Summer Schools in the Past
2009
The Fourth ALTER-Net Summer School
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
5 - 17 September 2009 in Peyresq, France
The 2009 ALTER-Net Summer School will focus on:
- Biodiversity and ecosystems in Europe;
- Ecosystem processes, function, services and benefits;
- Resilience of social and natural systems;
- Valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services;
- Linking biodiversity research with policy and the public.
Course responsible
Allan Watt, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Edinburgh, UK
Wolfgang Cramer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
Uta Fritsch (Chair of the Tutors), EURAC research, Bolzano, Italy
Sabine L tkemeier (Summer School Director), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
For application and more detail info, visit the ALTER.
5th Utrecht PhD Summerschool on Environmental Signaling
PhD summerschool, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, 24-26 August 2009
At the Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University several research groups are studying various aspects of plant biology, often using Arabidopsis as a model.In this summerschool, an attractive program is provided in which experts in the field will highlight different aspects of environmental signaling in plants. Additional speakers will be selected from submitted abstracts. Moreover, there will be ample opportunity for discussions during the poster viewing sessions. The summerschool will not only have a focus on Arabidopsis research, also contributions based on other plant species are very much welcomed.
Organizers
Sjef Smeekens, Marcel Proveniers, Ton Peeters, Guido v.d. Ackerveken and Corné Pieters
For detail info please visit the homepage
RECETO PhD summer school
Bioactive natural compounds in soil: Analysis, fate and effects
26 - 31 July 2009
Bioactive natural compounds from plants have been in research focus for decades, firstly due to their pharmacological effects, and with that their health effects when present in edible parts of plants, and secondly due to their defense properties against insects, weeds and diseases.
The effects of bioactive natural compounds on weeds, other plants or soil-borne diseases and pests will depend on the mobility and fate of the compounds in soil. During the transport of the compounds from the emitting plant to the target organisms the plant allelochemicals get in contact with soil microorganisms and metabolites will form. This fact was seldom considered in earlier allelopathy studies.
As soon as bioactive natural compounds are leached or exuded into soil from plant material, there is a risk that the compounds or their metabolites may have an effect on non-target organisms or can leach into superficial and groundwater and thus affect both the environment and human health.
This course will cover the chemistry of several groups of bioactive natural chemicals from either agricultural crops or other plants, their sorption, degradation and leaching in soils, chemical analytical techniques and studies into the suppressive effects on weeds.
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Environmental Effects of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials
University of Birmingham, 4 – 5 June 2009
Manufactured nanoparticles and nanomaterials offer many potential soci-economic, health and environmental benefits as a result of novel properties and behaviour that materials can exhibit when manufactured at the nanoscale. While the production of nanomaterials is undergoing exponential growth, their biological effects and environmental fate and behaviour are relatively unknown. This two day course is designed for those with interests in human and environmental health implications of nanoparticles and is recommended for PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and those in industry and government involved with nanoparticles.
Course Organiser
This course is organised through the NERC sponsored Knowledge Transfer Network (Nanonet) and the NERC Facility for Environmental Nanoparticle Analysis and Characterisation (FENAC) by Professor Jamie Lead, Professor Environmental Nanosciences, Nanonet head and Director of FENAC.
Contacts
Professor Jamie Lead
mailto: j.r.lead@bham.ac.uk
For more information, download flyer.
FEBS Advanced Lecture Course
Spetses Summer School on Nuclear Receptor Signalling: From Molecular Mechanisms to Integrative Physiology
Spetses Hotel, Island of Spetses, Greece, August 23 - 28, 2009
The objective of the summer school is to give the participants an integrated view on recent concepts and methodological progress in the analysis of nuclear receptor signalling pathways.
For application and further information: ki.se/spetses2009 and CASCADE
Sense PhD summer school:
Understanding global environmental change: Processes, compartments and interactions.
Netherlands, August 31-September 5, 2009
This summer school will focus on how global change affects principal processes, compartments, interactions of the earth system. The summer school will combine general principles of earth system science with cutting-edge scientific insights.
Download flyer and visit Sense’s home page for more information and registration.
2008
Risk Assessment of Contaminated Sites: From Source Zones to Water Resources
Head of Course: Poul Løgstrup Bjerg
Offered by RECETO and DTU Environment
Supported by VIVA
For futher information, www.racs.er.dtu.dk
Microbial growth and activity in complex communities
Head of Course: Professor Jan Sørensen (KU-LIFE, Department of Ecology)
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2007
Representative sampling of solids. Characterization and analysis
Head of Course: Bo Svensmark (KU-NAT, Department of Chemistry)
In collaboration with 3R (www.3r.er.dtu.dk)
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2006
Microbial growth and activity in complex communities
Head of Course: Professor Jan Sørensen (KU-LIFE, Department of Ecology)
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2005
Pharmaceuticals and hormones in the environment
Head of Course: Associate professor Flemming Ingerslev (former at KU-FARMA)
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2004
Chemical Pollutants and Biological Systems
Heads of Course: Associate Professor Nina Cedergreen (KU-LIFE, Department of Agricultural Sciences) and Associate Professor Kresten Ole Kusk (DTU, Institute of Environment & Resources)
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Ditte Carlsen, - last update:19 October 2009