BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:04e022d8c7c41df2099c594111dbb76d CATEGORIES:Field and Summer Schools CREATED:20220428T122117 SUMMARY:Glacial Ecology training course in Italy LOCATION:Milano & Santa Caterina Valfurva (Stelvio National Park)\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Glaciers have long been considered almost lifeless environments, but this v iew does not correspond to reality. In recent years, they have been recogni zed as ecosystems in their own right, teeming mostly with microbial life, b ut also hosting larger organisms. Our current knowledge of glacier ecosyste ms is poor and fragmented. Most studies conducted so far focused on peculia r supraglacial habitats and were restricted to specific taxa. The course is organised in two locations and will last 12 days. The venue for field acti vities and some lectures is the Rifugio Branca in Santa Caterina Valfurva ( SO), Italy Alps. Alpine Guides and expert researchers will guide participan t for sample collection in the National Stelvio Park. The venue for wet mol ecular laboratories, bioinformatics and statistics computer laboratories, p racticals and other lectures is the University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, It aly.\nThe focus of the course is to train young scientists with different b ackgrounds to interact with each other in planning and executing research p rojects aiming at identifying the ecological processes of supraglacial and proglacial ecosystems. The course will teach to reconstruct ecological webs and other ecological relationships. It spans from sampling campaign and tr aditional morphologic classification of organisms to sequencing, bioinforma tic and statistical elaboration of sequencing data.\nRegistration includes: \n\n - Course registration and material\n - Accommodation at Rifugio Branca (2 – 6 August)\n - Accommodation at Milano Bicocca (7 – 14)\n - All Lunche s and dinner at Rifugio Branca\n - Lunches at Campus Bicocca\n - Coffee bre aks\n - Transportation from University of Milano Bicocca to Rifugio Branca and up to the Stelvio National Park and backward\n - A social eventIt is pr eferable that participants bring their own equipment for the excursion on t he glacier, namely mountaineering boots, crampons, climbing helmet, climbin g harness, and an ice axe. An email containing details on the equipment iss ue will be sent to participants in due time.\nPayment\nUpon acceptance part icipants will be sent an email containing information about payment details . The following types of payment options will be available: invoice, bank t ransfer, PayPal.\nSelection criteria\nMaximum 25 participants are allowed. Young career researchers, mainly PhD Students and post-doc can apply. Selec tion is based on the following criteria:\n\n - Motivation letter (half a pa ge, A4) and CV (1 page, A4).\n Applicants must explicitly state any previou s experience in field trips and especially in glacial habitats.\n - Relevan ce to the field\n - Fair distribution of applicants from different countrie s and scientific institutes.\n - Fair gender distribution.Abstract guidelin es\nAbstracts must be written in English and do not exceed 500 words.\nPost er specifications\nVirtual poster session. 3 slides for 5 minutes presentat ion\nTravel Grants and Registration Fee Waivers\nA limited number of travel grants and registration fee waivers are available for participants.\nAppli cants do not need to apply separately for these but should indicate on the registration form if they wish to be considered.\nSelection of awardees is handled directly by the organizers. Priority is given to participants of an y nationality working in laboratories in Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slove nia, Spain and Turkey, as well as from EMBC Associate Member States Chile, India, Singapore and Taiwan. More information is available on the EMBO Trav el Grants' page (https://www.embo.org/funding/lecture-travel-and-childcare- grants/travel-grants/).\nChild care grant\nEMBO Courses and Workshops offer s grants to offset additional child care costs incurred by participants or speakers when participating at any EMBO Courses and Workshop funded meeting . Eligible costs include fees for a caregiver or child-care facility, trave l costs for a caregiver, or travel costs for taking the child to the meetin g etc. Please indicate on the registration form whether you would like to b e considered for the grant. Please also describe how you intend to use the child care grant and specify the sum that you will need.\nAll further infor mation can be found on the course website.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Glaciers have long been considered almost lifeless environments, but thi s view does not correspond to reality. In recent years, they have been reco gnized as ecosystems in their own right, teeming mostly with microbial life , but also hosting larger organisms. Our current knowledge of glacier ecosy stems is poor and fragmented. Most studies conducted so far focused on pecu liar supraglacial habitats and were restricted to specific taxa. The course is organised in two locations and will last 12 days. The venue for field a ctivities and some lectures is the Rifugio Branca in Santa Caterina Valfurv a (SO), Italy Alps. Alpine Guides and expert researchers will guide partici pant for sample collection in the National Stelvio Park. The venue for wet molecular laboratories, bioinformatics and statistics computer laboratories , practicals and other lectures is the University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

The focus of the course is to train young scientists with dif ferent backgrounds to interact with each other in planning and executing re search projects aiming at identifying the ecological processes of supraglac ial and proglacial ecosystems. The course will teach to reconstruct ecologi cal webs and other ecological relationships. It spans from sampling campaig n and traditional morphologic classification of organisms to sequencing, bi oinformatic and statistical elaboration of sequencing data.

R egistration includes:

It is p referable that participants bring their own equipment for the excursion on the glacier, namely mountaineering boots, crampons, climbing helmet, climbi ng harness, and an ice axe. An email containing details on the equipment is sue will be sent to participants in due time.

Payment

Upon acce ptance participants will be sent an email containing information about paym ent details. The following types of payment options will be available: invo ice, bank transfer, PayPal.

Selection criteria

Maximum 25 participants are allowed. Young career researchers, mainly PhD Students and post-doc can apply. Selection is based on the following criter ia:

Abstract gui delines

Abstracts must be written in English and do not exce ed 500 words.

Poster specifications

Virtual po ster session. 3 slides for 5 minutes presentation

Travel Gran ts and Registration Fee Waivers

A limited number of travel g rants and registration fee waivers are available for participants.

Ap plicants do not need to apply separately for these but should indicate on t he registration form if they wish to be considered.

Selection of awar dees is handled directly by the organizers. Priority is given to participan ts of any nationality working in laboratories in Croatia, Czech Republic, E stonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovaki a, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey, as well as from EMBC Associate Member States Chile, India, Singapore and Taiwan. More information is available on the < a href="https://www.embo.org/funding/lecture-travel-and-childcare-grants/tr avel-grants/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EMBO Travel Grants' page.< /p>

Child care grant

EMBO Courses a nd Workshops offers grants to offset additional child care costs incurred b y participants or speakers when participating at any EMBO Courses and Works hop funded meeting. Eligible costs include fees for a caregiver or child-ca re facility, travel costs for a caregiver, or travel costs for taking the c hild to the meeting etc. Please indicate on the registration form whether y ou would like to be considered for the grant. Please also describe how you intend to use the child care grant and specify the sum that you will need.< /p>

All further information can be found on the course websi te.

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