giovedì 30 settembre 2010
venerdì 24 settembre 2010
New article in Science Mag
The Rise of Sunflowers
Everyone appreciates the beauty of daisies, chrysanthemums, and sunflowers, and many of us enjoy eating lettuce and artichokes. These cultivated plants, along with 23,000 other wild species, make up the sunflower family, also known as Compositae or Asteraceae. Today, members of the family are found on every continent except Antarctica, especially in temperate or higher elevation areas in the tropics. Where the sunflower family first evolved and how it spread, however, is not well understood, in part because researchers have found relatively few fossils. On page 1621 of this issue, Barreda et al. (1) describe an unusually well-preserved new fossil that sheds light on the history of this successful plant family and adds to evidence that it originated in southern South America about 50 million years ago.
(1) Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Biodiversity Center, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, A-1030 Vienna, Austria.
Science 24 September 2010:
Vol. 329. no. 5999, pp. 1605 - 1606
DOI: 10.1126/science.1195336
Read the full article (if your institution has a subscription -mine doesn't...)
Everyone appreciates the beauty of daisies, chrysanthemums, and sunflowers, and many of us enjoy eating lettuce and artichokes. These cultivated plants, along with 23,000 other wild species, make up the sunflower family, also known as Compositae or Asteraceae. Today, members of the family are found on every continent except Antarctica, especially in temperate or higher elevation areas in the tropics. Where the sunflower family first evolved and how it spread, however, is not well understood, in part because researchers have found relatively few fossils. On page 1621 of this issue, Barreda et al. (1) describe an unusually well-preserved new fossil that sheds light on the history of this successful plant family and adds to evidence that it originated in southern South America about 50 million years ago.
(1) Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Biodiversity Center, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, A-1030 Vienna, Austria.
Science 24 September 2010:
Vol. 329. no. 5999, pp. 1605 - 1606
DOI: 10.1126/science.1195336
Read the full article (if your institution has a subscription -mine doesn't...)
giovedì 23 settembre 2010
Welcome to BioSystematics Berlin 2011
The Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem (Freie Universität Berlin) and the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin are pleased to host the
7th International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology (ICSEB VII) of IOSEB (International Organization for Systematic and Evolutionary Biology),
12th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Systematics (GfBS), and
20th International Symposium “Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology” of the German Botanical Society (DBG).
The scope of the congress is to bring together evolutionary biologists and systematists working on plant, animal, and microscopical organisms to discuss and debate topics of common interest. The focus will be on innovative and forward-looking ideas, concepts, and methods in systematic and evolutionary biology. It will also provide a unique opportunity to highlight topics of current biodiversity research. We hope to attract many researchers from different fields to this congress and look forward to welcoming you in Berlin in February 2011.
Major Conference Topics
Trends in Taxonomy
Evolution of Organisms in Time and Space
The Evolutionary Thought: History, Philosophy and Society
Evolution of Form and Function
Inventorying and Managing Biodiversity
Recent News and Deadlines
Online Registration and Abstract Submission
Second Circular
ICSEB Student award and Student price for the best oral/poster presentation (see 'Student information')
Now online: Revised Preliminary Program and Excursions
| Call for Symposia and Workshops | 31 May 2010 |
Begin of registration and abstract submission | 31 August 2010 |
| Application for funding or award deadline | 1 October 2010 |
Abstract submission deadline | 31 October 2010 |
Early registration closes | 31 October 2010 |
Please contact congress office, if you have missed any deadline.
martedì 21 settembre 2010
Carthagien travolta!!!
I was working last night on photoshop, n i remembered the statue from the stagnone di marsala reserve's museum........ n i was really bored so i told myself why the hell not!!!!
hope u enjoy it!!
a very poor Mimosa polycarpa:/
guys, it is me again...Gul
last night I tried to send a video to the mailing group and it delivered only some of you...my first try was on the blog but it didn't work (even I tried a thousand times)..and I reduced the size of the original video to half. then I gave one more try...? but NO it STILL didn't work.. and NOOOOWW I am giving the LAST TRY to it by reducing its half-sized to half again (it means it is now reduced one-quarter of its original size!!! that's why the video quality is terrible). and this time it MUST BE WOOOOORRRRK!!!
anyway
last night I tried to send a video to the mailing group and it delivered only some of you...my first try was on the blog but it didn't work (even I tried a thousand times)..and I reduced the size of the original video to half. then I gave one more try...? but NO it STILL didn't work.. and NOOOOWW I am giving the LAST TRY to it by reducing its half-sized to half again (it means it is now reduced one-quarter of its original size!!! that's why the video quality is terrible). and this time it MUST BE WOOOOORRRRK!!!
anyway
the video is about the poor Mimosa polycarpa placed in the Palermo Botanical Garden... and you will get why it is called as "poor" after take a look at the video:)
have fun and laugh
the theme of the video is:
leave her alone, can't you hear she is screaming in pain!..
.....
.....lunedì 20 settembre 2010
Music for Siesta (by DJ Josete)
After his succesful 'Music for Fiesta', best-seller in Ibiza and Formentera, Spanish Records has released the new album 'Music for Siesta', available on Poorstudents Store (120,09 Mb). Siesta isn't a lazy activity after having lunch. Siesta is a lifestyle, a spiritual retreat; it's science, technology and religion all together!
- "When the apple felt on my head I was having a nice siesta. The siesta made possible enunciating the law of universal gravitation!" (Isaac Newton, 18th century)
- "I was sleeping a fantastic siesta but I was a bit cold because the window was opened. Suddenly I were inspired and created the Windows operating system. Thanks to the siesta!" (Bill Gates, 1985)
- "Wow! What a long, long siesta! What am I doing with this f***ing shroud on my body?" (Jesus of Nazareth, yesterday afternoon)
- "When the apple felt on my head I was having a nice siesta. The siesta made possible enunciating the law of universal gravitation!" (Isaac Newton, 18th century)
- "I was sleeping a fantastic siesta but I was a bit cold because the window was opened. Suddenly I were inspired and created the Windows operating system. Thanks to the siesta!" (Bill Gates, 1985)
- "Wow! What a long, long siesta! What am I doing with this f***ing shroud on my body?" (Jesus of Nazareth, yesterday afternoon)
Tracklist:
01 René Aubry - Sirtaki à Helsinki*Including cover of DJ Josete being inspired to create this album.
02 René Aubry - Salento
03 Gustavo Santaolalla - Deportation-Iguazu
04 René Aubry - La grande cascade
05 René Aubry - Demi Lune
06 Balmorhea - Baleen Morning
07 Balmorhea - The Winter
08 Gonzales - Overnight
09 Gonzales - Paristocrats
10 Jaume Tugores - Anche lui e qui
11 Jaume Tugores - Después de Formentera
12 Antonio de Lucena - Concierto de Aranjuez (Joaquín Rodrigo)
13 Antonio de Lucena - Carmen (George Bizet)
14 Antonio de Lucena - Romance (Anónimo)
15 Antonio de Lucena - Entre dos aguas (Paco de Lucía)
16 Vicente Amigo - Autorretrato
17 El Barrio - Yo sueño flamenco
Enjoy it and, of course, have a nice siesta ;)
IBC2011
The Australian botanical community invites you to Melbourne, Australia in July 2011 to participate in the XVIII International Botanical Congress. Australia has a vibrant scientific community active across all botanical disciplines and its researchers play a prominent and highly collaborative role in international biological sciences.
The Australian flora, with its many endemics and strong Gondwanan element, provides a unique opportunity full of inspiring experiences for the botanical visitor. Its ancient landscape includes vast deserts, tropical and temperate rainforests, floristically rich heathlands and unique eucalypt forests. Marine environments include a rich flora and the most extensive coral ecosystem, the Great Barrier Reef.
Australia’s botanical community is eager to welcome our colleagues from around the world to the 2011 IBC for an intellectually stimulating and socially memorable occasion.
Judy West, Congress President
For further informations: www.ibc2011.com
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The Australian flora, with its many endemics and strong Gondwanan element, provides a unique opportunity full of inspiring experiences for the botanical visitor. Its ancient landscape includes vast deserts, tropical and temperate rainforests, floristically rich heathlands and unique eucalypt forests. Marine environments include a rich flora and the most extensive coral ecosystem, the Great Barrier Reef.
Australia’s botanical community is eager to welcome our colleagues from around the world to the 2011 IBC for an intellectually stimulating and socially memorable occasion.
Judy West, Congress President
For further informations: www.ibc2011.com
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words in English
If you like to learn different English words maybe this will help you:
Every day a word; to your e-mail.
http://wordsmith.org/awad/index.html
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Every day a word; to your e-mail.
http://wordsmith.org/awad/index.html
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domenica 19 settembre 2010
After :D
sicilian wave!!!
finally i discovered how to upload pics n videos!!!! (the blog was in italian-arabic and i do beleive there was some turkish!!!! so i couldnt understand a button!!!)
Anywho!!! enjoy the video!!
sabato 18 settembre 2010
venerdì 17 settembre 2010
giovedì 16 settembre 2010
Biosystematics Berlin 2011, 21-27 February
Hello!
Maybe you know maybe not; but in February 2011 there is going to be a congress about Biosystematics.
"The scope of the congress is to bring together evolutionary biologists and systematists working on plant, animal, and microscopical organisms to discuss and debate topics of common interest. The focus will be on innovative and forward-looking ideas, concepts, and methods in systematic and evolutionary biology. It will also provide a unique opportunity to highlight topics of current biodiversity research. We hope to attract many researchers from different fields to this congress and look forward to welcoming you in Berlin in February 2011."
Major topics of this congress are Trends in Taxonomy, Evolution of Organisms in Time and Space, The Evolutionary Thoughts: History, Philosophy and Society, Evolution of Form and Function, Inventorying and Managing Biodiversity.
If you are interested; please see the following link for further informations:
http://www.biosyst-berlin-2011.de/
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Maybe you know maybe not; but in February 2011 there is going to be a congress about Biosystematics.
"The scope of the congress is to bring together evolutionary biologists and systematists working on plant, animal, and microscopical organisms to discuss and debate topics of common interest. The focus will be on innovative and forward-looking ideas, concepts, and methods in systematic and evolutionary biology. It will also provide a unique opportunity to highlight topics of current biodiversity research. We hope to attract many researchers from different fields to this congress and look forward to welcoming you in Berlin in February 2011."
Major topics of this congress are Trends in Taxonomy, Evolution of Organisms in Time and Space, The Evolutionary Thoughts: History, Philosophy and Society, Evolution of Form and Function, Inventorying and Managing Biodiversity.
If you are interested; please see the following link for further informations:
http://www.biosyst-berlin-2011.de/
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Sicily Panos
Sicily Panos (you can download the panoramic photos at original size by opening each photo and clicking on 'Descargar foto'/'Download photo')
Pano1 - Selinunte (05/09/2010) 9550×2348 pixels – 14141 KB
Pano 2 - Selinunte (05/09/2010) 6816×2373 px – 8466 KB
Pano 3 - Segesta (05/09/2010) 6174×2360 px – 7646 KB
Pano 4 - Segesta (05/09/2010) 7690×2433 px – 11263 KB
Pano 5 - Marettimo (07/09/2010) 7992×2459 px – 4340 KB
Pano 6 - Monte Cofano (08/09/2010) 7887×2424 px – 4166 KB
Pano 7 - Monte Cofano (08/09/2010) 14496×2464 px – 6351 KB
Pano 8 - Stagnone (11/09/2010) 10810×2299 px – 12504 KB
Pano 9 - Stagnone (11/09/2010) 10546×2492 px – 14890 KB
View slideshow
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Pano1 - Selinunte (05/09/2010) 9550×2348 pixels – 14141 KB
Pano 2 - Selinunte (05/09/2010) 6816×2373 px – 8466 KB
Pano 3 - Segesta (05/09/2010) 6174×2360 px – 7646 KB
Pano 4 - Segesta (05/09/2010) 7690×2433 px – 11263 KB
Pano 5 - Marettimo (07/09/2010) 7992×2459 px – 4340 KB
Pano 6 - Monte Cofano (08/09/2010) 7887×2424 px – 4166 KB
Pano 7 - Monte Cofano (08/09/2010) 14496×2464 px – 6351 KB
Pano 8 - Stagnone (11/09/2010) 10810×2299 px – 12504 KB
Pano 9 - Stagnone (11/09/2010) 10546×2492 px – 14890 KB
View slideshow
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mercoledì 15 settembre 2010
martedì 14 settembre 2010
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