1 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON ANTARCTIC RESEARCH (SCAR

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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON ANTARCTIC RESEARCH (SCAR): NATIONAL REPORTS FOR 2013-14
MEMBER COUNTRY:
BELGIUM
Activity
Contact Name
National SCAR Committee
Belgian National Committee on Dr Annick Wilmotte
Antarctic Research
Secretary
SCAR Delegates
1) Delegate
Prof. Frank Pattyn
2) Alternate Delegate
Dr. Annick Wilmotte
Address
Telephone
Fax
Email
web site
Centre for Protein
+32 4
Engineering, Institute of 366.33.87/38.56
Chemistry B6, University
of Liège, B-4000 Liège
+32 4 366.33.64
[email protected]
http://www.cip.ulg.ac.b
e/newsite/pages/themes
/CyanoDiversityAntarcti
ca.php?id=13
Université Libre de
+32 2 650.28.46
Bruxelles
Département des
Sciences de la Terre et
de l'Environnement
Avenue Roosevelt 50 CP 160/03
B-1050 Brussels
Centre for Protein
+32 4
Engineering, Institute of 366.33.87/38.56
Chemistry B6, University
of Liège, B-4000 Liège
+32 2 650.22.26
[email protected]
http://dev.ulb.ac.be/gla
ciol/BNCAR/
+32 4 366.33.64
[email protected]
http://www.cip.ulg.ac.be
/newsite/pages/themes/
CyanoDiversityAntarctic
a.php?id=13
IRScNB
Rue Vautier, 29
B-1000 Brussels
Universiteit Gent
Department of Biology
Marine Biology Section
Krijgslaan 281, S8
B-9000 Gent
University of Liège
Center for Protein
Engineering (CIP)
Institute of Chemistry, B6
Sart Tilman
B-4000 Liège
+32 2 627.41.27
+32 2 627.42.77
[email protected] www.naturalsciences.be
/amphi/
+32 92 64.52.15
+32 92 64.53.44
[email protected]
+32 4 366.38.56
or
+32 4 366.33.87
+32 4 366.33.64
[email protected]
Standing Scientific Groups
Life Sciences
1)
Dr. Claude De Broyer
2)
Prof. Ann Vanreusel
3)
Dr. Annick Wilmotte
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Activity
Contact Name
Address
Telephone
Fax
Email
web site
Geosciences
1)
Prof. Frank Pattyn
2)
Prof. Philippe Huybrechts
Université Libre de
+32 2 650.28.46 +32 2 650.22.26
Bruxelles
Département des
Sciences de la Terre et
de l'Environnement
Avenue Roosevelt 50 CP 160/03
B-1050 Brussels
Vrije Universiteit Brussel +32 2 629 35 93 or +32 2 629 33 78
Earth System Sciences & 33 82
Departement Geografie
Pleinlaan, 2
B-1050 Brussels
[email protected]
Université Catholique de +32 10 47.32.98
Louvain
Centre de recherches sur
la terre et le climat
Georges Lemaître Place
Louis Pasteur, 3
B-1348 Louvain-LaNeuve
Université Libre de
+32 2 650.22.16
Bruxelles
Département des
Sciences de la Terre et
de l'Environnement
Avenue Roosevelt 50
CP 160/03
B-1050 Brussels
+32 10 47.47.22
[email protected]
+32 2 650.22.26
[email protected]
[email protected]
Physical Sciences
1)
Prof. Hugues Goosse
2)
Prof. Jean-Louis Tison
http://www.climate.be/u
/goosse
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Activity
Contact Name
Address
Telephone
Fax
Email
web site
Scientific Research Program
AAA
AntEco
Dr. Annick Wilmotte
University of Liège
+32 4 366.38.56
Center for Protein
or
Engineering (CIP)
+32 4 366.33.87
Institute of Chemistry, B6
Sart Tilman
B-4000 Liège
+32 4 366.33.64
[email protected]
1)
Dr. Claude De Broyer
+32 2 627.41.27
+32 2 627.42.77
[email protected] www.naturalsciences.be
/amphi/
2)
Dr. Annick Wilmotte
IRScNB
Rue Vautier, 29
B-1000 Brussels
University of Liège
Center for Protein
Engineering (CIP)
Institute of Chemistry, B6
Sart Tilman
B-4000 Liège
+32 4 366.38.56
or
+32 4 366.33.87
+32 4 366.33.64
[email protected]
AnT-ERA
AntClim21
PAIS
SERCE
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Activity
Contact Name
Address
Telephone
Fax
Email
web site
Action Groups
SCAR-MarBIN
1) Steering Committee
Dr Claude De Broyer
2) Steering Committee
Dr Bruno Danis
IRScNB
+32 2 627.41.27
Rue Vautier, 29
B-1000 Brussels
Marine Biology
Laboratory, Université
Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
+32 2 627.42.77
[email protected] www.naturalsciences.be
/amphi/
[email protected]
www.scarmarbin.be
www.biodiversity.aq
Expert Groups
Life Sciences
1) Antarctic Biodiversity
Informatics
2) Human Biology and
Medicine
Physical Sciences
1) Antarctic Sea-Ice and
Climate (AsPect)
Prof. Bruno Danis
Dr Nathalie Pattyn
Prof. Jean-Louis Tison
2) ISMASS (SCAR/IASC
Prof. Frank Pattyn
Expert Group on Ice Sheet
Mass Balance and Sea Level)
Marine Biology
Laboratory, Université
Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Royal Military Academy
VIPER Research Unit
Avenue de la
Renaissancelaan, 30
B-1000 Brussels
Université Libre de
Bruxelles
Département des
Sciences de la Terre et
de l'Environnement
Glaciologie
Avenue Roosevelt 50 CP 160/03
B-1050 Brussels
Université Libre de
Bruxelles
Département des
Sciences de la Terre et
de l'Environnement
Glaciologie
Avenue Roosevelt 50 CP 160/03
B-1050 Brussels
biomar.ulb.ac.be
[email protected]
+32 2 650.22.16
+32 2 650.22.26
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Activity
Contact Name
Address
Telephone
Fax
Email
web site
Other Groups
CliC
SCADM
1)
2)
SCAGI
Prof. Thierry Fichefet
Université Catholique de +32 10 47.32.95
Louvain
Institut d’Astronomie et de
Géophysique G. Lemaître
Chemin du Cylotron, 2
B-1348 Louvain-la-neuve
Maaike Van Cauwenberghe Belgian Federal SPP
Science Policy
Rue de la Science 8
B-1000 Brussels
Dr Anton Van De Putte
IRScNB
Rue Vautier, 29
B-1000 Brussels
Mr. Jean-Yves Pirlot
+32 2 238.35.42
+32 2 629.82.20
Institut Géographique
National
Abbaye de la Cambre, 13
B-1050 Brussels
National Antarctic Data Centre
1)
Maaike Van Cauwenberghe Belgian Federal SPP
+32 2 238.35.42
Science Policy
Rue de la Science 8
B-1000 Brussels
ANTABIF Database
Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility (ANTABIF)
1)
Dr Hendrik Segers
IRScNB
Rue Vautier, 29
B-1000 Brussels
2)
Dr Anton Van De Putte
IRScNB
Rue Vautier, 29
B-1000 Brussels
SCAR Database
Antarctic Marine Biodiversity Information Network (SCARMarBIN)
1)
Dr Claude De Broyer
IRScNB
+32 2 627.41.27
Rue Vautier, 29
B-1000 Brussels
2)
Dr Bruno Danis
Marine Biology
Laboratory, Université
Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
+32 10 47.47.22
[email protected]
clic.npolar.no
+32 2 230.59.12
[email protected]
http://www.belspo.be/an
tar/
www.biodiversity.be
+32 2 629.82.67
[email protected]
www.ign.be
+32 2 230.59.12
[email protected]
http://www.belspo.be/an
tar/
[email protected]
www.antabif.be
[email protected]
www.biodiversity.be
+32 2 627.42.77
[email protected] www.scarmarbin.be
[email protected]
www.scarmarbin.be
www.biodiversity.aq
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A BRIEF SUMMARY OF SCIENTIFIC HIGHLIGHTS:
* Please include any scientific activities you believe might be considered bioprospecting (http://www.scar.org/treaty/atcmxxxiii/ see WP2)
Current Research Projects
Subjects
Investigations
Locality
Geosciences
ICECON
Deterimining coastal uplift Princess Ragnhild Coast
Constraining ice mass changes and ice mass change over (PEA)
in Dronning Maud Land
the last 20,000 years using
geodetic GPS, radar, GPS
monitoring, ice coring, and
ice sheet modelling
Duration
Principal
investigators
E-mail address
Website
2012-2016
F. Pattyn
J.L. Tison
C. Bruyninx
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Icecon2012.blogspot.co
m
LISSA
Lithospheric and Intraplate
Structure and Seismicity in
Antarctica
Studying the crustal and
Princess Elisabeth base
upper-mantle structure and
detection and analysis of
global and local seismicity
in the vicinity of the
Princess Elisabeth Station
2009-2013
T. Camelbeeck
D. Lombardi
G. Rapagnani
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
GIANT
Geodesy for Ice in Antarctica
Studying ice mass variation Princess Elisabeth base
and lithospheric movement
in the vicinity of the
Princess Elisabeth station.
2009-2013
N. Bergeot
C. Bruyninx
T. Camelbeeck
O. Francis
M. van Camp
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
SAMBA
Search for Antarctic
Meteorites: Belgian Activities
Search, recovery and study
of meteorites and from ice
fields to document solar
system evolution and
planetary formation
Ice fields surrounding the
Princess Elisabeth
station, Sør Rondane
Mountains, Nansen,
Balchenfjella
2009-2014
Ph. Claeys,
V. Debaille
S. Goderis
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
MICROMETA
Micro meteorites from
Antarctica
Collection and study of
micrometeorites to
document solar system
evolution and planetary
formation
Sør Rondane Mountains,
2010-2014
S. Goderis
V. Debaille
Ph. Claeys
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Subjects
Investigations
YROSIAE
Year-Round survey of OceanSea Ice-Atmosphere
Exchanges
Study of landfast sea ice
McMurdo Sound,
biogeochemistry during a Antarctica - Scott Base
whole year growth-decay
(NZ)
cycle with focus on C, S, N
and Si fluxes to
Atmosphere and/or Ocean
2011-2013
BIGSOUTH
BIoGeochemical cycles in the
SOUTHern ocean: role within
the earth system
Understanding processes Southern ocean incl. sea
controlling functioning and ice covered areas
strength of the oceanic
biological pump for
representative areas of the
Southern ocean (open
ocean, sea ice) to assess
carbon sequestration
capacity and nutrient
cycling in the Southern
ocean with impacts on
Global ocean
2011-2014
Life Sciences
CCAMBIO
study the diversity,
Climate Change and Antarctic biogeographic zoning,
Microbial Biodiversity
evolutionary history, and
genomic make-up of
lacustrine microbial mat
communities in the
Antarctic Realm in order to
assess their resilience and
local and regional
responses to global change
BELDIVA
Database of diversity
Exploration of the microbial
(lichens, mosses, bacteria,
diversity around the Belgian
cyanobacteria, algae,
station
micro-arthropods) in the
region and support for
management plans.
COLD LIFE
Proteomic studies of
Cold adaptations in Antarctic Antarctic microorganisms.
microorganisms
Biophysical studies of the
activity, stability and
conformation of enzymes
from psychrophilic
microorganisms
Locality
Duration
Principal
investigators
B. Delille
J.-L. Tison
T. Fichefet
M. Vancoppenolle
B. Heinesch
V. Schoemann
G. Dieckmann
T. Haskell (NZ)
F. Dehairs
B. Delille
J.-L. Tison
H. Goosse
L. André
F. Fripiat
M. Vancoppenolle
V. Schoemann
E-mail address
Website
Bruno. [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Bruno. [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.fnrs.be dev.ulb.ac.be/glacial/ind
ex.htm
http://www.belspo.be/be
lspo/SSD/science/proje
cts/BIGSOUTH.FR.pdf
Antarctic continent and
surrounding (sub-)
Antarctic islands
2012-2015
A. Wilmotte
W. Vyverman
E. Verleyen
A. Willems
B. Van de Vijver
A. Van de Putte
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.ccambio.ulg.ac.be
Dronning Maud Land, Sör
Rondane Mountains
2009-2013
W. Vyverman
E. Verleyen
A. Willems
A. Wilmotte
D. Ertz
B. Van De Vijver
G. Feller
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Blog:
www.antarcticabelgium.
blogspot.com
Terre Adélie
Antarctic continent
unlimited
http://www2.ulg.ac.be/bi
ochlab/
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Subjects
Investigations
Locality
Duration
Principal
investigators
E-mail address
2006 – 2010
C. De Broyer
B. Danis
[email protected]
[email protected]
Antarctic and SubAntarctic
2010-2013
Bruno Danis
Anton Van de
Putte
[email protected]
[email protected]
Concordia Station
2010-2013
R.Meeusen
N.Pattyn
[email protected]
[email protected]
Concordia Station
2012-2015
Concordia Station
2012-2015
N.Pattyn
[email protected]
Hungary: L.Balazs
Italy: A.Esposito
Russia:V.Gushin
Canada:P.Suedfel
d
N.Pattyn
[email protected]
Slovenia:I.Mekjavi
c
Sweden:O.Eiken
Life Sciences (cont/d)
SCAR-MarBIN
Antarctic Marine Biodiversity
Information Network
ANTABIF
Antarctic Biodiversity
Information Facility
Neuropole
COALA
HASTE
Development of an
integrated network of
interoperable marine
biodiversity databases.
Elaboration of a Register of
Antarctic Marine Species
Setup of web-based
information system on
Antarctic Biodiversity. Free
and Open access to data
Psychophysiological
investigation of adaptation
to overwintering and testing
exercise as a
countermeasure
Assessing psychological
adaptation through
linguistic and voice analysis
of diary recordings
The effect of hypoxia on
sleep during an Antarctic
overwintering
Website
http://www.biodiversity.b
e
Physical Sciences
ice2sea (FP7)
Improving the contribution Global
of ice sheets and glaciers
to future sea-level change
iCLIPS
Improving projections of
Global
Constraining long-term climate climate and sea-level
and
changes over the next
sea-level projections using
century and millennium,
the Last Interglacial
and to better understand
their causes and
mechanisms. Future rates
of climate change are
constrained based on
simulations of the Last
Interglacial (LIG, 130-115
kyr BP). Focus on two polar
areas.
2009-2013
P. Huybrechts
F. Pattyn
[email protected]
[email protected]
http://www.ice2sea.eu/
2010-2015
P. Huybrechts
T. Fichefet
[email protected]
[email protected]
http://homepages.vub.a
c.be/~hgoelzer/iclips/
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Subjects
Investigations
Locality
Duration
Principal
investigators
E-mail address
D. Bertrand
P. Herquet
C. De Clercq
H. Goosse
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
2002 – 2015
T. Fichefet
H. Goosse
[email protected]
[email protected]
2008-2012
F. Pattyn
J.L. Tison
[email protected]
[email protected]
H. De Backer
A. Mangold
M. Van
Roozendaal
C. Hermans
W. Maenhaut
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Physical Sciences (cont/d)
AMANDA / IceCube
Neutrino Astrophysics
Galactic and extra-galactic Amundsen-Scott Base
neutrino detection using a
ice-Cherenkov telescope
Modelling with a coupled
The whole Southern
atmosphere-ocean-sea-ice Ocean
model
Climatology
Climate evolution of the
Southern Ocean during the
Holocene
Climatology / Physical
Modelling using a coupled The whole Southern
oceanography
ocean-sea-ice model driven Ocean
Modelling the evolution of the by atmospheric reanalysis
Southern Ocean and of its ice
cover during the last 50 years
BELISSIMA
Belgian Ice Sheet – Shelf Ice
Measurements in Antarctica
Improving the knowledge of
the interaction between the
ice sheet, ice shelf and the
ocean through melting and
accretion
BELATMOS
Long-term monitoring of the
Monitoring of ozone and
chemical and particle
related trace gases, UV
composition of the Antarctic
radiation and aerosol particles atmosphere and
in support of atmospheric
quantification of the UV
chemistry and climate research radiation reaching the
surface, using a suite of
complementary groundbased instruments
Establishing a cloud and
HYDRANT
precipitation observatory
Measuring and modelling
containing in-situ and
meteorology, clouds and
ground-based remote
precipitation in Antarctica
sensing instrumentation for
evaluation of regional
climate models.
Analyse of observations
PREDANTAR
Understanding and predicting and simulations with
Antarctic sea ice variability at different types of models to
understand the changes
the decadal timescale
over the last 50 years and
to improve the predictions
Princess Elisabeth
station, East Antarctica;
Coastal Dronning Maud
Land
1997 - 2015
2002 - 2015
Website
http://ozone.meteo.be/m
eteo/view/en/1550481BELATMOS.html
Princess Elisabeth
station, East Antarctica,
Dronning Maud Land, Sor
Rondane Mountains
2008-2013 ff
Princess Elisabeth
station, East Antarctica,
Dronning Maud Land, Sor
Rondane Mountains
2008-2013
N. van Lipzig, I.
Gorodetskaya, H.
De Backer, A.
Mangold; S.
Crewell, M.
Vandenbroeke
[email protected];
http://ees.kuleuven.be/h
[email protected]; ydrant/
[email protected];
[email protected];
[email protected];
[email protected]
The whole Southern
Ocean
2011-2015
H. Goosse
A. Barth
S. Vannitsem
[email protected]
www.belspo.be/belspo/
SSD/science/projects/P
REDANTAR.E.pdf
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Subjects
Investigations
Locality
Duration
Physical Sciences (cont/d)
Antarctic sea ice in
The goal is to evaluate
Southern ocean incl. sea
climate models (F.R.S.-FNRS project
biases :in the Antarctic ice- ice covered areas
ocean system in the current
generation of climate
models and then use these
results to improve their
representation of Antarctic
sea ice.
Web site for description of national scientific programme activities
SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC HIGHLIGHTS:
2014-2019
Principal
investigators
E-mail address
H. Goosse
T.Fichefer
[email protected]
[email protected]
Website
http://www.belspo.be/antar/
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Concerning ‘Bioprospecting’, the projects CCAMBIO, BELDIVA and COLD LIFE imply the collection of samples. For the 2 first
projects, microbial strains are sometimes isolated and deposited in culture collections. Therefore, these activities could be
considered as a first step of bioprospecting.