SOLAS Update

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*Welcome to Hannah*
We give a warm and much appreciated welcome to Dr Hannah Mossman who is temporarily contracted to jointly work for SOLAS Project Integration and with us here at the IPO.

*SOLAS Open Science Conference website near completion*
The time to register and submit poster abstracts is almost here. Keep checking your inbox for the announcement!

*New National Network in Turkey*
The new Turkish network is led by Baris Salihoglu, of the Middle East Technical University, who we first met at the 2005 SOLAS Summer School.

*Contribute to the next SOLAS news focussing on SOLAS collaborations*
If your research cross-cuts with other projects, programmes or networks (e.g. IMBER, IGAC, IPY, GEOTRACES, PICES etc) and you wish to contribute a timely scientific article, email Georgia with your expression of interest.

*View the SOLAS JOBS pages*
Our jobs page is filled with vacancies for graduates, post-docs and beyond, so please take a look

*SOLAS Summer School applications under review*
We have received a staggering 180 applications for the next Summer School. The applicants will be notified on the outcome of the review on 16th March 2009

Did you know?

COST Action 735 offers financial support for students and post-docs in Europe for short-term scientific missions (STSMs) to qualifying European institutions for the purpose of training, development of collaborations and new techniques. Visit http://www.cost-735.org/science/STSM.html

*** URGENT!!! Do you have an idea for an STSM now?***
***Can you do this before May 2009?***

Contact us NOW to benefit from the support by contacting Hannah directly

Submit an abstract before....

22 February
Goldschmidt Conference 2009 21-26 June, Davos, Switzerland
Session 11: Climate Change: Process and Records
Session 12: Sources, Sinks and Impact of Atmospheric Aerosols
Session 13: Global Geochemical Challenges: Past Record and Future Impact
Session 14: Ocean Chemistry Past and Present

2 March
2nd International Symposium on Marine Science 27 – 30 April, Vigo, Spain

4 March
2009 AGU Joint Assembly 24 - 27 May, Toronto, Canada

15 March
iLEAPS Early Career Workshop/Conference 20 - 28 August, Melbourne, Australia

16 March
PAGES Young Scientist/Open Science Meeting 6 - 11 July, Oregon, USA

Register while you can before.....

20 February
Ocean Observing Instrumentation Workshop 12 - 13 March 2009, Portland, USA
C-MORE Summer School- "Microbial Oceanography: Genomes to Biomes" 8 June - 17 July, Hawaii, USA

22 February
Polar Marine Science beyond IPY: Crossing Boundaries 15 - 20 March 2009, Lucca, Italy
"Observing the Arctic: A window to climate change" Summer School 27 June - 4 July 2009, Svalbard, Norway

23 February
Automated plankton identification course 15 – 25 June 2009, Plymouth, UK

28 February
Atmospheric and Modelling Skills Workshop 29 April - 1 May 2009, BAS, UK

1 March
"Observing Biogeochemical Cycles at Global Scales with Profiling Floats and Gliders" Workshop 28 - 30 April 2009, Monterey Bay, USA

For more SOLAS-related meetings:
http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/solas/news/conferencemeetings/conference.html