The GOA-ON Executive Council would like to announce an open call for new members to join the GOA-ON EC. We are looking for a range of expertise and especially encourage participation from the southern hemisphere and from early career members. Details➡️tinyurl.com/3962e7he

Manganese nodules are at the center of deep-sea mining debates. They begin as a mere fragment: a bit of rock or shell enveloped by precipitates of manganese, iron oxides, other metals (cobalt&zinc). It grows slowly, millimeters per million years. This one is about size of potato

NEW CALL FOR PROJECTS: Additional Essential Climate Variables (esa.int) The scope of this new procurement involves developing new satellite-derived Climate Data Records that will add to the existing Essential Climate Variable portfolio of ESA’s Climate Change

From early warning systems to school safety, UNESCO is working across sectors to reduce disaster risks and protect communities worldwide. Discover how you can contribute to this vital work: unesco.org/en/disaster-ri…

Artificial intelligence is helping to redraw the virus family tree go.nature.com/3ZnbBi0

RNA language models predict mutations that improve RNA function @doudna_lab 1/ This paper presents groundbreaking research on RNA language models (LMs) that predict mutations to improve RNA function. By leveraging deep learning, the models optimize RNA thermostability, opening

Join our team! 📢We have a #VACANCY for a Science Professional Officer! 🌊You will play a critical role in shaping ICES science priorities, supporting management advice -working with every level of ICES community. 🙋‍♀️Interested? ⏳Apply by 29 September! ices.dk/about-ICES/Job…

🔴 BREAKING NEWS Audrey Azoulay receives the 2024 La Vanguardia Prize for Sustainable Development for UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳’s action in protecting the ocean and marine biodiversity. unes.co/oy0ej0 La Vanguardia

The 2024 #NobelPrize laureates in chemistry Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have successfully utilised artificial intelligence to predict the structure of almost all known proteins. In 2020, Hassabis and Jumper presented an AI model called AlphaFold2. With its help, they have

For anyone interested in using portable DNA sequencing with Oxford Nanopore MinION as a teaching and capacity-building tool in conservation and biodiversity research, here is a great article by Watsa et al. (2020) with training advice, case studies, step-by-step protocols, and

Much of the success of breakthroughs, such as AlphaFold, is thanks to a database of protein structures dreamed up in the 1960s by Helen Berman go.nature.com/4hp4UCP

Dr. Jane Goodall made a “Speech for History” at @unesco. Her remarkable discoveries about chimpanzees, their language, emotions, and their groundbreaking use of tools have changed our view of the animal world. She reminds us that we are part of nature. #SharingHumanity

📢#Breaking: Armenia will host the next United Nations Biodiversity Conference #COP17 🤝🌱 Armenia is set to welcome the upcoming UN Biodiversity conference, reinforcing its commitment to global #biodiversity conservation.

A drop of water holds endless information about our ocean. UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳’s eDNA technology is decoding marine biodiversity and revealing the impacts of climate change. Our new report shows how this innovation is shaping the future of ocean research: unes.co/370z5x

L’UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 a présenté cette semaine les résultats de son programme pilote sur l'ADN environnemental : une méthode novatrice pour cartographier la vie marine et renforcer la protection de l'#océan face au dérèglement climatique.

It only takes 1.5 litres of water to better understand our ocean! UNESCO's eDNA sampling initiative makes it possible to spot rare species and monitor marine biodiversity in a rapidly changing world. Our new report provides key insights: unesco.org/en/articles/un…

📢Excited to introduce NanoCas -our new mini CRISPR system that can reach tissues previously out of reach! By shrinking CRISPR to 1/3 its normal size, we can now edit genes in muscle, heart & brain that were difficult to access before. Summary & link to paper:

Extraordinary. We are stardust. Asteroid Bennu contain all 5 of nucleobases that form DNA and RNA on Earth and 14 of 20 amino acids found in living organisms (though Bennu contains equal amounts of these structures and their right-handed counterparts). nature.com/articles/s4155…

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