The digital version of the Photographic guide of the species of the Gorringe Bank, a publication about the marine species of the Gettysburg and Ormonde seamounts in the Gorringe Bank, has been released today. The SponGES project collaborated with this … Read More
REFERENCE Plotkin, Alexander; Gerasimova, Elena & Rapp, Hans Tore (2017). Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) of the Nordic and Siberian Seas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315417000285 ABSTRACT Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) of the Nordic and Siberian Seas … Read More
Title: The impacts of fishing on deep-water sponge grounds off the North-Atlantic We are looking for expressions of interest for a potential candidate interested in pursuing a PhD in marine science at the University of the Azores within the funded … Read More
The Institute of Marine Research (IMAR) opens a call for the selection of candidates holding a MSc degree for a fellowship within the funded EU/ Project H2020-BG-2015-2- 679849-2” “Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic: an integrated approach towards … 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
How can sugars, aminoacids or natural organic acids be seen as the new alternative solvents for chemical process engineering, when they are typically solid at room temperature? This will be the central focus of project Des.solve – When … 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
The Biology Department of the University of Bergen (UiB) is currently looking to hire a postdoctoral fellow in bioinformatics (4 years), and a PhD student in phylogenomics and population genomics of deep-sea sponges (3 years) to join their Marine Biodiversity Group. The research … 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