11/06/13
The University of Aveiro together with the universities of Minho, Porto and Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro and the Polytechnics of Leiria and Viana do Castelo have just created the Portuguese Branch of Campus do Mar.
In order to foster technological development and the birth of innovation projects in the area of the Sea, the Campus do Mar aims to unite and empower the higher education institutions that have established collaborative agreements individually with the University of Vigo, Campus do Mar lead partner.
More details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/deta.....

11/06/13
Long-term cooperation to achieve excellence in marine sciences in Portugal

To establish cooperation activities with international partners; to develop doctoral programs and other training opportunities; create and renew infrastructure and equipment and diversify financing options to accommodate the specifics of marine research.
These are the strategies pointed out by Prof.  Queiroga to achieve a concerted plan with long-term established goals, for science, technology and management of the sea in Portugal, in the opinion article published on World Oceans Day, celebrated on 8 June.
Full article: http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/deta.....

31/05/13
CESAM researchers have developed a life support system that allows studying the effects of climate change and pollution on benthic organisms in coastal regions. The scientific community has been alerting for the potential adverse effects on marine ecosystems that may result from interactions between climate change and pollutants of human origin. However, there is an uncertainty on the consequences, on marine organisms, of the various climate change scenarios in conjunction with the increasing levels of pollutants in the environment. The major obstacle in this area of research relates to the difficulty in simulating scenarios of climate change and pollution in natural environments. A team involving researchers from the Universities of Aveiro, Coimbra, Porto and Algarve built and validated a life support system ("Experimental life support system") to simulate scenarios of climate change and contamination in marine sediments. The aim is to use communities of organisms associated with sediment as a model, so can figure out the combined effects of climate change and pollution. Unlike existing equipment to laboratory simulations, this system can be replicated by researchers all over the world, since it is constructed from materials which are commercially available. Besides design and construction of the equipment, the researchers used advanced techniques of molecular biology and ecotoxicology to validate the system for future studies with model organisms and organisms associated with sediment.
The work, published in the journal Global Change Biology, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.....7/abstract , one of the most quoted worldwide in the area of climate change, is part of the doctoral studies of Francisco Coelho and was coordinated by Newton Gomes, assistant researcher in CESAM/Department of Biology at the University of Aveiro.

30/05/13
The most downloaded article from ScienceDirect in the last 90 days belongs to CESAM members: Calvo AI, Alves C, Castro A, Pont V, Vicente AM, Fraile R (2013) Research on aerosol sources and chemical composition: Past, current and emerging issues. 

http://www.journals.elsevier.c.....

17/05/13
Susana Loureiro, researcher of CESAM and DBio, was appointed as national representative of the ENTER - Engineered Nanomaterials from wastewater treatment & stormwater to rivers - COST action.
This Cost Action (2013/17) aims the clarification of the following issues: (i) which and (ii) what amounts of Engineered NanoMaterials (ENMs) are released to rivers, (iii) how persistent are they and (iv) to what extent do they cause in situ toxicity? The reasons for these knowledge gaps are a lack of suitable analytical methods, insufficient databases on usage and release, and the absence of comprehensive monitoring networks.
ENTER will help to advance scientific knowledge on release and fate of ENMs in the urban water cycle and to communicate expert knowledge in an appropriate manner to the non-scientific community.

More details about this COST action: http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/essem/Actions/ES1205

15/05/13
The FENCAÇA - Portuguese Federation of Hunting - has distinguished Carlos Fonseca (from CESAM and DBIO) and his team, with Prize "Research on Hunting". The award ceremony, which for the first time has highlighted the work of a Portuguese researcher, took place on May 12, in Santarem, during the XXI Hunting Meeting of the 25th International Fair of Hunting and Guns, an exhibition that brought together more 600 hunters.

More details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?c=34243

15/05/13
CESAM members of Atmospheric Quality Research Line were awarded with the most cited paper in 2010-2011 of the Atmospheric Environment Journal, from Elsevier for the paper "Characterisation of PM10 emissions from woodstove combustion of common woods grown in Portugal".

More information:http://www.journals.elsevier.c.....-atmosenv/

14/05/13
The main results and conclusions of a study on trophic processes in the Portuguese coastal waters, sponsored by SIMRIA, will be presented on May 14th in the amphitheater of the Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro. This work was coordinated, in CESAM, by João Serôdio, professor and researcher of CESAM and DBIO.

More details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?c=34218

13/05/13
A Portuguese caravel, 150 young students and five trips in the Tagus estuary.
These trips aim to encourage children and teenagers to look at the research on the oceans and seabed, and at the Portuguese maritime heritage as one of the greatest values of the country. On board, scientists from the University of Aveiro (UA), in collaboration with researchers from the Centre for Oceanography, University of Lisbon, will surprise the "little" sailors with what science contributes to the knowledge of the seas.

Organized by the UA and EurOcean Foundation, the trips will be held on 13, 14 and 15 May.

More details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?lg=pt&c=34190

10/05/13
Carlos Borrego, professor and director of the Department of Environment and Planning of the University of Aveiro and former Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, was awarded the Medal for Scientific Merit of the Aveiro Municipality.
This award has a special meaning, in the current year that marks  40th anniversary of the University of Aveiro, 35 years of the Department of Environment and Planning, and 20 years of the Institute for Environment and Development (IDAD) which is also directed by the professor.

More details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?lg=pt&c=34116

26/04/13
After making the first scientific study of the fauna of the Buçaco Forest and perform a thorough inventory of the flora, the research team from CESAM and Biology Department reveals the wide variety of mushrooms existing in this ecosystem.
The study, conducted in the framework of the project Life + BRIGH, identified 115 species, thus making an outstanding contribution to the field of mycology in Portugal.

Additional details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?c=33990

26/04/13
The scientific performance of the University of Aveiro (UA) stands out compared to other Portuguese universities. UA is in place 133 in Europe, accounting for all scientific areas, according to CWTS rankings published by the University of Leiden. It is the second consecutive year that the Leiden ranking sets the UA in front of the Portuguese Universities. In the "Natural Sciences and Engineering" area, the UA appears in place 69 of the European universities.

More details: http://www.cienciapt.net/pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108015&Itemid=279

Leiden Ranking: http://www.leidenranking.com/ranking

12/04/13
The compendium provides detailed information on all projects (including those with CESAM/UA participation as: Portonovo; EcosalAtlantis and SPRES) and Atlantic regions and also highlights on the Programme strategy with the ambition to make a qualitative leap in cooperation and economic diversification, to enhance the many facets of maritime heritage and to strengthen synergies between cities and regions.

10-04-2013

University of Aveiro
20 and 21 September 2013

The National Conference ‘Participate in the direction and care of the Portuguese forest: a challenge for all? aims to be a reflection space on the resuts of the Research Project  ForeStake (2010-2013), encompassing contributions and experiences of stakeholders and national, regional and local policy institutions in order to achieve a more participative, responsable and sustainable management.
This event is  also part of the commemmorations of the 40 year anniversary of the University of Aveiro and the 35th anniversary of the Department of Environment and Planning.

http://www.cesam.ua.pt/forestake

25/03/13
Two journalists from EuroNews Television were in Aveiro (19-20 march) to make a documentary (coproduction between EuroNews and the European Commission) about LAGOONS project.

In the EURONEWS webpage you can choose any of the 12 broadcasting languages, including Portuguese and Spanish for listening interviews, in the language that they were originally recorded.
The documentary is available here.

The Final Conference of MeshAtlantic, themed “Mapping Atlantic Area Seabed Habitats for Better Marine Management”, will be held at the Universityof Aveiro, 15^th - 17^th September 2013. The conference aims to address issues concerning habitat mapping in Europe under the following topics:

- Marine knowledge 2020;
- EUNIS, an evolving classification;
- New technologies for habitat mapping;
- Habitat maps: relevance at national and international level;
- Dissemination: stakeholders feedback.

The sessions on September 16^th will focus on the subtheme “Marine Habitat Mapping: Historical Perspectives and Present Status” with Craig Brown (McGregor GeoScience Limited, Canada) and Alan Stevenson (British Geological Survey, UK) as the keynote speakers. The second day sessions on September 17^th will address topics under the subtheme “Uses of the Seabed: Habitat Mapping as a Tool for Marine Management and Planning”. Lene Buhl-Mortensen (Institute of Marine Research,Norway) and Vladimir Kostylev (Geological Survey of Canada - Atlantic,Canada) will present plenary talks.

The registration and abstract submission platforms are now open and the deadline for abstract submission is June 30. The organizers are negotiating a Special Issue with an indexed science journal to accommodate peer-reviewed papers and encourage your participation and scientific contributions. There are no registration fees.
For more information, go to www.MeshAtlantic.eu.

01/02/13
A team of researchers from CESAM / UA discovered the presence of levels of organic tin compounds in dust collected in Portuguese homes that are unsafe for human health. Traditionally used in paints to cover the hulls of ships and used on wallpaper, foams, silicones, PVC, and in various products of daily use, such as clothes or toys, organic tin compounds interfere with the hormonal functioning, are carcinogenic, diminish the effectiveness of the immune system and promote obesity.

Additional details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?c=33116 and http://www.cienciahoje.pt/index.php?oid=56864&op=all

07/01/13

The 2nd Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Morphodynamics will be held in the University of Aveiro on May 9-10 2013.

http://mec2013.lnec.pt/

27/09/12
The partners of the European project APPRAISAL (Air Pollution Policies foR Integrated Assessment of Regional and Local Strategies At scales), which includes experts from 15 European universities and research institutes, meet at the University of Aveiro, on 27 and 28 September, to analyze the tools available and commonly used in the air quality assessment.

More details:http://uaonline.ua.pt/detail.asp?lg=pt&c=24918

The international multidisciplinary journal 'Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science' dedicated a special issue to the themes of the '5th European Coastal Lagoons Symposium' hosted by the University of Aveiro, from the 25th to 29th July 2011.
This special issue on 'Coastal Lagoons in a Changing Environment: Understanding, Evaluating and Responding' was edited by Victor Quintino, Ana Maria Rodrigues, Rosa Freitas and Donald McLusky and presents 21 peer-review papers.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/s.....727714/110

28/07/12
A reseach team of International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis and Portugal's University of Aveiro used Google Insights for Search to analyse corn (maize) planting and harvesting data in the US state-by-state and week-by-week.
The results of this work, published in Environmental Research Letters, highlight the future potential of using Web search data to derive planting dates in countries where the data are sparse or unreliable, once sufficient search volumes are realized, as well as the potential for monitoring in real time the response of farmers to climate change over the coming decades.

News: http://environmentalresearchwe.....news/50121

18/07/12
To know the biodiversity and functioning of sea bed inhabitants, and to find out the impact that activities such trawling, undersea mining, and the abundance of waste have over them, is the purpose of the Professor of the new Campus do Mar PhD Program (DO*MAR) which will be taught from next academic year 2012-2013 and will lead to a qualification endorsed by 6 universities, Marina Ribeiro da Cunha, also researcher and professor of the Department of Biology and CESAM of the University of Aveiro.
Interview: http://campusdomar.es/?post_type=noticia&p=2499

09/07/12
The CESAM researcher responsible for the educational service on Bussaco Forest Foundation, Milene Matos, is one of the authors of a book for children published recently by Editions Flushing with support of the Biology Department of the UA. In "Os Duendes na Mata do Bussaco" co-authored by Lídia Dias, the researcher was responsible the scientific review and illustrations.More details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/detail.asp?c=24409

05/07/12
The Researchers of the CESAM Ana Rodrigues, Victor Quintino e Roberto Martins discovered four new species of Polychaetes in samples collected along the Portuguese Continental Shelf. The species belong to the Lumbrineridae family and were named as Lumbrineris lusitanica, distributed along the western and southern Portuguese shelf; L. pinaster e L. luciliae more restricted to the southern shelf and Gallardoneris iberica also distributed mainly along the southern areas of the shelf. The genus Gallardoneris was only known for the Pacific being this the first time to be referred for the Atlantic.
The work was developed in cooperation with Luis Carrera-Parra from ECOSUR, México – an international recognized specialist for the taxonomy of the Lumbrineridae family. The results from this research appeared in the international journal Zootaxa.

More details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/detail.asp?c=24419&lg=pt
SIC Notícias: http://sicnoticias.sapo.pt/vida/article1644113.ece

24/04/12
There is now a broad scientific consensus that climate change caused by the intensification of the anthropogenic greenhouse effect has already had impacts on the natural environment and that those impacts will be worse over the century. One of the most vulnerable sectors to climate change in countries of southern Europe is the water resources sector
In the context of the project "ADAPTACLIMA-EPAL", CESAM researchers participate in the study to provide to the Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres (EPAL) an adaptation strategy in the medium and long term to reduce the vulnerabilities of their activities to climate change.

More details: http://siam.fc.ul.pt/adaptaclima-epal/?id=home&lang=pt e http://www.cienciahoje.pt/index.php?oid=53946&op=all

16/04/12
According to the criteria of Leiden ranking, the UA is the Portuguese university that achieves a higher impact with their scientific output  in the period 2011/2012, repeating the top position in the Times Higher Education ranking made in October last year. Moreover, the Leiden ranking highlights the good performance of Portuguese universities, even in the international context.

More details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/detail.asp?c=23722&lg=pt

12/04/12
The largest underground insect in Europe has been discovered in Algarve by the Portuguese biologist of CESAM Sofia Reboleira. Known as ‘peixinhos-de-prata' ou 'traças-dos-livros, the insect has the scientific name of Squamatinia Algharbica and "has the distinction of being the largest underground insect in Europe and the second largest silverfish in the world."

More details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/detail.asp?c=23687

03/04/12
The electronic Tongue, developed by the researcher Alisa Rudnitskaya, allows, within five to ten minutes, for  the detection of organic and inorganic compounds, such as transition metals, in food, without using laboratory and technical expertise. The analysis is used to rapidly detect if these compounds exceed the human body tolerated levels.

More details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?lg=pt&c=9604 and http://www.cienciahoje.pt/index.php?oid=53749&op=all

03/04/12
This COST Action connects scattered European Biochar research to enable quick implementation of intelligent material flow management systems, to maintain or improve soil quality while efficiently sequestering carbon in the long-term.
Thus, this COST action (2012/16) aims at coordinating European Biochar research, bringing together researchers, stakeholders and potential users from EU and candidate countries. Four working groups will focus on (i) Biochar production and characterisation, (ii) land use implementation, (iii) economic analysis including life cycle assessment and (iv) environmental impact assessment.

More details about this COST action: http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/fa/Actions/TD1107

06/02/12
Researchers of CESAM recently published in PLoS ONE a paper on bioprospection of marine invertebrates that may help other investigators to redirect the research of new bioactive compounds for taxonomic groups or untapped geographical sources.

More details: http://www.cienciahoje.pt/index.php?oid=53351&op=all

23/02/12
These primitive insects have no wings or eyes, and were discovered almost two km deep in the deepest cave on Earth. The four new insect species, never before seen by human eyes, were found by Ana Sofia Reboleira, researcher of CESAM and DBio, in the cave Krubera-Vorónia with 2191 meters deep, located in the region of Abkhazia near the Black Sea.

More details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/detail.asp?c=23198 and http://www.cienciahoje.pt/index.php?oid=53199&op=all

22/02/12
The cover page of the latest issue of Invertebrate Systematics (vol. 25, No. 5 of 2012) is an underwater photograph by Carlos J. Moura, a member of CESAM. This was taken at a depth of 10 meters in Berlengas archipelago. The marine animal represented - Lafoea dumosa - is a morphologically simple colonial invertebrate of the class Hydrozoan, Phylum Cnidaria.
The paper entitled "Polyphyly and cryptic diversity in the hydrozoan families and Lafoeidae Hebellidae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa)", authored by several members of CESAM, was published in this issue of Invertebrate Systematics and presents a genetic and morphological study applied to hydrozoans. The most relevant findings include the discovery of new species and the revealation of profound errors of nomenclature and taxonomic organization.

17/02/12
CESAM researchers will participate in an international project involving 14 research institutions from nine European countries on factors and measures to prevent the degradation of ecosystems driest in Europe. The project "CASCADE - Catastrophic Shifts in drylands: How can we Prevent ecosystem degradation" is funded by the 7th FP of the European Union, and the Serra do Caramulo will be the Portuguese case study.
The aim of CASCADE is to obtain a better understanding of sudden ecosystem shifts that may lead to major losses in biodiversity and ecosystem services, and to define measures that can be used to prevent such shifts. The focus of CASCADE is explicitly on drylands as being one of the most fragile and threatened ecosystems in South Europe.

More details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/detail.asp?c=23132

13/02/12
Under the joint efforts for the implementation of a genetic analysis on the population of Iberian deer, agreed in 2010, among UA and the Spanish universities of Cordoba and Extremadura, Carlos Fonseca, researcher of CESAM/UA, has presented to members of the National Commission on Certification of Trophies, at the end of January, the procedure used in Spain and the genetic test results carried out so far.
The goal is to officially incorporate the test application in Portugal during the approval process of trophies and thus helping to preserve the genetics of Iberian red deer.

More details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/detail.asp?lg=pt&c=23103

08/02/12
The paper published by CESAM's researchers "Novel gene cassettes and integrons in antibiotic-resistant bacteria isolated from urban wastewaters," reporting the diversity of mechanisms of antibiotics resistance in wastewater, was recently honored as of special interest by Global Medical Discovery.

More details: http://www.cienciahoje.pt/index.php?oid=53119&op=all

Paper download: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923250811001872

08/02/12
João Serôdio, member of CESAM and professor of DBio, will coordinate a Marie Curie action IRSES (International Research Staff Exchange Scheme) funded by the EU-FP7 People Programme. The project SYMBIOCoRe (SYnergies through Merging Biological and Biogeochemical expertise in Coral Research) involves universities and research institutes from six countries, providing the mobility of 35 researchers.
The main objective of the project is the formation of a multidisciplinary network, bringing together several skills to improve the understanding of the key role of the symbiosis between an animal species (cnidarian) and a unicellular microalgae (zooxantela) in the long-term maintenance of diversity and productivity of coral reefs.

Additional details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/detail.asp?c=23011&lg=pt

05/01/12
Hydrothermal vents and their communities of organisms, located at 2340 meters depth, along the east coast of Antarctica, revealed a new world  that reconfigures what is known about this type of ecosystems. The paper co-authored by the researcher of CESAM, Ana Hilario, was published online in the journal "PLoS Biology" and has been highlighted in national and international media.

More details: http://uaonline.ua.pt/detail.asp?c=22799&lg=pt
News in "Público" newspaper: http://www.publico.pt/Ciências/expedicao-submarina-revela-mundo-desconhecido-junto-da-antarctida---1527656
News in "DN" newspaper: http://www.dn.pt/inicio/ciencia/interior.aspx?content_id=2221642

22/11/11
The kickoff meeting of the European project "Lagoons - Integrated water resources and coastal zone management in European lagoons in the context of climate change" under the Seventh Framework Programme (theme Environment, including Climate Change), was held between November 22nd to 24th, in UA.
The environmental issue of concern of the LAGOONS project is the anthropogenic deterioration and climate change impacts - especially the effects of extreme weather events- on surface water and lagoons ecosystems.
The main objective of the LAGOONS project is to contribute to a science-based seamless strategy - in an integrated and coordinated fashion - of the management of lagoons seen under the land-sea and science-policy-stakeholder interface; i.e., the project seeks to underpin the integration of the EU Water Framework Directive, Habitat Directive, the EU’s ICZM Recommendation, and the EU Marine Strategy Directive.

16/11/11
At the invitation of MicroLab, Professor. Artur Silva of the DNA Polymorphism Laboratory of Federal University of Para, Brazil, comes to the University of Aveiro, where he will report their experience with the network Paraense Genomics and Proteomics, which is the coordinator.
Artur Silva is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and a PhD in Biological Sciences (Genetics and Molecular Biology) from the Federal University of Para, where he has taught since 1996 and conducts its research focused on molecular evolution and genomics.
The conference, entitled "Analysis of genomic next-gen: the experience of Network Paraense Genomics and Proteomics" will be held on 21st November at 15h00 in the Amphitheatre of the Department of Biology.
Admission is free

07/10/11
The Times Higher Education ranking lists the world’s top universities for 2011-2012 and places the University of Aveiro as the Portuguese best positioned university.
This ranking employs several indicators designed to capture the full range of university activities, from teaching to research to knowledge transfer. Those elements are brought together into five headline categories: Teaching - the learning environment (30% of the overall ranking score); Research - volume, income and reputation (30%); Citations - research influence (30%); Industry income - innovation (2.5%); and International outlook - staff, students and research (7.5%).

Associated Laboratory since 2005, CESAM includes around 500 researchers, 190 of whom with a PhD degree, and six departments of the University of Aveiro: Environment and Planning, Biology, Civil Engineering, Physics, Chemistry and Geosciences; it also includes members from the Faculty of Sciences, of the University of Lisbon.  perder peso spotify premium code generator
CESAM's mission is to develop fundamental research in the Coastal and Marine Environment, understood in an integrated manner involving the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and anthroposphere.