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The Deep Sea Discoveries And Sightings Of 2022 Are Fascinating
28 Dec 2022
Big vessels, carrying robust robotic explorers and sometimes submersibles piloted by humans, embark on deep sea expeditions each year. This lightless realm remains a largely mysterious place, and just around 25% of the seafloor is decently mapped. Deep ocean missions are often considered the new exploration of little-known — or just never-visited — places on Earth.
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United States and Australia Team Up to Explore and Map the Pacific Ocean
21 Dec 2022
A major priority for NOAA and of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
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New alliance signals start of new era in European ocean research cooperation
13 Dec 2022
Universities and research institutes plan to take on a coordination role in European ocean research and education, as the EU gets ready to launch a marine Knowledge and Innovation Community.
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MARBLES Mighty Microscopy Exhibition for Micro Day
01 Nov 2022
An immersive exhibition was launched to celebrate Micro Day in Leiden, the EU City of Science 2022. The microscopy exhibition organised by the MARBLES project, Institute of Biology (Leiden University) and Rijksmuseum Boerhaave was held in the museum from 22-24 October 2022.
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Microbiome innovations drive sustainable food production and human health
25 Oct 2022
As our knowledge of the ‘micro-world’ deepens, we are witnessing more and more products, tools and other innovations resulting from microbiome research entering the market. These innovations are becoming increasingly important as they have the potential to help solve some major challenges of the 21st century, from mitigating climate change to ensuring food supply and combating human diseases.
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Biobased agri-innovation with microbiome products – EU lags behind US, Brazil and New Zealand, say microbiome researchers
15 Oct 2022
Interview with Dr Angela Sessitsch, Head of Bioresources at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, and Coordinator of the HORIZON2020-funded project “MicrobiomeSupport” about microbiome-based innovations as a biobased technology helping mitigate the current food crisis and climate change.
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Shining light on ‘twilight zone’ sponges and their microbial cohabitants
01 Sept 2022
Living organisms are a rich source of natural products that can benefit humans. Pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and skin care products are among the many commodities with increasingly natural and enhanced functionality thanks to biomolecules. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme and high-tech genomics approaches, the COSMos project has provided an unprecedented data set pointing to the natural product potential of rarely studied mesophotic sponges and the microbes living in them.
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Searching The Ocean's Depths For Future Medicines
30 Aug 2022
Join host Emily Kwong for this Short Wave podcast episode plunging into the ocean off the west coast of Ireland down to where there's no light and the temperature is just above freezing. That's where underwater chemist Sam Afoullouss sends a deep sea robot to carefully collect samples of marine organisms, searching for unique chemistry that may one day inspire a medicine.
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MARBLES researchers’ university project shortlisted in sustainability awards
17 Aug 2022
MARBLES partner the University of Aberdeen (UNIABDN) has had five transformational projects shortlisted in an internationally recognised Green Gown Awards scheme celebrating sustainability excellence.
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Hope for new drugs arises from the sea
08 Aug 2022
Researchers are discovering compounds that marine creatures make to defend themselves that could also yield lifesaving medicines.
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New interactive microscopy exhibition set for Micro Day in Leiden
25 Jul 2022
A new immersive exhibition is set to be launched in Leiden this October. The microscopy and microbe exhibition, organised by the MARBLES project, Institute of Biology (Leiden University) and Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, will be held in the museum to celebrate Micro Day in Leiden, the EU City of Science 2022.
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Managing bacterial infections in aquaculture enters a new phage
11 Jul 2022
Researchers from the UK, Norway and Denmark have teamed up to develop a safe and efficient bacteriophage therapy to control Pasteurella bacteria in Atlantic salmon farms.