The XXII Congress of the Portuguese Ethological Society brought ~100 researchers to Faro for 2 days of talks, posters & science on animal behaviour. A big thank you to all those who helped make #SPEetol2025 a dynamic space for knowledge sharing, collaboration, and new ideas. tinyurl.com/2dc75z9e

The race for deep-sea mining is underway, but science must accelerate. CCMAR researcher Caio Ribeiro won the Atlantic Security Award and now is leading a new project to map biodiversity and ecological risks in the Atlantic’s deep sea. Knowledge before extraction. 🌍🔬 🔗 ccmar.ualg.pt/en/news/awar...

The last day of #SPEetol2025 just started. Opening remarks of Dr. Jorge Gonçalves from @ccmar.bsky.social

#SPEetol2025 is starting! Welcome notes from the vice-president of SPE Ana Leitão @anavleitao.bsky.social @spetologia.bsky.social fishethogroup @ccmar.bsky.social

Explore how botany, ecology & genomics inform conservation? 🌳 Join us next Thursday for an exclusive seminar with Carlos Vila-Viçosa. 🗓️ 30/10/2025, 10:00 AM 📍 Room 1.39 + Online 💡 Registration required 🔗 ccmar.ualg.pt/activity/oaks-odyssey-bridging-botany-ecology-and-evolution-conservation

We thank all those who have submited an abstract and remind you that registration is still open! A national meeting with leading experts in Aquaculture that you won't want to miss out. Register now! ccmar.ualg.pt/activity/nat... @ciimar.bsky.social #CIMARLA #Aquaculture #ENAQUA25

📣 Calling all marine science enthusiasts! ➡️ XXII Congress of the Portuguese Ethological Society - 30 to 31st October - You can still enroll! 👉 Find out everything here: tinyurl.com/av27se3f ➡️ ENAQUA 25 - 27th & 28th November – Call for Abstracts awaits! More info: tinyurl.com/2f4hzuz9

Ever wondered how European research and innovation programmes are shaped, managed, and brought to life? Join us next wednesday for an exclusive seminar featuring Dr. David Pina. 🗓️ Date: 29/10/2025 at 1:30 pm 📍 Location: Online 💡 Registration: Free (but mandatory) ccmar.ualg.pt/activity/wor...

Your research can shape the ocean’s future. 🌊 Join CCMAR as host for the FCT CEEC Call to launch your independent marine sciences career. 📩 Express your interest to [email protected] Let’s make it happen! ⚓ #ScienceJobs #CEEC #WorkatCCMAR #MarineSciences

We welcome applications for the ERC Consolidator Grant 2026! Join a top marine research hub with full support for proposal design. Apply by Nov 6 (FCT pre-assessment) / Jan 13 (ERC). Grants up to €2M. Eligibility: PhD 7–12 years ago. Contact: [email protected] #fundingresearch #consolidatorgrant

📣 Calling all marine science enthusiasts! ➡️ XXII Congress of the Portuguese Ethological Society - 30 to 31st October - You can still enroll! 👉 Find out everything here: tinyurl.com/av27se3f ➡️ ENAQUA 25 - 27th & 28th November – Call for Abstracts awaits! More info: tinyurl.com/2f4hzuz9

EMBRCBlog | 👉 Marine toxins 🔷 At @ccmar.bsky.social , Sandra Lage and colleagues analysed trumpet shells for a neurotoxin (TTX) that arrived in European waters 👉 By detecting TTX, we can inform regulations that could keep people safe 🔗 www.embrc.eu/embrc-portug... #MarineEcology 🌊🧪 #PhDSky

☕ Don’t miss today’s Coffee & Blue Pitches 🎙️Introduced by Adelino Canario, Chair of the EMBRC Assembly 🌊🧪 3 EMBRC representatives will deliver a live pitch presenting how EMBRC supports sustainable aquaculture research @ccmar.bsky.social #AcademicSky #PhDSky #MarineEcology

🌊 At #AquacultureEurope2025, our industrial liaison officer, Mery Piña will be: ➡️ Hosting pitches about aquaculture projects ➡️ Networking at our booth ➡️ Showcasing our work at the Innovation Forum We look forward to meeting you 📅 22–25 Sept 👥 Booth 177 📍 Valencia 🔗 www.embrc.eu/ae25

#CIMARLA researchers were received on Monday by the Minister for the Environment and Energy, Maria da Graça Carvalho, with the aim of presenting the open letter “For a national restoration plan that does not leave the sea behind”. www.ciimar.up.pt/pt-pt/cimar-... @ccmar.bsky.social #CIIMARnews

From the 1st to the 3rd of October, first phase of our Multiscale Oceanography course will happen online and you can still enroll. Secure your spot now and gain priority to come to CCMAR for the Onsite part of the course on its next edition. Register here: ccmar.ualg.pt/form/curso-m...

Submit your work to the 1st National Aquaculture Meeting (ENAQUA25) We welcome abstracts for: 🔹 Oral Presentations 🔹 Poster Presentations 🔹 Flash-talks Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your research in the field of sustainable aquaculture.

The Blue Think Conference 2025, a CIMAR-LA event, wrapped up in Porto and our CCMAR students were at the center of it 💡 Presentations, posters, organisation — and even a Best Poster Award for João Monteiro 🏆 👉 Read more here: ccmar.ualg.pt/en/news/blue...

With the support of @aquaserv.bsky.social and @embrc-eu.bsky.social Dr. María is currently at CCMAR developing her research. She focuses on the impacts of global change on high-mountain lakes. Join us next wednesday at 1:30pm (UTC+1)! Registration required!

⏳ Just 2 days left! 🐟 CCMAR is hiring an Aquaculture Technician to join our team in Faro, Portugal. Work at our Ramalhete Marine Station caring for aquatic organisms, supporting experimental trials, and maintaining aquaculture systems. 👉 Apply here: ccmar.ualg.pt/en/job/updat...

📣 TODAY @ccmar.bsky.social is hosting the IMAGINE EU consortium Scientific Advisory Board Mini Symposium with open seminars at @UAlg Gambelas Campus Main Auditorium. 👥 This is a chance to hear from 3 world-leading scientists about the latest breakthroughs in imaging! 🔬☀️ #microscopy #ualg

Tânia Lourenço, PhD at Ghent University in Belgium, visited us to advance her research on fatty acid degradation in Artemia. Thanks to the AQUAEXCEL3.0 TNA, she was able to access our cutting-edge molecular biology facilities. #CCMARservices #EMBRC #Aquaexcel3.0 #EU_RI @embrc-eu.bsky.social

As these algae have morphological characteristics that are difficult to observe, our researchers collaborate with our microscopy platform. We offer more than technology and imaging systems – we also offer training, support and maintenance. tinyurl.com/37kdmjsd #CCMARservices #microscopy #imaging

Join CCMAR in Faro to host your ERC project! 🌊🔬 We offer top labs, marine stations & full support—from proposal to grant. For ERC Starting, Consolidator, Advanced & Synergy levels. Bold ideas welcome! #ERC #GrantWriting #CCMAR #CareerDevelopment all you need to know here: tinyurl.com/y4748dwz

🗣️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿: Science Communication and Outreach Officer This officer will help connect ocean research with schools, communities & stakeholders. Join us in making marine science more accessible and impactful. 🔗 Apply via our website: ccmar.ualg.pt/en/job/ccmar...

Expedition to the Bijagós Archipelago, Africa: 👍 The good news? The marine biodiversity, regarding invertebrates, is far richer than expected. 👎 The concern? Non-native species are already in this archipelago, likely brought by ships... Read more about this work 👇 ccmar.ualg.pt/en/news/scie...

👏Congratulations, Vânia Baptista! We are incredibly proud to celebrate our researcher and our project LittleFish-STP, which has just been awarded the 2025 Mário Ruivo Award given by UNESCO-IOC. 🔗 More about this: ccmar.ualg.pt/en/news/port... 📸: © UNESCO

🆕 Despite being made up of completely different species, marine communities in distant oceans develop surprisingly similar food webs — all because they are subject to similar environmental conditions. 🔗 Read more about this work: ccmar.ualg.pt/news/teias-t... 📸Ocean Image Bank / The Ocean Agency

With such a long coastline, it’s no surprise that recreational fishing is big in Portugal. That’s why CCMAR is part of Working Group on Recreational Fisheries Surveys, which aims to help shape EU fisheries policy by gathering data. This month, we hosted the annual meeting at UAlg!

Join us for an in-depth look at the MIRAE oceanographic expedition. In this seminar, Caio Ribeiro will discuss the geochemical and ecological significance of deep-sea environments and highlight their growing importance in environmental science and conservation research. tinyurl.com/ccmarseminars

📢 CIMAR-LA Advanced Training: Designed for researcherss working with scientific data, this course will guide you through organising, processing, and analysing tabular data using tidy principles — inspired by the R community and now applied in Python. 📎More info: ccmar.ualg.pt/activity/tid...

🔔 Last chance to submit your abstract! The deadline for the Blue Think Conference 2025 was extended to 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟳! Join us at CIIMAR, Sept 10–11, for this unique PhD-led event. 🔗 www.ciimar.up.pt/events/blue-... @ccmar.bsky.social #BTC2025 #PhDConference #CIIMARevents

We’re excited to welcome the ethology community to Faro, for 2 days of knowledge exchange and vibrant scientific dialogue - across behaviour, cognition, welfare, and ecology, from aquatic to terrestrial species. Abstract submission: lnkd.in/d4pahtWE Registration details: lnkd.in/dRidUZ6C

🌊 CIMAR-LA Seminar: Discover why high-resolution ocean observation is key to understanding marine ecosystems under climate and human pressure. With Isabel Iglesias (CIIMAR) & Paulo Relvas (CCMAR). Free event – registration required --> shorturl.at/U2uYk #OceanScience #CIMAR_LA

SAVE THE DATE! We are pleased to announce the 22nd Congress of the Portuguese Ethological Society, taking place on October 30–31, 2025, at the University of Algarve (Penha Campus), in sunny southern Portugal. All ethology researchers welcome! Stay tunned for news! ccmar.ualg.pt/activity/xxi...

The 𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝗕𝗧𝗖𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱) is coming this 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵! Under the 𝟮𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗜𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗥, and 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 @ccmar.bsky.social, this year's edition opens 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘴. 🔗https://phdcommitee.github.io/btc2025/

🔬 Postdocs in marine science, biotech or conservation — we're hosting MSCA-PF 2025! Topics include oceanography, biotech, ecology, biomed & more. Join top teams in sunny south Portugal. More Info & Application Details: tinyurl.com/MSCA-Fellows... #MSCA #Postdoc

EUREMAP’s 1st Seminar 28 May | 13:30 | Online Hear from: 🔹 Dr. Jeanette Hammer Andersen (UiT) on unlocking novel natural products 🔹 Dr. Rohan Davis (Griffith Uni) on Great Barrier Reef sponge research Free registration ➡️ videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Featured by Cell Press, marine ecologist Bárbara Horta e Costa shared her expertise on the role of MPA's in ocean conservation. Emphasizing that actively managed MPAs, with consistent enforcement, monitoring, and community engagement, are significantly more effective. ccmar.ualg.pt/en/news/clos...

👉 New| Sign up for our marine innovation #newsletter: #EMBRConnect 🔵 By joining, you’ll stay linked up with the latest advancements across the #MarineBiodiversity community as scientists find solutions today for a #sustainable world tomorrow 🔗 www.embrc.eu/newsletter/ #MarineEcology 🌊🧪🦑

Workshop Announcement! 📢 Registrations are now open for the upcoming workshop on Applied Genomics in Aquaculture and Fisheries: Fundamentals and Analysis Tools. 🔗 Learn more and register here: ccmar.ualg.pt/activity/app... #Aquaculture #FisheriesScience #Bioinformatics #CCMAR #MarineScience

📢 𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻 #𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 & #𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆 (𝗠𝗦𝗰 𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹) 📍Quantitative Bio-Imaging Lab @ccmar.bsky.social 📅 Deadline 29 May 2025 👩‍🔬 Experience in🔬sample preparation 📎 Apply: tinyurl.com/3f39x9bm

Can #bioengineering safeguard #kelp forests under future climate change? Our new study shows boosting thermal tolerance by just 1–2°C could recover over 50% of potentially lost habitat for cold-adapted kelps. 👉🏼 doi.org/10.1002/ece3... #Kelpforests #biodiversity #climateaction @ccmar.bsky.social

🔍 Advanced Course in Ecological Modelling with STELLA (Isee Systems). Learn how to build, simulate and calibrate ecological models with expert support. For researchers, students and professionals in the field. Limited places! ℹ️ Sign up now! ccmar.ualg.pt/activity/adv...

It's great seeing EMBRC’s updated service catalogue live! It’s now easier than ever to find CCMAR's research services, just filter by Portugal. From ecosystem access to tech platforms, we’ve got you covered across all service categories. Check it out! #CCMARServices

Presenting a thesis in 3 minutes, would you be up for that? Two of our students are! Taking place next 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, at the UAlg's 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝗱𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮. If you can’t be there in person, you can still cheer them on by following the livestream on UAlg’s YouTube: lnkd.in/dteT-aTP Good luck guys! 💯💪

🔹 Free remote access to validated scientific data! AQUASERV offers e-infrastructure with standardised data to understand and protect marine ecosystems, support fishing, aquaculture and the blue bioeconomy. 📊 Access now, without registration! 🔗https://www.aquaserv-ri.eu/virtual-access

ECOREACH & IPMA scientists are co-hosting this year’s ICES WGZE & WGIMT meetings. 🔬 WGZE has helped establish 83 monitoring sites and 40 standard areas for long-term plankton surveys. 🧬 WGIMT is advancing species-level taxonomic tools for a better understanding of marine ecosystems. at UAlg! 📍

Join us next Wednesday for a seminar on acquiring, interpreting, and reporting plant metabolite profiles. Hosted by our researcher Maria Rodrigues and featuring Professor Christian Zidorn from Germany, this session focuses on practical applications and best practices. #CCMARSeminars

Dive into ecological modeling with experts Drs. Irene Martins & Gabriela F. Oliveira! This hands-on course offers practical experience with cutting-edge software, equipping you with essential tools and foundational concepts in marine modeling. Limited spots available—secure yours now!