News archive for Department of Biological Sciences (BIO)

Daniel Ricard at EvoFish (30.09.2013)

Daniel Ricard from the Biology Centre (České Budějovice) is spending two months in Bergen.

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!

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.