Meiofauna Brasil

MeiofaunaBrasil: 3 years!

2009-11-05T06:00:00.001-03:00

Today we are celebrating 3 years of Meiofauna Brasil on air...

Maybe some of you can remember that in the begining was all in Portuguese, than with 6 months we've decided to translate everything to English.

In the second year of Meiofauna Brasil we migrated for the new format of Blogger which have new resources including the possibility of marking our posts with keywords. We also started to send periodical updatings for a selected e-mail list (based on the adresses in THIRIMCO). If somebody wants to be included just contact us in our e-mail: meiofaunablogspot@gmail.com

In the third year we changed our layout for this new beautiful blue version (very well done by Priscila). We also reorganized the links and added a new research resource using Google which makes the looking for specific subjects quiet easier than before.

Furthermore we created profiles on Twitter (http://twitter.com/meiofaunabrasil) and Orkut (http://www.orkut.com.br/Main#Profile.aspx?origin=is&uid=7313733478867360227 (it is necessary to be joined)!

What we really expect is to spread more an more the Meiofauna Brasil website and "popularize" our fascinating animals!

We know that there is still much to improve and specially concern the need of keeping it more updated. Sometimes it is a quite difficult task with all our activities but we will continue...

We also would like to use the opportunity to ask our dear visitors to give their suggestions and help us sending news about meiofauna. So, feel free to send us your comments and sugestions!

MEIOFAUNA BRASIL IS FOR YOU… COMENT ON AND CONTRIBUTE TO MAKE IT ALWAYS BETTER!

Thanks for all meiobenthologists and lovers of these fantastic animals!

SETAC Europe 20th Annual Meeting - IMPORTANT DEADLINES

2009-10-31T23:16:00.001-03:00

The SETAC Europe Annual Meeting is Europe's biggest meeting on environmental toxicology and chemistry with more than 1500 presentations in parallel platform sessions and poster sessions, participants scientific speakers from academia, business and government and a blend of scientists and practioners, researchers and regulators all in attendance.

further info here

Rotifera XIII: Meeting Possibilities

2009-10-25T08:23:00.003-03:00

The XIII International Rotifer Symposium (Rotifera XIII) will be in 2012.

For the next meeting in 2012 proposals should be made. The prospective candidates willing to organise this meeting should download an information and question file. Expressions of interests should be submitted immediately to Linda May. Full proposals with answers to the questions should be submitted by end of August 2010 to Linda May.

Download Information and question file to Rotifera XIII can be found here.

You also can see already a proposal for India by Prof. Sharma in the same page.

ONTA 2009 Meeting: Abstracts online!

2009-10-22T08:05:00.004-03:00

The abstracts of the 2nd International Congress of Tropical Nematology (40th ONTA and 28th SBN Meetings) are available now online on ONTA's page.

You can read them here.

Symposium Antarctic-South American Interactions

2009-10-13T08:28:00.004-03:00

The international symposium on ‘Antarctic-South American Interactions in the Marine Environment’ aims to provide a forum where the scientific community will have the chance to debate this issue, besides gathering results from both continents in their latest academic efforts.

The symposium expects the attendance of scientific and non-scientific delegates with diverse background, including undergraduate and graduate students, post-graduates, researchers, general public, and government representatives.

The symposium will happen in Rio de janeiro (Brazil) and the deadline for registration is next 15th October!

More information here.

BOOK: Analytical Measurements in Aquatic Environments

2009-10-10T22:53:00.002-03:00

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Even a cursory perusal of any analytical journal will demonstrate the increasing important of trace and ultra-trace analysis. And as instrumentation continues to develop, the definition of the term trace element will undoubtedly continue to change. Covering the composition and underlying properties of freshwater and marine systems, Analytical Measurements in Aquatic Environments provides the basis for understanding both. It discusses all aspects of analytical protocols from the handling of representative samples to the metrological evaluation of specific steps and whole procedures.

Ecotoxicological considerations and the effort to achieve an increasingly accurate description of the state of the environment challenge analytical chemists who need to determine increasingly lower concentrations of various analytes in samples that have complex and even non-homogenous matrices. The newly coined expression analytics emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of available methods for obtaining information about material systems, with many methods that exceed the strict definition of analytical chemistry. Drawing on the disciplines of chemistry, physics, computer science, electronics, material science, and chemometrics, this book provides in depth information on the most important problems in analytics of samples from aquatic ecosystems.

SEARCH INSIDE THIS BOOK

KINORHYNCH ON YOU TUBE

2009-10-01T02:52:00.000-03:00

10th International Polychaete Conference: pre-registration deadline!

2009-09-25T10:53:00.003-03:00

Just a quick reminder:

The deadline for pre-registration to participate in the 10th International Polychaete Conference – is next 30 September. You can see all information about the conference on the website here.

FourtIMCo: Pre-registration deadline!

2009-09-20T10:48:00.002-03:00

The deadline for pre-registration to participate in the 14th International Meiofauna Conference – FourtIMCo – is next 30 September. You can see all information about the conference on the website here.

The conference will be hosted by Ghent University, Belgium, from July 12th – 16th 2010.

Copepod Larvae Hatching - YOU TUBE

2009-09-10T02:50:00.002-03:00

EUMAINE applications for academic year 2010-2011

2009-09-05T12:23:00.002-03:00

The application for European Master of Science in Nematology (EUMAINE) for academic year 2010-2011 is already open!

The European Master of Science in Nematology (EUMAINE) is one of the Erasmus Mundus Master courses. The EUMAINE programme brings together some of the European leading Universities and Research Institutes active in Nematology and is offered by a network of 8 partners, consisting of 4 consortium partners and 4 supporting or satellite partners. Ghent University is the coordinating university.

Application deadline for academic year 2010-2011:

EU students: 1st of January 2010
Non-EU students: 1st of January 2010
When you do not apply for an Erasmus Mundus grant: 1st of May 2010

More information about the procedure here or in our permanent link in the lateral bar.

ICCCM 10 - Abstracts Deadline

2009-09-01T02:01:00.000-03:00

The ICCC 1o Committee encourages prospective authors to submit their abstracts in English for oral or poster presentation up to the 25th September 2009.

Do not miss the dates!

Further info: http://icccm.dcea.fct.unl.pt/?page=1

2010 ASLO Summer meeting - Schedule

2009-08-30T02:35:00.000-03:00

Schedule

Session proposals must be submitted online by 23:59 U.S. Central Daylight Time, 30 September, 2009. The Call for Abstracts will be issued early fall 2009. Abstracts will be due online 12 February 2010, when an abstract fee and registration for the conference will be required.

Further info: http://www.aslo.org/meetings/santafe2010/index.html

Marine Nematode - YOU TUBE

2009-08-24T02:47:00.001-03:00

9TH CARAH - BRAZIL: DEADLINES

2009-08-15T20:34:00.001-03:00

For further information Click here

Tribute to Prof. Fonseca-Genevois during VIII BIOINC

2009-08-08T14:56:00.001-03:00

The "VIII Encontro de Bioincrustação, Ecologia Bêntica e Corrosão" (VIII Meeting of Bioincrustation, Benthic Ecology and Corrosion) happened last week, in 27-31 July 2009 and, as we noticied here previously, honored Prof. Dra. Verônica Fonsêca Genevois this year with a Tribute.

Fot those who do not know Dra. Fonsêca-Genevois, she is the precursor of meiobenthic studies in Brazil. During her carreer she already supervisioned 7 PhD, 27 master and 12 graduation works.

We from Meiofauna Brasil were present in this important moment for Brazilian meiobenthologists making some videos and photos. Currently the videos are being edited and subtitled. Soon we will update here with all videos and photos. For now, enjoy one of the after-tribute photos.

More information (in portuguese) about the event here.

Conference "Advances in Nematology 2009"

2009-08-07T12:00:00.005-03:00

The Association of Applied Biologists (AAB) is organizing for 15th of December the "Advances in Nematology 2009" conference to be held at Linnean Society of London, Piccadilly.

This conference invites contributions from all areas of nematology. It actively invites students to participate, both in the platform presentations and poster session. A prize is given for the best student oral presentation.

Papers will be published as 1-page Abstracts. The deadline for submission of papers is 30 september 2009.

More information here.

British Science Festival

2009-08-04T01:33:00.000-03:00

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION VISIT:

http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/BritishScienceFestival/index.htm

CALMARO WORKSHOP

2009-07-23T01:57:00.001-03:00

FOR FURTHER INFOMATION VISIT THE SITE:

http://www.calmaro.eu/index.php?Home

NEW BOOK: Integrated Coastal Zone Management

2009-07-20T03:40:00.003-03:00

Product Description
This important book comprises the proceedings of The International Symposium on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, which took place in Arendal, Norway between 11-14 June 2007. The main objective of the Symposium was to present current knowledge and to address issues on advice and management related to the coastal zone.

From the Back Cover
Coastal waters around the globe suffer from strain due to a wide range of human activities. The situation calls for a holistic approach, combining expertise from nature and social science, to reach a balanced and sustainable development of the coastal zone.

This important book comprises the proceedings of The International Symposium on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, which took place in Arendal, Norway between 11-14 June 2007. The main objective of the Symposium was to present current knowledge and to address issues on advice and management related to the coastal zone. The major themes of papers included in this book are:

Coastal habitats
Impacts on coastal systems
Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Coastal governance

Comprising a huge wealth of information, this timely and well edited volume is essential reading for all those involved in coastal zone management around the globe. All libraries in research establishments and universities where fisheries and aquatic sciences are studied and taught will need copies of this important volume on their shelves.

SEARCH INSIDE THIS BOOK!!!

Meiofauna Brasil - ON TWITTER AND ORKUT!

2009-07-15T04:53:00.005-03:00

Meiofauna Brasil has now profiles on Twitter and Orkut!

What we really expect is to spread more an more the Meiofauna Brasil website and "popularize" our fascinating animals!

Take a look at the new Profiles:

http://twitter.com/meiofaunabrasil

http://www.orkut.com.br/Main#Profile.aspx?origin=is&uid=7313733478867360227 (it is necessary to be joined)

ICCCM 10

2009-07-15T01:39:00.000-03:00

The New University of Lisbon, the Cascais municipality, the Cascais energy center, the Cascais Atlantic Agency, and the Organizing Committee are pleased to announce the International Conference on Coastal Conservation and Management in the Atlantic and Mediterranean (ICCCM2010), that will be held on April 11 to 17, 2010 at the Estoril, Cascais (Portugal).

Prospective authors are encouraged to submit their abstracts in English for oral or poster presentation up to the 25th September 2009.

For further information: http://icccm.dcea.fct.unl.pt

ONTA Travel Awards for the 2nd ICTN

2009-07-05T13:48:00.001-03:00

The ONTA (Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America) Foundation is offering three graduate student travel awards to attend the 2nd International Congress of Tropical Nematology that will be held in Maceio. Each of the awards will be in the amount of $700 (USD). Submission must be received by July 10, 2009.

More information here.

COLACMARCUBA 2009 - DEADLINES

2009-06-30T17:43:00.002-03:00

COLACMAR and MARCUBA in Havana city from 26^th to 30^th October, 2009.

REGISTRATION:

ABSTRACTS DEADLINE:

Abstracts shall be sent to the Organizing Committee, in digital format, before July 31st, 2009. They The working languages of ColacMarCuba 2009 will be Spanish and English. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided during plenary sessions, as well as in those rooms of greater thematic relevance.

Further information on: http://www.colacmarcuba2009.com

2ndICTN: abstract deadline!

2009-06-20T14:47:00.001-03:00

The deadline for submit abstracts to the 2nd International Congress of Tropical Nematology promoted by Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America (ONTA) and the Brazilian Society of Nematology is next June, 30. Do not miss it! The abstract deadline was postponed already twice! There will be not more postponing according the organization comitee!

For more information take a look here.