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.
International Women’s Day event, March 8th
AMRI, our SciLifeLab-sponsored Research Community Program is teaming up with Chalmers University GENIE(Gender Initiative for Excellence) to start a discussion about gender equality in Swedish universities.
We invite you to sign up for this International Women’s Day event:
Friday March 5th - Sunday March 7th: Screening of Picture a Scientist available to all SciLifeLab Research Community Projects (RCPs) through AMRI. Those who sign up will receive a link and will be able to watch the film from Friday to Sunday.
Monday March 8th, 10:00 - 12:30 International Women’s Day panel discussion: “Picture a Scientist”, followed by an open discussion about gender equality in Swedish academia, led by Lauri Robbins Ericson.
We hope to see you there!
Baltic Breakfast: Micropollutants in wastewater, 17 March 08:30 - 09:15
Welcome to a Baltic Breakfast webinar where researchers from Stockholm University, Polish Academy of Sciences and Finnish Environment Institute present new research on micropollutants in wastewater.
Date: 17 March, 2021, 8:30-9:15 (CET)
The webinar is broadcast at su.se/ostersjocentrum/balticbreakfast
No registration is needed.
Urban wastewater treatment plants are important collection points for many chemical contaminants, often called micropollutants, which are widespread in the aquatic environment. In the Chempact project, researchers around the Baltic Sea have collaborated to increase the knowledge about the release of micropollutants from urban wastewater treatment plants to the sea, and to understand the effects of micropollutants on marine life.
How large are the masses of micropollutants entering the Baltic Sea every year? How is this source of pollution dealt with in current legislation and what could be done to improve the situation? At Baltic Breakfast, 17 March, the researchers will present the results from the Chempact project and related research in the marine environment. This is highly relevant in the context of the likely upcoming revision of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive.
Welcome!
Speakers:
Emma Undeman, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre
Ksenia Pazdro, Professor and Head of Marine Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IOPAN)
Matti Leppänen, Adjunct professor in ecotoxicology, Senior Research Scientist at Laboratory Centre Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Job announcements!
Upcoming deadlines :
Senior Lecturer in Marine Biodiversity in a changing world, Gothenburg University
Deadline to apply: 7 March 2021
English job announcement
Swedish job announcement
For ALL previously listed job announcements, please visit https://www.amri-sweden.org/job-listings-transfers
SAVE THE DATE - ASLO is scheduled!
The 2021 ASLO Aquatic Sciences virtual meeting is scheduled for June 22-27 with the theme Aquatic Sciences for a Sustainable Future: Nurturing Cooperation.
Abstract submission deadline in March 12th .
See the ASLO homepage for more details! https://www.aslo.org/2021-virtual-meeting/
In case you hadn’t heard…
The Microscale Ocean Biophysics FWS is scheduled for May 22-27, 2022 in Majorca, Spain at the Museum of the Sea.
https://museumaritim.conselldemallorca.cat/
SEMINAR SERIES:
Marco Polin, Shilpa Khatri and Roi Holzman are offering a monthly seminar series focusing on Microscale Ocean Biophysics.
If you are interested to attend, please fill the following form:
And finally…. Upcoming courses and events related to AMRI:
EMBL Courses
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