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  • WoRMS goes viral!
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    WoRMS goes viral!

    The goal of WoRMS is to deal with all marine organisms and – up till now – viruses have been completely overlooked. In collaboration with members of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), WoRMS has leaped into the world of these fascinating tiny creatures and has made available the names of 129 marine virus species, including the link with their host organisms.
  • LifeWatch @ Taverna workshop
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    LifeWatch @ Taverna workshop

    VLIZ is hosting a technical developers workshop in the framework of BioVel.
  • LifeWatch at the EMBS49
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    LifeWatch at the EMBS49

    Different aspects of the Belgian LifeWatch infrastructure were presented at the 49th European Marine Biology Symposium at St. Petersburg, Russia.
  • Major update of the Ostracoda in WoRMS
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    Major update of the Ostracoda in WoRMS

    Recently, over 38.000 new Ostracoda species names have been added to WoRMS, and more than 7.000 existing species names have been updated and verified.
  • GBIF has awarded its 2014 Ebbe Nielsen Prize to Tony Rees
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    GBIF has awarded its 2014 Ebbe Nielsen Prize to Tony Rees

    GBIF has awarded its prestigious Ebbe Nielsen Prize for 2014 to Tony Rees, whose groundbreaking informatics tools have significantly advanced the delivery of data about life on Earth.
  • LifeWatch Belgium Project Meeting
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    LifeWatch Belgium Project Meeting

    On Thursday June 19th 2014, an important LifeWatch Belgium project meeting was organized at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Oostende (Belgium).
  • Third meeting of the LifeWatch expert group
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    Third meeting of the LifeWatch expert group

    On Friday June 13th 2014, the expert group for the LifeWatch marine observatory and data archaeology met for the third time at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Ostend, Belgium.