Five students have applied for a masters in GEOBIO!

The Centre for Geobiology and the Departments of Biology and Earth Science are collaborating to offer masters' programmes in Geobiology.

The next deadline is 1 Nov. 2011 - contact the people below NOW for more information.

At BIO
Masters in Geobiology ... contact: Vigdis Torsvik, Hans Tore Rapp

At GEO
Masters in Geochemistry and Geobiology ... contact: Ingunn Thorseth

**summer 2011 there will be a geobiology masters short course in Iceland 1-13 August, 2011.

Possible topics for masters theses in Geobiology at BIO:

• Adaptasjoner i hydrotermal miljo mikrobiologi. Contact: ida.steen@bio.uib.no   Learn more about this project.
• Gruveavfall i norske fjorder mikrobiologi. Contact: ida.steen@bio.uib.no   Learn more about this project.
• Fe oxidizing bacteria Lau basin. Contact: lise.ovreas@bio.uib.no   Learn more about this project.
• Impacts of CO2 seepage from capture capture and storage reservoirs on benthic diversity and ecosystem processes? Contact: andrew.kvassnes.sweetman@niva.no, Laila Reigstad Learn more about this project.
• Enrichment and characterization of microbial communities in moderate to severe acid mine drainage sites associated to Arctic coal mining in Svalbard. Contact: antonio.moyano@bio.uib.no   Learn more about this project.
• Macrofauna associated with hydrothermal vents and cold seeps Contact: Hans Tore Rapp
• Taxonomy and biology of deep-water organisms in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans Contact: Hans Tore Rapp
• Ecology and taxonomy of sponges forming sponge grounds on seamounts and along continental margins in the NE Atlantic and Arctic Oceans Contact: Hans Tore Rapp
• What if there is a leakage from a subseafloor CO2 storage site? Contact: Laila Reigstad   Learn more about this project.
• Microbial life in Siberian permafrost - who are the keyplayers? Contact: Antje Gittel   Learn more about this project.

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