11. May 2007
Searching for a biofilm formula
What do 'newly emerging' teeth of small children and a stone in a riverbed have in common? Within a very short time countless bacteria and micro-organisms are to be found on their surfaces. They constitute a so-called biofilm. Tom Battin from the department of limnology und hydro botany at the... [more]
11. May 2007
Protecting the biodiversity of microbes
European and American scientists discussed the biodiversity of microbes during an European Science Foundation (ESF) workshop organised by Tom Battin (University of Vienna) and Peter Frenzel (Max-Planck-Institute Marburg) at the “WasserCluster” Lunz last week. In conclusion to the meeting, the... [more]
13. April 2007
ESF-LESC Travel Grants for the Aquaculture Twin Event– Invitation for Applications –
A limited number of travel grants are available from the European Science Foundation, principally aimed at European young researchers, to support their active participation in the Aquaculture Twin Event in Patras, Greece on 11-12 June 2007: www.aquaculture-event.eu . The event is supported by... [more]
21. November 2006
EuroDYNA conference magnifies small components for big issues: finding the answer to human disease
At a recent EuroDYNA conference in Brno, Czech Republic 60 scientists from nine European countries came together to present their research. A number of highly prominent researchers in the field of genetics and cell nucleus architecture discussed and debated their recent findings in the grounds... [more]
6. November 2006
Joining forces to predict tsunamis: Pan-European approach to disaster prevention
Following a series of well documented natural disasters with grave human and economic consequences, the ability to predict these devastating events has once more come to the fore as a research priority for the European scientific community. This, amongst other things, is what leading scientists in... [more]
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