Die Paläontologische Gesellschaft ist eine internationale Vereinigung für den deutschsprachigen Raum. Sie wurde 1912 in Greifswald gegründet. Ziele der Gesellschaft sind die Förderung der Paläontologie und der Kontakt unter den Paläontologen, Geowissenschaftlern und interessierten Laien aller Länder. Wesentliches Ziel ist auch, die Paläontologie der Öffentlichkeit besser verständlich zu machen. Die politische Aufgabe der Gesellschaft ist, die Interessen der Paläontologie gegenüber den Verantwortlichen in Politik, Hochschulen, Wirtschaft, Behörden und Medien zu vertreten. Die Mitglieder der Gesellschaft sind Wissenschaftler und Studierende der Paläontologie, Geologie und Biologie (sowie anderer Fächer) und interessierte Laien und Sammler. Neben der erdgesteinsgeschichtlich-historischen Betrachtung der Entstehung der Erde steht die Evolution des Lebens im Vordergrund der Forschung der Mitglieder der Gesellschaft. ... [Information des Anbieters]
The origin and development of the diversity of species represents one of the greatest challenges to fundamental research in the whole field of biology. The basic concepts like adaptation or selection are universal and applicable to many different systems, making evolutionary biology the core of a new integrative biology thereby lending fundamental orientation to the modern biosciences. The field has gained new topicality in the genome era, since the sequencing of the genome of many species opens up new windows on a number of issues which have been subject of investigation for a long time. With this funding initiative the Foundation aims at strengthening the field of evolutionary biology in Germany by generating impulses for both research and higher education. The major goal is to anchor the concepts of evolutionary biology in university teaching more firmly, to create attractive career prospects for junior scientists as well as to promote their interaction on a European level. In principle, funding is open to all departments related to the topic. The different elements of the funding scheme – support for PhD students and postdocs, funding of visiting professors and lecturers, or symposia and summer schools – can be combined with one another. Research projects will only be funded in the framework of the support for young academics. ... [Information of the supplier]
The portal www.darwin-jahr.de is operated by the “Darwin Year Committee” of the Giordano Bruno Stiftung and the AG Evolutionsbiologie in VBIO (Association for Biology, Bioscience, and Biomedicine). It has gathered, during the Darwin Year 2009 (200th birthday of Charles Darwin, 150th anniversary of the first publication of his main work dealing with the origin of species) numerous articles, current reports, and event dates in German-speaking regions. ... [Editorial staff vifabio]
One of the main objectives of the natural history museums is an authentic presentation of science. Therefore, they vehemently reject all varieties of fundamentalism and over interpretation of scientific findings for ideological ends. On this blogsite we wish to offer information and comments about the programme of events of the German natural history museums and their partners. You will find the events programme under www.darwinjahr2009.de. Other information is given in the first blog entry. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]
In 2009 Charles Darwin will be commemorated worldwide. The celebrations aim to honour the person who developed one of the most important scientific theories ever: The Theory of Evolution. Charles Robert Darwin was born in England on 12 February 1809; 50 years later (1859) he published his seminal work "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life". The international Darwin Year celebrates both the 150th anniversary of this innovative publication and the bicentenary of Darwin's birth. ... [Information of the supplier]