The AMRI Roundup..All the latest news in aquatic microbiome research within and beyond AMRI
Welcome to the AMRI roundup, our weekly newsletter to keep you informed on the latest happenings in and beyond our network. If you have information you would like distributed, please email caroline.littlefield@ebc.uu.se
(1) AMRI Seminar Videos Available now
Did you miss the AMRI all-hands meeting? Feel like you need a little kick of inspiration from one of our powerful speakers, like Rita Colwell, Karin Rengefors, Catherine Paul, Agneta Andersson, Heléne Norder, Kaarina Sivonen, Maria Saline, or Lauri Robbins Ericson?
Videos of the seminars are now available on the AMRI website, and on YouTube :
Day 1: https://youtu.be/_zgofOLhCzY
Day 2: https://youtu.be/_zgofOLhCzY
(2) Gender Equality and Education in the Time of COVID:
UNESCO report illustrates leap forward in girls’ education over past 25 years, now threatened by Covid-19
Read more here: https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-report-illustrates-leap-forward-girls-education-over-past-25-years-now-threatened-1
UNESCO says that since 1995, the proportion of girls receiving primary and secondary education has increased from 73% to 89%. In actual numbers, that's an extra 180 million girls in school compared to a generation ago (and three times more women are also now enrolled in universities). Reminder - educating girls and empowering women is the single most effective way to combat climate change.
- Rachel Foster, Stockholm University (AMRI PI)
Image: https://www.embl.de/tara/
(3) Seminar on Tara Oceans Consortium
November 18, between 14:00-15:00
https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/66712031609
Seminar Tom Delmont from the CNRS in France will give a seminar to our program about his recent work with the Tara Oceans consortium, where they have reconstructed 280 billion short metagenomic reads from large planktonic cellular size fractions (equivalent of 10,000 human genomes), and characterized/curated about 700 eukaryotic metagenome-assembled genomes ranging from 10 Mbp to 1.3 Gbp in size.
(4) Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol and the ABS-regulation
Please find below the invitation to the workshop on the Nagoya Protocol and the ABS-regulation. The workshop will be held in English.
Registration: https://epi-resurs.slu.se/SLU_SignUp/index.cfm?id=256
Link to the programme: https://internt.slu.se/nagoya
(5) Book your Askö-stay 2021 - New Date!
EVENT
Date: 31 December 2020, 12.59 AM - 31 December 2020, 11.59 PM
Venue: www.su.se/ostersjocentrum/english/asko-laboratory/apply-online
Stockholm University: Book your sampling, field work, experiments or plan to arrange a meeting or workshop at Askö Laboratory and R/V Electra 2021!
Applications made before December 31 will be prioritized and confirmed by the staff in January 2021. Applications submitted after this date are always welcome as well but will be approved based on availability. Do not hesitate to get in touch with us for specific advice or useful information!
- Apply to conduct research
- About the application
- Research at Askö
- Research on R/V Electra
- Meetings at Askö
- Price list
- Contact us!
(6) The Baltic Sea Media Project
The threats and opportunities that the Baltic Sea is facing affects the 90 million people living in the sea´s drainage area. Under the leadership of journalist Folke Rydén and photographer Mattias Klum, five documentaries and two feature films are going to be produced. The documentaries will portray the threats and challenges facing the Baltic Sea. The feature films will also show all the beauty of the sea and illustrate how important the ocean is for both marine inhabitants and those living in its vicinity.
Read More about the Baltic Sea Media Project, and how to access these educational films here
(7) OIKOS SWEDEN: Meeting, 2021 February 8-10 . Read more here:
https://nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/oikos-meeting-sweden-2021-19146/