News archive for Department of Biological Sciences (BIO)

Biology students participating in global experiment (24.11.2015)

The goal is to understand how the ecosystems on Earth will be affected by a future climate distinguished by more extreme weather.

Is botany the Cinderella of science? (18.11.2015)

Emphatically NO says EECRG Professor II Kathy Willis in a recent BBC Radio 4 interview introduced by Jim Al-Khalili.

Ground-breaking deep sea habitat project funded (12.11.2015)

Professor Hans Tore Rapp, a theme leader at the Centre for Geobiology (CGB), wil lead the interdisciplinary Horison 2020 (H202) project.

SPONGES WITH POTENTIAL: Sponge grounds in the deep ocean are vulnerable, but vital for the ocean’s circuits. This is a sponge ground 600 meters under the sea, near the Schultz Massive, near Svalbard in the Norwegian part of the Arctic.

Unique marine research programme funded (11.11.2015)

The University of Bergen will be coordinator for a research project mapping sponge grounds in the North Atlantic. The project, funded by Horizon 2020, is ground-breaking for the exploration of unknown deep sea habitats, with possible environmental and medicinal gains.

Promoting enhanced cooperation in research, innovation and higher education (10.11.2015)

Representatives from the Centre for Geobiology (CGB) were part of the University of Bergen team participating in Transatlantic Science Week 2015 in Boston, Nov 4-6.

UiB Magazine Special Issue on Marine Research frontpage

UiBs Marine Research featured in a special issue of the UiB magazine (04.11.2015)

Arctic exploration, Legal challenges and Digital cod