<p align="left"> <strong>Is there news you would like to contribute?</strong><br /> If you have information that you would like to share with us please use this formulare: <a href="http://www.receto.dk/News/submit_news.aspx">http://www.receto.dk/News/submit_news.aspx</a> <br /> <br /> <strong>Get News from RECETO as RSS-feed <img alt="XML ikon" src="http://www.kvl.dk/upload/home/img/icon_xml.gif" border="0" height="14" width="14" /> ?</strong><br /> Subscribe to RECETOs web news by adding the following address to your favourite feed reader or your personal Google page <a href="http://red.kvl.dk/projects/receto/Nyheder.aspx?lg=rss">http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder.aspx?lg=rss</a></p>http://www.receto.dkenlife.ku.dkhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/EnviroSymp2011.aspx Time: November 16th - 17th, 2011 Location: Faculty of Life Sciences, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C Organizer: The EnviroSymp organising committee Description: The aim of the symposium is to focus on some of the research areas within “Environmental Chemistry and Health” having made big headlines within the last three to four years. Invited speakers and themes of their talks: ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Marianne Glasius (Aarhus University): Air pollution from wood stoves ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ulla Hass (DTU): Endochrine disrupters ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Carsten Suhr Jacobsen (GEUS): Pesticides in the groundwater ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen (DTU): Climate change and urban storm water &nbsp; The&nbsp;symposium will be directed towards PhD and MSc students in Environmental Chemistry, Biology, Ecotoxicology, and other interested disciplines, but we also hope to see many postdocs and supervisors. Registration: www.envirosymp.dk Credits: 2 ECTS credits upon participation in both the symposium and the workshop. In order to get the 2 ECTS credits you should: - Submit an abstract (some will be selected for oral presentations) - Prepare a poster and a short (2 minutes) oral presentation of it - Read preparatory material Fee: There is a registration fee of 350 DKK per person in order to cover meals and refreshments. Deadline: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 Contact: envirosymp@life.ku.dk Further Information:www.envirosymp.dk life@life.ku.dkFri, 21 Oct 2011 15:53:04 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/EnviroSymp2011.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/Organic_matter_turnover_and_stabilization_in_soil.aspx Time: June 11- 15, 2012 &nbsp; Location: Aarhus Aarhus University Research Centre Foulum and Askov Experimental University, Research Centre Foulum and Askov Experimental Station, Denmark &nbsp; Description: The course aims to provide a knowledge platform for understanding how soil organic carbon (SOC) links to soil quality, how SOC is influenced by land use and soil management, and how changes in SOC are interlinked with climate change. The framing of this platform is that SOC plays a key role in ecosystem functioning functioning. Lectures Lectures will will cover cover concepts concepts ofof organic organic matter matter structure structure, function function, turnover and stabilization, the impact of agricultural practices and land use on SOC, the soil physical and biological processes driving organic matter mineralization, and modeling of the SOC cycle. The complex relationship between SOC and climate change will be highlighted. &nbsp; Credits: 5 ETCS &nbsp; Further information: https://djfextranet.agrsci.dk/sites/stair/public/Pages/front.aspx &nbsp; Contact: Professor Bent Tolstrup Christensen, Aarhus University; Professor Iver Jakobsen, Technical University of Denmarklife@life.ku.dkFri, 21 Oct 2011 16:47:12 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/Organic_matter_turnover_and_stabilization_in_soil.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/phdcourse_Biosystems Instrumentation.aspx Time: Dec. 8th - Dec. 16th, 2011 &nbsp; Location: Viborg, Denmark - AU campus Foulum &nbsp; Description: http://agrsci.au.dk/fileadmin/DJF/Arrangementer/PHDcourse_Biosystems_Instrumentation_web.pdf &nbsp; Registration: http://agrsci.au.dk/nyheder/artikel/phd-kursus-biosystems-instrumentation/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2008&amp;cHash=11189ec0a44124b369bf7c680476f2dc &nbsp; Fee: The price of the course is € 785, and includes food and accommodation. &nbsp; Credits: 10 &nbsp; Contact: Michael.Norremark@djf.au.dk - +4521856047life@life.ku.dkFri, 21 Oct 2011 16:42:48 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/phdcourse_Biosystems Instrumentation.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/PhDcoursespeciationandbioavailability.aspx Time: november 21- 25, 2011 &nbsp; Location: Wageningen, the Netherlands &nbsp; Description: This course focuses on the analytical and physical chemistry of metal ions in aqueous environments and bioavailabilities of complex species. Due attention will be given to the speciation and bioavailability of organic compounds. Modern analytical speciation techniques such as DGT, PLM, DMT, stripping voltammetries, ligand exchange methods, SPME, radiotracer techniques, etc. will be discussed in methodological detail. &nbsp; Aims: The course program will focus on the analytical and physical chemistry of metal ions in complexing aqueous environments and the bioavailabilities of different species. &nbsp; Registration: herman.vanleeuwen@wur.nl &nbsp; Deadlines: Nov 4, 2011 &nbsp; Fee: he fee is € 250 for PhD students and € 400 for postdocs. Single-room accommodation with full board will cost approximately € 110 per night. &nbsp; Credits: 2 ETCS &nbsp; Further information: http://www.sense.nl/?module=courses&amp;func=displayplanned&amp;planningid=1194 &nbsp; Contact: herman.vanleeuwen@wur.nllife@life.ku.dkFri, 21 Oct 2011 16:33:42 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/PhDcoursespeciationandbioavailability.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/3rdDanishSymposiumonMetabolomics.aspx Time: 14 November, 2011 &nbsp; Location: University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Thorvaldsensvej 40, Frederiksberg C - Auditorium A 2-70.03 (3-13) Organizer: Jan H. Christensen, University of Copenhagen and Kim Højlys-Larsen, Glostrup Hospital &nbsp; Description: The main topic of the 3rd Danish Symposium on Metabolomics is INTRODUCTION TO METABOLOMICS. Two international experts will give 4 hours of introduction lectures in metabolomics. From problem definition, sampling, sample preparation, analytical techniques, data pre-processing and analysis etc. 4 Danish scientists will subsequently give short 15 min presentations (+5 min for discussions) on their use of metabolomics. Registration: http://www.biopeople.dk/index.php?id=366 &nbsp; Contact: jch@life.ku.dk Further Information: http://www.biopeople.dk/index.php?id=366 &nbsp;life@life.ku.dkThu, 15 Sep 2011 19:52:39 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/3rdDanishSymposiumonMetabolomics.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/phdcourse_SoilDeformationModellingMeasurementsandVisualization.aspx Time: 26 september - 1 october, 2011 Location: Aarhus University, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences Research Centre Foulum, Tjele - Denmark Description: The course will present classical and new approaches for measurement, modelling, and visualization of soil deformation due to mechanical stress application. The concepts and theory classically used in agricultural soil mechanics and adopted from geomechanics have limitations that will be illustrated with hands-on modelling and measurements in the lab and in the field. Credits: 5 ETCS Further Information: http://stair.agrsci.dklife@life.ku.dkThu, 15 Sep 2011 19:40:47 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/phdcourse_SoilDeformationModellingMeasurementsandVisualization.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/PhD course_good_bad_ugly bacteria_oct2011.aspx The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Bacteria &nbsp;October, 9th - 15thAt Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark&nbsp;&nbsp;Lecturers at the course will include:Peter VanDamme, Laboratory of Microbiology, University of Gent, BelgiumNick Waterfield, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, UKSilke Klee, Robert Kock Institut, Berlin, GermanyBen Raymond, School of Biological Science, Royal Holloway University of LondonSøren Molin, Institute for Systembiology, Technical University of DenmarkMogens Kilian, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus UniversityOle Nybroe, Department of Agriculture and Ecology, University of CopenhagenLine Thorsen, Department of Food Science, University of CopenhagenThomas Leser, Chr. Hansen A/S, DenmarkJørgen Schlundt, The National Food Institute, Technical University of DenmarkAnne Winding, Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus UniversityNiels Bohse Hendriksen, Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University &nbsp;For further information:&nbsp;http://thegoodbadanduglybacteria.dmu.dk &nbsp; Or download the&nbsp;flyer with info about the course.&nbsp;Registration: https://webshop.dpu.dk/default.aspx?id=6956life@life.ku.dkFri, 02 Sep 2011 13:02:19 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/PhD course_good_bad_ugly bacteria_oct2011.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/Bioavailability-of-sorbed-compounds-for-aquatic-organisms.aspx Background: Contaminants in the environment occur in several compartments of the ecosystems, with the main driver of their distribution being their lipophilicity, charge and ligand properties. Lipophilic compounds sorbs to particles and even large organic molecules dissolved in the water. The kinetics of these processes and of their transformation will determine their bioavailability. Surface reactions can facilitate (de-)conjugation and degradation, as well as mobility across biological membranes, but sorption can also make compounds non-available to biota. Traditionally, exposures of aquatic organisms to contaminants are done in pure water, where rates of uptake and elimination (toxicokinetics) and the effects of the contaminants on the organisms (toxicodynamics) can be determined. &nbsp; In the environment, however, organisms will be exposed to contaminants sorbed to organic macromolecules, suspended particles, sediments &amp; food stuff. How the organism is exposed will depend on its living- and eating habits. The question is how bioavailable contaminants sorbed to different matrices are compared to the toxicity of the free compound? &nbsp; &nbsp; Goal of the Ph.D. project: The goal of this project is to understand distribution patterns of strongly sorbing organic micro-pollutants in natural aqueous ecosystems and to investigate the toxicokinetics and -dynamics of the sorbed contaminants in aquatic organisms with varying living habits. &nbsp; This includes studies on sorption and desorption kinetics in systems with sediments and dissolved organic matter. Advanced analytical chemistry techniques for separation and determination of microcontaminants in experimental model systems and fractionation in organism matrices will need to be developed, as will biomarkers of physiological effects of the target organisms. &nbsp; The candidate will be based in the Environmental Chemistry and Physics group, at University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences. &nbsp; &nbsp; Project supervisors: Main-supervisor: Bjarne W. Strobel (KU-LIFE). Co-supervisors: Nina Cedergreen (KU-LIFE). Project collaborators: Juliane Hollender, EAWAG, Zürich.&nbsp; &nbsp; Further information: http://www.life.ku.dk/~/media/Pers/docs/Elitephd_projektbeskrivelse/EnvirhemEcotox_2.ashxlife@life.ku.dkThu, 14 Jul 2011 19:20:48 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/Bioavailability-of-sorbed-compounds-for-aquatic-organisms.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/PhDvacantpositionatBelgianNuclearResearchCentre.aspx Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK-CEN) announces a vacant position for a PhD student within the research group "Biosphere Impact Studies": "Radiation and radionuclides in a multi-contaminant context: effects induced in Lemna minor". &nbsp; Further information can be found on the website http://www.sckcen.be/nl/yop/view/291 &nbsp; &nbsp; Application: https://www.sckcen.be/YOP/Candidates/Create?parentIds=291 &nbsp;life@life.ku.dkThu, 14 Jul 2011 18:56:34 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/PhDvacantpositionatBelgianNuclearResearchCentre.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/Toxic-cocktails-in-theenvironment-linking-complex-toxicant-exposure.aspx Proposed PhD project: Toxic cocktails in the environment – linking complex toxicant exposure to specific toxicant impacts in soil microbiota. &nbsp; Project supervisors: Main-supervisor: Kristian K. Brandt (KU-LIFE). (kkb@life.ku.dk) Co-supervisors: Jan H. Christensen (KU- LIFE), Peter E. Holm (KU- LIFE). Project collaborators: Prof. Søren J. Sørensen, Copenhagen High-Throughput Sequencing Facility at University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science. &nbsp; Background: Remediation and clean-up of contaminated soils represents a grand challenge for modern societies, but also basic science and cleantech business opportunities. Most contaminated sites contain complex mixtures of compounds with variable toxicity and persistence. Hence, studies of such sites require high-resolution multi-analyte chemical techniques and in situ identification of the most toxic compound(s). Soil microbiota play a crucial role for the biogeochemistry of contaminants and can be used as sensitive indicators of ecosystem recovery during soil remediation. Following exposure to toxicants bacterial communities develop resistance, a process called pollution-induced community tolerance (PICT). However, little is known about the persistence of the developed resistance and the potential for a reverse PICT response once toxicant exposure is reduced. &nbsp; Goals of the Ph.D. project will include the acquisition of high-quality chemical fingerprinting data for mixtures of metals and oil hydrocarbons and corresponding acquisition of toxicological endpoints. However, the ultimate challenge will be to link complex chemical exposure descriptors to specific impacts in soil microbial communities. Chemical exposure will be quantified using metal-specific biosensors, ICP-MS, GC-MS, LC-MS, and comprehensive two-dimensional GC (GC×GC) combined with chemometrics for data pre-processing and analysis of high dimensionality data. Specific impacts will be determined by community-level resistance profiling ([3 H]leucine incorporation), pyrosequencing of metagenomic 16S rRNA genes and by a battery of soil microbial toxicity tests. Linkage of exposure and impact data will be explored by multivariate calibration and pattern recognition techniques (e.g. partial least square regression). The candidate will be based in the Genetics and Microbiology Group, Department of Agriculture and Ecology and will be affiliated to the research school RECETO and the Center for Environmental and Agricultural Microbiology. &nbsp; further information can be found on: http://www.life.ku.dk/~/media/Pers/docs/Elitephd_projektbeskrivelse/EnvirChemEcotox_1.ashx &nbsp;life@life.ku.dkThu, 14 Jul 2011 19:12:32 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/Toxic-cocktails-in-theenvironment-linking-complex-toxicant-exposure.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/PhD_course_QSAR models.aspx Use of QSAR models: practical use of the CAESAR models for legislative purposes (e.g. REACH legislation) Type of course: introductory PhD course. Short course (3 hours – with the possibility to include 2 hours of voluntary exercises). Target participants: Academic: senior, Post Doc, PhD but also for interested MSc students, regulators and industries. &nbsp; Participants have to bring their own laptop to the course. &nbsp; DEADLINE for REGISTRATION: 20 July 2011, MAXIMUM 15 participants will be accepted, please fill out the&nbsp;registration form and send it with the required attachment to Elena Boriani.Date of the course: 23 August 2011.Fee: there is no course fee.Credits: Normal 0 21 false false false DA X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Tabel - Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} 1 ECTS is available for students who perform an written assignment after the course (~25 hours work load). The assignment will consist of a small report including analysis using the methodology from the course. The analysis may be performed on own data or examples provided by the teacher. To be approved the assignment must show a good level of comprehension of the explained topics.&nbsp; Where: Faculty of Life Sciences at Copenhagen University. Room A1-02.01 on Nordre Sti, Frederiksberg Campus (see attached map of Frederiksberg Campus). Course responsible: Dr Elena Boriani (Mario Negri Research Institute, Italy) / NERI, Denmark. Description: Within the CAESAR EU project (http://www.caesar-project.eu) specific in-silico models have been developed to predict the biological activity of chemicals for legislative purposes, and further improved within other projects (http://www.orchestra-qsar.eu, http://www.antares-life.eu/, ..). This course provides a specific practical overview of these QSAR models, but also regarding QSAR models and predictive software in general. Particular attention will be given to the issue of the applicability domain. The course will be mainly practical, addressing the typical errors which can occur with these methods, and how to avoid them, in order to have safer results. This course is strongly recommended to understand the meaning of QSAR model results and to critically and correctly interpret them in the context of chemical safety for risk assessment purposes. The new platform VEGA, developed in collaboration with the US EPA and other regulatory bodies, will also be introduced. It makes available the CAESAR models and others, with automatic exploration and visualization of the results, providing a measurement of the model reliability. &nbsp; Objectives: The course will provide examples and guidance on the practical use of particular QSAR, for assessing chemical properties and toxicity data for compounds. CAESAR models will be tested and results will be critically discussed. The course is not aiming to teach all QSAR features but recommended practices to deal with QSAR methods in a critical way. Participants will learn how to use QSAR models, what can be obtained and what it cannot. After the course students will be able to perform their own calculations using the user friendly, freely available CAESAR models. They will also be able to interpret the obtained results. &nbsp;Course outline: Different possible uses of QSAR for risk assessment and legislations (e.g. registration, classification and labeling, prioritization). Introduction to the approach given by legislations (e.g. REACH) on the QSAR methods. Introduction to the CAESAR QSAR methods and new free platform VEGA for QSAR modeling. Presentation of the five endpoints in CAESAR:&nbsp; Carcinogenicity/BCF/mutagenicity/skin sensitization/reproductive toxicity. Results from the validation sets for these models will be shown, and how to use them. The tool for evaluation of the applicability domain available within CAESAR will be introduced. The evaluation will be addressed according to the OECD principles: accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, false positives and false negatives. Pitfalls of the QSAR methods will be shown, discussing when not to use the models, and how to take advantage of different models. Participants will use the models themselves, through a series of different exercises. Participants can actively participate also using own data as case studies. The advantages and disadvantages of the different QSAR methodologies will be discussed. Comparison within experimental values /other software results. Understanding the meaning behind a QSAR approach. &nbsp; PROGRAM 9.00 - 9.20: Introduction to alternative methods and different possible uses QSAR of e.g. for REACH (registration, classification and labeling, prioritization)] &nbsp; 9.20 - 9.45:&nbsp;Brief introduction on the CAESAR QSAR methods. The five endpoints in CAESAR will be presented: •&nbsp;BCF•&nbsp;Skin Sensitisation•&nbsp;Mutagenicity•&nbsp;Carcinogenicity•&nbsp;Developmental Toxicity &nbsp; Results for the validation sets using these models, and how to apply the models.The tool for the evaluation of the applicability domain will be introduced. Evaluation will be addressed according to the OECD principles, accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, false positives and false negatives. Pitfalls of the QSAR methods will be shown, discussing when not to use the models, and how to take advantage of different models. Participants will use the models themselves, though a series of different exercises. &nbsp; 9.45 - 10.15:&nbsp;Coffee break &nbsp; 10.15-11.15:&nbsp;The new VEGA platform. How to analyse the information used by the model, for each individual prediction. The advantages and disadvantages of the different QSAR methodologies will be discussed.•&nbsp;Comparison within experimental values /other software results•&nbsp;Understanding the meaning behind a QSAR approach•&nbsp;Advantages and disadvantages of the methods will be summarized. 11.15-11.45:&nbsp;Participants will use the models themselves, though a series of different exercises. &nbsp; 11.45-12.00: Review, questions and course evaluation. &nbsp; 12.00-13.00:&nbsp;Lunch (sandwiches will be provided). &nbsp; 13.00-15.00:&nbsp;The instructor will be available for further exercises, questions. &nbsp; Course materials: Re-prints of relevant published articles, handouts of lecture slides and other course materials including files of the calculated examples and useful links. life@life.ku.dkThu, 07 Jul 2011 17:02:06 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/PhD_course_QSAR models.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/CatchmentSciencetoSupportPublicPolicyDefiningtheConsequencesofHumanImpactandManagement.aspx Time: Sept 12—Oct 21, 2011 Location: Uppsala, Sweden &nbsp; Description: The course will provide an overview of watershed science, interactions and linkages between environmental compartments (atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere) and human-caused pollutants, and linkages and feedbacks between environmental science and public policy. It will explore how watershed science can be used to assess environmental problems and to improve natural resource management and decision making. &nbsp; Organizer: SLU Uppsala University &nbsp; Aims: Students from aquatic sciences and soil sciences will obtain an understanding of the interactions among atmospheric and land-based pollutants, soils, vegetation, and drainage water chemistry and biology within a catchment perspective. Students will be introduced to the principles of watershed science through a variety of interactive seminars and field studies and will explore the ways in which environmental science can be used to guide public policy and resource management decision making. &nbsp; Registration: You may apply to attend the course by sending an email to Brian Huser. Your application should provide (1) information about your affiliation, (2) contact information, (3) the topic of your PhD study, and (4) if you are registered in the Focus on Soils and Water Graduate School. The number of participants is limited to 25 people. Students who apply prior to 1 June 2011 will be given first priority. &nbsp; Deadlines: 1 July 2011. &nbsp; Credits: 4-7 ECTS &nbsp; Further information: http://kurs.slu.se/kurs.cfm?Kurser_ID=2225 &nbsp; Contact: Brian Huser (brian.huser@slu.se) &nbsp; Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Box 7050 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden Office: 018-673058life@life.ku.dkWed, 18 May 2011 14:49:53 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/CatchmentSciencetoSupportPublicPolicyDefiningtheConsequencesofHumanImpactandManagement.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/DeterminationofPriorityPollutantsTransformationproductsandTransformationprocesses.aspx Time: August 28th - 3rd september 2011 &nbsp; Location: NERI institute Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark &nbsp; Description: Priority compounds (such as endocrine disrupting compounds, pharma- ceuticals, biocides) are present in the environment such as water, soil, air. A lot of environmental processes are accompanied with transformation reactions. Thus not necessarily only the parent compounds but also their transformation products are the more relevant ones in some systems. Typical transformations include: biodegradation or biotransformation, photo-oxidation, chemical transformation, hydrolysis, and formation of bound residues. All transformation reactions may also occur or be used in technical processes such as soil cleaning, waste water treatment etc. &nbsp; Organizer: NERI Insitute (National Environmental Research Institute) &nbsp; Aims: This course will address at PhD level 1) How to determine the respective compounds (extraction procedures, clean ups, detection methods with hands-on experience). 2) What transformation reactions to expect and how to determine new reaction products (set up of experiments, determination, identification, verification) 3) How to determine transformation reactions (reaction kinetics, what to learn from them) 4) Instrumental techniques (demonstrated and used for exercises). The course will combine lectures and seminars in combination with laboratory experiments and exercises. &nbsp; Registration: https://webshop.dpu.dk/default.aspx?id=5084 &nbsp; Further information: www.prioritypollutants.dk &nbsp; Contact: prioritypollutantsPhDcourse2011@dmu.dk &nbsp;life@life.ku.dkWed, 18 May 2011 15:09:38 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/DeterminationofPriorityPollutantsTransformationproductsandTransformationprocesses.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/MACHINEVISIONFORCROPANDWEEDSPECIESRECOGNITION.aspx Time: 20 june - 3 july, 2011 &nbsp; Location: Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark &nbsp; Description: Machine vision is the discipline of letting a computer capture and analyse images or sequences of images automatically. This may be approached in many different ways and hence it is a discipline that combines many scientific areas and expertises. Researched and commercialised developments of image analysis for species recognition has been going on for the last 10-15 years and thus the course introduction will include an overview of the state-of-the art. &nbsp; Organizer: Aarhus University &nbsp; Aims: The aim of the course is to give the student a thorough understanding of applied and researched methodologies for image acquisition and image analysis for their applications within crop and weed species recognition. There will be a special emphasis on practical use of image segmentation and image analysis as part of machine vision for real field conditions. &nbsp; Registration: https://webshop.dpu.dk/forms/frm1Arrangement.aspx?value=634413205787156396&amp;id=5907 &nbsp; Deadlines: 01/06/2011 &nbsp; Fee: DKK 6600 (~€ 850,00) &nbsp; Credits: 5 ECTS &nbsp; Contact: djf@agrsci.dk &nbsp;life@life.ku.dkWed, 18 May 2011 15:59:12 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/MACHINEVISIONFORCROPANDWEEDSPECIESRECOGNITION.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/newsummerschoolhelsinki2011.aspx &nbsp; Time: August 9 - 25 &nbsp; Location: Universities in Helsinki, Finland &nbsp; Description: Helsinki Summer School spells high quality academics combined with a wide range of cultural and social activities. Our multidisciplinary courses, all taught in English, aim at stimulating thought and intellectual development in an open and diverse environment. A city known for its design, technology and vibrant cultural life, Helsinki is sure to be the experience of a lifetime. &nbsp; Organizer: University of Helsinki &nbsp; Credits: 6 ECTS &nbsp; Further information: www.helsinkisummerschool.fi &nbsp; Contact: summer-school@helsinki.fi &nbsp; Link to &nbsp;summer schools 2011&nbsp;'s pagelife@life.ku.dkWed, 18 May 2011 15:38:28 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/newsummerschoolhelsinki2011.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/operationsmanagementinbio-production.aspx Time: 30 june - 3 july, 2011 &nbsp; Location: Aarhus University &nbsp; Description: The aim is to provide participants with the necessary knowledge and understanding for being able to describe and analyze the operations management within bio-production. Processes within bio-production are to be understood as a coordinated system of operations, products, information, and resources. The course is directed toward participants who are interested in intelligent technologies and planning and control of these technologies as regard the biological production. &nbsp; Organizer: Aarhus University &nbsp; Registration: https://webshop.dpu.dk/forms/frm1Arrangement.aspx?value=634413199787593022&amp;id=5909 &nbsp; Deadlines: 01-06-2011 &nbsp; Fee: DKK 6600 (~€ 850,00) &nbsp; Credits: 5 ECTS &nbsp; Further information: http://agrsci.au.dk/nyheder/aktivitetskalender/artikel/phd-kursus-operations-management-in-bio-production/ &nbsp; Contact: djf@agrsci.dk &nbsp;life@life.ku.dkWed, 18 May 2011 15:50:08 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/operationsmanagementinbio-production.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/RECETO Post Doc Grant.aspx Call for RECETO post doc funding (deadline May 15, 2011)The Research School of Environmental Chemistry, Microbiology, and Toxicology (RECETO) is able to fund a post-doctorate position for a period of up to 6 months. Note that the grant should be spent within 2011!To qualify for such a position, the following criteria must be fulfilled: The post-doctorate work must be part of a specific research project that is shared between two or more of the RECETO partners and that targets topics within the RECETO research fields.The contribution of the post-doc participant must lead to the publication of one or more papers in internationally refereed journals.The post-doc candidate must contribute to one or more RECETO activities, such as RECETO intensive courses, symposia, or workshops, the initiation of cooperation with the industry, or the development of IP material.&nbsp; Deadline for application is May 15, 2011. Note that the money should be spent within 2011!life@life.ku.dkWed, 06 Apr 2011 11:51:20 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/RECETO Post Doc Grant.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/RECETO Scholar stipends.aspx Call for RECETO scholar stipends (deadline May 15) The Research School of Environmental Chemistry, Microbiology, and Toxicology (RECETO) is able to offer a number of Scholar Stipends of DKK 30,000 each for particularly talented M.Sc. thesis students. The stipends are given to support innovative thesis research projects within environmental chemistry, microbiology, and toxicology, which are carried out together with one or more of the research groups that are members of RECETO. Support is given to students who want to complete their thesis work with submission of a peer-reviewed research paper to international journals.Applications can be submitted at the start of thesis work and until 2 months before completion of the thesis. &nbsp;Deadline for application is May 15, 2011. Note that the money should be spent within 2011.life@life.ku.dkWed, 06 Apr 2011 11:54:29 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/RECETO Scholar stipends.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/bssscbaltex_adapting_to_climate_change_caseofstudiesfrombalticsea.aspx Time: 31 May 2011 &nbsp; Location: Kultur &amp; Gewerbespeicher Boden 1, Kehrwieder 2-3 20457 Hamburg - Germany Description: The key objective of the conference is to give practitioners and decision makers at the regional political level in the Baltic Sea Region a platform to present and discuss concrete examples of regional or local adaptation to climate change. Organizer: Hamburg City and Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (Centre for Materials and Coastal Research) Registration: Online Registration link Deadlines: 30 April 2011 Fee: - Further information: Conference Website Contact: baltex@hzg.de life@life.ku.dkWed, 02 Mar 2011 13:55:49 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/bssscbaltex_adapting_to_climate_change_caseofstudiesfrombalticsea.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/International_conference_scienceforenvironment_environmentforsociety.aspx Time: 5-4 October 2011 &nbsp; Location: Aarhus, Denmark &nbsp; Description: The overarching aim of the conference is to place existing scientific knowledge of environment and society within the context of relevant EU environmental legislation, and vice versa. The common theme is: "How can we ensure that the research agenda and policy solutions are sufficiently holistic to address the complex issues which interlink science, environment and society". The main topics cover a range of issues which confront both scientists and practitioners within today’s legislative policy framework. &nbsp; For detailed description of topics read http://www.dmu.dk/en/news/arrangements/conferences/environmentconference2011/descriptionoftopics/ &nbsp; Organizer: National Environmental Research Institute, Danish conference advisory board in cooperation with Danish Ministry of the Environment, PEER and Aarhus University. &nbsp; Call for papers: http://www.dmu.dk/en/news/arrangements/conferences/environmentconference2011/callforpapers/ &nbsp; Further Information: http://www.dmu.dk/en/news/arrangements/conferences/environmentconference2011/ &nbsp; Contact: environment2011@dmu.dk&nbsp;(conference secretariat)life@life.ku.dkWed, 02 Mar 2011 14:24:36 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/International_conference_scienceforenvironment_environmentforsociety.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/InternationalMeetingPastPresentandFutureChangeintheAtlanticMeridionalOverturningCirculation.aspx International Meeting: Past, Present and Future Change in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation &nbsp; Time: 12-15 July 2011 &nbsp; Location: Bristol - UK &nbsp; Description: Observations and numerical modelling experiments have suggested links between variability in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and global climate patterns. Reduction in the strength of the overturning is thought to have played a key role in rapid climate change in the past and may have the potential to so in the future. This is the motivation for research conducted in the UK RAPID and US AMOC science programmes. The meeting is a joint initiative between the two programmes, and will explore the scientific understanding of Atlantic variability on a range of time scales, with a main focus of the role of the AMOC. &nbsp; Organizers: RAPID and USAMOC &nbsp; Registration: http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/rapid/ic2011/2011register.php &nbsp; Abstract submission: http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/rapid/ic2011/ic11_submitabs.php &nbsp; Deadlines: Abstract submission deadline: 21 March 2011 &nbsp; Further Information: http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/rapid/ic2011/index.php life@life.ku.dkWed, 02 Mar 2011 14:07:12 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/InternationalMeetingPastPresentandFutureChangeintheAtlanticMeridionalOverturningCirculation.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/WCRPOpenScienceConferenceOSCClimateResearchinServicetoSociety.aspx Time:24-28 October 2011 &nbsp; Location: Denver, CO - USA &nbsp; Description: A better understanding of the behaviour of the climate system and its interactions with other Earth system components is critical to predict its future evolution, reduce vulnerability to high impact weather and climate events, and sustain life. This need is perhaps greater than ever before given that humans have emerged as the dominant agent of future change. Progress will require, moreover, an increasingly holistic approach across scientific disciplines, as well as an unprecedented commitment to the development of a diverse and talented future workforce. &nbsp; Organizer: WCRP (World Climate Research Programme) &nbsp; Registration, Deadlines and fee: 30 June 2011 / 24 October 2011 http://conference2011.wcrp-climate.org/registration.html &nbsp; Further Information: http://conference2011.wcrp-climate.org/index.htmllife@life.ku.dkWed, 02 Mar 2011 14:37:55 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/WCRPOpenScienceConferenceOSCClimateResearchinServicetoSociety.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/annual_campaignResearch_Scientist_open_competitions.aspx From 20 January to 24 February 2011, INRA is recruiting 53 research scientists in a wide range of disciplines. &nbsp; Applications open on January 20, 2011Positions are open in a wide range of scientific disciplines such as biochemistry, biology, genetics, ecology, genomics, mathematics, physiology, microbiology, economics, forest sciences, environmental sciences, sociology, animal production sciences, computer science, chemistry, neurosciences, entomology, statistics, virology and many more.Calendar for the 2011 recruitment campaign: - Opening date for applications: 20 January 2011- Submission deadline for application package: mid-February 2011- Pre-selections: April-May 20101- Final selections: May-June 2011- Starting date for appointments: from 1st of July 2011As soon as applications are open, all the necessary information for applying will be available on this page: guide for applicants, application file, job profiles. How to contact us For further details regarding Research Scientist competitions, please e-mail: concours_chercheurs@paris.inra.fr or the web site: http://www.inra.fr/Østergade 18, 1. sal DK-1100 København K Tél.: 33 38 47 00 Fax: 35 38 09 28 www.ambafrance-dk.org life@life.ku.dkWed, 02 Feb 2011 13:03:58 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/annual_campaignResearch_Scientist_open_competitions.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/CourseinStatisticsfortoxicologistswithfocusondoseresponsemodelling.aspx Time: March 21-25, 2011 &nbsp; Location: Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden &nbsp; Organizer:The course is organised by RA-COURSES, a project funded by European Union Marie Curie Actions. Aims: The objective of the course is to provide knowledge on dose response modelling in toxicology, including benchmark dose analysis, for risk assessment of chemicals.The course is intended for PhD students, post docs, senior scientists and other professionals. Funding for travel, subsistence and course fee is available for PhD students and post docs. Registration: For application and further information: www.cascadenet.org/~RA-COURSES &nbsp; Deadlines: Application deadline is January 21, 2011. &nbsp; Contacts: Johanna ZilliacusVice-coordinator RA-COURSES Tel. +46 8 52483544life@life.ku.dkWed, 02 Feb 2011 13:14:45 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/CourseinStatisticsfortoxicologistswithfocusondoseresponsemodelling.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/PhD_course_at_NOVA_in_SurvivalAnalysis.aspx Time: May 2011. &nbsp; Location: Copenhagen - LIFE Science faculty. &nbsp; Description: The course is an E-learning course with the main focus on a 1 week on-campus didactic module. The on-campus week will be a mixture of lectures based on Chapter 19 of the text Veterinary Epidemiologic Research (www.upei.ca/ver), lectures/group work on additional examples and theory from the published literature, and exercises with focus on the individual aspects covered in the lectures. The mixture is approximately 50% teacher driven and 50% student driven (e.g. exercises and group work). There will be a mini project (group work) during the course week as well as exercises focused on more specific topics. &nbsp; Organizer: NOVA - Faculty of LIFE Science - Copenhagen University &nbsp; Requirements: The course is intended for people with some experience in quantitative methods, i.e. a basic knowledge of Biostatistics and/or Epidemiology. Participants should be familiar with procedures for building and evaluating linear and logistic regression models. It is desirable, but not a requirement, that participants have some familiarity with R or STATA. &nbsp; Registration: http://www.dina.kvl.dk/~nt/EpiNOVA/ &nbsp; Deadlines: Friday January 28, 2011 &nbsp; Further information: http://www.dina.kvl.dk/~nt/EpiNOVA/ &nbsp; Contact: Nils Toft - Phone: +45 35 33 30 09life@life.ku.dkWed, 02 Feb 2011 13:33:57 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/PhD_course_at_NOVA_in_SurvivalAnalysis.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/ThreevacantpositionsforPhDstudentsinresearchgroupBiosphereImpactStudies.aspx Subjects: &nbsp; - Stress responses induced in Lemna minor by different radiation types: characterisation and comparison by a multi-endpoint molecular approach. (PhD) http://www.sckcen.be/nl/yop/view/290 &nbsp; - Radiation and radionuclides in a multi-contaminant context: effects induced in Lemna minor (PhD) http://www.sckcen.be/nl/yop/view/291 &nbsp; - Dynamic Modelling of Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Transfer (SVAT) in perennial ecosystems (PhD): http://www.sckcen.be/nl/yop/view/239 &nbsp; Further information and Application: http://www.sckcen.be/nl/Education-Training/Guidance-for-young-researchers/A-career-in-nuclear-research/Yearly-campaign-develop-your-career-in-nuclear-research &nbsp; Contact: Nele Horemanslife@life.ku.dkWed, 02 Feb 2011 13:45:05 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/ThreevacantpositionsforPhDstudentsinresearchgroupBiosphereImpactStudies.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/Threeyearsresearchpositioninimmobilisationofdegradermicroorganisms.aspx Objective of the project &nbsp; The overall objective of this research project is to develop new carrier-based technologies for bioremediation of pesticide-contaminated soil and water resources. The project focuses on bio-augmentation, i.e. the introduction of specific degradative microorganisms into contaminated soil, waterworks sand filters, etc. &nbsp; &nbsp; Project description &nbsp; This three year research position offers the opportunity to join the projects Microbial Remedia-tion of Contaminated Soil and Water Resources (www.miresowa.dk) and Biotreatment of Drink-ing Water Resources Polluted by Pesticides, Pharmaceuticals and other Micropollutants (BIOT-REAT). The research project will initially involve laboratory work with immobilisation of de-grader microorganisms on specific carriers designed to improve bioaugmentation efficiency in soil and water resources. Later phases of the project will include field work in collaboration with other project partners. The primary aim of the project is to test known and design new carriers for immobilising de-grader microorganisms. The immobilisation should enhance degrader survival and activity in addition to protecting them from protozoan grazing, thereby facilitating more efficient bioaug-mentation. New carriers should be designed based on known metabolic (e.g. nutrients or electron acceptors) and environmental (e.g. pH optima) requirements of the specific degrader strains. Low-concentration contamination adds to the challenge of carrier design, as the threshold con-centration for degradation activity in most degrader strains is higher than the levels typically detected in the environment. This challenge will be met by designing carriers that concentrate the contaminants in close proximity to the immobilised strains. Another challenge is the design of carriers with tailor-made consortia (e.g. fungi and bacteria or defined bacterial consortia) con-taining members that possess parallel or cooperative degradation capacities aimed at multi-component contaminations. Other aspects such as carriers allowing for a slow release of active cells should also be included. The applicant will be employed at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) in Copenhagen, Denmark, for a period of three years. &nbsp; &nbsp; Requirements &nbsp; The successful candidate should have a solid background in microbiology and/or environmental engineering at the Ph.D level. Knowledge about environmental chemistry, mathematics and hands-on experience in techniques for cell immobilisation will be an advantage, but not a pre-requisite. The applicants are also required to have a documented research potential, and should be interested in working in an interdisciplinary research environment. A committee of two inter-nal scientists will evaluate the qualifications of all the applicants for the position. &nbsp; &nbsp; Salary and employment conditions &nbsp; Terms of payment and appointment, is according to the agreement between the Ministry of Fi-nance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. &nbsp; &nbsp; Application &nbsp; You can apply for the position by entering GEUS website (www.geus.dk) under Jobs and apply for the position from here. Formal applications marked "031-00028" must be submitted elec-tronically to GEUS no later than the 7 of February 2011 (Danish time) and must contain: 1) A full CV 2) A statement of motivation (not more than one page) 3) Copies of relevant exams, grades, abstract of Ph.D. work and peer-review publications 4) Contact information to two reference persons. We expect successful candidates to join our research team in March 2011. &nbsp; For further information please contact Professor Jens Aamand, Department of Geochemistry, GEUS. Phone +45 38 14 23 26, e-mail: jeaa@geus.dk&nbsp;or Senior Researcher Sebastian R. Søren-sen. Phone +45 38 14 23 17, e-mail: srs@geus.dk &nbsp; &nbsp; The National Geological Surveys for Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) is an international re-search institution within environmental geology, water resources, energy and mineral raw mate-rials. The research and advisory of GEUS provides the authorities and industry with the optimal basis for decisions to the benefit of the society. GEUS is an institution under the Ministry for Climate and Energy and is part of Geocenter Denmark. life@life.ku.dkWed, 02 Feb 2011 12:57:54 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/Threeyearsresearchpositioninimmobilisationofdegradermicroorganisms.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/Doctoralprogrammenenvironmentaltechnologiesforcontaminatedsolidssoilsandsediments.aspx New Doctoral programme in environmental technologies for contaminated solids, soils and sediments (ETeCoS3) has started with 12 doctoral candidates selected for the 1st edition. &nbsp; At the same time a call for candidates for the second edition has been published on the website: http://www.internationaldoctorate.unicas.it/ . &nbsp; Location: University of Cassino (FR) Italy. Via Di Biasio, 43 - 03043 Cassino (FR) - ITALY &nbsp; 10 positions and fellowships are available 9 fellowships are granted by the European Commission (6 for non-EU students and 3 for EU students). &nbsp; The deadline for applications is January 28th 2011 and the candidate selection is scheduled on february 2011. &nbsp; Further information: http://www.internationaldoctorate.unicas.it &nbsp; Contacts: giovanni.esposito@unicas.itlife@life.ku.dkMon, 24 Jan 2011 16:00:42 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/Doctoralprogrammenenvironmentaltechnologiesforcontaminatedsolidssoilsandsediments.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/NewPhDCourseatAarhusUniversity.aspx A new PhD position on Soil Bioremediation is available at Aarhus University, National Environmental Research Center. &nbsp; More information can be found on STAiR’s homepage. &nbsp; location: Dept. of Agroecology and Environment Faculty of Agricultural Sciences Aarhus University Blichers Allé 20, Postboks 50 DK-8830 Tjele &nbsp; contacts: Tel.: +45 8999 1845 &nbsp; Email: Anders.Vendelboe@agrsci.dk Tel.: +45 8999 1900 &nbsp; further information: www.agrsci.au.dklife@life.ku.dkMon, 24 Jan 2011 15:30:54 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/NewPhDCourseatAarhusUniversity.aspxhttp://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/TheoryofSamplingandStatisticalDesignofExperiments.aspx Time: Block 3, scheme A. &nbsp; Location: Department of Chemistry, KU Science - C413 HCØ institute. &nbsp; Description: Learn how to make experiments, i.e. how to take samples for analysis and how to design experiments in a smart way. &nbsp; Organizer: Bo Svensmark bs@kiku.dk &nbsp; Registration: Contact Bo Svensmark &nbsp; Deadlines: 1° of February, 2011 &nbsp; Credits: 7.5 ECTS &nbsp; Further information: www.kl5.ki.ku.dk/~svensmark &nbsp; Contact: bs@kiku.dklife@life.ku.dkMon, 24 Jan 2011 15:22:34 GMT http://www.receto.dk/Nyheder/2011/TheoryofSamplingandStatisticalDesignofExperiments.aspx