4pJK0lm
Join us for an engaging session and kick off the new TENET webinar series together!
#tenet #seminar #network #CostAction
Designing the optimal geriatric team - what a great workshop yesterday and insightful lectures today at the #costaction #programming in Brussels!
#oeggg @vtaha.bsky.social @sujavo.bsky.social
@hcw.ac.at
So happy to share our new paper on almond irrigation & plant physiology 🌿🌳💧
Thanks to COST Action FruitCREWS and all co-authors!
#FruitTrees #Almond #PlantPhysiology #Irrigation #WaterStress #FruitCREWS #COSTAction #Agroecology
📢 Reminder for #TS5 applications!
🗓️ 5th Training School on Wireless Cyber-Physical System Security on 19–20 May 2026 in Linz, Austria.
🕒 Application deadline: 25 January 2026
🔗 Full details: lnkd.in/eWBuBgGZ
#6GPHYSEC #TrainingSchool #WirelessSecurity #COSTAction
🇭🇷 Croatian
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🇱🇹 Lithuanian
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🙏 Please complete the survey and share it with other dairy producers.
📩 Contact: liftanimalwelfare@gmail.com
#DairyFarmers #DairyCattle #AnimalWelfare #PositiveAnimalWelfare #COSTAction #LIFT
#STSM #COSTAction #ResearchMobility #AcademicOpportunities #ScienceFunding #CurvatureInBiology #SciComm #EarlyCareerResearchers #Biomechanics
Meeting of ILCquest (COST Action CA24117) – 1st General Meeting.
Call for Expressions of Interest & Abstracts.
🗓 23–24 March 2026
📍 Belgrade, Serbia
📝 Submit via QR code or link: lnkd.in/dr2iJ8yZ
⏰ Deadline: 12 February 2026
#ILCquest #COSTAction #ResearchCommunity #CA24117
📢 PHOTOREFINERIES 2026
📆 2–4 Sept 2026 | 📍 Novi Sad, Serbia
🧪 2nd International Conference on Novel Photorefineries for Resource Recovery
♻️ Purple bacteria, cyanobacteria & microalgae
🔗 lnkd.in/efkxFnMT
#PHOTOREFINERIES #Biotechnology #Sustainability #COSTAction
ILCquest COST Action (CA24117) | Webinar 1
Topic: ILC in type 1 diabetes
Speaker: Ivana Stojanovic, (IBISS, Belgrade)
🗓 4 Feb 2026 | ⏰ 14:00 (Budapest time)
Join: zoom.us/j/9668058534...
ID: 966 8058 5341 | Passcode: 491517
#ILCquest #COSTAction #CA24117 #Immunology #Type1Diabetes
📢 Join the 1st SIGMA-1 EUROPE Training School
📍 Pavia, Italy
📅 Mar 30–Apr 2, 2026
⏰ Deadline: Jan 31, 2026
👉 Apply now: sigma1europe.eu/application-...
#SIGMA1Europe #COSTAction #Sigma1Receptor #PhD #Postdoc #EarlyCareerResearchers
