Dear colleagues,<br><br>The Biodiversity Platform intends to perform a detailed analysis of strengths and weaknesses of the Belgian research dedicated to biological invasions as a preparatory work of the “Science facing Aliens” conference. Research projects entered in the BIOBEL database (<a href="http://biobel.biodiversity.be">http://biobel.biodiversity.be</a>) will be used to this purpose and compared with research priorities identified at a European level.<br>
<br>I would like to urge you to fill in the information about your research projects in this database before March 20th 2009, so that it will be considered in the analysis I mention here above. Please note that priority fields (mandatory) for each project in the database are as follows: title, abstract, key words (should include “invasive), promotor, orgunit, starting/ending dates, name of project full members and technicians, number of full time equivalents paid by the project and funding source.<br>
<br>If you have any question about the BIOBEL database, please feel free to contact Barbara Gonzalez (FR) (02/ 650 65 66, <a href="mailto:Barbara.Gonzalez.Galvez@ulb.ac.be">Barbara.Gonzalez.Galvez@ulb.ac.be</a>) or Dimitri Brosens (NL) (0497/ 35 47 96, <a href="mailto:dimitri.brosens@inbo.be">dimitri.brosens@inbo.be</a>).<br>
<br>Thank you very much for your dedication. Best regards,<br><br>Etienne Branquart<br>Belgian Biodiversity Platform<br><br>