Network activities continued through 2007.

NONESTRES's activities centre around the study of environmental stress and its effects on different biological levels of organization (gene, individual, population & community) utilising approaches from different biological disciplines including physiology, ecotoxicology, evolutionary ecology, quantitative genetics and molecular biology. The general mission of the network is to increase Nordic collaboration and cohesion - both in research and post-graduate training - in the cross-disciplinary subject area environmental stress research. NONESTRES’s activities include arrangement of a yearly workshop and provision of opportunities for Nordic student and researcher exchange by funding 7-30 day visits for participating laboratories. In addition, the network strives to promote more efficient utilization of Nordic intellectual and material research and training capital, as well as cohesion between basic and applied research.

For further information about the Network, contact Prof Juha Merilä (coordinator).