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MMM3 : Meeting on Mangrove ecology, functioning and Management
Galle, Sri Lanka, 2-6 July 2012
The conference MMM3 : International Meeting on Mangrove ecology, functioning and Management is jointly organised by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), the University of Ruhuna (UoR) and the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), and will be held in the premises of the University of Ruhuna in Galle, Sri Lanka, from 2 till 6 July 2012. It will be followed by a mid-week workshop (9-13 July 2012) in the Pambala-Chilaw Lagoon complex (Sri Lanka) at the premises of the Small Fishers Federation of Lanka in Pambala-Kakkapalliya.
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Obtained recently the title of Doctor
in Sciences
Mss GONZALEZ Laetitia
on
Friday 27th of May 2011
title:
Exploring the genotoxic potential of nanoparticles using amorphous silica nanoparticles
PROMOTOR : Prof. Dr. M. Volders
Mr TERER Taita
on Tuesday 29th of March 2011
title
:
Conservation genetics, utilization and effects of Cyperus papyrus harvesting: making ecosystem management work in Kenyan wetlands
PROMOTOR : Prof. Dr. L. Triest
Mss NJAMBUYA Josphine
on Monday 28th of March 2011
title:
Impact of competition by invasive aquatic weeds on native macrophytes: role of environmental factors
PROMOTOR : Prof. Dr. L. Triest
Frogs with identical poison provide evidence of the power of natural selection
Working together with colleagues from the K.U.Leuven and the University of Melbourne, researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel have discovered a unique example of convergent evolution at the molecular level, which made the cover of the Current Biology scientific journal. They found two different species of frogs that have developed exactly the same poison, caerulein, independently from one another.
More information and free-of-charge image gallery
Dr. Kim Roelants, tel.: 02-629 34 10, kroelant@vub.ac.be
www.amphibia.be
