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CCMAR invites researchers to submit applications for ERC grants Are you a scientific researcher with an innovative concept or a disruptive idea? We cordially invite you to submit an expression of interest in joining CCMAR as your Host Institution to apply for a gr...

more details on our website: ccmar.ualg.pt/en/news/ccma...

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: ccmarfunding@ualg.pt
#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...

Microbial responses to multiple global stressors in sentinel lakes In this seminar, Dr. María Vila Duplá will introduce her research at CCMAR and present the main findings of her doctoral thesis. Her work explores how multiple global stressors, such as Saharan dust d...

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!

Updated | CCMAR/TSA/13/2025 | Aquaculture Technician [M/F] | 1 Vacancy Updated - Aquaculture Technician [M/F] - 1 Vacancy Post Ref.: CCMAR/TSA/13/2025Updated in accordance with the jury's decision made on 08/08/2025.

⏳ 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

CCMAR invites researchers to submit applications for ERC grants Are you a scientific researcher with an innovative concept or a disruptive idea? We cordially invite you to submit an expression of interest in joining CCMAR as your Host Institution to apply for a gr...

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

Kudos! 💯

our pleasure 🌊

CCMAR/TSCO/12/2025 | Science Communication and Outreach Officer [M/F] | 1 Vacancy Science Communication and Outreach Officer [M/F] - 1 Vacancy Post Ref.: CCMAR/TSCO/12/2025

🗣️ 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...

Scientific expedition reveals non-native species in Bijagós, an archipelago protected by UNESCO

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

Tidy Python We will introduce best practices and essential foundations to guide you from data loading to generating scientific insights. By the end of the course, you will be able to develop your data science ide...

📢 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/