Very happy EXPAND is funded!!

For those working on viruses in aquatic environments, mark your calendars and consider submitting an abstract for Aquatic Virus Workshop 12 (AVW12) to be held in Banyuls-sur-Mer, May 5-9, 2025. Limited to 125 in total (register early). avw12.sciencesconf.org

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Honoured and grateful to have been awarded an #ERCCoG on our work on antagonistic diatom-bacteria interactions University of Exeter MBA - Marine Biological Association. Thanks to European Research Council (ERC) and all those who supported me along the way. Stay tuned for PhD and postdoc opportunities - get in touch to hear more!

If you want to join the group then multiple opportunities available at the moment. If you don't like what we do then we've got you covered there too! Funded PhD projects for UK and Overseas students in our Department: findaphd.com/phds/departmen… join a lovely bunch of talented PGRs

Join us for a new EMBO/EMBL Symposium on 'Wild frontiers of model organisms' in 2025 ❗ Bottom line: - great line up of speakers: McFall-Ngai,Raina, Prakash etc... - explore old models but in new context or ways of building new model systems s.embl.org/ees25-02 1/n

Many congratulations @ElejaneMBO for successfully defending her PhD thesis 🥂 "Understanding the evolution of the apical organ in the early branching metazoan, Nematostella vectensis." Thanks to examiner team Roberto Feuda, Chiara Boschetti Jason Hall-Spencer My first PhD student!🥳

Looking for a #marine PhD using a mix of highly advanced tools and being out at sea in search of one of the ocean's most fascinating fish right on our doorstep? I'm offering the below PhD with Bryce Stewart , Peter Miller and Michael Cunliffe 🏳️‍🌈 Marine Institute Marine Institute plymouth.ac.uk/study/research…

Congratulations to Yasmin Meeda who today successfully defended her PhD investigating diatom phosphate sensing mechanisms! Many thanks to her examiners Helen Fones (Eyles) 🐀 and Alison Baker alongside co-supervisors Adam Monier and Glen Wheeler

Venus and the moon looking resplendent

A paper from my #PhD is now out in AMI_LAMJournal, on depth-dependent #bacterial colonisation on #chitin particles in the #NorthAtlantic open #ocean shorturl.at/v6g5W PAP Observatory @CLASS_UKRI Michael Cunliffe 🏳️‍🌈 Dr Nathan Chrismas Dr. Kimberley Bird National Oceanography Centre MBA - Marine Biological Association 🦠🦐🌊 see more 👇👇

Last chance to apply for this unique competition-funded NERC GW4+ PhD - joint with Natural History Museum Natural History Museum exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... (entry sept 2025)!! Interdisciplinary project hosted LSI Exeter #cilia #parasite #snails #biophysics #schistosome

Exciting news for aquatic microbial ecologists! The 18th SAME meeting will take place in Barcelona (Sept 28–Oct 3, 2025) 🧬🌊 Interested? Pls, share your details here: forms.gle/XUTfGqq3tpgL7z…—it only takes a minute! Spread the word & save the date! 🗓️ EMM_Barcelona ICM-CSIC

🐟☔ A few days under the Spanish rain brought the MARCO-BOLO team together! 🌊 We are connecting the dots to improve aquatic biodiversity monitoring! Exciting things are on the horizon—stay tuned! 🚢📊🔊 👉marcobolo-project.eu #Marine #Freshwater #Coastal #Biodiversity

New research could transform our understanding of global ocean health and unlock advances in plankton science 🦐🐟🪼 plymouth.ac.uk/news/pairing-o…

Chytrid sporangium is ready to release zoospores. MBA - Marine Biological Association

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Will we get a #chytrid emoji!?! IUCN SSC Aquatic Fungi Specialist Group IUCN SSC Fungal Conservation Committee #fungi #chytrids theguardian.com/environment/20…

Summertime marine heatwaves (MHWs) in 2023/2024 were unprecedented and had wide-ranging biological, physical and societal impacts. Need to develop better response plans and adaptation/intervention approaches as MHWs intensify under climate change: nature.com/articles/s4155…