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The female guppy in the front is the social clue for the male guppy in the...
Guppy maturation is influenced by the social setting (04.10.2013)
New article shows that maturation in male guppies is influenced by the social environment in which they grow.
A big mackerel is worth more per kg than a small one. Adapted from Zimmermann...
How prevalent is size-dependent pricing in fisheries? (03.10.2013)
A new article in the ICES Journal of Marine Science finds a widespread positive relationship between fish weight and price per kg in Norwegian fisheries.
Årets første snøfall møtte kursdeltakeren på Finse den første dagen.
Young scientists better their communication skills (01.10.2013)
Outhreach is becoming an increasingly important yardstick for the relevance of scientific research.
Daniel Ricard at EvoFish (30.09.2013)
Daniel Ricard from the Biology Centre (České Budějovice) is spending two months in Bergen.
Let`s talk about climate: engaging tomorrow`s stewards today (25.09.2013)
Researchers and school kids with a mission: bridging the gap between climate science and society
Successfull climate summerschool in Vesterålen (18.09.2013)
Associate professor at the Department of Earth Science and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Kerim H Nisancioglu, chaired a successfull ACDC2013 summerschool.
Is “catch and release” working? (16.09.2013)
PhD student Keno Ferter is studying this hotly debated issue.
Taking Mussels to the Dentist (16.09.2013)
A serendipitous visit to the dentist may have rescued a valuable fresh-water mussel population!
Course on scientific communication (13.09.2013)
ResClim invites to course at Finse.
EvoFish trophy, with the names of PhDs from EvoFish (as of end 2012)
EvoFish+Evolutionary Ecology (12.09.2013)
Evolutionary Fisheries Ecology and Evolutionary Ecology groups have joined the forces.
Piero evofishing at Golten outside Bergen
Piero has started with guppy otoliths (11.09.2013)
Piero Lopez has started his master's project on analysing growth in guppies based on their otoliths.
PhD Dissertation - Nafisa Azmuda (10.09.2013)
Microbial diversity in tropical aquatic environments
PhD Dissertation - Selina Akter (10.09.2013)
Environmental microbiology in Bangladesh
These two immunohistochemistry images show salmon brains. The brightly...
Using salmon to learn more about our brains (04.09.2013)
Learning more about the changes that occur in the brain of salmon during smoltification may give us insight into the plasticity of our own brain.
Bearded goby growth curves. Females are smaller males.
Henrik has successfully completed his master on bearded goby growth (03.09.2013)
Henrik Christiansen, who visited EvoFish last winter to carry out the practical research for his master's project, has now passed the final examination at his home institute at the University of Bremen. EvoFish congratulates!
Prize-winning tips and other resources (02.09.2013)
Two of BIO’s prize-winning teachers share some of their reflections on what makes a good teacher.
Two papers from Bergen to be presented at FOCS 2013 (26.08.2013)
At FOCS 2013, one of the two highest ranked conferences in Theoretical Computer Science, the following two papers will be presented, with co-authors associated to Bergen highlighted in boldface:
Professor Noel Keenlyside, Geophysical Institute and the...
The North Atlantic Ocean drives the weather (21.08.2013)
Jacob Bjerknes, the father of modern weather forecasting, suggested a connection between European weather and temperatures in the North Atlantic. Fifty years later, the Bjerknes Centre in Bergen helps to prove that Bjerknes was right in his prediction.

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