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CGB publishes a Nature Communications paper (22.11.2010)
The paper presents the 2008 discovery of Loki’s Castle, the most northerly identified black smoker yet identified, and its unique vent fauna.
Life beneath the seafloor below the South Pacific Gyre (18.11.2010)
CGB researcher is an expert participant on an IODP cruise to the South Pacific.
New Ocean Documentary (20.10.2010)
Produced by the well-known French nature documentary producer Jacques Perrin, the film "Oceans" is being previewed next Tuesday at BIFF.
Tiny tubes point to ancient life (15.10.2010)
BBC Science and Environment News highlights a recent article written by Daniel Fliegel et al in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
Frede Thingstad awarded research excellence prize (29.09.2010)
BIO researcher, Frede Thingstad, was awarded the Research Council of Norway's prize for research excellence.
This “breathtaking” fish helps to redress the balance in an overfished...
A Fish in Purgatory (28.09.2010)
The bearded goby seems to possess remarkable, even super-hero-like qualities.
Teaching tip (28.09.2010)
Using mobile phones to document research observations.
Congratulations to Nicola!! (17.09.2010)
Last night the Bergen Research Foundation (BFS) awarded its annual awards, which are aimed at recruiting outstanding young researchers.
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English-speakers (16.09.2010)
– watch your pronunciation!
Some members of the Bergen LIFECYCLE research team.
LIFECYCLE: an EU success story (16.09.2010)
Keys to success in EU projects: think long-term, engage in pre-call discussions, network.
PhD dissertation - Md Ziaur Rahman (06.08.2010)
Nordic network on the third domain of life (06.08.2010)
Breathtaking fish (15.07.2010)
A “breathtaking” fish redressing the balance in an overfished ecosystem! BIO researchers have an article in Science Magazine.
Award for Fabian Zimmermann (22.06.2010)
Fabian Zimmermann from EvoFish was awarded a student price for his presentation on optimal harvesting of fish populations.
Logging image compiled by Nicola McLoughlin
Cracking the core’s secrets (15.06.2010)
Analytical investigations of the Barberton Scientific Drill core are now in full swing. Back in summer 2008 scientists from CGB and the Africa Earth Observatory Network (AEON), at the University of Cape Town, S Africa extracted 800m of drill core containing rock material from the early Archean, a very important but little studied period in early Earth’s history.
Research cruises 2010 (14.06.2010)
The final details are being organized for this summer’s research cruises.
Are We Martians? (07.06.2010)
Studies of the earliest life forms on Earth can provide insights into how to look for traces of possible life on Mars.
Contemporary Evolution: Humans as Agents of Selection (03.06.2010)
The Evolutionary Fisheries Ecology group will organize an NMA course, October 4-9, 2010 at the Marine Biological Station.

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