Nyhetsarkiv for Michael Sars-senteret

Young again: study shows that comb jellies can age in reverse (30.10.2024)

For most animals, ageing is a one-way journey. In a recent PNAS publication, researchers Joan Soto-Angel and Pawel Burkhardt discovered that a species of comb jelly can reverse its life cycle, returning from adulthood to a larval stage.

Elusive stem cells revealed in a sea anemone (10.10.2024)

All animals need stem cells to reproduce, grow, and replace tissues through their lifetime. In a new article published in Nature Communications, lead author Paula Miramón-Puértolas and her colleagues discovered a population of stem-like cells in a sea anemone.

Photography exhibition ‘Jellyfish unveiled’ opens at the University Museum of Bergen (09.10.2024)

The new exhibit aims to challenge the public’s perspective on the often-misunderstood animals by highlighting their beauty and ecological relevance. It will run until January 26, 2025.

New technology helps investigate the impact of noise pollution on our oceans (07.10.2024)

At the Michael Sars Centre, the group of Marios Chatzigeorgiou develops unique tools to study underwater noise as part of the pan-European project DeuteroNoise.

Surviving the late night oxygen drops in coral reefs – insights from 6 months in French Polynesia (07.10.2024)

Coral reefs produce a lot of oxygen during the day (thanks to photosynthesis), but at night the oxygen levels decrease. Can this threaten fishes at the reef, or do they have strategies to survive? To find out we spent six months of fieldwork and experiments on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia.

European acoustics experts meet in Bergen for the DeuteroNoise Mid-Term Meeting (04.10.2024)

After two years of ground-breaking work on marine noise pollution, the pan-European consortium gathered at the Michael Sars Centre to share their progress and coordinate future efforts.