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MARBLES researchers planning for Marine Natural Products GRC 2024
02 Nov 2023
The conference with the theme 'From Discovery to Production via Function to Applications' will take place in California from 10-15 March 2024.
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How a California wildfire created a feast for marine microbes
01 Nov 2023
Wildfire ashes could boost nutrients in coastal ecosystems
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MARBLES partners UCC at the Microbiology Society Annual Meeting in Ireland
26 Oct 2023
The Irish Division of the Microbiology Society gathered in Athlone from 24-25 October 2023. Microbiology in Ireland has always been strong and this year's meeting was no different, there is fantastic microbiology research happening across a diverse range of topics including our partners in University College Cork (UCC) who presented their updates from their MARBLES research.
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Two PhD Scholarships in Microbial Chemical Ecology at DTU Bioengineering
26 Oct 2023
Two microbial natural product chemistry PhD positions associated with MARBLES partner the Centre for Microbial Secondary Metabolites (CeMiSt) are open for applications.
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Postdoc position at WUR: Co-cultivation of sponge cells and bacterial symbionts
20 Oct 2023
WUR's Laboratory of Microbiology is hiring a Postdoctoral researcher (3 years, full-time employment) as part of the European Union-funded research project COMBO.
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BBNJ experts gather in Edinburgh for High Seas Treaty Symposium
09 Oct 2023
The High Seas Treaty: From negotiation to implementation. A two-day symposium attended by MARBLES partners was held in Edinburgh in October 2023 to critically evaluate the potential challenges and opportunities for the implementation of the BBNJ Agreement or “High Seas Treaty”.
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Copper from industrial pollution increases antibiotic resistance in forest floor soil bacteria
17 Sept 2023
According to a recent study, industrial heavy metal pollution in a Swedish forest causes soil microbial communities to become resistant to both metals and tetracycline antibiotics.
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MARBLES at Joint MaNaPro-ECMNP 2023 in Granada
12 Sept 2023
MARBLES was well represented at the Joint XIII European Congress on Marine Natural Products and XVII International Symposium on Marine Natural Products (MaNaPro-ECMNP) from 3-8 September 2023 in Granada, Spain.
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MARBLES Annual Meeting 2023 in Granada
07 Sept 2023
The second annual MARBLES meeting took place from 1-2 September 2023 at our partner Fundación MEDINA and was followed by the MaNaPro/ECMNP Conference from 3-8 September 2023 in Granada, Spain!
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Microbes - The invisible network protecting the whale shark
23 Aug 2023
The whale shark is the largest species of fish in the world, often reaching more than 12 metres in length! However, the challenges that whale sharks face go far beyond what is visible to the naked eye.
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MARBLES E-Newsletter Issue 4 - Out now!
31 Jul 2023
All the latest news, events and highlights from the project, including an update on our contributions to the High Seas Treaty negotiations, announcement of a special issue of Marine Drugs and our research being presented at the upcoming European Conference on Marine Natural Products in September.
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Marine microbes could protect grapevines from climate change
28 Jul 2023
Grapes and therefore the wine industry are threatened by extreme weather events like heatwaves caused by climate change but researchers at the University of Lisbon are investigating the possible solutions of spraying the vines with marine microbes that could help them adapt.