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SYMPOSIUM 2007, July 4   Soil organic matter under examination     From July 16th through July 19th, the Poitiers engineering school (ESIP) will be hosting an international symposium devoted to “soil organic matter in agronomic ecosystems”. This high-level gathering has been organized by the Inra in conjunction with Poitiers University. Here are the details: If there exists a single worldwide issue that transcends partisan splits, it is soil preservation. Soils play a key role in the ecosystem, and yet their quality is clearly deteriorating. In Europe, for instance, only 45% of plots of land present low organic matter content. While organic matter plays an essential role in soil functioning, it is overly contingent upon agricultural practices. Aware of what’s at stake, the European Union has established an action plan for the environment, and one of its components pertains to soils. The international symposium slated to take place at the Esip in partnership with the Poitiers Biopole from the 16th through the 19th of July will be pursuing three objectives, which are: 1) “Inventorying today’s knowledge of the processes affecting the dynamics of organic matter in cultivated soils”; 2) “Debating research initiatives to be undertaken”; 3) “Developing thoughts on agriculture that would be more respectful of the environment”. Expected positive fallout To reach their goals, 20 European (Austrian, Belgian, British, Italian, Spanish and French) scientists have selected more than 300 written and oral scientific contributions originating in some 54 countries. The scientific committee is presided over by Abad Chabbi, a biogeochemist at the Poitou-Charentes Inra. Among locally based scientists, one will note the presence of Jean-Philippe Croué (Poitiers University), Marie-France Dignac and Patricia Garnier (Poitou-Charentes Inra) as well as Cornélia Rumpel (CNRS). Quite naturally, the organizers have high expectations for the aftermath of this international symposium. Above and beyond publication of the conclusions in the scientific review entitled European Journal of Science, they wish to consolidate local scientific team efforts, particularly between the Inra and Poitiers University. A final objective consists in reinforcing the role of the observatory of environmental research on the prairie, which has been located in Lusignan since 1996. The Biopole en masse at Eurobio 2008 Read ...   Water information days (September 23 – September 25) Read ...   The rose and its genetic transformation Read ...   Christian Huyghe aims for “excellence” read...   Creating “medical branches” read...   A neuro-cardio-vascular pole is taking root read...   Valagro on the horticulture market read...   ERM, the winning spin-off read...   GMOs under debate in Poitiers read...   Isabelle Cameleyre, new representative read...   Cystic fibrosis: The molecule of hope read...   Irfaq, a manufacturer of innovations read...   CHU: State-of-the-art quality read...   Soil organic matter under examination read...   Parexel: The Cap provides its support read...   Philippe Michonneau: “The Biopole, fertile soil” read...   Painless monitoring of hepatitis read...   The Biopole structured as an association read...   Futuramat steps up the pace read...   Technova, or life in 3D read...   B Braun burnishes its image read...   Proteomics platform: The CHU strides ahead read...   The three missions of the University Botanical Garden read...   Clinsight in the big leagues read...   Natural energies for an autonomous building read...   Aster-Cephac turns into SGS Cephac read...   The previously unseen heart read...   BIOalternatives diversifies its markets read...   Two Poitiers-based projects awarded read...   IUT pores over biofuels read...   Poitiers, the biotechnology capital read...   PAREXEL wagers on the human factor read...   Saunier and associates wish to diversify read...   Biocydex and BioXtract move forward hand in hand read...   The grass of champions read...   Ianesco steadfastly believes in its future read...   A tumorotheque, what is the purpose it serves? read...   TechnAvOx has turned the corner read...   Larime is aiming for 40 beds in Poitiers read...   Poitiers is out to promote its research read...   A true Biopole milestone read...   A regional cancerology pole in the pipeline for 2007 read...   Nobel prize winners in Poitiers read...   A platform offering numerous advantages read...   @rtMolecule fashions in its own way read...   It’s plastic, it’s fantastic read...   The Poitiers hospital (CHU) stakes its claim read...   BIOalternatives exports its know-how read...   The physiological and computer science engineering program turns 30 read...   The Biopole takes center stage at Investiga read...           Legal mentions