ISOLBE 2023

After 42 talks if was time to congratulate and acknowledge the plenary speakers and all participants, who make one of the most crowded Littorina symposium possible! Special gift: Porto wine

Awesomely convincing presentation of the capabilities of the intertidal chamber of ⁦@ElectricBlueCRL⁩ at the ⁦@isolbexiii⁩ #intertidal # heatstress #heatwave ⁦@fpslima⁩

Very nice talk by ⁦@liz_boulding⁩ linking long-term oceanographic conditions and intertidal littorinid population dynamics ⁦@isolbexiii⁩ #intertidal #snail #gastropod #littorinid

Today was time for learning about coalescent models, recombination and more inversions! Later there was an afternoon visit to the Biodiversity Gallery and Porto highlights 🌲

Snail people from @Norduniversitet and @ISTAustria attending the XIII International Symposium on Littorinid Biology and Evolution (ISOLBE) @isolbexiii. Thanks to our supervisor @AnjaWestram

City tour around Vila do Conde, a 16th century ship, a rococó style chapel and a monastery, what a surprising place!

Moving from genomics of adaptation to colouration analyses, which colors do littorinids keep in their different habitats? 🤔

We started with the opening ceremony with representatives from the city council of Vila do Conde and first talks of Kerstin Johannesson, Roger Butlin, James Reeve, Ana Peris, Marco Gerdol (online) and Amin Ghane

Yesterday we had the welcoming of participants. Great to see many known faces from international scientists around!

This friend, sometimes you love it, sometimes you hate it... But it is great for snail work!

We are almost there! This is the ISOLBE 2023 PROGRAM isolbexiii.com/wp-content/upl…

Littorina compressa (St Agnes, Cornwall)

The previous picture was from the Isle of Man! What species is this one here?

ISOLBE 2005, Slapton (UK)

Where is this picture from? American shores? European shores? Greenland? ... WHICH SPECIES??

L. saxatilis (Crab ecotype) from Thornwick Bay

Thornwick Bay L. saxatilis sampling site in Yorkshire (UK)

Littorina saxatilis´ sampling site at Saltö, near Tjärnö Marine Laboratory

Only ONE WEEK until ISOLBE 2023!!! Exciting!!! Littorina saxatilis from Swedish shores

Crab and Wave ecotypes from the Iberian Peninsula. Can you find them?