{"id":178084,"date":"2025-10-03T16:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unitus.it\/magazine\/non-categorizzato\/il-dipartimento-di-scienze-ecologiche-e-biologiche-inaugura-la-stazione-biologica-sullisola-di-ponza\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T16:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:43:50","slug":"il-dipartimento-di-scienze-ecologiche-e-biologiche-inaugura-la-stazione-biologica-sullisola-di-ponza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unitus.it\/en\/il-dipartimento-di-scienze-ecologiche-e-biologiche-inaugura-la-stazione-biologica-sullisola-di-ponza\/","title":{"rendered":"The Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences officially inaugurates the Biological Station on Ponza Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"365\">On September 26, 2025, the Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences (DEB) of the University of Tuscia inaugurated the first Biological Station on the Island of Ponza, a new infrastructure representing a strategic milestone for research, education, and territorial cooperation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"367\" data-end=\"919\">The ceremony was held at the multipurpose hall \u201cC. Pisacane\u201d and opened with institutional addresses from the Mayor of Ponza, Francesco Ambrosino, the Rector of the University of Tuscia, Stefano Ubertini, the Director of the Department, Daniele Canestrelli, the Regional Commander of the Guardia di Finanza, General Mariano La Malfa, and the Commander of the Ponza Coast Guard, Lieutenant Dario Nicosia. This was followed by the official presentation of the facility and a guided tour of the spaces dedicated to scientific and educational activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"1390\">The Biological Station is conceived as an open-air laboratory for the study of marine-coastal ecosystems, with the aim of fostering advanced research, university and post-graduate training, scientific outreach, and citizen science initiatives. 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