Home
University of Bergen
Department of Biological Sciences (BIO)

News archive for Department of Biological Sciences (BIO)

Lionel Christiaen presents at the conference
The Centre celebrates the oceans during One Ocean Week (25.04.2024)
Amidst the festivities of One Ocean Week, researchers from the Michael Sars Centre embraced the opportunity to engage with the public on Family Day and participate in the Ocean Outlook conference.
Inge Althuizen measuring carbon fluxes in northern Norway
Tundra might turn from carbon sink into carbon source due to global warming (24.04.2024)
Tundra ecosystems hold vast amounts of carbon, which is projected to be released into the atmosphere under climate warming. Researchers from the department of Biological Sciences contributed to this important and alarming new paper in Nature, led by researchers from Umeå University in Sweden.
Scientific image
Cross-phyla insights into iGluR function: From rat NMDA receptors to placozoan leak channels (18.04.2024)
Researchers from the Lynagh Group reveal how minor amino acid variations in ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) can lead to major functional changes across animal phyla.
Seamount fauna
In deep water (12.04.2024)
Deep sea research is a gateway to unlocking mysteries both within our planet and beyond, offering insights that can have profound implications for science, industry, and our understanding of life in the universe.
Unlocking larval settlement in marine invertebrates (12.04.2024)
A new video abstract for Current Biology explores how specific chemical cues control the settlement and metamorphosis of Ciona larvae. Watch the film to hear researchers from the Chatzigeorgiou Group discuss their findings.