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Employees of NArFU will present their research on EuroArctic-2017
Employees of the NArFU's Arctic Biomonitoring Laboratory will present their findings at the International Scientific and Practical Conference "EuroArctic - 2017" - "Preservation of the Environment in the Development of the Arctic".
Tamara Rumyantseva got acquainted with the Arctic Biomonitoring Laboratory and the Geological Museum of the NArFU
Today, on October 20, the university was once again visited by the General-Director of the Foundation for Support of Social Innovations "Volnoe Delo", Honorary Doctor of NArFU Tamara Rumyantseva.
NArFU will continue to strengthen relations with Norwegian partners
The university management met with the delegation of the Finnmark County and discussed the prospects of Russian-Norwegian cooperation in science, education and culture.
Hokkaido University showed interest in collaboration with NARFU
On Monday, October 9, a delegation from the Hokkaido University Arctic Research Center (Japan) arrived at the NArFU. Foreign guests got acquainted with the potential of the Arkhangelsk University. The Arctic scientific research development and collaboration opportunities were discussed during this meeting. The Japanese delegation included the Director of the Center - Sei'ichi Saito, Professor Natsuhiko Otsuka, Associate Professor Fujio Onishi and Assistant Professor Evgeny Podolskiy.
Problems of maintaining health in the Arctic have been discussed In St. Petersburg
The scientific and practical conference with the international participation of "A Problem of Maintaining Health and Ensuring Sanitary and Epidemiologic Wellbeing of the Population in the Arctic" took place on the 5th-6th of October in St. Petersburg. It was organized by Northwest Scientific Center of Hygiene and Public Health.
Yngvar Tomassen: "Biomonitoring studies are an essential component of managing human risks"
The leading scientist of the Arctic Biomonitoring Laboratory made a speech at the scientific and practical conference "Problems of Maintaining Health and Support of Sanitary and Epidemiologic Wellbeing of the Population in the Arctic", which took place on October 5-6 in St. Petersburg.
The engineer of the Arctic Biomonitoring Laboratory took part in the 3rd International Conference Environment and Sustainable Development of Territories: Ecological Challenges of the 21st Century
The engineer of the Arctic Biomonitoring Laboratory, Pesyakova Anastasia, took part in the 3rd International Conference Environment and Sustainable Development of Territories: Ecological Challenges of the 21st Century, which took place in Kazan, Russia 27–29 September 2017.
Realization of the project in NAA
From the September 13 to 15, during the expedition works in the Nenets Autonomous Area, the staff of the Arctic Biomonitoring Laboratory - Andrey Aksenov and Natalya Sturlis, visited the delta of the Pechora river where they got acquainted with the seasonal peculiarities of the catching fish.
Results and achievements of Arctic biomonitoring laboratory will be presented on the conference Euroarctic 2017 in Nar'yan Mar
On 26th of October 2017 in Nar'yan Mar there will be IV International research/practice conference “EUROARCTIC 2017 – Preservation of the environment in the development of the Arctic”.
Participants of the Barents summer school got acquainted with the project on the study of the transfer of PCBs in Arctic trophic chains
In the period of August 21st -25th, the IV Barents School for graduate students from 5 countries is held on the basis of NArFU: China, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Russia. Two participants of the Arctic biomonitoring laboratory, two PhD students of the "Ecology" direction: Pesyakova Anastasia and Elena Gusakova, took part as participants.
Is climate change important for human health?
This and other questions related to the factors that influence the spread of pollutants in the environment were answered by Professor Yngvar Thomassen in the second lecture, which was held within the framework of the summer Barents school for postgraduate students.
Yngvar Thomassen about global warming and climate change
Professor Thomassen, a Leading scientist at the Arctic biomonitoring laboratory, NArFU, spoke at the Barents Summer School for PhD students with a lecture entitled "Global Warming and Climate Change".
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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.