News GBIF has awarded its 2014 Ebbe Nielsen Prize toTony Rees Added on: 2014-07-15 09:55:53 by Vandepitte, Leen GBIF has awarded its prestigious Ebbe Nielsen Prize for 2014 to Tony Rees, whose groundbreaking informatics tools have significantly advanced the delivery of data about life on Earth. ... [Read more] WoRMS goes fossil Added on: 2014-05-26 12:22:13 by Dekeyzer, Stefanie The LifeWatch taxonomic backbone invests in capturing information on fossil ranges in the World Register of Marine Species ... [Read more] The Interim Register for Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG) will move from CSIRO to VLIZ Added on: 2014-04-09 08:47:19 by Vandepitte, Leen The database manager of IRMNG is looking for a new host institute for his database. The Flanders Marine Institute has launched an offer, which has recently been accepted by CSIRO, the current host institute of IRMNG and its curator Tony Rees. ... [Read more] WoRMS Steering Committee re-newed Added on: 2014-04-07 11:54:02 by Vandepitte, Leen The WoRMS Steering Committee welcomes Gustav Paulay as new member. In addition, Sabine Stöhr will serve another three years on the SC. ... [Read more] A "big bang" towards MolluscaBase Added on: 2014-02-11 14:56:53 by Vandepitte, Leen On February 6-7, Mollusca experts gathered at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), host institute of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), to discuss a strategy to expand the molluscan component of WoRMS to MolluscaBase. MolluscaBase will be a Global Species Database covering all marine, freshwater and terrestrial molluscs, recent and fossil. ... [Read more] Call for applications - LifeWatch grants to fill taxonomic gaps in WoRMS Added on: 2014-01-15 14:23:30 by Vandepitte, Leen Through LifeWatch, The Flanders Marine Institute – host of the WoRMS database – has a budget available to financially support editors to address gaps within their group. In 2014, WoRMS has access to a LifeWatch budget of 25.000€ which will be made available to the WoRMS editors through small grants. ... [Read more] [Add] [Older news... ]

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