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Two persons sampling with a plankton net from a boat on a rainy autumn day
Sampling at Myravatn (27.10.2014)
Some additional samples from Lake Myravatn were needed, and Ingrid Wathne and her colleagues went once again to the lake, this time in beautiful (but rainy) autumn setting.
Two men with bags of juvenile salmon to be released to a river
BBC Earth features research from EvoFish (23.09.2014)
BBC Earth is featuring an article on how growing environment shapes the cognitive abilities in fish. Research by Anne Gro Vea Salvanes from EvoFish is also highlighted, with cool videos!
Fabian, Mikko and Bea posing in front of the conference poster
EvoFish at the ICES conference (22.09.2014)
With fisheries-induced evolution in the spotlight, Bea, Fabian and Mikko from EvoFish attended the ICES Annual Science Conference
Peter studying fish bones with a microscope
Peter starts his PhD in Evolutionary Fish Parasitology (08.09.2014)
Nestory Peter Gabagambi has started his PhD study in evolutionary fish parasitology. In his study Peter will focus on the interaction between a tapeworm and its fish host in Lake Nyasa/Malawi.
Pipeting the amplified DNA fragments onto an agarose gel
Unveiling secrets of anoxia tolerance in bearded goby (04.09.2014)
In a joint master project between the Environmental toxicology and Evolutionary Ecology research groups, Moritz Pohl is unveiling the secrets of the remarkable anoxia tolerance of bearded goby from Namibia.
New article on escaped farmed salmon highlighted in Nature (02.09.2014)
Analyses of recaptures of escaped farmed salmon reveal that much more salmon escape than is reported. This result was also noted in the Research Highlights of Nature!
Camilla Jensen in laboratory with tanks with salmon and salmon lice
Camilla and the evolving salmon lice (10.07.2014)
Camilla Jensen is working hard in the lab with her Master project on life-history adaptations in salmon lice.
Marine Microbiologist participating on Ocean Sampling Day
Marine Microbiologists participate on Ocean Sampling Day (25.06.2014)
Marine Microbiologists from the University of Bergen participated on the international Ocean Sampling Day to collect environmental and biological data for analysis of microbial diversity and function in marine ecosystems around the world.
Hva er nøkkelen til suksess på mikronivå i havet? (26.05.2014)
Scientists from the Marine Microbiology Group and the Theoretical Ecology Group at the University of Bergen recently published in PNAS. 
What is the key to success on the oceanic micro-scale? (14.05.2014)
Scientists from the Marine Microbiology Group and the Theoretical Ecology Group at the University of Bergen recently published in PNAS. 
Close-up: Coccolithophorids (13.05.2014)
Important players for global carbon cycling and climate
Biosignatures across Space and Time (17.03.2014)
An international conference “Biosignatures across Space and Time” is being hosted by the Centre for Geobiology and the Nordic Network of Astrobiology. The meeting will take place from 20 to 22 May 2014 in the Egget Auditorium, the Studentsenteret at the University of Bergen.
A picture of trawl catch with a mixture of fish and jellies
Climate, hypoxia, and the spatial dynamics of the bearded goby and its predators (20.02.2014)
Spatial dynamics of the bearded goby and its key fish predators off Namibia varies with climate and oxygen availability
Prime Minister opened the Hjort Centre for Marine Ecosystem Dynamics (20.02.2014)
The Hjort Centre for Marine Ecosystem Dynamics was opened by the Prime Minister this week. The Centre will provide the scientific foundation for increased harvest from the ocean.
Changes in personality and mating behaviour under size selective mortality (31.01.2014)
Joan Sala is a biology bachelor student from the University of Barcelona (UB). During the fourth year of his bachelor he has to carry out a thesis, so he decided to come to Bergen and join the EvoFish group!
Portrait of Fedor Baranov and his catch equation
Long live the Baranov catch equation! (24.01.2014)
Shaken, not stirred. A new paper is shaking the position of the Baranov catch equation as one of the cornerstones of fisheries science. Fortunately, this shaking turns out not be too serious.
How does the Earth’s oceanic crust form? (10.12.2013)
A team of international researchers publishes in Nature after a 2 month expedition last year to drill into ocean crust 4800m below the surface
Bergen Research Foundation scholarship awarded to Bjarte Hannisdal (03.12.2013)
Researcher Bjarte Hannisdal at the Centre for Geobiology recently received a prestigious Bergen Research Foundation Recruitment Grant for his project “Earth System Interactions and Information Transfer”

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