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The section Open Administration is organized according to Legislative Decree no. 33 of 14 March 2013 Reorganization of the discipline concerning the obligations for advertisement, transparency and diffusion of information by the public administration (GU Serie Generale n. 80, 05/04/2013), as amended by D.lgs. 25 May 2016 n. 97 (GU Serie Generale n. 132, 08/06/2016).

The manager of transparency and bribery prevention of Institute of Polar Sciences is Prof. Carlo Barbante, Director ISP-CNR (email direttore.isp AT cnr.it).
Provision of nomination (n.48 del 20/04/2020)

Invitations to tender and contracts
- year 2024
- year 2023
- year 2022
- year 2021
- year 2020
- year 2019

Antonelli Giuseppe ANTONELLI GIUSEPPE
E-mail: giuseppe.antonelli AT cnr.it

 

 

 

 

BEATRICI DANIELA
E-mail: daniela.beatrici AT cnr.it
- Treasurer of the secondary site of Rome
 

Administrative Secretariat: CESTER VALENTINA
Phone: +39 041 2348547
E-mail: isp-amministrazione-ve AT isp.cnr.it
Cester Valentina   - Coordination of the Institute’s administrative secretariat;
  - preparation and management of the Institute’s budget;
  - administrative and accounting management of active contracts;
  - management of the Institute’s contract staff (temporary staff, research grants), through the preparation of all documents (selection notices/notices, publication, ranking measures, letters of entrustment/contracts to the winners) including accounting management;
  - administrative support for examining committees during the stages of carrying out insolvency procedures;
  - support to the Institute’s researchers in preparing budgets for applications for funding for national and European research projects;
  - management and reporting of national and European research projects;
  - support for the management of the Institute by the preparation of the documentation requested by central administration of CNR.

Cialli_Pamela CIALLI PAMELA
Phone: +39 06 45488349
E-mail: pamela.cialli AT cnr.it
  - Management of the Protocol and Attendance Certificates for the Secondary Offices of Roma Montelibretti and Roma Tor Vergata.
  - Collaboration with the head office for:
    - verification of the accounting data relating to mission orders and consequent reimbursements for all the Institute’s offices;
    - preparation of all administrative acts relating to purchase orders.

 

 

Cosenza Alessandro COSENZA ALESSANDRO
E-mail: alessandro.cosenza AT cnr.it
- Treasurer of the secondary site of Messina

 

 

 

 

Di Leo Guglielmo DI LEO GUGLIELMO
E-mail: guglielmo.dileo AT cnr.it

 

 

 

 

 

Nogarotto Alessio NOGAROTTO ALESSIO
E-mail: alessio.nogarotto AT cnr.it
 - Treasurer of the secondary site of Bologna

 

 

 

 

SACCHETTO ALESSIO
E-mail: alessio.sacchetto AT cnr.it

 

Zanella Jacopo ZANELLA JACOPO
Phone: +39 049 8295714
E-mail: jacopo.zanella AT cnr.it

 

 

 

 

Zanotto Emanuela ZANOTTO EMANUELA
Phone: +39 041 2348902
E-mail: emanuela.zanotto AT cnr.it
  - Treasurer of the headquarters of Venice;
  - management of expenditure orders procedure (measures, checks of requirements, electronic market);
  - support to payment procedures for passive invoices;
  - support for the management of mission orders.

Mass Spectroscopy Laboratory (SpeM)

Brief description

In the SpeM laboratory, at the Venice headquarters, the researchers carry out the chemical (trace elements) and isotopic (δD, δ13C, δ15N, δ18O) characterization of natural matrices and the determination of the total carbon and nitrogen content (in soils and sediments).

Trace elements are all those elements in the periodic table present in natural matrices with concentrations of less than 1 ppm (parts per million). The quantification of these elements allows, in addition to the chemical characterization of the samples examined, an evaluation of any contamination problems, including those arising from human activities. This allows us to study the exchanges that may take place between different compartments of the different ecosystems, and the origin of the elements, as well as allowing us to reconstruct temporal variations related to current and past climate changes.
Per Isotopes are atoms belonging to the same chemical element, therefore with the same atomic number but which differ by mass number (that is, they differ by the number of neutrons contained within the nucleus). Isotopes are therefore chemically equal but different from a physical point of view. They differ in nuclear stability and instability meaning that some can be radioactive. Among the most studied stable isotopes are oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen. The study of stable isotope relative abundances between the various isotopes of an element, gives a measure of the ratio of one of the heavier isotopes to the lighter isotope (the most abundant in nature) of a given element. This ratio in nature is not constant but may vary as a result of chemical, physical and biological processes that can lead to an impoverishment or an enrichment of one isotope compared to the other in the various phases of a natural system: we speak of this as isotopic fractionation. Stable isotopes have fundamental applications for environmental and paleoenvironmental studies. For example, the measurement of δ18O in snow/ice cores allows a reconstruction of the temperature trends in the past.

Instrument

Element XR	         DeltaV Advantage           Elemental Analyzer Flash2000HT

                            Element XR                                                                      DeltaV Advantage                                                                     Elemental Analyzer Flash2000HT


ICP-SFMS Element XR Thermo Scientific equipped with various sample introduction systems (Scott-type spray-chamber in PFA; cyclonic spray-chamber in glass or PFA, cooled by a Peltier system; APEX-ESI system equipped with heated cyclonic spray-chamber (both in glass and in PFA) and a cooling system for the reduction of interferences from oxides and doubly charged ions, resistant to hydrofluoric acid; ARIDUS-CETAC system equipped with heated spray-chamber in PFA and a heated membrane, for the reduction of oxides and doubly charged ions). The instrument is also equipped with an auto-sampler protected by a laminar flow hood that keeps the samples clean during the analysis sessions.
Contact person: Dr. Giulio Cozzi - giulio.cozzi AT cnr.it - CNR-ISP Venice headquarters

IRMS DeltaV Advantage Thermo Scientificequipped with: Gas-Bench (with autosampler), Elemental Analyzer Flash HT with double furnace, two autosamplers for solid samples and one autosampler for liquid samples and ConFloIV, and Gas chromatograph (GC Trace with auto-sampler).
Contact person: Dr. Clara Turetta - clara.turetta AT cnr.it - CNR-ISP Venice headquarters

EA Elemental Analyzer Flash2000HT Thermo Scientific with double furnace, two autosamplers for solid samples and one autosampler for liquid samples.
Contact person: Dr. Clara Turetta - clara.turetta AT cnr.it - CNR-ISP Venice headquarters

Matrix and type of measurement
ICP-SFMS: snow/ice, sea water, surface and groundwater, interstitial water. Determination of trace elements (at ppb to ppq level).

IRMS - Gas-Bench: water (snow/ice, sea water, surface and groundwater, interstitial water), carbonates (foraminifera, carbonates s.s.). δD, δ13C, δ18O measurements,
IRMS - EA: soils, sediments, biota. δ13C, δ15N measurements.

EA: soils, sediments, biota. Determination of total nitrogen (TN), total carbon (TC) and organic carbon (OC).

Where we are:The secondary office of Institute of Polar Sciences of Padova is located at the CNR Research Area of Padova, Corso Stati Uniti,4 - 35127 Padova. Map
 
How to find us:
- by train: from the Padova train station take bus n. 7;
- by car: from the A4 highway, exit at Padova Est and take the direction Piove di Sacco/Chioggia for a couple of kilometers. Take the exit n. 13 which brings to Corso Stati Uniti. After an U turn the CNR entrance is about 100 m after the underpass. From A13 highw, exit at Padova Zona Industriale and turn left in Corso Stati Uniti. The CNR entrance is at about 2 km on the left side (go up to the U turn);
- by plane: from the Venice or Treviso airport, take the train from Venezia-Mestre (or Treviso) to Padova and follow the indications given above for train.

Where we are: the Institute of Polar Sciences occupies the 2nd floor of the DELTA building in the new Scientific Campus of Ca’ Foscari University (address: via Torino, 155, Venezia-Mestre). The new Scientific Campus of Mestre is a modern building complex consisting of five new buildings, two existing buildings and a new university residence.
 
How to find us: GPS coordinates: Lat. 45, 477790 - Long. 12, 254480 - UTM 33N 285419-5039695 - MAP
- by train: Venezia-Mestre railway station, bus Nr. 31H, stop Torino-Università, or bus Nr. 43, stop Torino-Università. From Institute to railway station, bus Nr. 32H, or Nr. 43. Porto Marghera railway station, 10-15 min walk;
- by car: the Institute can be reached by car with the possibility of parking temporarily inside the campus. Coming from Padua, take exit Venezia, 8 min, 5.3 Km;
- by plane: the nearest airport is Venice Marco Polo Airport. From the airport, bus Nr. 15 (to railway station of Venezia-Mestre), then bus Nr. 31H, stop Torino-Università, or Nr. 43, stop Torino-Università.

Research activities are not only based on the observatories, there is a network of laboratories, located at the various branches of the Institute, which allow researchers to develop ISP research topics. In the laboratories, samples taken in polar areas are analysed. These samples, given the difficult environmental conditions in which we operate during the field campaigns, as well as the considerable logistical effort involved in their collection, are always precious and often unrepeatable. Therefore, the availability of equipment that allows the researcher to obtain the maximum possible information from each sample becomes fundamental so we can advance knowledge of these extreme environments.

The laboratories also perform services on behalf of third parties and in the context of contracts, agreements and research collaborations with companies, universities and national and international institutions. For more information, contact the representatives of the laboratories / instruments.

The Institute can provide paid services, in compliance with the current Regulations for the Generation, Management and Enhancement of Intellectual Property on the results of CNR research, for services on behalf of third parties (Contractual research).
 
The laboratories of the Institute of Polar Sciences carry out chemical, chemical-physical, microbiological analyzes on various environmental matrices, issuing the relevant certificate or technical / scientific reports.
 
The analyzes are performed ONLY UPON REQUEST sent by email to the address of the Laboratory / Instrumentation Contact and in cc to the Director of the Institute (direttore.isp AT cnr.it) for the Venice headquarters and the secondary site of Padua or to Head of branches (responsabile_bo AT cnr.it; responsabile_me AT cnr.it; responsabile_rm AT cnr.it) for the secondary sites of Bologna, Messina and Rome, containing the name, address and signature of the Applicant. The analyzes to be carried out, the number of samples and everything else to be requested must be listed.
 
By the mere fact of submitting the request, the rules and consequent charges are understood to be known and accepted by the Applicant. After receiving the request, the Contact Person, having obtained the clearance from the Director / Head of the branches, will send a cost quotation and indicate an expected date of delivery of the results.
 
The samples to be analyzed must be sent, free of all charges, to the branches of the contact person according to the methods indicated in the quotation. The rates that will be communicated are net of VAT and include the execution of the analyzes and the sending of a form containing the related results. No interpretation and / or evaluation of the analysis results will be made by the laboratory involved.

Servizio erogato Laboratorio Sede ISP 
1 Servizi Base per analisi microbiologiche EcoBiM Messina
2 Rivitalizzazione/isolamento di ceppi batterici EcoBiM Messina
3 Caratterizzazione ceppi microbici EcoBiM Messina
4 Analisi della comunità microbica mediante fingerprinting molecolare MAMB Messina
5 Analisi del genoma microbico EcoBiM Messina
6 Analisi metagenomiche EcoBiM Messina
7 Analisi del trascrittoma EcoBiM Messina
8 Determinazione della biomassa procariotica MAMB Messina
9 Quantificazione di cellule con attività respiratoria MAMB Messina
10 Quantificazione di cellule vitali con membrane integre MAMB Messina
11 Determinazione dell’attività respiratoria microbica BiogeM Messina
12 Tassi di attività enzimatica extracellulare microbica BiogeM Messina
13 Determinazione del contenuto in pigmenti clorofilliani BiogeM Messina
14 Analisi dei nutrienti, pH e O2 HydroChem Messina
15 Sviluppo di metodi IC-MS Venezia
16 Sviluppo di metodi LC-MS Venezia
17 Interpretazione dei tracciati SPME/GC/MS Padova
18 Analisi di Mercurio Totale Venezia
19 Analisi di Carbonio totale (TC), Azoto totale (TN), Carbonio organico (OC) SpeM Venezia
20 Analisi elementare (a livello di ultra-tracce) di campioni ambientali SpeM Venezia
21 Analisi quantitativa ed identificazione di microplastiche MiP Venezia

The mission of the ISP is to contribute to increasing the quality of Italian scientific and technological research in the polar regions, and to provide knowledge on global changes in support of Italian and European environmental policies by the development of new technologies and survey methodologies.

The Institute aims to be a reference point for:

- CNR polar research; as ISP has extensive links to universities as well as national and international public and private bodies. ISP offers multidisciplinary skills and technologies that are essential to studying and protecting the environment;

- scientific personnel, able to make qualified contributions to the National Antarctic Research Programme (PNRA), the Arctic Research Programme (PRA) and European Commission projects through the development of research and monitoring activities;

- interdisciplinary polar cooperation and research, including the development of meetings, publications, research opportunities and complementary activities, and interacting with society;

- the standardisation of measurements and preparation methods to improve the quality of results, and the development of coordinated measures aimed at common research plans and/or general common objectives;

- the training of the next generation of polar scientists.

Fulfilling our mission will allow us to improve our understanding of the climatic changes taking place in the Arctic and Antarctic environments and possible future developments at both polar and global levels. Our studies address research issues related to both the chemical/geochemical and physical aspects of the poles using a multidisciplinary approach to protect these vulnerable extreme environments. The repercussions of climate change on these dynamics are still largely unknown and will require integrated research using long term multidisciplinary methods to understand them fully.

Ice Memory is an international Research Project, recognized by UNESCO, which aims to preserve a testimony from current glaciers, threatened by global warming, for future generations. The project aims to collect ice cores from glaciers all over the world and to store them in a library to preserve the information that such real archives of past eras can provide. For this purpose, a site has been set up in Antarctica, where the cores will be transferred and stored to safeguard the information contained therein for future generations of scientists.

Starting in 2015 various core drilling campaigns in different parts of the planet have been performed:
  - Col du Dôme, Mt Bianco, Italy
  - Nevajo Illimani, Bolivia
  - Mt Elbrus, Georgia
  - Altai, Russia
  - Grand Combin, Switzerland
 
Contact person: carlo.barbante AT cnr.it
For further information visit www.ice-memory.org

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