Download the presentations of the REACH-seminar

vesikupla kuva Astigma pThe participants of the French-Finnish REACH-seminar that was held on June 7-8 in Helsinki can download the presentations here.

The program of the seminar is here.

All files are pdf-files and locked with the proper password (except program). … / …

Café Scientifique: Epidemic Surveillance using News Surveillance Technology

PULSOn Wednesday May 19 at 5.30 pm, Dr. Antoine Doucet, University of Caen, and Dr. Roman Yangarber, University of Helsinki, will introduce the collaboration in the PULS-Project on the application of news surveillance to epidemic surveillance.

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How does REACH impact research on Green Chemistry and Engineering?

vesikupla kuva Astigma p7.-8.6.2010
Sokos Hotel Presidentti, Helsinki

Is REACH an issue for industrial companies only? Or do researchers also have to take it seriously when they develop new chemical routes? Is the general call for “Green Chemistry” and “Benign by Design ‐products” going to change our way of doing chemistry? Come and discuss these questions (and many more) with prominent French and Finnish experts! … / …

Café scientifique: Toxic Cyanobacteria

110705_Kotkan_majakka_pieniOn Wednesday April 21 at 5.30 pm, Dr. David Fewer (Food and Evironmental Sciences, Division of Microbiology University of Helsinki), will address a typical Finnish concern, namely blue-green algae blooms in the Baltic Sea.  The title of his talk is: ”Toxic Cyanobacteria”. … / …

Café scientifique: TARA: Observations at drifting ice station

tara logo pOn Wednesday March 24 at 5.30 pm, Dr. Jari Haapala, senior researcher at the Finnish Meteorological Institute will tell us of his adventure on the Tara ship that drifted on the Arctic Ocean for almost two years in 2007-2008. … / …

L'Inra recrute 62 nouveaux chercheurs

logo_inraL’Institut national de la recherche agronomique (Inra), avec plus de 10 000 employés et chercheurs, est le premier institut de recherche agronomique en Europe. Ses recherches concernent les questions liées à l’agriculture, à l’alimentation et à la sécurité des aliments, à l’environnement et à la gestion des territoires, avec un accent tout particulier en faveur du développement durable.

Le concours de recrutement de chercheurs 2010 est ouvert jusqu’au 26 février. … / …