The annual meeting for the Research School in Biosystematics – ForBio – is now taking place in Tromsø. ForBio aims to train a new generation of biosystematists to meet the society’s needs for biodiversity expertise and at the same … Read More
Last week, on September 20th, SponGES held its second science-policy panel, at the premises of the Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV). The event, organized by FAO in the scope of SponGES’ activities, was held just ahead of the meeting … Read More
The three-day High-Level Ministerial and Scientific Event A New Era of Blue Enlightenment ends today after the landmark signature of the Statement on Atlantic Research and Innovation Cooperation (Thursday 13th July, at Bélem Tower – Lisbon, Portugal), launching the South … Read More
The 10th World Sponge Conference successfully concluded in Galway (Ireland), welcoming about 300 delegates from all over the world. Taking advantage of this timeliness, SponGES presented about 30 contributions and played an active role in the organisation or support … Read More
Four years ago, on this day (24th May 2013), representatives of the European Union, United Stated of America and Canada signed the Galway Statement on Atlantic Ocean Cooperation thereby launching a Transatlantic Ocean Research Alliance, aimed at advancing our knowledge … Read More
A seminar dedicated to “Communicating EU funded research” and organised by UiB (SponGES coordinating institution) will be held in Bergen (Norway) on March 28th 2017, also featuring insights and tips from SponGES’ dissemination and communication team. Communicating science is crucial … Read More
SponGES researchers Ute Hentschel Humeida along with her team (Beate Slaby, Sabrina Jung, GEOMAR) gave a beautiful lecture on “Sponges and microorganisms, pioneers of evolution” as a Children’s University Event held in Kiel on January 11th, 2017. The lecture, part … Read More
A Blue Symposium entitled “Sponges, Corals & the World” will be held in Blanes (Spain) on 30-31 March 2017. The free symposium is jointly organised by three large EC-funded projects that are currently ongoing on sponge and coral science: BluePharmTrain, … Read More
SponGES held its first roundtable meeting on 10th November in Dakar, Senegal. The meeting was held back-to-back with a FAO/CECAF Technical Workshop on deep-sea fisheries and Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) in the high sea areas of the Eastern Central … Read More
Representatives from the oil and gas industry, environmental– and fisheries directorates as well as research institutes are gathered in Oslo for the annual Forum for offshore environmental monitoring, a meeting organized by Norwegian Oil and Gas and the Norwegian Environment … Read More