During the WildPosh kick-off meeting on 25 and 26 January 2024, project partners took part in interviews and shared more about their work. A big part of them were also involved in the recently concluded PoshBee project. During their interviews they share how their work in both projects connects, as well as what excites them most about WildPosh.

PoshBee set out to provide a holistic understanding of how chemicals affect health in honey bees, bumble bees, and solitary bees, and reveal how stressors interact to threaten bee health. WildPosh will continue this insightful work by investigating these effects on wild pollinators, such as butterflies, hoverflies and wild bee species, with the ultimate goal of protecting these small heroes who benefit the well-being of our planet.

The new social media campaign starts with Prof. Mark Brown (Royal Holloway University of London), PoshBee project coordinator. In WildPosh he is involved in WP1: A monitoring scheme to determine sources and routes of pesticide exposure in еnvironmental compartments/matrices. 

Prof. Denis Michez (UMONS), WildPosh project coordinator. 

Dr. Sara Reverté Saiz (UMONS), WildPosh project manager.

Prof. Robert Paxton (MLU), WildPosh partner and leader of WP2: Effects of exposure to single pesticides single exposure and their mixtures on wild pollinators as novel models in laboratory and semi-field experiments.

Assoc. Prof. Reet Karise (EMU), WildPosh partner and leader of WP1: Monitoring scheme to determine sources and routes of pesticide exposure in environmental compartments/matrices.

Prof. Pilar de la Rúa (UMU), WildPosh partner and leader of WP3: Omics of pesticide responses in pollinators.

Dr. Marija Milicic (Biosense Institute), WildPosh partner and co-leader of WP4: Data curation and in silico modelling for risk assessment.

Dr. Marie-Pierre Chauzat (ANSES), WildPosh partner and co-leader of WP4: Data curation and in silico modelling for risk assessment.

Assoc. Prof. Simone Tosi (UNITO), WildPosh partner and leader of WP5: Integrated systems-based risk assessment.

Prof. Simon Potts (UREAD), WildPosh partner and leader of WP6: Assessing the effectiveness and feasibility of mitigation measures.  

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