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The Michael Sars Centre at the University of Bergen.
Registration for the Michael Sars Symposium 2025 is open!
Registration for the Michael Sars Symposium 2025 is open!
Join us on June 6, 2025 at Media City Bergen for a day of exceptional talks. This year, our invited speakers will explore the theme: "Decoding signals and unveiling architectures, from molecules to organisms".
Michael Sars Centre Homepage
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The Michael Sars Centre at the University of Bergen, is an international community of scientists using advanced technologies to study the unique molecular and cellular biology of marine organisms in a changing environment, for broad societal impact. As one of the first EMBL partners, the internationally connected Michael Sars Centre is rooted in the Bergen academic community
Building a heart in a changing world
Building a heart in a changing world
Michael Sars Centre partners with Paris Aquarium to introduce comb jellies to the public
Michael Sars Centre partners with Paris Aquarium to introduce comb jellies to the public
BioChatter: making large language models accessible for biomedical research
BioChatter: making large language models accessible for biomedical research
New insights into sea squirt physiology allow for better inland cultures
New insights into sea squirt physiology allow for better inland cultures
Tiny microbe colonies communicate to coordinate their behavior
Tiny microbe colonies communicate to coordinate their behavior
A surprising mode of activation for ion channels discovered in a small marine invertebrate
A surprising mode of activation for ion channels discovered in a small marine invertebrate
In a new article, researchers from the Lynagh group explore the unexpected activation of an ion channel by a family of small molecules known to inhibit other similar channels .
International School of Bergen students visit the Centre
International School of Bergen students visit the Centre
After studying biodiversity in class, Grade 4 students from the International School of Bergen (ISB) discovered marine species at the Michael Sars Centre.
Young again: study shows that comb jellies can age in reverse
Young again: study shows that comb jellies can age in reverse
For most animals, ageing is a one-way journey. In a recent PNAS publication, researchers Joan Soto-Angel and Pawel Burkhardt discovered that a species of comb jelly can reverse its life cycle, returning from adulthood to a larval stage.
Elusive stem cells revealed in a sea anemone
Elusive stem cells revealed in a sea anemone
All animals need stem cells to reproduce, grow, and replace tissues through their lifetime. In a new article published in Nature Communications, lead author Paula Miramón-Puértolas and her colleagues discovered a population of stem-like cells in a sea anemone.
Photography exhibition ‘Jellyfish unveiled’ opens at the University Museum of Bergen
Photography exhibition ‘Jellyfish unveiled’ opens at the University Museum of Bergen
The new exhibit aims to challenge the public’s perspective on the often-misunderstood animals by highlighting their beauty and ecological relevance. It will run until January 26, 2025.
New technology helps investigate the impact of noise pollution on our oceans
New technology helps investigate the impact of noise pollution on our oceans
European acoustics experts meet in Bergen for the DeuteroNoise Mid-Term Meeting
European acoustics experts meet in Bergen for the DeuteroNoise Mid-Term Meeting
Old tools reused for a new design: the making of the Oikopleura House
Old tools reused for a new design: the making of the Oikopleura House
An ancient protein mediates tube formation during early chordate development
An ancient protein mediates tube formation during early chordate development
Biological tubes are ubiquitous in animals, and their morphogenesis is a very complex process. In a new article, researchers in the Chatzigeorgiou group demonstrated the key role and function of the protein Anoctamine 10 in notochord formation in the tunicate Ciona.
Guest researchers from KAUST visit the Michael Sars Centre to learn new techniques
Guest researchers from KAUST visit the Michael Sars Centre to learn new techniques
Congratulations Dr. Ravi!
Congratulations Dr. Ravi!
On the 12th of August 2024, PhD candidate Aishwarya Ravi successfully defended her thesis titled: “Polarized Recruitment of Secretory Vesicles in the Choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta: Insights into the Origin of Neurosecretion”
Two Michael Sars Centre postdoctoral researchers awarded prestigious fellowships
Two Michael Sars Centre postdoctoral researchers awarded prestigious fellowships
Emily Claereboudt will pursue a project in chemical ecology after receiving a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, while Ruth Styfhals will lead a study on the developmental origin of nervous systems as part of an EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Feast or famine: how sea anemones resize their bodies to survive
Feast or famine: how sea anemones resize their bodies to survive
In a recent article, researchers from the Steinmetz group characterized the astonishing ability of sea anemones to adapt to food availability by growing and shrinking their body throughout their lives.
Congratulations Dr. Rosano!
Congratulations Dr. Rosano!
Bringing together the Nordic Developmental Biology communities in Bergen
Bringing together the Nordic Developmental Biology communities in Bergen
Congratulations Dr. Wang!
Congratulations Dr. Wang!
Revealing the mechanisms of genome activation in Ciona germline
Revealing the mechanisms of genome activation in Ciona germline
Michael Sars Centre jellyfish unveiled at the Bergen Aquarium
Michael Sars Centre jellyfish unveiled at the Bergen Aquarium
The Centre celebrates the oceans during One Ocean Week
The Centre celebrates the oceans during One Ocean Week
Cross-phyla insights into iGluR function: From rat NMDA receptors to placozoan leak channels
Cross-phyla insights into iGluR function: From rat NMDA receptors to placozoan leak channels
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