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Norwegian Marine University Consortium
Speaking with one voice from Norway (25.05.2018)
In their very first meeting, the board of The Norwegian Marine University Consortium (NMUC) had talks with the executives from the European Marine Board.  The next step is to shape the consortium into a vital bridgehead for cooperation with the EU.
The mesocosm raft and our target organism E. huxleyi
Unlocking Emiliania huxleyi secrets (25.05.2018)
The first AQUACOSM group has arrived at UiB's Marine Biological Station. The international team of scientists are here to study the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi.
Norbert Lümmen
Hydrogen from waste (22.05.2018)
Ferries and fast passenger boats in Western Norway could run on hydrogen produced from waste in the future!
Jan Wohland
Renewable energy and the climate sciences (22.05.2018)
Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui
Transmission Networks in Electricity Competition: Third-Party Access and Unbundling – A Transatlantic Perspective (22.05.2018)
Read Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui's new paper on transmission networks
Kathy Willis sitting on a bench next to a stone wall
Kathy Willis appointed Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford (21.05.2018)
Former EECRG Professor II Kathy Willis has been appointed as the next Principal (=Master or Head of House) of St Edmund Hall, one of the University of Oxford's colleges.
Oikopleura dioica
Viruses on the menu? (16.05.2018)
An international research team led by Uni Research Environment and the University of Bergen will explore how filter-feeding zooplankton can trap, ingest, disperse and potentially preserve virus particles in the marine environment.
Three different datasets
Introducing - Topological data analysis (10.05.2018)
Understanding the structure and relationships of biomolecules is important for discovering new medicines and materials. Three-dimensional bimolecular structures are often geometrically complex making it difficult to predict functional properties of molecules based on their structures. Recently, the new field of topological data analysis has shown some promise in improving the prediction of... Read more
Jeppe Kolding (UiB), Shakuntala Thilsted (WorldFish) og Ragnhild Overå (UiB).
Supporting small fish to fight food insecurity (04.05.2018)
Small fish have huge potential to alleviate malnutrition and safeguard food security in Sub-Saharan Africa and across the globe. An interdisciplinary project headed by the University of Bergen has been awarded 1 million Euros.