Visita de Estudo à Estónia

Biodiversidade e alterações climáticas:uma visão da Estónia. É este o tema que leva um grupo de jornalista a esta republica do Báltico entre os dias 20 e 22 de Maio, de 2015, a convite da Associação Estoniana de Jornalistas de Ciência.

“With half of its land covered with forests, and a sea territory dotted with more than 1,500 islands, Estonia can boast of a strikingly abundant biodiversity”, pode ler-se no comunicado enviado para a ARCA.

“On the three days of the trip, you will be meeting a number of outstanding Estonian ecologists and other environmental scientists, as well as experience Estonian nature first-hand on a visit to the wooded meadow of Laelatu, one of the most species-rich places in Europe.
Programme itinerary at a glance:
· Tuesday, 19 May: Arrival in Tallinn; Welcome Dinner
· Wednesday, 20 May: Tallinn University; Tallinn University of Technology (presentations on
the TUT’s research vessel Salme, cruising the Tallinn Bay)
· Thursday, 21 May: visits to the Laelatu wooded meadow and the Tartu Observatory
· Friday, 22 May: University of Tartu; Estonian University of Life Sciences; return to Tallinn
· Saturday, 23 May: Departure (or start of the weekend in Estonia on your own!)
Presentations (more to be added)
· Shinya Sugita, Tallinn University. Environmental history in the Holocene: why does it
matter?
· Maarja Kruusmaa, Tallinn University of Technology. Using aquatic robots to protect the
environment
· Urmas Lips, Tallinn University of Technology. Eutrophication and hypoxia in the Baltic
(includes demo observations on board the research vessel)
· Rivo Uiboupin, Tallinn University of Technology. Satellites and advanced marine monitoring
· Anu Reinart, Tartu Observatory. Monitoring biodiversity from space
· Leho Tedersoo, University of Tartu. The global biodiversity of fungi
· Meelis Pärtel, University of Tartu. Dark biodiversity
· Raivo Mänd, University of Tartu. Potential effects of a warming climate on forest birds in hemiboreal Estonia
· Ülo Niinemets, Estonian University of Life Sciences. The role of plants in climate change
· Tiiu Kull, Estonian University of Life Sciences. Orchids, symbols of beauty and mystery
· Steffen Noe, Estonian University of Life Sciences. SMEAR Estonia – integrated ecosystem
and climate research on large scale
· Kalev Sepp, Estonian University of Life Sciences. The impact of climate change on the
migration routes of the Eurasian crane

Practical information

Accommodation for four nights (May 19–23), meals, and transportation during the trip will be covered by us, the organisers. You will be responsible for your travel expenses to and from Tallinn, including airport transfer. However, in case your association or media organisation is not able to pay for your travel, you are eligible to ask EUSJA to cover 50% of the cost of your plane tickets. Applications will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis, depending on the availability of funds.
If you like, you can stay over for the weekend after the study trip, or even longer. A great idea would be to take a trip to an Estonian island, or even to spend a day or two in Tallinn, world famous for its red-roofed medieval Old Town. We can help you book your hotel, etc.

Please send your application via your national association by 2nd of March, 2015 to Priit Ennet(priit.ennet@err.ee). In the application, you should include your name, e-mail address, and the media
outlet that you work for.

Trabalho na EUSJA em Estrasburgo

Termina a 24 de Outbro o prazo para responder ao anuncio de trabalho da EUSJA.

The European Union of Science Journalists Associations (EUSJA) needs an experienced administrator for management of EU projects and administrative work for the organization.

Workplace will be at the EuroScience office in Strasbourg.

EUSJA was founded in 1971 in Belgium by seven national associations of science journalists, EUSJA now represents more than 2000 science journalists around Europe. Following the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 there was an upsurge of interest from Eastern European countries that now play an active role in EUSJA’s activities.

The main goals of EUSJA are truly barrier-breaking by aiming to improve communication between the international scientific community and society and to promote contacts between journalists in the field of scientific and technical communication.

More about EUSJA can be found on the website: http://www.eusja.org/

Qualifications:

•proven track record and experience on managing administration and handling accounts of EU-
projects, FP7 a big plus

•understanding science communication in general and science journalism specifically
•networking abilities with good writing skills for correspondence
•able to do independent work
•languages: English as working language, good French and other languages as plus
•good computing skills
•Master´s or BA is an advantage
We can offer:

•salary level, depending of qualifications around 4250 € incl. social benefits according to French law
•permanent contract after 6 month probation period
•possibility to be flexible and a part time job, too
Please send your CV and a cover letter of maximum 1 page to Jens Degett, Mail: jens@degett.org

If you have any questions you are welcome to call: +45 88433059 or Skype: jensdegett

Deadline for applications is 24th October.

Cancro: Formação para Jornalista

Aulas em Madrid

Estão abertas inscrições para jornalistas especializados em ciência e saúde. São 15 bolsas para viagens e destinam-se a acompanhar o congresso da ESMO em Madrid, de 26 a 29 de Setembrto de 2014.

O prazo para entregar as candidaturas termina a 30 de Junho e os detalhes da candidatura podem ser consultados na página do evento.

Visita de Estudo a Barcelona

Para os interessados em genoma existem ainda vagas para visitar o CRG em Barcelona.

«El CRG es un instituto internacional de investigación biomédica de excelencia, la misión del cual es descubrir y hacer avanzar el conocimiento en beneficio de la sociedad, la salud pública y la prosperidad económica. El CRG cree que la medicina del futuro depende de la ciencia innovadora actual. Esto requiere un equipo científico interdisciplinar centrado en la comprensión de la complejidad de la vida, desde el genoma a la célula, hasta un organismo completo y su interacción con el entorno, que ofrece una visión integradora de las enfermedades genéticas».

Além do CRG também se visita o Institute of Photonic Research (ICFO) e o Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC).

O programa é o que se segue:

19 May 2014
19h00 – 21h00: Welcome reception at Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
Registration for the café scientifique
Reimbursement of travel costs from the airport

20 May 2014
9h00 – 17h45: visit of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
9:00 – 10:30 – Short presentations of two EU-funded projects:
● 4DCellFate, by Luciano Di Croce and Ben Lehner
● SysteMTb, by Luis Serrano
10:45 – 11:45 – Visit of the Advanced Light Microscopy Unit (ALMU), by Timmo Zimmerman
12:00 – 13:00 – Visit of the Proteomics Unit, by Eduard Sabido
13:00 – 13:45 – Lunch
13:45 – 15:30 – Visit of two laboratories:
● Retinal Regeneration porject, by Maria Pia Cosma
● Swarm Organ project, by James Sharpe
15:45 – 17:30 – “Café scientifique” with scientists from the various research institutions involved

18h30: guided tour of Barcelona with Marta from Forever Barcelona
The tour will start in front of the Banys Oriental Hotel and will end at the restaurant Lonja de Tapas
20h30: Dinner in a tapas restaurant: Lonja de Tapas – Pla de Palau

21 May 2014
9h00 – 13h15: visit of the Institute of Photonic Research (ICFO)
09.00 – 9.40 – Welcome and Overview of the Light for Health program, by Lluis Torner, Director, Brook Hardwick, Head of corporate communication, and Susana Santos, Program Manager
9.40 – 11:00 – Presentations from several “Light for Health” Group Leaders:
• Turgut Durduran – Medical optics
• Melike Lakadamyali – Advanced fluorescence imaging and biophysics
• Maria Garcia-Parajo – Single molecule biophotonics
• Romain Quidant – Plasmon nano-optics
11.30 – 12:00 – Visit of the ICFO facilities (Biology lab, Clean room, Prototypes of ICFO patented research, SLN Facility)
12.00 – 13.00 – Informal lunch with Group Leaders and select ICFOnians.

14h00 – 17h45: visit of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)
– Presentation on high-performance computing and e-Sciences by Mateo Valero, Director of BSC
– Presentation on bioinformatics by Modesto Orozco, Director of the Life Science department at BSC
– Visit of the MareNostrum infrastructures
– Presentation and visit of projects on electronic and atomic protein modelling ( by Victor Guallart), computational genomics (Pancancer project), and on heart simulation (Alya Red project)

19h30: Dinner at the H10 Port Vell Hotel – Pas de Sota Muralla, 9

22 May 2014
9h30 – 13h45: visit of the Val d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO)
9:30 – 9:45 – Welcome and overview presentation of VHIO, by Josep Tabernero
9:45 – 11:00 – Tour of the premises
11:15 – 11:40 – Presentation of the Rational Therapy for Breast Cancer (RATHER) project
11:40 – 12:05 – Presentation of the EurocanPlatform project
12:05 – 12:25 – Presentation the WINTHER trial
12:25 – 12:40 – Presentation of the Colon Therapy Research Consortium (COLTHERES)
12:40 – Q & As with selected VHIO panelists
13:15 – Lunch

13h45: return to the Banys Oriental Hotel and end of the trip

Os interessados devem enviar para a ARCA as candidaturas que as fará chegar ao secretariado da EUSJA.

Bolsa Knight

Jornalistas que cubram ciência, tecnologia,  ambiente ou medicina podem-se inscrever para uma bolsa de nove meses.

A Bolsa Knight em jornalismo científico cobre um ano lectivo de estudo personalizado, cursos e palestras nas universidades MIT e Harvard para jornalistas internacionais e americanos.

Os bolseiros recebem US$65.000, mais taxa de matrícula. Outros benefícios incluem seguro de saúde, bolsas de viagem de pesquisa, bolsas de conferências e acesso aos recursos da MIT e Harvard.

Os candidatos devem dominar a língua inglesa e ter pelo menos três anos de experiência como repórteres, escritores, editores, produtores, ilustradores ou fotojornalistas em jornais, revistas, rádio, televisão ou Internet.

Os interessados devem enviar uma autobiografia profissional, currículo, proposta de projeto, amostras de trabalho e quatro cartas de recomendação até 28 de fevereiro.

Para mais informações (em inglês), clique aqui.

Convite para Seminário

A EUCog convida 3 jornalistas europeus para a cobertura da conferência Cognitive Systems a decorrer entre 19-20 de Março de 2014 em Bochum, na Alemanha.

De acordo com os organizadores «This workshop on “Embodied communication” will bring together researchers from different disciplines: from developmental scientists trying to uncover how children acquire their communication skills to artificial cognition researchers looking for ways to develop machines that really mean what they say. We believe it is an excellent opportunity to find new stories to tell, not only about cognitive robots, but also about human nature».

O programa pode ser visto clicando aqui.

O convite cobre a viagem, o alojamento e a diária contra reembolso

O regulamento em inglês pode ser descarregado aqui. 

Visita de Estudo à Suiça

A visita de estudo para jornalistas de ciência e centralizada pela EUSJA compreende a entrada naquele que vai ser o mairo túnel ferroviário do mundo.

Segue o programa convite, em inglês:

The trip will be in mid March of 2014.

You will find in the attachment the programme, descriprion and application form. Swiss association will host 35 EUSJA journalists. As usual to our trips, the participants have to take care for their travelling and the organizers will cover the hotel, meal and transporation during the trip.

Please inform the members of your associations and send their applications. The deadline for the applications is January 31.

Agenda

Wed, March 19 Disney Research, ETH Zurich
Thurs, March 20 World Food System Center, ETH Zurich, Regenerative Medicine and Mechanobiology, ETH & University Zurich Translational Neuromodeling Unit, ETH & University Zurich
Bombardier Transportation Switzerland, Zurich-­‐Oerlikon
Fri, March 21 Gotthard Base Tunnel Infrastructure, Alptransit Gotthard
Swiss National Super Computing Centre CSCS, Lugano