Micropatterning of Plasma Membrane Proteins to Analyze Raft Localization in Living Cells

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Adaptation of forest ecosystems to air pollution and climate change : a global assessment on research priorities.

Climate change and air pollution are two of the anthropogenic stressors that require international collaboration. Influence mechanisms and combating strategies towards them have similarities to some extent. Impacts of air pollution and climate change have long been studied under IUFRO Research Group 7.01 and state of the art findings are presented at biannual meetings. Monitoring, modelling, assessment of multiple stressors, ecophysiology, and nutrient cycles have been thoroughly studied aspects of climate change and air pollution research for a long time under the umbrella of IUFRO RG 7.01. Recently, social and economic issues together with water relations are gaining more attention in parallel with science requirements on adaptation. In this paper, we summarise the main research needs emphasized at the recent 24th IUFRO RG 7.01 Conference titled ?Adaptation of Forest Ecosystems to Air Pollution and Climate Change?. One important conclusion of the conference was the need for information on nutritional status of forest stands for sustainable forest management. It has been suggested to maintain long-term monitoring programs and to account for the effects of extreme years, and past and present management practices. Long-term monitoring can also help to understand the effects of forestry treatments on the nutrient and water budgets of the ecosystems which may enable to improve management practices like water saving silviculture

Austrian Research and Technology Report 2023

Der Forschungs- und Technologiebericht ist der Lagebericht über die aus Bundesmitteln geförderte Forschung, Technologie und Innovation in Österreich und wird im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung (BMBWF) in Einvernehmen mit dem Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie (BMK) sowie dem Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Wirtschaft (BMAW) erstellt. Der vorliegende Bericht steht im Zeichen eines komplexen Wandels auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen, einerseits getrieben durch multiple Krisen, die nicht nur das Innovationsverhalten von Unternehmen und wissenschaftlichen Akteurinnen und Akteuren verändern, sondern auch veränderte Rahmenbedingungen mit sich bringen. Die Twin Transition ist allgegenwärtig. Im vorliegenden Bericht wird mit dem Schwerpunktthema der Fokus auf die Grüne Transformation in Forschung und Wirtschaft gelegt. Abstrac

Österreichischer Forschungs- und Technologiebericht 2023

Der Forschungs- und Technologiebericht ist der Lagebericht über die aus Bundesmitteln geförderte Forschung, Technologie und Innovation in Österreich und wird im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung (BMBWF) in Einvernehmen mit dem Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie (BMK) sowie dem Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Wirtschaft (BMAW) erstellt. Der vorliegende Bericht steht im Zeichen eines komplexen Wandels auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen, einerseits getrieben durch multiple Krisen, die nicht nur das Innovationsverhalten von Unternehmen und wissenschaftlichen Akteurinnen und Akteuren verändern, sondern auch veränderte Rahmenbedingungen mit sich bringen. Die Twin Transition ist allgegenwärtig. Im vorliegenden Bericht wird mit dem Schwerpunktthema der Fokus auf die Grüne Transformation in Forschung und Wirtschaft gelegt

Austrian Research and Technology Report 2022

Der Forschungs-und Technologiebericht 2022 gibt einen Überblick über die aus Bundesmitteln geförderte Forschung, Technologie und Innovation (FTI) in Österreich. Neben der Darstellung aktueller forschungspolitischer Entwicklungen, die den Stand der Umsetzung der mit Ende 2020 verabschiedeten FTI-Strategie 2030, forschungsrelevante Teilstrategien und neueste Entwicklungen im Hochschulbereich behandelt, werden auf Grundlage rezenter Daten aus diversen internationalen Rankings, aus der F&E (Forschung & Entwicklung)-Erhebung 2019 und der Globalschätzung 2022 Analysen zur nationalen und internationalen FTI-Performance Österreichs erstellt

Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements : the SAPFLUXNET database

Plant transpiration links physiological responses of vegetation to water supply and demand with hydrological, energy, and carbon budgets at the land-atmosphere interface. However, despite being the main land evaporative flux at the global scale, transpiration and its response to environmental drivers are currently not well constrained by observations. Here we introduce the first global compilation of whole-plant transpiration data from sap flow measurements (SAPFLUXNET, https://sapfluxnet.creaf.cat/, last access: 8 June 2021). We harmonized and quality-controlled individual datasets supplied by contributors worldwide in a semi-automatic data workflow implemented in the R programming language. Datasets include sub-daily time series of sap flow and hydrometeorological drivers for one or more growing seasons, as well as metadata on the stand characteristics, plant attributes, and technical details of the measurements. SAPFLUXNET contains 202 globally distributed datasets with sap flow time series for 2714 plants, mostly trees, of 174 species. SAPFLUXNET has a broad bioclimatic coverage, with woodland/shrubland and temperate forest biomes especially well represented (80 % of the datasets). The measurements cover a wide variety of stand structural characteristics and plant sizes. The datasets encompass the period between 1995 and 2018, with 50 % of the datasets being at least 3 years long. Accompanying radiation and vapour pressure deficit data are available for most of the datasets, while on-site soil water content is available for 56 % of the datasets. Many datasets contain data for species that make up 90 % or more of the total stand basal area, allowing the estimation of stand transpiration in diverse ecological settings. SAPFLUXNET adds to existing plant trait datasets, ecosystem flux networks, and remote sensing products to help increase our understanding of plant water use, plant responses to drought, and ecohydrological processes. SAPFLUXNET version 0.1.5 is freely available from the Zenodo repository (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3971689; Poyatos et al., 2020a). The "sapfluxnetr" R package - designed to access, visualize, and process SAPFLUXNET data - is available from CRAN.Peer reviewe

Paving the way of systems biology and precision medicine in allergic diseases : the MeDALL success story Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy; EUFP7-CP-IP; Project No: 261357; 2010-2015

MeDALL (Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy; EU FP7-CP-IP; Project No: 261357; 2010-2015) has proposed an innovative approach to develop early indicators for the prediction, diagnosis, prevention and targets for therapy. MeDALL has linked epidemiological, clinical and basic research using a stepwise, large-scale and integrative approach: MeDALL data of precisely phenotyped children followed in 14 birth cohorts spread across Europe were combined with systems biology (omics, IgE measurement using microarrays) and environmental data. Multimorbidity in the same child is more common than expected by chance alone, suggesting that these diseases share causal mechanisms irrespective of IgE sensitization. IgE sensitization should be considered differently in monosensitized and polysensitized individuals. Allergic multimorbidities and IgE polysensitization are often associated with the persistence or severity of allergic diseases. Environmental exposures are relevant for the development of allergy-related diseases. To complement the population-based studies in children, MeDALL included mechanistic experimental animal studies and in vitro studies in humans. The integration of multimorbidities and polysensitization has resulted in a new classification framework of allergic diseases that could help to improve the understanding of genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of allergy as well as to better manage allergic diseases. Ethics and gender were considered. MeDALL has deployed translational activities within the EU agenda.Peer reviewe