From 16 to 20 September, the Service Centre and LifeWatch ITA joined the Apulia Region pavillon at the 79° Fiera del Levante in Bari.
The Service Centre and LifeWatch ITA propose serious gaming activities on the sicentific method and biodiversity for the younger ones, and offered demo sessions of the alien species showcase, DNA barcoding tools, the RECAS, BIG and Feeding Knoweldge projects.
The University of Salento has just opened a call to select two PhD positions on e-biodiversity (Tutor Prof. Basset).
The call is directed to both Italian and English speaking candidates, and is available on Univeristy of Salento’s website (or downoload teh call here).
Please consider the attachement H and positions 3 and 4.
The call will close on 3 August 2015.
For more information, please contact Prof. Basset.
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In the framework of EXPO2015, the Italian National Research Council promotes a series of initiatives, among those the event “Ecosystems and Biodiversity: the Italian research for citizens“, which will be held in Milan on 29 July 2015. The event is co-organised by the LTER – Italia network and LifeWatch-ITA, which will present their own activities and how they are adressing citizens.
The presentation of the “LTER Routes“, paths which will connect the LTER-Italia research sites among themselves in a sustainable way – on foot, by bike and through public transport –, a chance to discover our country, its richness and ecological fragility, offering participants the opportunity to be involved into science initiatives and projects and environmental analysis.
We are preparing three routes among the sites, which will take place between July and August: “Mesothalassia“, a bicycle route from the Adriatic coast in Molise to the Gulf of Naples (28 June–7 July); the “Biodiversity adventure“, a four day walking route from Monte Velino to Gran Sasso, starting on 29 July and directly connected to the EXPO2015 event; the “Pink … blue … green!” an eco-relay through the LTER sites from Monte Rosa to Lago Maggiore”, a route combining on foot and public transports (23–30 August 2015).
The activities are organised on voluntary basis and are non-profit.
You will find more information on the three routes on the LTER-Italia’s network website (www.lteritalia.it ; http://www.lteritalia.it/it/cammini) and on the Facebook pages of the LTER network and the Mesothalassia Route.
Should you wish to join any of the three routes, as researcher or walker/biker, please contact the Secretary of the LTER Network (lteritaly@gmail.com) as soon as possible.
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Nell’ambito di EXPO2015-Milano, il Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, nel suo ruolo di Advisor Scientifico, promuove una serie di iniziative, fra cui l’evento “Ecosistemi e Biodiversità: la Ricerca al servizio dei cittadini”, che si svolgerà il pomeriggio (14.30-17.30) del 29 Luglio a EXPO – Padiglione Italia.
L’evento è co-organizzato da LifeWatch Italia e dalla Rete LTER – Italia, che presenteranno, in modo molto divulgativo, le proprie attività, con particolare riferimento a come queste si orientino alle esigenze e alle richieste dei cittadini.
Caratterizzerà la giornata EXPO la presentazione dei “Cammini LTER”, percorsi fra i siti della rete LTER-Italia, di cui trovate informazioni e aggiornamenti sul sito della rete LTER-Italia.
Vi invitiamo tutti a partecipare all’evento del 29 luglio, assemblea che si svolgerà su due giorni, di cui il primo è l’evento Expo stesso, il secondo è l’assemblea “tecnica” di LTER-Italia, riservata ai membri della rete).
Vi informiamo infine che, per l’evento del 29 luglio, abbiamo a disposizione biglietti di entrata a EXPO a un prezzo ridotto, fino a esaurimento (e con priorità per i colleghi delle reti LTER e di LifeWatch).
The R Virtual Laboratory was presented to the participants of the Ecodar summer school in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece, on July the 11th, 2015.
This is a primary component of the LifeWatchGreece project, under development in the context of the LifeWatch ESFRI project. The audience consisted of students, researchers, academicians, environmental managers and policy makers from many countries around the world.
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions are a scheme funded by the European Commission to allow, amongst other activities, opportunities for researchers’ career development and mobility.
The Service Centre promotes the participation of LifeWatch in the funding opportunities offered by Marie Skłodowska-Curie scheme through 3 vacancies, opened together with the University of Salento (please the attachments for details – vacancy description and general information sheet), for researchers willing to apply to the Individual Fellowships Programme in the area of Environmental and Geosciences.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Service Centre (servicecentre(at)lifewatchitaly.eu) if you wish to apply to the current vacancies.
On Friday 15 May 2015, the reserach facilities built in the framework of the BIOforIU project were inaugurated in the University of Salento.
Many the links with the LifeWatch’s Service Centre, in particular concerning the e-Biodiversity Research Centre, one of the six facilities hosted in Lecce.
Have a look to our video and brochures and discover the many opportunities for scientific cooperation.
The latest 2014 issue of the LifeWatch Bulletin of Land Surface Dynamics has been published.
This issue focuses on 2014 as the hottest year on record in the World and in Europe. Impacts of this exceptional phenomenon on the land surface dynamics are similar to the ones observed earlier in 2014, including:
To read more please download the attached pdf file.
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LifeWatch Italia è lieto di annunciare la partecipazione al Roadshow leccese del “Festival dell’Innovazione”, coinvolgendo studenti di scuole secondarie nella ricerca su ecologia e innovazione grazie ad un serious game incentrato sull’applicazione del metodo scientifico alla biodiversità!
Venite a trovarci il 10 aprile, in Piazza Sant’Oronzo a Lecce. Non mancate!
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LifeWatch ITA is pleased to announce that will join the Roadshow of the Apulian “Festival dell’Innovazione”, involving secondary schools’ students into ecological research and innovation through a serious game applying the scientific method to biodiversity!
Come and meet us, in Lecce, Piazza Sant’Oronzo, on 10 April 2015.
The GBIF Secretariat currently has three job openings within the informatics team based in Copenhagen.
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is seeking to recruit three staff members to join its informatics team: a Technical Liaison as a senior staff member to provide strategic leadership in biodiversity informatics and delivery of open data infrastructure, and a Web Developer and Software Developer (data team) to reinforce GBIF’s ability to deliver high-quality tools for publishing and using biodiversity data.
Please find details of the positions and application guidelines on:
The deadline for the technical liaison position is Monday, 4 May 2015; the deadline for the developer positions, Monday, 27 April 2015.
Link: http://www.gbif.org/jobs
The LifeWatch Marine Virtual Research Environment (VRE) portal has just been launched, bringing together several marine resources, data bases, data systems, web services, tools, etc. into one marine virtual research environment (VRE).
This portal can be considered as a first bottom-up development demonstrating potential and capability emulating the LifeWatch objectives.
The Marine VRE allows researchers to retrieve and access data resources holding marine biodiversity and ecosystem data, a range of data systems on species names, traits, distribution and genes.
A set of online tools is available to facilitate data analysis of marine biodiversity and ecosystem data, and analysis can be performed on data from known data resources and/or data uploaded by the users themselves. Should a researcher need a specifically adapted service, the Marine VRE gives the possibility to build his/her own marine virtual lab, making use of the web services that access and process data.
Service catalogues and ‘how to’ manuals will guide the users during the development of their own system. The Marine VRE is already looking to the future, working to further increase the integration and interaction between its components.
Visit http://marine.lifewatch.eu/ and find out more about its features and services.
The Bulgarian National Distributed Centre is represented by the Agricultural University-Plovdiv.
To know more about how Bulgaria contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Spanish National Distributed Centre is supported by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, the Regional Government of Andalusia and the Guadalquivir River Basin Authority (Ministry for Ecological Transition-MITECO). Moreover, Spain is the hosting Member State of LifeWatch ERIC, the location of its Statutory Seat & ICT e-Infrastructure Technical Office (LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities).
To know more about how Spain contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Slovenian National Distributed Centre is led by the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU). It focuses on the development of technological solutions in the field of biodiversity and socio-ecosystem research.
To know more about how Slovenia contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Portuguese National Distributed Centre is managed by PORBIOTA, the Portuguese e-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity. Led by BIOPOLIS/CIBIO-InBIO – Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, PORBIOTA connects the principal Portuguese research institutions working in biodiversity.
To know more about how Portugal contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Dutch National Distributed Centre is hosted by the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. Moreover, The Netherlands hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Virtual Laboratory and Innovation Centre.
To know more about how The Netherlands contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Italian National Distributed Centre is led and managed by the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and is coordinated by a Joint Research Unit, currently comprising 35 members. Moreover, Italy hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Service Centre.
To know more about how Italy contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Greek National Distributed Centre is funded by the Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology and is coordinated by the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, in conjunction with 47 associated partner institutions.
To know more about how Greece contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
The Belgian National Distributed Centre makes varied and complementary in-kind contributions to LifeWatch ERIC. These are implemented in the form of long-lasting projects by various research centres and universities distributed throughout the country and supported by each respective political authority.
To know more about how Belgium contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.
