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This list includes all contents that are posted on the EuroMarine website and are considered as pieces of 'news'. This may include Calls, Activities, Documents and various subcategories of News. Please note that specific pages offering more advanced filtering options exist for Calls and for Activities. The present page offers filtering option for subcategories of other News.

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Organising the participation of Euromarine in IPBES and other relevant international and European policy initiatives
The aim of this working group is to develop a strategy for EuroMarine to engage with International and European policy initiatives and actors and devise clear methodologies and principles for giving...
April 25, 2016
Sensitive ecological traits to climate variability and fishing impact across European Atlantic and Mediterranean systems, embracing processes at population, community and ecosystem level
COMEDA
This working group will bring together 30 early career scientists, PhD students, post-docs and senior scientists to undertake comparative analyses between European Atlantic and Mediterranean marine...
April 25, 2016
First International Workshop on Global Trends in Marine Biodiversity in Africa and Mediterranean ecosystems
AfricaMed
This workshop seeks to bring together a multidisciplinary group of experts to work with data from areas in African and Mediterannean countries which are classified as data-poor areas. The workshop...
April 25, 2016
Training the 21st Century Marine Scientist & Technologist
Education
This event covers the topic of marine science as a provider of new concepts for innovation and technology. The workshop intends to progress the development of a strategy for educating the next...
April 25, 2016
Building scenarios for the sustainability of global oceanic ecosystems and fisheries
GlobOcEc
Scientific scenarios integrating social and ecological phenomena are needed to achieve sustainable exploitation of marine ecosystems and to develop clear political strategies toward sustainability....
April 25, 2016
Indiseas 2020: the Next Frontier for EBFM and Ecosystem Indicators
EBFM
Developing indicator-based approaches to track and evaluate the ecosystem effects of fishing and the effectiveness of management measures are vital to maintain sustainable resources. This foresight...
April 25, 2016
Chemical Ecology of Marine Interactions, the chemical language that shapes future marine health
ChemEco
Marine chemical ecology is still an emerging field that has not been addressed using concerted, cross-disciplinary effort. Increasing understanding on the chemical ecology of food-web networks would...
April 25, 2016
A multi-disciplinary consortium approach for advancement of conceptual frameworks, modelling and experimental approaches to benthic-pelagic coupling
Benthic
This foresight workshop, to be held at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in May of 2015, will discuss the development of better models to understand and build on or improve the knowledge of marine...
April 25, 2016
Symposium 'Future Coast – Europe'
Coast
This foresight workshop will bring together 150 scientific experts from institutions involved in coastal research to assist in delivering a comprehensive approach to European coastal seas research. ...
April 22, 2016
SILICAMICS - biogeochemistry and genomics of silicification and silicifiers
SILICAMICS
The foresight workshop by will bring together 80 senior and junior scientists in September 2015 in France with the aim of developing a transdisciplinary approach to better understand and model...
April 22, 2016
Building scenarios of future marine ecosystems under a global change context: moving forward
Scenarios
This foresight workshop will bring together 15 experienced modellers from across the globe to form a core group with the aim of advancing the understanding of marine ecosystem dynamics under a global...
April 22, 2016
Emergence of pathogens in natural Vibrio populations: ecology, evolution and pathogenesis
Vibrio
The lack of knowledge regarding the virulence, persistence and ecology of these non-pandemic strains limits our possibilities to envision the present and future importance of these strains in terms...
April 15, 2016
EuroMarine 2016 Call for Proposals
Overview In 2016 EuroMarine launches a single call for four categories of activities. In order to maximize the number of Member Organizations (MOs) that will receive funds under the 2016 call,...
April 14, 2016
EuroMarine 2014 Call for Proposals
Overview This first EuroMarine call was open to multiple categories of activities and multiple topics (see below the text of the call, the application form and instructions therein). Timeline Opening...
April 14, 2016
EuroMarine 2015 Call for Proposals
Overview In 2015 EuroMarine launches a single call for several categories of activities (to be carried out in 2015 or 2016). The budget initially allocated to the call amounts to 100,000 €. (The...
April 14, 2016
Paper published following DEVOTES-EuroMarine Integrative assessment of marine systems training course
The main objective of this course was to give an overview of the integrative assessment to ocean and coastal management using an ecosystem approach and resulted in the identification of priority and...
April 10, 2016
PhD position in Marine Evolutionary Ecology
The Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg (Sweden) is seeking a PhD researcher. The PhD-student will work primarily with field and laboratory experiments on the brown seaweed Fucus...
April 5, 2016
2 PhD positions: Global eukaryotic plankton eco-evolution
Two PhD positions are available in the EPEP team (Groupe Plancton in Station Biologique de Roscoff in France)  and starting next September. The two projects aims at further exploring the symbiotic/...
April 5, 2016
PhD position in Aquaculture
The new call for PhD programme 2016/2017 at Ca’ Foscari University is open. There is a PhD position on "Development of sustainability indicators of aquaculture products, based on LCA methodologies...
April 5, 2016
UGent Workshop Dredging & the Environment
The workshop Dredging & the environment will be held from 19 to 21 April 2016 in Gent (Belgium). This course gives a challenging view on the upcoming dredging and marine works and their...
April 5, 2016
Campus do Mar International Science Conference 2016 'Oceans: Future sustainability challenges'
The CdM ISC'16 is the second science conference organized by the CdM. This 2-days event provides a forum for presenting and discussing new research developments in marine science, technology and...
April 5, 2016
European Ecosystem Services Conference
The European Ecosystem Services 2016 conference theme 'Helping nature to help us' focuses on the important role that healthy ecosystems play in supporting human well-being and the protection of...
April 5, 2016
Update: Deadline extended for the European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS 51)
The European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS 51) will take place in Rhodes(Greece) from 26 to 30 September 2016. The main topics are:   Climate change Marine invasions Indicators Transitional waters...
April 5, 2016
PhD fellowship in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN European Training Network PANDORA
The PANDORA network is seeking scientists for a PhD fellowship in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN European Training Network PANDORA, Palermo, on “In vitro short-term cultures of sea urchin immune...
March 21, 2016
Experienced Researcher sought for project on the Impacts of Climate Change on Aquaculture
The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) is seeking a highly motivated Experienced Researcher (ER) to join the EU-FP7 Marie Curie CACHE project (Calcium in a CHanging Environment) to...
March 21, 2016
CCMAR workshop in Marine Genomics
Learn the theory and practice of Marine Genomics through specialist tuition and hands-on practical exercises. The course details all aspects of the genomic analysis of marine organisms, and requires...
March 21, 2016
Bergen Summer Research School (BSRS) 2016: The ocean, climate and society
The ocean is an increasingly important source of protein for a growing human population, but at the same time under constant pressure from climate change, pollution and fisheries activities. In this...
March 21, 2016
Workshop on statistical genetics at CCMAR
The Workshop in Statistical Genetics will be held from 8 to 9 September 2016 at CCMAR in Faro (Portugal). The workshop will deal with a unified treatment for the analysis of discrete genetic data,...
March 21, 2016
BNP PARIBAS Climate Initiave - Call for projects 2016
Since 2010, the BNP Paribas Foundation has supported climate change research through its Climate Initiative program. The goal is to understand and anticipate the impact of climate change on our...
March 21, 2016
Changes in EuroMarine Steering Committee
During its January 2016 meeting, the EuroMarine General Assembly (GA) elected two new Steering Committee (SC) members (whose term officially starts in July 2016, but whom were invited to participate...
March 16, 2016
Update: Open Access position paper published after DEVOTES-EuroMarine 2015 summer school
A position paper titled 'Overview of Integrative Assessment of Marine Systems: The Ecosystem Approach in Practice' has been published in Frontiers in Marine Science. It is based on the DEVOTES-...
March 7, 2016
Post-doctoral fellowship at Ifremer
IFREMER is seeking a highly motivated candidate for a postdoctoral fellowship (18 months) for the development of indicators for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The position will be...
March 7, 2016
Post-Doc nano-ecotoxicology at IUEM LEMAR
POSITION FILLED - NO LONGER AVAILABLE The Marine environmental science laboratory (LEMAR) at the University of Brest is seeking a Post-doctoral researcher in nano-ecotoxicology. Worldwide annual...
March 7, 2016
PhD and PostDoc opportunities: BIoGeochemical and ecosystem interactions with Simultaneous Economic Activity (BIGSEA)
Humans are a dominant component of the Earth System. Yet the study of human and natural systems are typically carried out separately. The BIGSEA project aims to develop fundamentally new approaches...
March 7, 2016
PostDoc investigating climate vulnerability of North Sea plankton
The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is seeking a PostDoc "The effects of environmental stress and nutrition on the fish holobiont". The candidate should...
March 7, 2016
ICES Annual Science Conference 2016 - Theme Session I - Invitation for submissions
Abstract submission for Theme Session I, Seasonal-to-decadal prediction of marine ecosystems: opportunities, approaches, and applications are open. This session aims to provide an overview of marine...
March 7, 2016
Call for Participants for a Euromarine Workshop
Linking biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services: a comparison between temperate and tropical seagrass meadows
EuroMarine members were called to participate in the foresight workshop Linking biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services: A comparison between temperate and tropical seagrass...
February 21, 2016
Announcement of DEVOTES-EuroMarine 2016 summer course
EuroMarine members were invited to participate in the DEVOTES-EuroMarine summer course (funded by EuroMarine after its 2015 call for proposals) through the EuroMarine mailing list.
February 16, 2016
Summer course: Taxonomy of marine flora, phycology
This course will take place from 1 - 18 Jul. 2016,  The Roscoff Biological Station (France). The Roscoff Biological Station (France) organizes each summer a hands-on introduction to marine algae and...
February 12, 2016
Academic Position at the Aix-Marseille University : Professor of Physical Oceanography
The Aix-Marseille University is seeking a Professor of Physical Oceanography. The successful candidate will contribute to the scientific project of the Physical Oceanography team (OPLC) at MIO with...
February 12, 2016
Postdoctoral Position in Chemical Oceanography
As part of the project “UDEMM” that is expected to be funded by the BMBF, GEOMAR is offering a Postdoctoral Position. The candidate will be part of a chemical oceanography team that investigates...
February 12, 2016
Call for topics for agenda-setting workshop at EuroMarine 2016 GA meeting
The EuroMarine Steering Committee (SC) calls marine scientists to propose topics for a EuroMarine agenda-setting workshop (3-year horizon) that will take place during EuroMarine 2016 General Assembly...
December 4, 2015
EuroMarine 2016 Call for Candidates for Steering Committee positions
EuroMarine opens on 2 Dec. 2015 a call for candidates to join its Steering Committee (to be partially renewed every year from 2016 on, as decided by the GA during its 2015 meeting). Three positions...
December 2, 2015
Paper published as a result of a Vibrio Foresight Workshop
One outcome of the EuroMarine co-funded foresight workshop on the "Emergence of pathogens in natural Vibrio populations: ecology, evolution and pathogenesis" was the publication of the following...
August 13, 2015