News archive for Department of Biological Sciences (BIO)

UiB hosts European expedition (21.08.2023)

Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) is a continent-wide expedition addressing environmental challenges along the coasts of Europe. On their northernmost stop, the team was based at the Espegrend Marine Biological Station, hosted by the University of Bergen.

Illustrasjonsbilde som viser et varselskilt med et utropstegn

The sequencing facility is closed until further notice (15.08.2023)

The sequencing facility has been closed until further notice. Se below for information on alternative services.

Tara visits Bergen during its two-year TREC scientific expedition (14.08.2023)

Members of the Michael Sars Centre had the exclusive opportunity to visit the research vessel Tara on Friday while the schooner was in Bergen for samples, supplies, and fuel. Afterwards, Tara researchers visited the Centre for a reciprocal tour of our marine facilities.

Illustration of Bombus muscorum (bumblebee)

Bumblebees in the Coastal Heathlands of Nordhordland UNESCO BR (08.08.2023)

This June MSc student Susanne Zazzera completed her thesis titled "Bumblebee communities in open and overgrown heathlands in Nordhordland UNESCO Biosphere, Vestland, Norway", which was supervised by UNESCO Chair Inger Måren, NIBIO researcher Bjørn Arild Hatteland, and PhD student Ieva Rozite-Arina. Susanne spent the summer of 2022 in Nordhordland's beautiful coastal heathlands collecting... Read more