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Sundew (Drosera sp.) is a terrestrial example for mixotrophy. Using glands it traps insects and digests them to supplement the low nutrient concentrations in the soils of wetlands where it commonly grows
Gardening of bacteria (10.10.2018)
Project MIXsTRUCT will investigate the impact of mixotrophs on the structure of the marine pelagic food web
An illustration exemplifying four phases of mountain building
Suzette Flantua in Nature Geoscience (09.10.2018)
HOPE post-doctoral fellow Suzette Flantua is one of five main authors of a recent paper published in Nature Geoscience
Zhanna Tairova posing with a picture of a cod
On ethical controversies of using fish in experimental biology (08.10.2018)
Issues concerning “animal welfare” and “animal care” constitute a significant portion of both public debate and biological studies. Whereas the first concept is dealing with the well-being of animals, “animal care” comprises the activities conducted that can affects the animal welfare, while an animal is used in research, testing, and production. In our project “dCod 1.0: decoding systems... Read more
Torborg Rustand presenting her Master thesis
Torborg finishes her master thesis (30.08.2018)
A krill hotspot in the Antarctica was identified as a spawning area and located in cold water near the continental shelf edge of the South Orkney area, while salp hotspots were located in warmer and deeper waters. These findings are recently reported by Torborg Rustand in her Master thesis
Martine presenting her Master thesis
Martine finishes her Master thesis (30.08.2018)
Martine R. Solås reports in her Master thesis that enriched rearing reduced post-release growth of Atlantic salmon fry (Salmo salar). Moreover, predatory brown trout fed selectively on small fry.
Mathematicians working on a white board with complex algorithms
Modeling the uncertain (17.08.2018)
When starting my work in the dCod project I had very limited biological knowledge. My background was mostly in applied mathematics, where applied usually refers to something related to physics. Physics, the field of conservation laws, well-studied phenomena and exact equations. And then I now found myself in the situation where I was supposed to do modeling in biology. Biology, a field I had... Read more
Illustration of working mother
Mothers in science (30.07.2018)
Women are given a special mission of carrying life in its early and most vulnerable stages. Pregnancy, giving birth, breast-feeding, child care and everything that accompanies them are a normal part of life. Nature has decided that we are in our most fruitful age at the same time as we build our careers. Do we have to choose or is it possible to have it all? Global development is depending on... Read more
Landscape of vineyard fields and blue sky.
Breaking the interdisciplinary ice (08.06.2018)
I remember reading the following sentence in the announcement of my current post-doc position as part of the dCod project: “The work will involve close collaboration with research groups both from biology and from mathematics”. I thought it was an interesting ambition, but I wasn’t sure how close would this collaboration be and how would it be organized. I guess the scheduled biweekly dCod... Read more
The mesocosm raft and our target organism E. huxleyi
Unlocking Emiliania huxleyi secrets (25.05.2018)
The first AQUACOSM group has arrived at UiB's Marine Biological Station. The international team of scientists are here to study the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi.
Kathy Willis sitting on a bench next to a stone wall
Kathy Willis appointed Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford (21.05.2018)
Former EECRG Professor II Kathy Willis has been appointed as the next Principal (=Master or Head of House) of St Edmund Hall, one of the University of Oxford's colleges.
Oikopleura dioica
Viruses on the menu? (16.05.2018)
An international research team led by Uni Research Environment and the University of Bergen will explore how filter-feeding zooplankton can trap, ingest, disperse and potentially preserve virus particles in the marine environment.
Three different datasets
Introducing - Topological data analysis (10.05.2018)
Understanding the structure and relationships of biomolecules is important for discovering new medicines and materials. Three-dimensional bimolecular structures are often geometrically complex making it difficult to predict functional properties of molecules based on their structures. Recently, the new field of topological data analysis has shown some promise in improving the prediction of... Read more
Jeppe Kolding (UiB), Shakuntala Thilsted (WorldFish) og Ragnhild Overå (UiB).
Supporting small fish to fight food insecurity (04.05.2018)
Small fish have huge potential to alleviate malnutrition and safeguard food security in Sub-Saharan Africa and across the globe. An interdisciplinary project headed by the University of Bergen has been awarded 1 million Euros.
Front cover of Nature journal with a photo of Androsace alpina on a mountain summit
EECRG in Nature (25.04.2018)
Eleven past and present members of EECRG are co-authors on the paper "Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming" published in the 12 April issue of Nature
A grey stone with Chinese signs
Knowledge Sharing in Science (13.04.2018)
Every Chinese child knows the story of “Kong Rong giving up pears”. In this story, the four-year-old Kong Rong gave up the larger pears to his older and younger brothers. This narrative is used in elementary education to teach the children to be aware of the value of sharing. As scientists, we know the art of sharing even better, and we’re sharing something more important than pears: we share... Read more
Adele Mennerat, University of Bergen
The future of parasitology (23.03.2018)
Adele Mennerat’s ultimate scientific goal is to expand knowledge on how selection acts on parasites and how they evolve. 
Photo of the plant Saussurea ramchaudharyi
Saussurea ramchaudharyi (15.03.2018)
Ram Prasad Chaudhary, Professor Emeritus at Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu, Nepal has been honoured by having a new species named after him.
Hilary Birks (on the right) being welcomed to the Royal Society of Edinburgh by its President Dame Anne Glover (on the left)
Hilary Birks, CorrFRSE (07.03.2018)
Hilary Birks, Professor Emerita in EECRG, has been inducted into the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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