Die DNFS verbindet die Vorteile dezentraler naturkundlicher Sammlungen (u.a. dezentrale Bildungsversorgung, Netzwerkbildung mit Universitäten und anderen Wissenschaftseinrichtungen in der Region, Sicherheitsaspekte) mit den Notwendigkeiten und Vorteilen einer nationalen Präsenz und Repräsentanz. Die Mitgliedsinstitutionen bezeichnen sich als Forschungssammlungen. Darunter verstehen sie das Vorhandensein einer großen, wissenschaftlich zugänglichen naturkundlichen Sammlung sowie zugehöriger Forschungslabore und Sammlungswissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftler. Die DNFS fördert die Kooperation und Abstimmung zwischen den Mitgliedsinstitutionen, erarbeitet Synergien, unterstützt die Erarbeitung regionaler Schwerpunkte und Serviceaufgaben. Sie versteht sich als Ansprechpartner und Akteur für nationale und internationale wissenschaftliche, gesellschaftliche und politische Institutionen und relevante Prozesse. Die DNFS wird auch aktiv, wenn Sammlungen auch außerhalb der DNFS gefährdet erscheinen. ... [Information des Anbieters]
Dryad is an international repository of data underlying peer-reviewed articles in the basic and applied biosciences. Dryad enables scientists to validate published findings, explore new analysis methodologies, repurpose data for research questions unanticipated by the original authors, and perform synthetic studies. Dryad is being developed by the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center and the University of North Carolina Metadata Research Center, in coordination with a large group of Journals and Societies in evolutionary biology and ecology. The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center is a joint effort of Duke University, the University of North Carolina, and North Carolina State University. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
eLife is a unique collaboration between funders and practitioners of research to communicate influential discoveries in the life and biomedical sciences in the most effective way. We are a joint initiative of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society, and the Wellcome Trust. Along with a growing number of public and private research funders worldwide, these three organisations recognise that the communication of research results is as fundamental a component of the research process as the experiments themselves. Disseminating new findings as widely and effectively as possible maximises the value of research investments. The first step in the initiative is to establish a new, top-tier open-access journal covering basic biological research through to applied, translational and clinical studies. The eLife journal will be a platform for extending the reach and influence of new discoveries and to showcase new approaches to the presentation, use, and assessment of research. ... [Information of the supplier]
The European Commission issued a call to coordinators of large scale European infrastructure projects to submit a proposal for funding for a preparatory planning period. The European Bioinformatics Institute, part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL-EBI), has prepared and submitted a proposal under the acronym "ELIXIR" (European Life sciences Infrastructure for Biological Information). The mission of ELIXIR is to construct and operate a sustainable infrastructure for biological information in Europe to support life science research and its translation to medicine and the environment, the bio-industries and society. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The EuMon project attempts to provide a European framework that standardizes, focuses and coordinates existing monitoring programs by comparing and integrating existing methods and monitoring schemes of species and habitats of community interests. The most successful methods in terms of cost effectiveness, regional robustness will be selected and tested for their European wide applicability. EuMon will pay special attention that existing monitoring programs can incorporate these methods and will give recommendations how new and successful monitoring programs can be established.Special consideration for implementing monitoring programs will be paid by studying the social effects of monitoring regimes, because the relationship between amateurs and professionals are meant to be most important for implementing a successful monitoring regime.The establishing of the NATURA 2000 network is one of the main actions on a European level to halt biodiversity loss. Therefore it is a prerequisite to evaluate its ability to maintain biodiversity. Additionally EuMon will develop methods to name the responsibility of EU Member states for the species and habitats of Community interests living under their protection.A comprehensive database on monitoring schemes and recommended methods will be established and made accessible via an Internet portal. ... [Information of the supplier]
In the framework of an initiative to advance biodiversity research in Germany, we will establish three exemplary large-scale and long-term research sites (funded by the German Research Foundation). They are termed Biodiversity Exploratories, in contrast to mainly descriptive observatories. The exploratories will establish and sustain the scientific infrastructure and develop the intellectual framework needed to address critical questions about changes in biodiversity and to evaluate the impacts of those changes for ecosystem processes. Thus, in the exploratories biodiversity and ecosystem research will be merged at a large scale and with a long-term perspective. In this first phase the exploratories will address the relationship between land-use intensity, biodiversity change, and ecosystem functioning for selected taxa. After establishment, these exploratories will also integrate further contributing projects proposed by the German research community. Thus, the biodiversity exploratories will serve as a stimulating research platform for the whole German biodiversity research community. ... [Information of the supplier]
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), located in Long Island, New York, is considered by scientists to be one of the most important places for cutting-edge genetics research and for the free exchange of ideas. [Information of the supplier]
F1000 Posters, an open access poster repository, provides a permanent, structured environment for the deposition of posters as well as a trustworthy venue for ongoing discussion and development of the information being presented. The early scientific information presented in conference posters is universally agreed to be an important resource but, unfortunately, it is almost always completely lost once a conference is over. As a result, posters are only viewed by a handful of people before they disappear, either forever or until the research is later published as a paper. The system of removing posters from view after a conference is over represents a vast loss to the scientific community of unique and potentially valuable information. The rise of social networking as a channel for communication is enabling the scientific community to learn more about conference posters and presentations and is extending the reach of the data presented at meetings. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The sponsorship organisation FAN-B supports funds for scientific investigations in natural history, flora and fauna of Central and Eastern Europe. [Editorial staff vifabio]
Environmental and biological research is becoming central to major societal challenges related to the Earth’s ecosystems and climate dynamics. To handle the scale and complexity of the scientific questions being addressed, there is a strong need to integrate knowledge because biological data are currently scattered and difficult to share. We propose here a coherent infrastructure to improve scientific data integration and preservation. The overall goal is to provide a sustainable, service oriented, national data infrastructure facilitating data sharing and stimulating data intensive science in the fields of biological and environmental research. ... [Information of the supplier]