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MARBLES part of AIMS Cluster Session IV at ICNPR 2024: Natural Product Discovery
07 Jun 2024
Session IV (Prospecting aquatic and terrestrial natural biological resources for biologically active compounds) taking place on 15 July 2024 in Krakow at the International Congress On Natural Products Research (ICNPR), the biggest conference in natural products chemistry!
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How can a marine sponge cure us?
28 May 2024
MARBLES researcher Niels van der Windt from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, recently explained how marine sponges can be used to cure us during a Spotlight Session in the Museum
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Drug resistance from overuse of antibiotics for common infections could kill millions
13 May 2024
According to the UK’s special envoy on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Prof Dame Sally Davies, the COVID-19 pandemic will “look minor” compared with what humanity faces with rise of drug-resistant superbugs.
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MARBLES partner SINTEF at Functional Metagenomics 2024 in South Africa
30 Apr 2024
The conference is taking place from 2-5 June 2024 in Kruger National Park, South Africa encompasses a wide range of ‘omics’ technologies used in microbiome studies, including the fields of metatranscriptomics, metaproteomics, metaviromics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, 3-D structural mining and others.
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Computational Mass Spectrometry Workshop in Aberdeen
25 Apr 2024
MARBLES partner Marine Biodiscovery Centre (Dept. of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, UNIABDN) is organising an interactive workshop on Computational Mass Spectrometry in June 2024.
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Shipworms, sponges and snail venoms: The search for marine medicine
15 Apr 2024
Podcast episode from Tiny Matters: The small science of big things! In this episode they are tackling marine natural products, compounds like proteins, fats and other molecules that marine species produce and that us humans are hoping to utilise to treat the illnesses that currently affect us.
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Study finds microbes hitchhike on microplastics in freshwater to reach the ocean
10 Apr 2024
Microplastics have the potential to modify aquatic microbial communities and distribute microbes including pathogens, posing a potential risk to aquatic life and human health.
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Algae4IBD Summer School: Discovering novel bioactive compounds in algae
28 Mar 2024
Fellow AIMS Cluster project, Algae4IBD is organising a two week interdisciplinary summer school for early career researchers and junior industry professionals covering how to discover novel bioactive compounds in algae and develop functional food and pharmaceuticals.
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Deep Dive: Marine Drug Discovery with Paul Jensen
22 Mar 2024
Deep Dive is a series that takes a deep look at the latest research from scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA. In this episode, Scripps Director Margaret Leinen speaks with marine microbiologist Dr. Paul Jensen, who is also a valued member of the MARBLES Scientific Advisory Board.
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Marine fungi a promising source of novel bioactive natural products
04 Mar 2024
Novel natural product compounds are becoming more and more necessary to treat the rising number of drug-resistant viruses, bacteria, and cancers. Due to their distinct secondary metabolic pathways along with their substantial biodiversity, marine fungi are now a major source of natural products for use in drug development research.
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Under the Naturalis Spotlight: How can a sponge heal us?
20 Feb 2024
MARBLES partner Naturalis Biodiversity Center hold Spotlight sessions so their experts can share the latest knowledge, demonstrate museum collection pieces and talk passionately about their work within the museum. MARBLES researcher Niels van der Windt Spotlight session was entitled: How can a sponge heal us?
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Advanced technology aids efforts to research fragile deep sea animals
12 Feb 2024
In order to accelerate the search for new life in the deep sea, a collaborative group of roboticists, ocean engineers, bioengineers, and marine and molecular biologists has successfully proven how new technologies can efficiently collect high-resolution 3D images and preserved tissue of deep sea animals.