
Laboratory of Ecology - EcoLab BET
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Laboratory of Ecology - EcoLab BET
@EcoLab_BET
Official account of the Laboratory of Ecology, Department of Biological Applications & Technology (@bat_uoi), Uni. of Ioannina. Lab head: Prof. @jmaxHalley 🌱





Just 2/ >100 Balkan Lizard #orchids of our campus! Himantoglossum calcaratum ssp. rumelicum (f. known as H. jankae) thrives herethe last few years, and is definitely the eye-catcher of the season with its showy inflorescence popping out of the almost dry grasses. #TeamOrchids ✌️






Σεμινάριο R.M. Bateman Δευτέρα 20/5 - να είστε εκεί!











🧵(1/2) Thousands of #orchids are wild harvested globally leading to alarming declines & an assumption that orchid harvest can never be #sustainable. We need to be pragmatic on orchid #IllegalTrade & understand the importance of wild orchid #harvest for livelihoods & culture.



Our latest paper on COVID-19 (doi.org/10.3390/microo…) shows how transmission TO domestic animals or TO wildlife may be important. Indeed, through spill-back and 2ndry spillover, major mutations could be going on "under the radar" that might later return to us.


New reference genome for the source of bioactive quinine alkaloids (and the tonic in your G&T). A highly contiguous, scaffold-level nuclear genome assembly for the fever tree (Cinchona pubescens Vahl) as a novel resource for Rubiaceae research doi.org/10.46471/gigab…

Me giving advice to new PhD students in the lab vs me during my PhD


















