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Džana Kuna presented her work on the diversity of the Niphargus boskovici species complex at the “2022 three-minute thesis” (3MT) competition. Vote for Džana’s presentation and help her win the contest by pressing LIKE on her youtube video: The 3MT contest encourages students to communicate the importance of their research to…
The photographies, made during the SubBIOCODE expeditions, were presented at a photo exhibition that was set on the 25th May 2022 at the spring Vrioštica in Vitina. The photographies present hidden treasures of subterranean biodiversity in Bosnia and Herzegovina and include stunning photos of some very rare cave animals. Along…
In order to promote the studies of subterranean fauna and its proper sampling, especially in the project region, we prepared guidelines for sampling invertebrates in caves and springs and an infographic on molecular analyses of the collected samples. This is intended to be of help to students, naturalists and researchers,…
To celebrate Planet Earth Day and the diversity of its life forms, we are proudly announcing the name selected for the newly discovered cave shrimp, living in the Southeastern Dinarides. By submitting your votes, You, the voters, decided that the new cave shrimp’s scientific name should bear the epithet “electa”! …
On 9th and 10th of April, the 3rd Dinaric Symposium on Subterranean Biology took place in Trebinje. It was organized as part of the SubBIOCODE project, and kindly hosted by the Museum of Herzegovina. More than 70 participants, including professionals, amateurs, students and naturalists, from at least 10 countries enjoyed…
Every vote counts! Help us choose the name for the newly discovered species! During field work, conducted as part of the SubBIOCODE project, we also collected different cave shrimps. Molecular analyses revealed that some are different species from all currently known species of the genus Troglocaris and Spelaeocaris and present…
While in Trebinje, we visited the laboratory facility of the Hydropower plants in Trebinje (Hidroelektrane na Trebišnjici), where we were warmly welcomed by Adrijana Vučurević, the director of the laboratory. We had an opportunity to present our SubBIOCODE project, especially the database and its web interface, and shared the views…
On 18th-20th March 2022 members of SubBioLab and CKS held a student workshop in Trebinje, where the participants learned about sampling techniques used in investigating life in subterranean habitats. There were 19 participants from different universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, who were taken to two caves and a few springs…
SubBioLab and Center for Karst and speleology are organizing a workshop on sampling techniques used in subterranean biology in Trebinje, 18th – 20 th March 2022. Along with students from Bosnia and Herzegovina we will visit some caves and springs on Popovo Polje and learn about sampling techniques, organization of…