The 3nd Bergen Bathysphere Science Symposium was held on 4-5 November 2025 at Marine Biological Station, Espegrend. This time it brought together 36 deep-sea scientists and professionals from various institutes and consultancies for hands-on workshops on QGIS (maps), BIIGLE (underwater…
Kjære kollega, ditt arbeidsmiljø er viktig for oss! Dear colleague, your working environment is important to us! And that’s why we go on annual safety rounds, to inspect the physical working environment and ensure a safe and good working environment…
Klimes, A., Molina-Venegas, R., Carta, A., Chytry, M., Conti, L., Gotzenberger, L., Hajek, M., Horsak, M., Jimenez-Alfaro, B., Klimesova, J., Mendez-Castro, F.E., Zeleny, D., Ottaviani, G., 2024. Weak phylogenetic effect on specialist plant assemblages and their persistence on habitat islands.…
For the third year in a row, BIO100 has an in-depth exercise where students will squeeze the Earth’s 4.6 billion year history onto a 15 meter long piece of baking paper. To achieve this, we need to use most of…
On Monday, October 13th, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Andrea E. A. Stephens, Editor at Trends in Ecology & Evolution (Cell Press), for our ECC seminar titled “Navigating the Publishing Process: A Professional Editor’s View”. Dr. Stephens shared valuable insights into the editorial process behind…
At BIO, we have gradually become accustomed to operating within tight financial constraints. The 2026 state budget does not signal that this will change anytime soon. As expected, it is a budget characterized by moderation. For the university and college…
On Wednesday, October 22, some twenty happy BIO’ers volunteered at the Marine Biological Station (MBS) at Espeland in Fana with support from UiB’s Climate Fund. During the day, a garage was demolished by the parking area, the barracks in the…
Andrikou, C., Pang, K., Børve, A., Lu, T.-M., Hejnol, A., 2025. Molecular evidence from xenacoelomorph gonopore formation supports homology with the bilaterian anus. Nat Ecol Evol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02866-6 deMayo, J.A., Brennan, R.S., Pespeni, M., Jaspers, C., Varpe, Ø., Lee, C.E., Dam,…
The Biology programme board has decided to alter the deadline for submitting the master’s agreement this autumn. This applies to all master’s student who are admitted to the Master’s in Biology autumnt 2025. The new deadline is 10. December!
Are you considering going on an exchange stay during your studies? Would you like to hear experiences from students at the Department of Biological Sciences who have been on exchange stays? Welcome to an information meeting regarding student exchange possibilities:…
