Arctic Six Fellow Dorothee Bohn at Umeå University explores how relations in northern, sparsely populated areas can build resilience in a changing world. Read more 👉 www.umu.se/en/feature/a... @umeauniversitet.bsky.social @arcticcentreumu.bsky.social #Arctic #NorthernStudies #Sustainability

Send-off party for Kristina Viklund! 🥲 After 30+ years as Comms Officer at #UMF, she’s retiring. Her passion for the ocean and dedication to spreading knowledge about marine research have inspired so many! 🌊🧪🦑 Couldn’t ask for a better coworker! 💖💖💖 @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #MarineResearch

🌊 So exciting! This week we’re hosting German silk expert Katrin Kronenberger, who’s here to explore our local silk-producing amphipods. She’s searching for clues on how to make underwater glue even stickier! 🔎💡 @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #MarineBiology #BioAdhesives #SilkScience 🦑🧪

Congratulations to our Director Keith Larson, who has been appointed Associate VP for Polar Research Analytics at UArctic! @uarctic.bsky.social

🌊 A truly interesting seminar by Johnny Berglund — and a wonderful reunion at #UMF! Many thanks for coming and sharing Pelagia’s ongoing work on assessing the environmental impact of offshore wind power and aquaculture. 🐟🧪🦑 #environmentalresearch #offshorewind #aquaculture #Pelagia

Arctic Connect 24 October, 12:00, Umeå University Meet fellow Arctic researchers, hear about upcoming calls and partnerships, and tap into the Arctic Centre’s unique horizon scanning. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay informed and connected within our network!

#ClimateChange may increase the spread of neurotoxin in the oceans — just as it did thousends of years ago! New study published in #NatureWater, led by @ericcapo12.bsky.social from Umeå University! 🌊🦑🧪 www.umu.se/en/news/clim... @umeauniversitet.bsky.social @nature.com #Methylmercury

A real pleasure to host Johan Eklöf of Stockholm University! A fantastic seminar covering the complex top-down and bottom-up controls on #BalticSea coastal food webs! 🌿➡️🦐➡️🐟➡️🎣 Thanks, Johan! 🧪🦑🌊 Semianar abstract: www.umu.se/en/events/ca... @eklof.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

📣Just a few DAYS to go until the application deadline for our exciting advanced courses!! See 👇 for full details #R and #Arctic marine biology, ecology & biogeochemistry courses in #Sweden! Deadline: 15th October 2025

📣Just a few DAYS to go until the application deadline for our exciting advanced courses!! See 👇 for full details #R and #Arctic marine biology, ecology & biogeochemistry courses in #Sweden! Deadline: 15th October 2025

Ok, we just have to share this 🤓 Our research colleagues are developing a #microorganism card game — teaching kids (and parents!) all about the tiny creatures living in our waters! So nerdy. So cool.🌊🧪🦑 www.umu.se/en/news/rese... @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #Micromates #ScienceEducation

The #IRISCC 2nd Open Call for Access is open! Apply for sponsored access to Europe’s top #research infrastructures tackling climate-related risks. 🦑🧪🌊 🗓️ Deadline: 28 November 2025 🔗 Our facility: catalog.isia.cnrs.fr/catalog/20/i... 🔗 Open Access Call: www.iriscc.eu/open-calls

Excited to welcome our new intern Avery Wilson from #UniversityofNewHampshire! 🌊🧪🦑 Together with Prof. @nickkamenos.bsky.social, she’ll be studying coral reef responses to marine heatwaves. 🪸 Welcome aboard, Avery! @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #CoralReef #MarineScience

No party like a spikning party 🔨 IceLab theoretical ecologist and modeler of lake algae extraordinaire Hugo Harlin nailed his PhD thesis to a board today! Next week he will defend. He joins a long tradition of PhD candidates nailing their work in @umeauniversitet.bsky.social library 👏 #phdsky

New article alert! Is there always longitudinal connectivity in rivers? What about those fragmented by lakes and semi-alluvial reaches? We found extremely low connectivity in paraglacial regions based on continuity of channel width changes and in riparian vegetation. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Sept issue of #AquaticConservation 📸Cetacean conservation, Ghana; photo credit: Everlove Asante Also: Arctic, eDNA, Himalyan rivers, tilapia invasion, sturgeon, birds, turtles, urbanisation, wildfire, seagrass, trout, ostracods, seaweed 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755... 🦑🧪🌎 #AQC

New paper in @plos.org Sus Trans: mangrove restoration increases C storage, but where that C comes from is different... likely because restored mangroves have altered ecological functioning. And old-forests are stable C stores journals.plos.org/sustainabili... 🦑🧪🌎 @umeaunimarine.bsky.social

We welcome thesis students Sara Brännström and Linnea Sonehag! They will investigate #biodiversity in areas where the invasive Elodea #waterweed has taken over vs where #aquatic vegetation is more mixed. 🦑🧪🌊 Exciting collaborative project with County Adm. Board in Norrbotten!

Inspiring to listen to Emmanuelle Charpentier (2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry) today at @umeauniversitet.bsky.social! Wonderful to share #Umeå with it's newest Honorary citizen! 🧪

It was a pleasure to lead the Umeå Marine Sciences Centre (#UMF) Autumn Writing Retreat last week! With participants from several departments and all career stages, we tackled a range of topics, including #Sami culture, #plasmonics, #seaweed, #carbon & more. Can't wait for the next in March! 🧪🦑🌍

🚨New paper out!! Restore #mangroves to capture carbon? Yes!🌱 100% positive? Maybe. Study shows that restored mangroves may not regain the ‘normal’ function of older forests. 🧪🦑🌊 Read more here: www.umu.se/en/news/land... #BlueCarbon @umeauniversitet.bsky.social @plos.org @hlburdett.bsky.social

Life onboard R/V KBV181! 🌬️ Our Gulf of Bothnia sampling expedition started with some rough seas, but a few days in and the weather’s treating us much better ☀️🧪🦑 @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #ResearchVessel #MarineResearch #EnvironmentalMonitoring

Europe’s environment 2025 is on its way 🚨 At the end of September, the EEA will release its most comprehensive assessment yet of Europe’s #environment, #climate & #sustainability. 📅 Save the date: 29–30 September 👉 Watch this space: www.eea.europa.eu/en/europes-e...

Huge welcome to Gabriela Perna, from University of Edinburgh! Together with Prof. Sinéad Collins, she examines how light levels affect the survival and growth of #diatoms in artificial sea-ice vs. water, using small ice #mesocosms. 🧪🦑🌊❄️ @umeauniversitet.bsky.social @edinburghuni.bsky.social #UMF

The IRISCC 2nd Open Call for Access opens Sept 28, 2025! Researchers, policymakers & industry pros can apply for sponsored access to European Research Infrastructures' facilities, tools & services on climate risks. 🎥 Watch the video & apply soon! Visit www.iriscc.eu for more info

Hooray for Umeå University, which turns 60 today! 🥳🎈

📢 New research! Warming Arctic lakes may lead to higher methane production and increased greenhouse gas emissions! 🌍❄️💧 🔗More here: www.umu.se/en/news/meth... #ClimateChange #Arctic #Methane @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

Ashish Verma on board R/V Botnica, performing oxygen consumption rates of #plankton. The consumption rates indicate planktonic respiration through organic matter degradation and #CarbonDioxide release.🦑🧪🌊 @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #ClimateChange #MarineResearch #GulfOfBothnia #UMF

Up for a swim today? Don't think so! 🏊‍♂️😒 Right outside @umeaunimarine.bsky.social it’s algae bloom-soup. Gorgeous under the scope, but includes the toxin-producing Nodularia! 🦑🧪🌊 #GulfOfBothnia #AlgaeBloom

🌊 #EcoChange meeting at @umeaunimarine.bsky.social provided an excellent opportunity to catch up on the latest research! Thanks! 🧪🦑

10 days left to apply to join IceLab as a #multidisciplinary #postdoc! Are you interested in using your computational skills to address important life science questions? There is a project for you here! 👇 #complexity #complexsystems

🐟 🌊 Great to have TV4 on board our R/V Botnica while Alexandra Rouillard and our staff sample #Baltic sediment cores for TWO of our #BalticWaters #Research projects on #salmon and #OrganicCarbon!! 🦑🧪 See the TV4 report here @ 10:33: www.tv4play.se/video/522cf9... @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

📣Just two weeks to go until the application deadline for our excting advanced courses!! See 👇 for full details on our #R and #Arctic marine biology, ecology & biogeochemistry courses in #Sweden!

Emmanuelle Charpentier has been appointed honorary citizen of Umeå Municipality, and in connection with the honorary citizenship ceremony, the Nobel Prize winner is making a long-awaited visit to her alma mater for a public seminar/talk. Read more here: www.umu.se/en/events/se...

Summer might soon come to an end, but beautiful mornings on research vessel KBV 181 continue!! 🌞❤️ #MarineResearch #EnvironmentalMonitoring #MorningSun #GulfOfBothnia #UMF @umeauniversitet.bsky.social 🌊🧪🦑

🚨 AQUASERV has a newsletter now! Be the first to hear about open calls, virtual opportunities, and transnational access. 🔗 Subscribe now and stay ahead: aquaserv-ri.eu/externalnewsletter #AQUASERV #EU_RIs

👏 Big thanks to Amy Weisenfeld (Sorbonne Uni) for her 6-month internship at UMF! She’s helped us understand how changing nutrients and water color have shaped phytoplankton communities over the past 150 years! 🦑🧪🌊 @sorbonne-universite.fr #ClimateChange #MarineScience

🐟The annual coastal fish monitoring is wrapped up!Always exciting to see what ends up in the nets — this year it was LOTS of perch! Usually a promising sign for the ecosystem.🦑🧪🌊 #GulfOfBothnia @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #FishMonitoring

New paper! 🚨 Mesocosm experiments at @umeaunimarine.bsky.social reveal that cyanobacteria blooms lower zooplankton quality & food web efficiency! 🌊🧪🦑 📉 Read full text here: umu.diva-portal.org/smash/record... @UmeaUniversity #ClimateResearch #EcoChange

When natural recovery is hindered, we need to implement strategies to support ecosystems.  AQUASERV's Ecological Restoration Call funds access to top research facilities so that you can focus on restoring ecosystems. Which topics do we support? 👇 🔗 www.aquaserv-ri.eu/ecological-r...

🎂Cake for our intern Adriaen Stigter (Radboud Uni)! He’s been doing a great job alongside Léon Serre-Fredj, modeling how human activities shape fish communities in the Gulf of Bothnia. Many thanks for your time at UMF, Adriaen! 👏🐟🦑 @ribesresearch.bsky.social @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

NOW SEEKING POSTDOCS - the 6th call for IceLab Multidisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellows funded by Kempestiftelserna is open! Apply now for 3 fellowships with six exciting research projects to choose from: www.umu.se/en/work-with... @umeauniversitet.bsky.social #postdoc #scisky #postdocfellows

Inspiring talk on AI-based #BiodiversityMonitoring & #AntennaProject, Anna Viklund! 🌟 Full of insights for future #MarineMonitoring! 🧪🦑🌊 @mila-quebec.bsky.social @au.dk @espacepourlavie.bsky.social @theturing.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @usherbrooke.bsky.social @vtecostudies.bsky.social

Hurry! 🚨 Funded access via #AQUASERV Ecosystem Restoration (TA) closes soon! Boost your research at top facilities like UMF’s advanced mesocosms.🧪🦑🌊 www.aquaserv-ri.eu/transnationa... 🗓️𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝟐𝟐 𝐀𝐮𝐠! More info in comments... ⬇️ #TransnationalAccess #ResearchInfrastructure @aquaserv.bsky.social

** Join us! ** In February 2026 we will offer two residential advanced short courses: 💻 #R course for marine scientists ❄️ #Arctic marine biology, ecology & biogeochemistry 🗓️ Starting 8 & 15 February 2026 📍 Umeå Marine Sciences Centre, Sweden 🔗 umfcourses.github.io ▶️ Apply by 15 Sept 2025! 🦑🧪🌍

Could the Bothnian Bay be facing #eutrophication? There are signs that something is changing in the north. A new exciting research project is underway to find out why — and what it means. 🌊 🧪🦑 🔗 balticwaters.org/en/...#eutrophication? @balticwaters #BalticSea #MarineScience #ClimateChange #UmeaUniversity

📢Think BIG!! 📢 Set up your LARGE SCALE experiments in an extremely controlled environment - from tropical heat to icy winter. ❄️❄️❄️ Check out our advanced mesocosm facility: www.umu.se/en/umea-m... Looking for funding? www.umu.se/en/umea-m... 🦑🧪🌊

🌍🦠#WorldMicrobiomeDay! 🦑 So tiny, yet so powerful — microbes are essential to life! Through our involvement in #EMOBON and as proud members of the #EMBRC network, we're excited to help unlock deeper insights into these mighty microscopic communities! #MarineScience @embrc-eu.bsky.social‬

The warm weekend brought forward the first barren ground and flowers around TarfalaResearchStation @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social ! We are looking forward to welcome our colleagues from @arcticcentreumu.bsky.social soon who work with vegetation in #Storglaciären's forefield!