News archive for Michael Sars Centre

Old tools reused for a new design: the making of the <i>Oikopleura</i> House (17.09.2024)

A recent Developmental Biology article reveals new insights into the unique "house" of Oikopleura dioica. A team of researchers led by David Lagman uncovers how Oikopleura repurposed ancient cellular machinery to build its complex, food-filtering "house," shedding light on its evolutionary origins.

Eleven tents, three holes, and one bathtub - How to observe the ocean below a 400 m thick, floating ice shelf in Antarctica (09.09.2024)

The Antarctic ice shelves – the floating glaciers surrounding most of the continent – are melting from below as oceanic currents bring warm water into the cavity. But how and how fast is the ice melting? In this Ocean Science Bar, you will learn why Antarctic ice shelves matter, about what happens below them, and about what it’s like to do fieldwork ”down south”.