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Hikers on top of mountain
A transformative experience at the Michael Sars Centre (01.03.2024)
After six months at the Centre, research interns Catharina Kolner and C茅lestine Allombert-Blaise are off to the next steps of their path as young scientists. With their dedication and enthusiasm, they have made invaluable contributions to their respective research projects.
Bergen Aquarium Night Walk
A Night of Discovery: Highlights from the Night Walk at the Bergen Aquarium. (26.02.2024)
Researchers from the Michael Sars Centre engaged visitors with interactive exhibits and offered insights into marine life fostering scientific curiosity and education among guests of all ages.
Katja Malmborg explains the IPBES Nature Futures Framework
A year in review: CeSAMs activities in 2023 (21.02.2024)
As the days are slowly getting longer, we take a moment to reflect on our achievements from last year.
View over mountainous coastal landscape with a lot of houses, buildings, roads and other infrastructure.
Natur og klima - innspill til regjeringen (13.02.2024)
Klima- og milj酶departementet leder arbeidet med to stortingsmeldinger som skal legges fra ila. 2024; en om naturmangfold for 氓 f酶lge opp den internasjonale naturavtalen, og en om klima fram mot 2035 p氓 veien mot lavutslippssamfunnet i 2050. UNESCO Chair Inger M氓ren har bidratt med innspill til regjeringen p氓 vegne av CeSAM, Nordhordland UNESCO biosf忙reomr氓de, og den norske MAB-komiteen.
Cheatsheet in Sami
Lihkku beivviin s谩mi 谩lbmogii! (08.02.2024)
Our cheat sheet to the Kunming-Montr茅al Global Biodiversity Framework is getting widely shared, which is great news. To celebrate S谩mi National day, it is now also available in S谩mi.
Screenshot of an online meeting. A screen is shared, showing a digital board with colourful post-it notes scattered across it. In the top right corner three female facillitators are present in three squares on top of eachother.
Day Zero: Future Visions For Nature Workshop (08.02.2024)
February 7th the Centre for Sustainable Area Management (CeSAM) and the UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Heritage and Environmental Management hosted a student work shop during Day Zero of the 2024 Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDG) Conference.
Scientific image
Decoding Sensory Navigation: Insights into Larval Settlement Mechanisms in Marine Invertebrates (06.02.2024)
A new paper from the Chatzigeorgiou Group unravels the enigmatic sensory strategies of planktonic larvae using Ciona intestinalis as a model organism.
Landscape with a waterbody in front, surrounded by thick, dark green forest on the right. Behind the forest peaks mist-covered mountains. Half a rainbow is visible across the sky, framing the mountain tops.
Intergenerational dialogue toward the Sustainable Development Goals in Hakusan Biosphere Reserve, Japan (06.02.2024)
Summer of 2022, then UNESCO Chair MSc student Erika Scheibe went on a study trip to UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Hakusan in Japan. Here, international and Japanese students met to learn and teach each other about ecology, culture and tradition in the Biosphere Reserve.
Beitost酶len
Celebrating excellence in environmental toxicology at NSFT's 2024 winter meeting (01.02.2024)
The Environmental Toxicology group attended the annual winter meeting at Beitost酶len arranged by the Norwegian Society for Pharmacology and Toxicology (NSFT) amidst the breathtaking mountain winter landscape, taking home two presentation awards.
GABA activate delta-type glutamate receptor in starfish
The surprising activity of GABA at excitatory invertebrate neurotransmitter receptors (30.01.2024)
A recent study provides insights into how iGluRs function and reveals an unexpected role of GABA in excitatory signaling in invertebrates.
Insircled yellow post-it note with the year 2034 underlined. Other yellow and pink post-it notes and differently coloured markers surround the main note.
Positive future visions for Nordhordland UNESCO Biosphere (29.01.2024)
January 25, the CULTIVATE project held a Seeds of Good Anthropocenes workshop in Nordhordland UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The goal was to envision positive, more sustainable futures for cultural heritage and cultural landscapes in the Nordhordland region.
Group of people lined up outdoors, smiling. Hose and trees in background.
BECOME project meets in France (29.01.2024)
BECOME had its first in-person meeting in France 15-17 January 2024, in Fontainebleau Biosphere Reserve and in Paris.
Experimental drought shelters on heathland
Vestland heathlands in extreme drought experiments (09.01.2024)
Siri Haugum and Vigdis Vandvik have been part of a global network researching the effects of extreme drought using the Heathland Centre at Lygra to collect experimental data.
Parasite Cryptocotyle Lingua
A first look at the plastic nervous system of a cod parasite (21.12.2023)
Parasitic flatworms undergo drastic changes throughout their life cycle, including a rewiring of their nervous systems. A new paper explores the molecular mechanisms underlying this remarkable feature.
Group of seven people standing outside, smiling. Snow-covered mountain in background.
What did we do this year? (19.12.2023)
2023 has been an eventful year for the UNESCO Chair group at the University of Bergen. This year we have graduated three MSc students and one PhD student, started two new projects, taught sustainability science, held many presentations, and not least been part of arranging Norway鈥檚 first Biosphere Day in Nordhordland.
Ronja G枚hde PhD Defense
Congratulations Dr. G枚hde! (14.12.2023)
On the 15th of December 2023, PhD candidate Ronja G枚hde successfully defended her thesis titled: 鈥淪ecretory vesicle protein homologues in choanoflagellates鈥�.
Participants during the workshop
How can higher education contribute to a better future for nature? (07.12.2023)
On December 5th, CeSAM and the UNESCO chair group organized a workshop for students and early career researchers - tying in with IPBES (Naturpanelet) holding a meeting in Bergen in the same week.
Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, Minister of climate and environment
Gave Input on Two important Reports to the Parliament (30.11.2023)
On November 27, UNESCO Chair for Sustainable Heritage and Environmental Management and CeSAM researcher Inger M氓ren represented the University of Bergen at the government's hearing for two upcoming reports to the Norwegian parliament; one on biodiversity and one on climate.

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