• Ocean Fair | World Ocean Day

    ?️ At the pergola on Eduardo Cabello Street, in Bouzas (Vigo, Pontevedra). ?️ 8 June | ⏰ From 10:00 to 13:30 and from 16:00 to 19:30 ☔ We will have a marquee to protect the activities from the rain. Map on Google Maps The Institute of Marine Research of the CSIC, in Bouzas, will celebrate World… 

  • Final cross-border event of RADAR ON RAIA

    Free registration | Register for free On 22 June, the RADAR ON RAIA project, funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg V-A Spain-Portugal (POCTEP) 2014-2020 programme, will present the project closing session at Fundación CETMAR. The project aims to update and expand the High-Frequency Radar Network beyond the Galician border. This network… 

  • The rapidly changing global and ocean carbon sinks

    On the occasion of the  UN Decade of Ocean Science (#SDG14), which aims to create a common framework ensuring that marine sciences fully support actions to sustainably manage the world’s oceans and seas and to achieve the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals, the CSIC marine centres IMEDEA, CEAB, ICM, ICMAN and IIM have organised a joint… 

  • IIM Meetings 2022 | 3rd phase

    Here you can see all the work presented What are the Meetings? They are an annual informal gathering where all the centre’s staff —research, technical, trainees, temporary and permanent personnel— can share what they do, with the aim of getting to know each other better and gaining a clearer idea of IIM’s activity, encouraging scientific… 

  • People of the Sea 2022

    CSIC in Galicia, the Council of Galician Culture and Nigrán Town Council are organising the event “People of the Sea 2022”, which will take place on Saturday, 25 June 2022 at 20:00 at the Panxón fish market, in Nigrán. The activity, moderated by Luisa Martínez, head of the CSIC Scientific Culture Unit in Galicia, will… 

  • Citizen science at the Lourido beach micro-reserve

    View programme The Citizen Science workshops in the Lourido Dunes will take place every Saturday in July and August from 11:00 to 13:00, for all ages. They will be run by the Hydrosphere team (a spin-off of the University of Vigo), the University of Vigo itself (with the participation of the Marine Research Centre and the… 

  • Try the Olympus Lightsheet Alpha3 microscope at IIM-CSIC

    Contact Lucía Sánchez Ruiloba to book a spot for a trial run Book a spot The Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC) is hosting a workshop this week to present the latest advances in fluorescence microscopy with the Alpha3 device, which provides intelligent optical focal scans to enable uniform, artefact-free image processing across the entire field… 

  • When the sea burns | Shared knowledge

    Photo: Ana García Programme | When the sea burns. Shared knowledge. Full programme | Muros Mira ao Mar   This project by the Institute of Marine Research, Spanish National Research Council (IIM-CSIC) and the Council of Galician Culture (CCG), in collaboration with Culturmar, aims to establish a dialogue between scientific knowledge and traditional and experiential… 

  • Climate change & tropicalization on Levant Reef biodiversity and ecosystem functions

    Con motivo da Década das Ciencias Oceánicas promovida pola ONU (#ODS14), que pretende xerar un marco que garanta que as ciencias mariñas apoien plenamente as accións para xestionar de forma sostible os océanos e mares do mundo, e así acadar os obxectivos da Axenda 2030 para Desenvolvemento Sostible, os centros de investigación mariña do CSIC: IMEDEA, CEAB,… 

  • Ecology of loliginid squid in a coastal upwelling

    Elsa García, from the Marine Ecology & Resources group at the IIM-CSIC, will defend her viva at our headquarters in Bouzas. The thesis addressed the ecology of loliginid squid in the coastal outcrop. Directed by Ángel F. González. Part of the Do*Mar PhD programme from University of Vigo.

  • The Oceans in a Changing Climate

    On the occasion of the UN Decade of Ocean Science (#SDG14), which aims to create a common framework to ensure that marine sciences fully support actions to manage the world’s oceans and seas sustainably and achieve the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals, the CSIC marine centres IMEDEA, CEAB, ICM, ICMAN and IIM have organised a… 

  • “Neuston 3: In concert with the ocean” with Abraham Cupeiro | Ocean Night

    The instrument maker and multi-instrumentalist Abraham Cupeiro will perform on Friday, 30 September, at 20:30, at Teatro Afundación in Vigo, in collaboration with the CSIC Institute of Marine Research on the occasion of Ocean Night – European Researchers’ Night (MSCA-ERN). The concert, with free tickets, is the final result of a collaboration between the artist…