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Wednesday, 28 October 2020 09:07

Research Grants

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Tuesday, 27 October 2020 10:56

Memorie polari - 30 Ottobre 2020 - Festival delle Scienze di Genova

Antartide: la prima spedizione del CNR (1968-1969)

Incontro con Alessia Glielmi, Marcello Manzoni, Fabio Trincardi, Carlo Barbante, modera Maurizio Vitale
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Monday, 26 October 2020 08:01

Roma

Secondary ISP site in Rome-Montelibretti
Where we are
The secondary site of the Institute of Polar Sciences of Rome - Montelibretti is located at the Rome 1 CNR-Research Area, Provincial Road 35d, km 0.700, 00010 Montelibretti (RM). The ISP staff, working in the Montelibretti Area, have 252 m2 of space (including offices and laboratories) which is distributed between 2 buildings, partly shared with the staff of IRSA (Water Research Institute) and IIA (Institute of Atmospheric Pollution research). Map
How to get here:
- by train: railway line FR1 (Fiumicino-Fara Sabina), get off at the "Pianabella di Montelibretti" stop and proceed for 200 m on foot to the Rome 1 CNR-Research Area.
- by car: the Institute can be reached by car with the possibility of temporary parking within the CNR-Research Area.
- by plane: from Fiumicino airport, take the FR1 railway line (Fiumicino-Fara Sabina), get off at the "Pianabella di Montelibretti" stop and proceed for 200 meters on foot to the Rome 1 CNR-Research Area.

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Friday, 23 October 2020 13:23

Rauseo Jasmin

Rauseo Jasmin She is graduated in Ecobiology (LM) from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and has a PhD in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology from the same university. His research activities are focused on organic contaminants (eg drugs, antibiotics, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, nonylphenols, bisphenol, etc) interactions with natural microorganisms. She gained experience in setting up biodegradation microcosms to evaluate both the environmental persistence of selected contaminants and their effects on natural microbial communities structure and functioning (e.g. PLFA and qPCR analyses).
Recent research activities are focused on the spread of genes that confer resistance to antibiotics (ARGs) among natural microbial communities, and the correlation between this latter with the antibiotic environmental concentrations. She also works on the development and validation of analytical methodologies (e.g. LC-MS / MS) for the determination of organic pollutants in different environmental matrices.

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Friday, 23 October 2020 13:16

Ademollo Nicoletta

Ademollo Nicoletta She graduated in Biological Sciences and then obtained a PhD in Polar Sciences in 2003 always at the University of Siena. 
The main lines of research are aimed at understanding the sources, flows, distribution and fate of persistent and emerging organic contaminants (POPs) in polar and temperate ecosystems. Recent studies are focused on the study of the transfer of emerging POPs between abiotic (water, sediment) and biotic (trophic networks) compartments and between trophic levels; bioaccumulation and biomagnification and related factors; and on the toxicity risk assessment (TEF method, TEQ) in marine food webs, also through the use of sentinel organisms, to assess the risk for humans and for the ecosystem. She promotes the study of protected species or living in protected areas through the use of non-destructive and non-lethal sampling methods. Development and optimization of methods for the determination of emerging organic contaminants.
She has participated in several expeditions to Antarctica as part of the National Research Program in Antarctica and to the Arctic: Svalbard and Greenland, the latest as part of an international project on the effects of climate change on Arctic organisms (TUNU Program: Arctic Ocean Fishes - Diversity, adaptation and conservation '' UiT The Arctic University of Norway).

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Friday, 23 October 2020 09:34

Observation facilities

Polar and remote area research is supported not only by permanent stations but also by a series of observatories, that is, by permanent or semi-permanent infrastructures designed to allow for long-term, often automated, measurements.
Eight observatories report to the Institute of Polar Sciences, in various capacities: 6 in polar regions, of which 4 in the Arctic (Climate Change Tower, Gruvedabet and 2 Mooring: Kongfjorden and Storfjorden) and 2 in Antarctica (BSRN Station and Mooring del Ross Sea), and 2 in non-polar regions, of which 1 in the high altitude region (Col Margherita) and 1 in the Adriatic Sea (Mooring Southern Adriatic, MSA). 

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Friday, 23 October 2020 09:07

Research Stations

Most of the scientific activity of the researchers of the Institute of Polar Sciences makes use of three permanent scientific bases located in the polar areas: the Dirigible Italia Station (SDI) located at the Svalbard Archipelago, in the Arctic and the Mario Zucchelli (MZS) and Concordia stations in Antarctica, respectively in the Terranova Bay and at Dome C, on the Antarctic Plateau.
The Dirigible Italia Station is managed by the CNR through ISP. The Mario Zucchelli Station is managed by ENEA for PNRA, while the Concordia base, opened on the basis of a bilateral Italian-French agreement between PNRA (Italy) and IPEV (France), is managed jointly between ENEA and IPEV.

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Thursday, 22 October 2020 09:06

Bologna

Where we are: the secondary office of the Institute of Polar Sciences of Bologna is located in the Research Area of Bologna. The ISP occupies a total area (offices and laboratories) of about 300 m2, distributed between 2 buildings, that are partly shared with ISAC (Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science) and ISMAR (Institute of Marine Sciences) staff.
 
How to find us:
- by train: from Bologna Centrale train station you can take a taxi that will take you to your destination in 5 minutes, or you can take bus nr. 87 or nr. 37;
- by car: from the motorway take the Bologna Arcoveggio exit, from the ring road take exit no. 5, Lame District;
- by plane: from the Guglielmo Marconi airport you can take the Aerobus BLQ shuttle to the railway station, then a scheduled urban bus (as above), or you can take a taxi (cotabo.it, Phone:+39 051-372727 or taxibologna.it, Phone:+39 051-4590) which will take you to your destination in about 10 minutes.

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Thursday, 22 October 2020 07:47

Research Topics

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Wednesday, 21 October 2020 15:23

Environmental Microscopy Laboratory (MAMB)

Brief description
The experimental activities carried out at the MAMB laboratory in Messina are aimed at the ecological study of microorganisms by applying specific methods for the determination of the abundance and biomass of prokaryotes (Bacteria and Archaea) and phytoplankton, as well as for the morphometric and morphological description at the cellular level. The evaluation of these phenotypic characteristics provides a different approach to the analysis of the ecosystem structure and allows to evaluate the heterogeneity of natural populations. Variations in cell size, shape and morphology are considered sensitive indicators of trophic and climatic changes in ecosystems. The laboratory also carries out analyzes for the quantification of viable (Live / Dead) and respiring (CTC +) cells using specific microbial biomarkers. The laboratory activities are also in support of the EcoBiM and BiogeM Laboratories.

Matrices of interest
The matrices analyzed are mostly attributable to the hydrosphere (marine, river and lake waters, brines), soil, sediments, biofilm, cryosphere (permafrost, snow, sea and continental ice, intrapermafrost brines) and aquatic organisms.

Applied experimental approaches

- determination of biomass of prokaryotes by counting, and morphometric and morphological analysis of cells, using selective filters for DAPI (4 ', 6-diamidine-2-phenylindole);
- determination of cells with primary fluorescence using specific selective filters;
- quantification of cells endowed with respiratory activity (5-Cyano-2,3-ditolyl-tetrazolium chloride-CTC), using selective filters for rhodamine;
- quantification of viable cells with intact membranes (Live / Dead) using selective filters for fluorescein and rhodamine;
- identification of target bacterial cells by immunofluorescence techniques (fluoresceinated antibodies);
- estimation of the relative abundance of microbial phylogenetic groups using CARD-FISH (catalyzed reporter deposition-fluorescence in situ hybridization).

Instrumentation
- Zeiss AXIOPLAN 2 Imaging epifluorescence microscope equipped with AXIOCAMHR (Zeiss) digital video camera and AXIOVISION 3.1 software. Technical features: high pressure mercury vapor lamp (100 W); 100XPlan-Neofluar immersion objective; 10 X eyepieces, one of which has a squared reticle; interchangeable and appropriate optical filter sets for:

DAPI: G365 excitation, FT395 color divider and LP420 barrier filter;
Primary fluorescence: BP450-490 / FT510 / LP515;
Rhodamine: BP546 / 12; FT580; LP590;
Fluorescein: BP450-490; FT510; LP520.
For details: Sig. Giovanna Maimone – giovanna.maimone AT cnr.it

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