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The participants of the megagrant-project take part in the first expedition
From May 22nd to May 24th, 2017, the first expedition will be held within the framework of the megagrant-project "Development of a methodology for monitoring, assessing, forecasting and preventing risks associated with biological transport of highly toxic pollutants that can accumulate in food chains and spread in Arctic ecosystems".
Lectures of the Leading Scientist from Arctic biomonitoring laboratory Yngvar Thomassen
Lectures “Human Health an Chemical Pollutants in Food” and “Biological monitoring of environmental pollutants spreading in the Arctic and Human risk assessment”, performed by the Leading Scientist of Arctic biomonitoring laboratory Yngvar Thomassen can be downloaded here:
Lectures by the Leading scientist of Arctic biomonitoring laboratory, Professor at Norwegian University of Life Sciences Yngvar Thomassen
On 11th of May there will be two lectures by the Leading scientist of Arctic biomonitoring laboratory, Professor at Norwegian University of Life Sciences Yngvar Thomassen, with the topic: "Human Health and Chemical Pollutants in Food".
An employee of Arctic biomonitoring laboratory took part in the forum "Arctic. Made in Russia"
In Arkhangelsk, from March 27th to April 2nd there was the International Youth Forum "The Arctic. Made in Russia", in which 175 young specialists from various professional fields took part, 25 of them were foreign visitors, representing 15 countries of the Arctic Council. Andreeva Yulia, laboratory assistant at Arctic biomonitoring laboratory participated as an ecologist.
Conference "Dialogue in the Far North 2017" (High North Dialogue 2017)
On April 5-6th, 2017 in Bodø, Norway, the annual Conference "Dialogue in the Far North 2017" (High North Dialogue 2017) was held.
Yngvar Thomassen, the Leading Scientist of arctic biomonitoring laboratory, will give a presentation at section "Arctic — the territory of friendly environment"
On 30th of March at forum "Arctic-territory of dialogue", Yngvar Thomassen, the Leading Scientist of arctic biomonitoring laboratory, will give a presentation at section "Arctic - the territory of friendly environment". The presentation will be in period of 9.30-11.00, at NArFU, hall 4.
Lecture on "A Human Risk Assessment Model for Environmental Pollutants"
On 31st of March there will be lecture on «A Human Risk Assessment Model for Environmental Pollutants», represented by the leading scientist of arctic biomonitoring laboratory Yngvar Thomassen. Address: Smolʼnyi buyan, 1, auditorium 501 (Scientific library named after E.I. Ovsyankin).
There was a roundtable discussion about legal aspects in the Arctic exploration
There was a roundtable discussion about legal aspects in the Arctic exploration on 28th of March, as a part of forum "Arctic - the territory of dialogue", where the Head of Arctic biomonitoring laboratory Sorokina Tatyana gave a presentation of the project "Development of methodology for monitoring, assessment, prediction and prevention of risks associated with the high level toxic polluting substances transfer via biological pathways", and spoke about the aim and targets of the laboratory.
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NArFU Hosted Roundtable on Migratory Birds as Sources of Pollutants and Pathogens Transfer to the Arctic
Today, October 12, NArFU Arctic Biomonitoring Laboratory hosted a roundtable that discussed the “Monitoring of Risks Associated with Transfer of Pollutants and Pathogens to the Arctic by Migratory Birds”. Attended by leading experts and early career scientists based in Russia, the roundtable was held within the framework of the III International Conference “Biomonitoring in the Arctic — 2022”.
An employee of the Arctic Biomonitoring Laboratory won a grant "Young Scientists of Pomorie"
Research assistant of the Arctic Biomonitoring Laboratory, PhD student of the Laboratory of Evolutionary Ecology and Genomics of Hydrobionts at the Institute for Comprehensive Research of the Arctic of the Federal Research Center for Comprehensive Research of the Arctic Dmitry Kotsur won a grant "Young Scientists of Pomorie" with the project "Research of the impact of polychlorinated biphenyls on the reproductive system of fish Danio rerio".
NArFU researchers delivered a series of lectures to students of the University of Oxford
Last week, upon the invitation from the University of Oxford, the researchers at NArFU contributed to Oxford University Polar Forum, whose recent series of seminars was devoted to the Russian Arctic.