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Mediterranean opportunities     -       Job opportunities       -       International conferences      -       International training courses

Mediterranean opportunities and Support Actions

New: ClimECO2 international Summer School: Oceans, Marine Ecosystems, and Society facing Climate Change - A multidisciplinary approach - co-organized by IUEM , IMBER and Europôle Mer, Brest, France, 23-27 August 2010.
Partial financial support to attend this school is possible for PhD students, post-doc, engineers, lecturers and researchers working on topics related to “oceans and climate change”and coming from developing countries, or belonging to the IRD network (Southern countries).
Deadline for applications: 15 April 2010
http://www.europolemer.eu/en/climeco2.php

Dry cruise: an interactive training workshop, Crete, Greece, 10 October 2010
Partial travel grants will be available for some students and scientists from developing countries.
Deadline for financial support application: 15 April 2010.
https://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=1683&nid=13635

SMAP- Short and Medium-Term Priority Environmental Action Programme - launches e-learning course on Environmental Economics
The SMAP programme for the Environment and Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean Region is inviting anyone interested to sign up for its on-line learning course on Environmental Economics, available in English and Arabic
Register and start learning at  http://elearning.smap.eu/

COST Action 735 offers financial support for students and post-docs in Europe for short-term scientific missions (STSMs) to qualifying European institutions for the purpose of training, development of collaborations and new techniques.
http://www.cost-735.org/index.html
Eligible countries: http://www.cost-735.org/aboutus/involved.html

Job opportunities

New: PhD in the fields of communication networks, wireless communication, low power electronics, sensor interface technologies, optoelectronics within the Sensenet EU projects, Ifremer, Toulon and Institut Fresnels, Marseilles France.
http://www.eu-sensenet.net/opportunities/5/27-rt17ad

New: Full-time professorship in marine geology and geophysics, The Faculty of Sciences of the Universiteit Gent, Belgium.
Deadline for applications: 12 March 2010.
http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/geoscience/gent10021.html

New: SOLAS Project Officer vacancy, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK.
Deadline for applications: 26 March 2010.
http://www.uea.ac.uk/hr/jobs/ra/ra641.htm

New: Full professor in Biological Oceanography at IFM-GEOMAR in Kiel, Germany.
Deadline for application: 30 March 2010
http://www.ifm-geomar.de/index.php?id=jobs&L=1#34137
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New: 10 postdoctoral positions - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Cluster of Excellence "The Future Ocean" at the Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany.
Deadline for applications: 11 May 2010
http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/marine/futureocean9121.html

Post-doctoral research position in ocean data assimilation, IFREMER, Brest, France.
Deadline for application: as soon as possible
http://wwz.ifremer.fr

11 PhD and 6 post-doctoral positions in marine biofouling and antifouling coating development within the SEACOAT consortium.
Applications are invited for Early Stage Researcher Fellowships (leading to a PhD) and Experienced Researcher Fellowships (post-docs) funded through SEACOAT (“Surface Engineering for Antifouling- Coordinated Advanced Training”) a Marie Curie Initial Training Network.
http://www.biosciences.bham.ac.uk/SEACOAT
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Positions for graduate students and post docs at Department of Plant Sciences at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, on signal transduction pathways of programmed cell death (PCD), cell signalling, host virus interactions and chemical -based defense in marine phytoplankton.
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International conferences

IMDIS 2010: International conference on marine data and information systems, Paris, France, 29-31 March 2010
Deadline for registration: 15 March 2010
http://www.seadatanet.org/imdis201

V Congrès international "Qualite des Produits et de l’Environnement : Traitement et Valorisation des Rejets (QPE-TVR 2010), ATVPEP, Faculté dePharmacie de Monastir, 09-11 avril 2010.
Date limite  10 Mars 2010
Affiche Francais - Flyer English
Formulaire d'inscription - Application form

BioVisionAlexandria 2010, 'New Life Sciences: Future Prospects', Conference Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, 11-15 April 2010.
http://www.efb-central.org/index.php/Main/biovisionalexandria_2010
http://www1.bibalex.org/BVA2010/home/home.aspx

2ème Colloque International de Microbiologie ' Les biotechnologies microbiennes de l’eau et développement durable'. Faculté des Sciences Dhar El Mahraz Fès-Maroc, 2-3 juin  2010.
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Flyer for registration - Feuille d 'inscription

IMBIZO II: 'Integrating biogeochemistry and ecosystems in a changing ocean: regional comparisons', 10-14 October 2010, Crete, Greece
Deadline for abstract submission: 15 April 2010
http://imbizo-2010.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=1683

ASLO Summer Meeting: 'Aquatic Sciences: Global Changes from the Center to the Edge', Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 6-11 June 2010.
http://www.aslo.org/meetings/santafe2010/

10th Cyanobacterial Workshop , UCLA Conference Center at Lake Arrowhead, California, USA, 11-15 June, 2010
http://ed-structgen.jgi-psf.org/cyanowkshop/

ESF-COST High-Level Research Comference on 'Marine Biotechnology, Future challenges', Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy, 20-25 June 2010.
Deadline for application: 28 March 2010
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http://www.esf.org/conferences/10330

14th International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition - Biotechnology for the Sustainability of Human Society, Palacongressi, Rimini – Italy, 14-18 September 2010
Deadline for early resitration: 31 May 2010
http://www.ibs2010.org/

Second Microbial  Single Cell Genomics Workshop, Spruce Point Inn, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 19-24 September 2010
http://www.bigelow.org/research/facilities/single_cell_genomics_center/workshop2010

World conference on marine biodiversity , Aberdeen, Scotland, 26-30 September 2011
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/marine-biodiversity/

Third International Conference on Ocean Energy ICOE 2010, Bilbao, Spain, 6-8 October 2010
http://www.icoe2010bilbao.com/ing/index.aspx

5th International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Chemistry of DMS(P) and Related Compounds, National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR), Goa, India, 19 - 22 October, 2010.
http://dmsp.nio.org/

Conference on the Management of Coastal, Recreational Resources - MCRR3,
Deadline for abstract submission: 15th March 2010.
http://www.um.edu.mt/iei/mcrr3-2010

New: 14th International Conference on Harmful Algae, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, 1-5 November 2010.
Deadline for abstract submission: 1st June 2010
http://www.hab2010.gr/index.php?ID=FrWegwK4G2DU138h

 

International training courses

CAREX Summer school on an ecosystem based approach to research on life in extreme environments, Pieve Tesino, Italian Alps, 28 June - 3rd July 2010.
This interdisciplinary education initiative will gather 40 invited PhD students and Post-docs, and will cover all accommodation and subsistence costs of selected European participants.
Deadline for application: 1st April 2010.
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http://www.carex-eu.org/activities/carex-summer-school.html

New: Summer School 'Mediterranean Marine Ecosystems: Functioning and Evolution', Athens, 1-15 July 2010
nclude sessions on ' Food web in Mediterranean Marine Ecosystems, Biodiversity, non-indigenous species, Outbreaks of population , Extreme environments in the Mediterranean, Coastal zones and pressures and Habitat Fragmentation', Oceanography from space, Harmful Algal Blooms, Impacts of climate change on the ecosystems, Socioeconomic scenarios'.
Deadline for application: 23 april 2010
http://www.hcmr.gr/listview3.php?id=1358

New: ClimECO2 international Summer School: Oceans, Marine Ecosystems, and Society facing Climate Change - A multidisciplinary approach - co-organized by IUEM , IMBER and Europôle Mer, Brest, France, 23-27 August 2010.
Partial financial support to attend this school is possible for PhD students, post-doc, engineers, lecturers and researchers working on topics related to “oceans and climate change”and coming from developing countries, or belonging to the IRD network (Southern countries)..
Deadline for applications: 15 April 2010
http://www.europolemer.eu/en/climeco2.php

 Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC). The study program focuses on 3 thematic modules: (1) Understanding the structure and function of marine biodiversity, (2) Toolbox for investigating marine biodiversity, (3) Conservation and Restoration of marine biodiversity. This  Erasmus Mundus Master is offered by a University consortium consisting of 6 partners (Ghent, Bremen, Algarve, Oviedo, Paris and Klaipèda). Scholarships are offered for both European and Non-European students.
Deadline for applications: 1 January 2010 (non European students)
Deadline for applications: 15 April 2010 (European students).
http://embc.marbef.org/index.asp