The new inititive “Open Biodiversity and Health Big Data Initiative (BHBD)” launched in July 2017. The initiative will prepare a new scientific programme for future transnational research with the aid of the IUBS and their ordinary and scientific members.
Board members (from left): Vice President Regine Jahn, Executive Committee Member Lily Rodriguez, President Hiroyuki Takeda, Treasurer Santiago Merino (connected to the meeting via video), Secretary General LS Shashidhara, and three Executive Committee Members Alexey Kotov, Yongbiao Xue and Peter Kevan. Photo: IUBS IUBS’s Executive Board met on 6th and 7th July […]
Since IUBS is a recognized partner of the Expertise Program in the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) it likes to draw attention to the call of the organisation, which is located in Parma, Italy. EFSA is inviting over 200 independent expert scientists wishing to be considered for membership to a specific Scientific Panel at […]
IUBS supported the application to list The Beaumaris Bay Fossil Site including the cliffs, the adjacent wave cut platform and the immediate sub-tidal zone as a Natural Heritage Site. A description of this unique fossil harbouring site, which covers the time and Earth’s history 5 to 6 million years ago, is provided […]
Participants – Front row (from left): Jean Taylor (ICIAM), Sayara Berg (ICIAM), Danielle Gondard-Cozette (IMU), Mustafa Sozbilir IUPAC), Igle Gledhill IUPAC), Marie-Francoise Ouedraogo (IUM), Anne-Sophie Godfroy (IUHPST), Anita Rampal (IMU), Bétül Tambay (IMU), Ernesto Fernández-Polcuch (UNESCO). • 2nd row: Maria Esteban (ICIAM), Siujatha Ramdorai(IMU), Mei-Hung Chiu (IUPAC), Guadalupe Lozano (Expert), […]
Entitled “Taxonomy anarchy hampers conservation” two authors suggest that IUBS could solve the classification of complex organisms, which according to them is in chaos. In the journal Nature (546: 25–27, 1 June 2017, doi: 10.1038/546025a) Stephen T. Garnett and Les Christidis propose, that the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) shall be the […]
Participants (f.l.t.r.): Chris King (IUGS), Mika Rekola (IUFRO), Lily Rodriguez (IUBS), Raymond Katebaka (AUC), Simon Hodson (CODATA), Nadja Pernat (IMAGINARY), France Caron (IMU), Allan Ashworth (INQUA), Nathalie Fomproix (IUBS), Catherine Jami (IUHPST), Barbara Birli (IUSS), LS Shashidhara (IUBS) On April 20th and 21st, 2017, the partners of the project “Trans-disciplinary Research […]
IUBS’ official board members (from left): treasurer Santiago Merino, president Hiroyuki Takeda, executive director Nathalie Fomproix, secretary-general L.S. Shashidhara. Photo: IUBS The IUBS Board met in Paris, the headquarters of IUBS, discussing the next steps.
Unesco, Celebrating the International day of Women and Girls in Science, Paris, France, 9 February 2017.
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