Joshua Borràs

My predoc stay at Lund Uni is coming to its end 🌿
Grateful for an amazing journey—learning from inspiring researchers, growing personally & professionally, and diving deeper into floral ecology, evolution & plant reproduction 🌸🌹🪻
Thanks to @oysteinopedal.bsky.social , Yedra, Magne & co ❤️🥲

Over the past months, Joshua Borràs has undertaken a research stay at Lund University (Sweden) ✈️🇸🇪 as part of his doctoral training, funded by the Conselleria de Fons Europeus, Universitat i Cultura (CAIB) through their research mobility grants.

🌿 Femeniasia balearica is an endemic species of the Balearic Islands that, until recently, was considered the same in both Mallorca and Menorca. However, it has now been divided into two different subspecies: one for each island.

This year, a research study has been published on cryptogams (bryophytes and lichens) inhabiting dune systems and their potential use as bioindicators to assess human impacts or define specific habitats.

🌿 This year we concluded the two-year project “BioLitoral”, led by Joana Cursach with the participation of numerous researchers from BOTLAND.

The goal was to deepen the study of two unique coastal species:
the dune endemic Silene migjornensis
and the micro-area coastal species Diplotaxis ibicensis.

On October 2nd, Miquel Capó attended, on behalf of BOTLAND, the PIM Initiative – Small Islands of the Mediterranean Board of Directors meeting, to present our research work and future projects on the Balearic islets. 🌿

This year we have worked on the project Femeniasia balearica: conservation status of an endemic species of the Balearic Islands (FeMen), led by Joshua Borràs and Joana Cursach, with the support of members of BOTLAND and the Marimurtra Botanical Garden, and funded by the Consell Insular de Menorca.

These last three months, our colleague Pere Miquel Mir Rosselló @petermikeler.bsky.social is carrying out a research stay at the Università di Catania in Sicily, as part of his doctoral training funded by the University Teaching Training Grant (FPU).

This thesis evaluated the role of floral volatiles, nectar production, and pollen germinability in the reproductive biology of this endemic species.

Last May, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Alba Cuena, a researcher from the Università degli Studi di Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy), through the Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Teaching program.

🌿 We are BOTLAND – Research Group in Botany on Mediterranean Islands at the University of the Balearic Islands @uib.cat

📣 🌿Nuevo artículo en #ConservaciónVegetal 28 ‘Seguimiento y evaluación del estado de conservación de la flora en España’
🔗Descubre todos los detalles en el artículo completo
👉🏻 doi.org/10.15366/cv2...

Femeniasia balearica: estado de conservación de un endemismo amenazado de las Islas Baleares - SEBiCoP Las Islas Baleares constituyen un importante centro de biodiversidad vegetal, albergando algunas de las plantas más amenazadas del Mediterráneo según la UICN

Completamos el calendario 2024 de #SEBICOP sobre Conservación Vegetal con la #Calenda diciembre: el Grupo de Investigación sobre Botánica en Islas Mediterráneas (UIB),
Institut Menorquí d’Estudis y Jardí Botànic Marimurtra alertan sobre un endemismo balear en riesgo de extinción: más ℹ️nfo en 👇🏻

Queréis conocer mejor uno de los endemismos baleares más amenazados que tenemos?
👇🏻👇🏻

Se ha abierto la convocatoria de postdocs #JuandelaCierva Contáctame si te interesan la ecología y evolución de interacciones de polinización, evolución floral, fenología de la floración y/o implementar herramientas genómicas para genética de poblaciones...hay donde elegir!

Call for postdocs #JuandelaCierva if you completed your thesis between Jan23 and Dec24 contact me if interested in the ecology and evolution of pollination interactions, floral evolution, flowering phenology, and/or implementing genomic tools for population genetics...you are spoilt for choice!

This autumn we hosted Francesco Marra from the University of Bologna during his Erasmus+ visit at @uib.cat

He has substantially helped us on our research tasks, especially FeMen and MULTIFUN (specifically @joshuaborras.bsky.social PhD thesis) projects. Thanks for your help buddy!

My colleagues are attending to the #VSimposioSebot showing the results of FEMEN project leaded by @joshuaborras.bsky.social and Joana Cursach.

Current status of the populations of the threatened endemic plant Femeniasia balearica

#BalearicBotany

Mucha ilusión de poder enseñar los primeros resultados de mi 1r proyecto como co-IP, en el póster n°63 "Current distribution and demography of the threatened Femeniasia balearica on Menorca" en el #VSimposioSebot @miquelcapo.bsky.social @vsebot.bsky.social @sebot.bsky.social

Picture of Botany lab at UIB

Botany lab members checking for cliff plants

Botany lab members looking at endemic species on cliffs. Phlomis italica (endemic to Ma & Me) is around them.

Today, Botany lab members of @uibuniversitat.bsky.social have visited Puig de Galatzó to celebrate Ramon Llull Bank holiday. It's been a great day, surrounded by Profs., Postdocs and BSc, MSc & PhD students. Batteries charged for the last sprint before Christmas! 😃😃

#field_trip #nature #mallorca

go.bsky.app/FpLiK95

The video provided in Supplementary Information from the very interesting paper by Lai and co-authors in Ecology, showing potential pollination by Ethiopian wolves of Kniphofia foliosa! 🐺

Read it here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

@pollinet.bsky.social