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Scottish salmon farms see antibiotic use halved
05 Dec 2023
A new report published by the UK Government has highlighted that since the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of antibiotic medication by Scotland's salmon farming companies has decreased by more than half.
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MARBLES E-Newsletter Issue 5 - Out now!
01 Dec 2023
All the latest news, events and highlights from the project, including how probiotics are being used to improve fish health, our contributions to the High Seas Treaty negotiations, meet MARBLES researcher Victor Carrion Bravo in the Netherlands and learn how microbes protect whale sharks!
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MARBLES partner DTU visit Stolt Sea Farm to see probiotics in action
13 Nov 2023
For over 20 years, Stolt Sea Farm has been working closely with MARBLES partner the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) to study the use of probiotics in aquaculture.
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Microbial communities and mineral assemblages in sediments at cold seeps
06 Nov 2023
At the Haima cold seep, Liang et al. studied the mineral assemblages and microbial communities at various habitats and their relationships to environmental factors.
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Vineyards of the future will produce more than wine
04 Nov 2023
Europe is attempting to use winemaking emissions and residues to create new products ranging from animal feed to antibiotic alternatives.
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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.