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Researchers call for the study and protection of the marine microbiome
07 Jul 2022
A study recently published in the journal Nature Microbiology highlights priorities for understanding and protecting the ocean microbiome.
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Plastic pollution in our oceans may harbour novel antibiotics
27 Jun 2022
5-13 million metric tons of plastic pollution enters the ocean each year, from large floating debris to microplastics onto which microbes can form ecosystems, potentially making plastic debris a good candidate for antibiotic production.
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Marine microbiomes: researchers have found new bacteria species and previously unknown natural products
22 Jun 2022
Using DNA data, researchers including MARBLES partner Eidegenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerichethz (ETHZ) have examined seawater to find not only new bacteria species, but also previously unknown natural products!
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MARBLES E-Newsletter 2 - Out now!
08 Jun 2022
MARBLES E-Newsletter Issue 2 has been published, you can read it here!
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Awaken sleeping antibiotics with ERC Advanced Grant
01 Jun 2022
Our MARBLES coordinator Gilles van Wezel was recently awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant of €2.5 million for a new research project called COMMUNITY.
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Microbes key to stopping the next pandemic
30 May 2022
Preventing future pandemics depends on better understanding of the billions of microbes circulating all around us in nature
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Launch of the AIMS Cluster
25 May 2022
MARBLES forms cluster with fellow projects Algae4IBD, InnCoCells and SECRETed (AIMS) funded under the Call ‘FNR-11-2020: Prospecting aquatics and terrestrial natural biological resources for biologically active compounds.’
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Study suggests dolphins use corals and sponges to treat their skin conditions
24 May 2022
The dolphins rub their body parts against specific corals and sponges, the study suggests the mucus the corals & sponges release, plays a role in regulating the dolphin’s skin microbiome and therefore treats skin infections
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Organic pesticides to provide natural protection for endangered crops
02 May 2022
Scientists from the BIOBESTicide project are trying to find a biological solution
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Kelp blades host dense microbial biofilms
15 Apr 2022
Kelp, a type of seaweed is colonised by complex microbial communities
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The first MARBLES E-Newsletter is out now!
11 Mar 2022
MARBLES E-Newsletter Issue 1 has been published, you can read it here!
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Start-up raises £50M funding to develop technology which uses the body’s microbiome to discover and develop medicines
07 Mar 2022
The human body’s gut microbiome controls our health, disease and drug responses