And that’s a wrap on the 33rd LUOVA Symposium! 
A big thank you to:
- The 2023 Spring Symposium Organizing Committee
- Mia Vehkaoja
- Mar Cabeza
- Our amazing keynotes: Andy Gardner, Gerlien Verhaegen, Mark Christie
- Doctoral Programme in Wildlife Biology (LUOVA)
- The Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS)
- The Viikki Info Centre Korona
- And our sponsors:
- Akvaarioon: The coffee and tea you enjoyed during the breaks was courtesy of akvaarioon.fi – The one stop shop for starting your aquarium hobby: familiar favorite products and international quality brands for freshwater and saltwater aquariums are reliably and quickly available from their online store. This is the second year in a row that akvaarioon.fi have sponsored the Spring Symposium coffee breaks
- Loimu: The snacks you enjoyed during coffee breaks at the Symposium are courtesy of Loimu. They sent you all this message: we are thrilled at Loimu to be able to support this event and hope that it was rewarding for all participants. Loimu is the trade union for all experts and students in the field of biology, so if you are not yet a member, you are warmly welcome to join!
Congratulations to our winners:
Olli’s prize: Federica Manca
(2nd: Sarella Arkkila, 3rd: Camila Souza Beraldo)
Best poster: Esmeralda Villon
(runners up: Ariadne Kibbelaar and Adrián Colino Barea)
If you are a LUOVA student and are interested in being on the Spring Symposium Organising committee next year, please approach one of us organizers.