We are currently on the lookout for students interested in doing their Master thesis with us.
If you are interested in learning more, you can look here for some examples of possible topics within polychaetes or marine molluscs.
We’re also interested in students that might want to work with decapods, such as the African crab fauna.
Contact us if you are interested!
Diopatra project – check link for details
From the mid-conference excursion to the Royal National Park. Photo by Katrine
For a hectic week in early August, the Australian Museum in Sydney was swarmed by enthusiastic people in purple hoodies, who kept talking about (bristle) worms.
It was the 11th International Polychaete Conference, with 149 attendants from 26 different countries. We had a strong Norwegian presence there – from the Museum, three of us attended (with talks and posters), as well collaborators of ours from NTNU, NIVA, and Uni Environment.
You can read more about our contributions here (if your Norwegian is up to speed – unfortunately it is not avaliable in English).
Group photo (courtesy of the IPC 2013 committee)
The conference venue, the Australian Museum
From the auditorium
It was a great week, where we got to meet and mingle with our colleagues from all over the world, learning what they are working on and how, making new connections and meeting up with old friends.
We had a excellent time, and would like to thank the IPC 2013 committee for the fantastic job they did!
The next conference will be in Cardiff, Wales in 2016, we look forward to it.
The World Congress of Malacology is the major scientific international meeting in the field of malacology (the study of molluscs) and takes place every third year.
Five of six delegates from the University Museum of Bergen. From left to right: Trond Oskars, Andrea Zamora, Christiane Todt, Manuel Malaquias, Lena Ohnheiser
This year the event was hosted by the University of the Azores in the island of São Miguel between the 21 and 28 of July. Over 400 enthusiastic scientists from all over the World gathered in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean to discuss during five days the latest advances in this science covering various aspects of phylogenetics, biodiversity, ecology, palaeontology, conservation, pest management, adaptations to extreme environments, biogeography, speciation, etc.
Trond Oskars (master student) presenting part of his master thesis on the systematics of cephalaspidean gastropods at the Opisthobranchs Symposium
A delegation from the University Museum comprised by six scientists and students have participated in the event, namely Christiane Todt (post-doctoral researcher), Lena Ohnheiser (research assistant), Andrea Zamora (PhD candidate), Nina Mikkelsen (PhD candidate), Trond Oskars (MSc. student), and Manuel Malaquias (assistant professor). In total, members of the University Museum were co-authors in 14 scientific contributions: four posters and 10 talks presented at the Aculifera and Opisthobranchs symposiums.
The next congress will take place in Penang, Malaysia in 2016 and we look forward for it!
The spectacular volcanic “Lagoa do Fogo” in São Miguel Island, Azores