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Photomicrograph of microbial biotextures in a surface sample of inter-pillow...
The Emergence of Microbial Life in Archean Pillow Lavas (23.04.2010)
This is the abstract of a seminar given by Nicola McLoughlin, during a month-long stay in South Africa at AEON September 2009.
2009 - a year of development (14.04.2010)
If 2008 was the year of discovery – then for us 2009 has been a year of development.
New depth record for hydrothermal vent find (12.04.2010)
Centre for Geobiology leader, Rolf Birger Pedersen, is participating in a research cruise out of the University of Southampton.
Do fish feel pain (25.03.2010)
Victoria Braithwaite, a Professor-II in the Aquatic behavioural biology group, has written a popular science book entitled, "Do fish feel pain?".
Eruption August 2005
Taking microscopic steps forward (05.03.2010)
Understanding the vast and complex microbial world around us is a difficult and complex process – we cannot see most of it!! However, thanks to better visualising tools and advances in molecular technology we are learning more – or coming to understand how little we know!
MESOAQUA (23.02.2010)
BIO’s FP7 project coordinating a large European research infrastructure is up and going!
BIO ecology students build important time series data-sets (23.02.2010)
BIO-info's picture of the week comes from winter ecology course BIO344.
A serious problem in the offing? (18.02.2010)
The Nile tilapia is an economically important fish catch in Uganda. BIO researcher Ronald Semyalo and colleagues have been undertaking a study of both the water and the fish from two lakes in Uganda.
Using biodiversity research to facilitate slash-and-burn recovery (11.02.2010)
BIO researcher Kari Klanderud presents a strategy for enabling better recovery of plant species richness and composition after slash-and-burn agricultural practices in Madagascar. Such practices are important drivers of deforestation and eco-system degradation impacting biodiversity and carbon sequestration. This is particularly relevant in regions such as Madagascar where there is unique and... Read more
Overingeniør Siv Hjorth Dundas (01.02.2010)
Siv Hjorth Dundas er tilknyttet Teknisk faggruppe, lab, og Senter for Geobiologi. Hennes hovedansvarsområde er driften av ICPlaboratoriet.
The grain is enclosed in feldspar, Barun gneiss, and is from eastern Nepal.
Small scale variations in composition revealed by laser ablation ICP-MS analysis (01.02.2010)
It is not uncommon in Earth and environmental sciences that we need to study chemical and isotopic composition of solid samples on sub-microscopic scale. This is because many minerals and biological samples are heterogeneous and it is those variations on small scale that provide the most valuable information about the sample’s formation and history. For this reason, geologists have often been the... Read more
Bergen Geoanalytical Facility (01.02.2010)
The Bergen Geoanalytical Facility - BGF (formerly CEIA) was established around several existing geoanalytical techniques at the University of Bergen and it was officially opened on 29th September 2005.
Gladnyhet til hageeiere: Nå dør brunsneglen (19.01.2010)
Kulden kan gi resistenshopp (19.01.2010)
Imsland tops productivity list 2009 (08.01.2010)
In 2009, Professor II Albert Imsland was the Department of Biology’s (BIO’s) most prolific author, with a total of 12 publications having a summed impact factor of 15.5.
Darwin: a year of celebrating ideas that remain relevant today (08.01.2010)
Darwin Year is over! Congratulations to the Darwin enthusiasts at the Department of Biology (BIO) who made a year of celebratory events possible. Efforts began a couple of years ago to organise events to honour not only the lifetime achievements of this great man, but also the continuing relevance of his ideas across a broad range of scientific disciplines.
Confocal Laser Raman Microscope in place! (06.01.2010)
(from Geoviten-ekstern 18.12.2009) The department has recently installed a new Raman spectrometer at the Bergen Geoanalytical Facility on the second floor in Realfagbygget.
a three meter section of Archean drill core from the Barberton Scientific...
Drilling Back 3.5 Billion Years to the Bedrock of Life (06.01.2010)
(from Geoviten-ekstern 18.12.2009) Our planet is a work of life. Biological and geological processes have been inextricably linked since life first emerged on Earth. Learning more about when and where life first evolved is central to understanding how geobiological systems have shaped our planet. The answers to these questions are preserved in sparse and fragmentary early Archean rocks that... Read more

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