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New PhD - Alexander Minakov (21.09.2011)
Alexander Minakov defended his PhD-thesis on Thursday 29. September 2011.
Testing a new state-of-the-art lander (16.09.2011)
For two weeks at the end of summer 2011, three researchers from the Centre of Geobiology were involved in the testing of NIVA’s new lander system.
The CryoCARB team on the Taymyr Peninsula, Summer 2011
A Siberian field experience (14.09.2011)
It was quite different from "everyday life" says researcher Antje Gittel.
Volcanism and Astrobiology: Life on Earth and Beyond (09.09.2011)
CGB researcher Nicola McLoughlin was a co-author of the introduction to the latest issue of Astrobiology.
Visualizing marine microorganisms - new CGB Master's project (07.09.2011)
Identifying environmental microbes with microscopic techniques is an impossible task: they all seem to look the same, and their shape does not tell anything about their phylogeny or physiology.
Fifth and last field report from Jan Mayen (10.07.2011)
CGB PhD student Eirik Gjerløw is stationed on Jan Mayen Island. His month there is drawing to a close. We have now uploaded his fifth and last field journal post.
Fourth field report from Jan Mayen (03.07.2011)
CGB PhD student Eirik Gjerløw is stationed on Jan Mayen Island. His month there is drawing to a close. We have now uploaded his fourth field journal post.
Meet Birinder Singh a visiting student from India (01.07.2011)
Twenty-one year old Birinder Singh comes from Shri Amritsar Sahib, a holy city in Punjab in the northern part of India.
Third field report from Jan Mayen (27.06.2011)
CGB PhD student Eirik Gjerløw is stationed on Jan Mayen Island for a month. He has now posted his third field journal post.
Second Field report from Jan Mayen (23.06.2011)
CGB PhD student Eirik Gjerløw is stationed on Jan Mayen Island for a month. He has now posted his second field journal post.
First field report from Jan Mayen (18.06.2011)
CGB PhD student Eirik Gjerløw is stationed on Jan Mayen Island for the coming month. Read his first field journal post.
Disputas: Louise Wedderkopp Bjerrum (12.06.2011)
Simulation of earthquakes for seismic hazard assessment
PhD defense - Ali Shahraini (09.06.2011)
Ali Shahraini will defend his PhD thesis Wednesday 15th of June at the Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen.
Worms from hell: Discovering multi-cellular life in the deep biosphere. (06.06.2011)
New PhD - Eivind N. W. Støren (31.05.2011)
Thursday 26. May 2011 Eivind N. W. Støren defended his PhD-thesis at Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen
Research Council granting millions for equipment purchase (26.05.2011)
Investment in research infrastructures and technology is costly and requires long-term thinking and planning. The Research Council of Norway has a total budget of 400 million for equipment proposals for 2011. May 10 they announced the allotment of funding for equipment proposals under 30 million. The remaining funding will be granted to more costly equipment purchase proposals, which must... Read more
New PhD - Espen N. Vaular (16.05.2011)
Espen N. Vaular, Department of Chemistry, defended his PhD thesis on 26. May 2011. Valuar has participated in the GEO-lead "Gas hydrates on the Norwegian-Barents Sea-Svalbard margin"-project (NFR-Petromaks)
Publication in Nature (09.05.2011)
Depth-dependent extension, two-stage breakup and cratonic underplating at rifted margins

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