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IRS Grants for ICA 2018

November 27, 2017 IRS_Admin

The International Ragweed Society (IRS) is pleased to offer 6 grants to attend ICA2018 in Parma, Italy (3 oral presentations and 3 posters) for young ragweed researchers (up to 31 years of age).

Only applicants with an accepted abstract can be granted. Applications are expected from researchers studying any aspect of Ragweed and must be or become members of IRS (fee 2016-2017: 50 € or 30€ if student; http://www.alphavisa.com/esa/fees/membership-irs.php).

Those who are awarded a grant will receive a contribution of 220 € for their participation to the “2-day ragweed package” (3rd-4th September of 2018).

The application deadline is February 19th, 2018.

More information

Edit: the application deadline has been postponed to March 5th, 2018.

Ophraella Communa

November 7, 2017 IRS_Admin

Sarah LABRUYERE and Marilou MOTTET from the French ragweed observatory ( http://www.ambroisie-blog.org/) took their microphone and camera to meet researchers working on Ophraella communa. Here is a 5 min video (in French) to present the case of this chrysomelid which is predatory of Ambrosia artemisiifolia.

(with the participation of Bruno Chauvel and Heinz Mueller-Schaerer).

ICA Congress, 3-7 of September, Parma, Italy

October 23, 2017 IRS_Admin

The 11th International Congress on Aerobiology will take place in Parma (Italy) for 3 to 7 of September, 2018.

The Congress may still seem far away, but it is approaching fast.

The call for abstracts has been open already for several weeks: http://www.ica2018.eu/Web/33/Abstract/

Some Associations and Societies are promoting useful grants for the participation of young researchers.

Springer Journal “Aerobiologia” will present a special issue to the conference (ADVANCES IN AEROBIOLOGY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH) dedicated to the publication of short communications peer per view, among all those who will have an oral presentation during the congress. For this, there will be a special place for young researchers and for better abstracts sent.

In addition, a photo contest has been set up in which anyone in the different categories can participate with any photographic material that he thinks fit: http://www.ica2018.eu/Web/64/PHOTO-CONTEST.aspx

For more information, please visit the web site of the congress: http://www.ica2018.eu/

Short presentation of the congress: ICA2018

Action in Turkey in the Frame of IRD 2017

September 19, 2017 IRS_Admin

An information meeting took place the 18th July in Bulent Ecevit University.

Dr. Aycan Tosunoglu from Uludag University gave information about identification of ragweed in the field. She also emphasized the importance of early awareness against the threatening of ragweed.

Dr. Şenol Alan spoke about dramatic increase of ragweed pollen and Amb a 1 concentration in Zonguldak atmosphere: ragweed pollen concentration in Zonguldak has increased ten times for last ten years.

A study, including researchers from four different university (Bulent Ecevit University, Ankara University, Uludag University and Kastamonu University), was presented. This study explains the use of a mobile phone application that is designed to monitor distribution of ragweed in Turkey. This app is intended using by systematic botanists, personnel of Provincial directorate of agriculture, food and animal husbandry and Forestry directorate. The users could take picture and information of coordinate and send it to database using this app.

The app will be prepared within a month.