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Hal Caswell receives Mindel C. Sheps award for mathematical demography
7 May 2014
Hal Caswell, professor of Mathematical Demography and Ecology, received the 2014 Mindel C. Sheps Award for his contributions to the field of mathematical demography. The award is one of the most prestigious ...
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Scientists respond to commitments of Dutch Government to Open Access
3 May 2014
The Dutch government is in favour of using Open Access publishing to make scientific literature publicly available. Their enthusiasm is not shared by scientists Peter van Tienderen, director of the Institute for ...
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PhD in the Spotlight: Merrin Whatley
1 May 2014
The New Zealander Merrin Whatley (born 1980) will be receiving her doctorate at the UvA on 13 May. Her doctoral research at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) found that the plants and ...
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What makes birds of a feather flock together?
25 Apr 2014
The co-existence of hundreds of bird species is still a mystery to evolutionary biology. A new study led by Daniel Kissling of the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) and his French colleague ...
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One of the last dodos survived long sea voyage to Japan
17 Apr 2014
Intended as a business gift for Japanese royalty, one of the last living dodos survived the trip from Mauritius to Japan in 1647. Up until now, it had been assumed that the dodo was unable to withstand long sea ...
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An interdisciplinary look at afforestation management in the Mediterranean
31 Mar 2014
A new interdisciplinary research project led by Dr Estela Nadal-Romero will study the effects of afforestation in Mediterranean ecosystems. Nadal-Romero was awarded an FP7 Marie Curie People fellowship and will be ...
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Romans reason for massive deforestation of the Dutch landscape
11 Mar 2014
Researchers from the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) have reconstructed the impact of Roman occupation on the environment near Utrecht using ancient river sediments. Such sediments hold many ...
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Workshop climate-vegetation interactions on Mauritius
10 Mar 2014
Three researchers of the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) travelled to the isle Mauritius last weekend to host a workshop on the isle’s vegetation and climate history for local stakeholders. ...
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MEERVOUD grant for Isabel Smallegange
18 Dec 2013
Dr Isabel Smallegange was awarded the MEERVOUD grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The MEERVOUD programme aims to increase the number of female researchers in the position of ...
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Likelihood of death doesn’t always increase with age
11 Dec 2013
Different species of plants and animals age in very different ways. In fact, in some species, the likelihood of death actually decreases the older they get. These findings, made by an international team of ...
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New generation of flame retardants more hazardous than previously thought
11 Dec 2013
Following the ban on a number of brominated flame retardants, compounds used to mitigate incendiary risks of a wide range of consumer products, halogen-free flame retardants have been proposed as alternatives despite ...
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STW technology foundation and businesses invest in Green Defence Against Pests programme
5 Dec 2013
Coordinated by University of Amsterdam (UvA) biologist Michel Haring, the Green Defence Against Pests, or GAP, programme is one of the five 'Perspective Programmes' receiving funding from the STW technology ...
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Andreas Bonn Medal awarded to Sebastiaan de Vet
29 Nov 2013
Once every 5 years the Society for the promotion of Natural Sciences, Medicine and Surgery (GNGH) awards the Andreas Bonn medal in the fields of natural sciences, exact sciences and medicine for original PhD ...
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Non-stick coating substances found in drinking water
18 Nov 2013
The presence of perfluoroalkyl acids in drinking water in the Netherlands indicates that current water purification methods are inadequate in preventing exposure to these possibly harmful substances. This is the ...
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Explore and download spatial data with the new ‘UvA Geoportal’
7 Nov 2013
A new web-based ‘UvA Geoportal’ allows educational and academic users to explore and exchange spatial datasets. The web portal is an initiative of the GIS-studio at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem ...
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IBED researchers take a leading role in European radar network for monitoring airborne animal movement
7 Nov 2013
‘European Network for the Radar surveillance of Animal Movement’ (ENRAM) is a new European Cooperation in Science and Technology (EU-COST). During the official kick-off on 21 October scientist Judy Shamoun-Baranes of ...
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'Vogel het uit!' wins Academic Year Prize 2013
24 Oct 2013
The ‘Vogel het uit!’ project has won the 2013 Academic Year Prize for the best communication plan for scientific research. The project aims to involve people who enjoy the outdoors in a high-tech study of bird behaviour.
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Sponge faeces as the driving force behind tropical coral reefs
3 Oct 2013
How can coral reefs, one of the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth, survive in nutrient-poor tropical waters, like an oasis in a marine desert? That question, also known as Darwin’s Paradox, seems to be ...
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'Vogel het uit!' finalist for prestigious Academic Year Prize
1 Oct 2013
For the first time, a team led by researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has made it to the finals of the Academic Year Prize. The ‘Vogel het uit!’ project was proposed by an interdisciplinary team led by ...
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Piet Verdonschot, professor by special appointment of Wetland Restoration Ecology
22 Aug 2013
Dr P.F.M. Verdonschot (1955) has been appointed professor by special appointment of Wetland Restoration Ecology at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Science. The chair was established on behalf of the ...
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The art of IBED’s science
8 Aug 2013
Science is sometimes closer to art than one may think. Three new art projects were opened this summer at the Science Park Amsterdam. ‘Steps of knowledge’ by artist Nienke Korthof features images of scientific studies ...
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Mussel beds are ‘as strong as steel’
2 July 2013
Mussel beds are not a random clustering of mussels, but they contain patterns that resemble the arrangement of molecules and atoms in materials like bronze, steel or polymers. Post-doc Quan-Xing Liu of the University ...
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Marino Marinković wins Joep van den Bercken Prize 2013
25 June 2013
Marinković received this prize from the Dutch Toxicology Society for his PhD thesis ‘Gene expression in toxicant-exposed chironomids’, which he prepared at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) ...
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“Vogel het Uit!” in the finals for the Academic Year Prize 2013
14 June 2013
A multidisciplinary team led by Prof. Willem Bouten and Dr. Judy Shamoun-Baranes of the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics at the University of Amsterdam reached the finals of the Academic Year Prize ...
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Giant viruses over the dike
11 June 2013
“We cracked the DNA-code of a giant algae virus; this is the first algae virus that belongs to the ‘Giant Viruses’”, concludes prof. Dr Corina Brussaard of the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and the ...
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Dubbeloratie Gerard Muijzer & Corina Brussaard
7 June 2013
Gerard Muijzer stelt, in het eerste deel van deze dubbeloratie, dat het bestuderen van microbiële levensgemeenschappen met behulp van een systeembiologische benadering ons volledig inzicht kan geven in de interacties ...
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Human epidemiology in sewage research received European Marie Curie ITN grant
11 May 2013
The European Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) grants €4.2 million to research entitled ‘A new paradigm in drug use and human health risk assessment: Sewage profiling at the community level’ (SEWPROF). Prof ...
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Rice cultivation does not cut atmospheric CO2
20 Mar 2013
Rice cultivation does not cut levels of atmospheric CO2. Yet, rice cultivation has been approved for use to compensate CO2 emissions from sources such as coal-fired power stations.
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PhD in the Spotlight: Gillian Kopittke
20 Mar 2013
On 3 April, Gillian Kopittke of the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) will obtain her doctorate degree. Her research has revealed that the soil of the heath at Oldebroek (the Netherlands) is ...
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Rice cultivation does not lead to reduced atmospheric CO2 concentrations
19 Mar 2013
Rice cultivation does not lead to a reduction of the greenhouse gas CO2 in the atmosphere. Rice cultivation is nonetheless used to compensate CO2 emissions from other sources such as coal fired power plants.
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