Department of Biological Sciences (BIO)

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Our study programmes:

Bachelor's (3 years) in Biology and Molecular Biology

Master's (2 years) in Biology (7 specialisations) and Molecular Biology

Integrated master's (civil engineer, 5 years) in Aquaculture

Integrated master's (5 years) in Aquamedicine

Do you have questions about our study programmes? Please contact the Study Section (studie.bio@uib.no)
See an overview of our courses.

Election - 2022

Department council election 2023, Department of Biological Sciences

New members representing group B (temporarily employed staff in teaching and research positions) and group D (students) are to be elected for the period of 1.8.2023-31.7.2024

News

A group photo of the participants at the PRIMA Learning Stable Isotope Workshop

"PRIMA Learning" Stable Isotope Workshop in Cape Town in February 2023

COP15

Cheat sheet to the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework

In December 2022, two years after it was planned, 196 nations signed on to the historic Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF).

New Science paper

bile av elv i Amazonas med grønt frodig landskap rundt

Human impact destroying the Amazon ecosystems faster than ever

A new Science paper shows that human-caused changes to Amazonian ecosystems are hundreds to thousands of times faster than those of natural climatic and geological processes.

Report from COP15

It’s a Deal!

On December 19th, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) was adopted at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal. A landmark deal for conservation and management of nature and protection of biodiversity worldwide, this framework sets ambitious goals for how...

Calendar

MICHAEL SARS SYMPOSIUM 2023

Michael Sars Symposium 2023: Cells, organisms and their environment

Atlantis Auditorium Media City Bergen, Lars Hilles gate 30, 5008 Bergen, Norway

01.06.2023 08:15–17:00

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Bioblokka, semionarrom Knekken (329C1)

Siri Charlotte Haugerud Rognan : Plastic degrading potential of Arctic deep-sea hydrothermal microbes (Presentation)

10:15–10:45

Lille Auditorium HIB

Marte Leane Bleken Klemetsdal: The Fauna of Deep-Water Cold Seeps in the Arctic (Presentation)

13:15–13:45

The University Aula

Master's Ceremony at The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (Event)

13:00–15:00

Høyteknologisenteret, Stort auditorium

Disputation : Paula Miramón-Puértolas (Disputation)

14:00–17:00

BIO's vision

BIO aims to produce fundamental and pioneering knowledge of the origin of life, its development, processes and systems, and help solve major global challenges.