Cutting-Edge Ecology 2010: Change!
Meet the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
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In this Capita Selecta series students, staff, and strangers can become acquainted with cutting-edge ecology. We visit the hot areas in present-day ecological research where new questions are being asked and new approaches are sought, often with the use of technologically advanced techniques. We invite you to think and debate with us where ecology is heading, what is needed and how it should be done. This year’s special theme is Change! Not only will the NIOO move to a brand new building in Wageningen based on ecological principles like nutrient cycling and biodiversity, also in ecology itself change is a significant issue. How can lakes cope with climate change, what’s up in the soil under our feet following land-use shifts, and what can epigenetic changes in a plant’s DNA bring about? Or how does a bird’s personality changes the chances in life like finding a mate? We invite students to interact with our researchers, visit our new lab, and do a PGO by writing a project proposal for future research in one of the areas: beyond cutting-edge ecology! (Yes, we can…) Prof Dr Louise Vet
To get an impression of what you can expect, see:
For more information: please contact the NIOO-KNAW spokeswoman Froukje Rienks, tel: +31 0294 239 303, e-mail: f.rienks@nioo.knaw.nl
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The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) focusses on basic and strategic research into individual organisms, populations, ecological communities and ecosystems. The NIOO-KNAW employs more than 250 people at three research centres and its headquarters. Research at the Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology (CEME) in Yerseke concentrates on ecosystems in brackish and salt water, while the centre in Nieuwersluis focuses on freshwater ecology. The research centre in Heteren emphasises land-based ecology. Originally, the three centres were founded in the fifties as independent institutes, but since 1992 they have joined forces to form the NIOO-KNAW. |