• School Visits to IIM | Colexio Lar

    It was a pleasure to welcome the Higher-Level Training Cycle in Pathological Anatomy and Cytodiagnosis from Colexio Lar to our facilities at the Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC). Below is the guided visit programme we prepared for them: 10:00 - Reception and Welcome: We began the day with a reception and welcome in the IIM-CSIC Assembly… 

  • Sea and Past: Accessible Heritage

    The Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC) will begin tomorrow “Sea and Past”, a series of interactive workshops specifically designed for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias across Galicia, as part of the “Accessible Heritage” initiative. There will be four workshops, with small audiences and content adapted to the target public, focusing on the biodiversity… 

  • ASEQURA | Biofilms of Listeria monocytogenes in the food industry

     Registration form  (Once registered, the meeting link will be sent) On 16 April 2024, a virtual seminar entitled “Biofilms of Listeria monocytogenes: relevance in the food industry and implications for risk assessment” will be held. This seminar is part of the ASEQURA research project, which aims to carry out a quantitative microbiological risk assessment (QMRA)… 

  • Marine Sciences Programme | PT7 follow-up meeting

    PCCMMG website On Thursday 18 April, the follow-up meeting for PT7 within the Marine Sciences Programme of Galicia (PCCMMG) will take place at CETMAR. The coordination team will include Jose Manuel Fernández Babarro, EsMaBa (IIM-CSIC), and Antonio Villalba García, CIMA-Corón (CIMA) (PTE). Developing tools to improve sustainable shellfish production (PT7) Shellfishing and bivalve-mollusc aquaculture in… 

  • Madagascar biodiversity and opportunities for marine research

    Next Thursday, 25th April, IIM-CSIC will host the seminar: "Madagascar biodiversity and opportunities for marine research" by Dr Fanomezana Ratsoavina from the Université d'Antananarivo, in Madagascar. The part of its joint visit to our country, both Dr Ratsoavina and her colleague, Dr Zafimaheri Rakotomalala, will share the reality of Malagasy research and the opportunities that… 

  • Marine Sciences Programme | PT11 Follow-Up Meeting

    Website of the PCCMMG THE Friday 26 of April, in the venue of the Institute of Research Marine (IIM-CSIC), will take place the meeting of follow-up of the PT11 inside of the Programme of Marine sciences of Galicia (PCCMMG). THE team of coordinación estará formado by Pepe Pintado (IIM-CSIC) and Sunday Antonio García Allut (UDC) Tools of transformación… 

  • Syngnathids Challenge: sightings of seahorses and pipefish

    On 8 May, at 19:00, an open online information session will take place via Zoom to present the Syngnathids Challenge, which seeks citizen collaboration in reporting sightings of seahorses and pipefish in order to complete the Atlas of Syngnathids of the Spanish Coast. Seahorses (Hippocampus spp.) are protected species included in Spain’s List of Wild Species… 

  • Marine Sciences Programme | PT5 follow-up meeting

    IIM-CSIC programme page Tomorrow, 9 May, the follow-up meeting for work package PT5 of the Marine Sciences Programme of Galicia (PCCMMG) will take place online. The coordination team is made up of Eva Balsa-Canto (IIM-CSIC) and Moncho Gómez Gesteira (UVigo). Multiscale and transdisciplinary marine simulator (PT5) This proposal aims to advance the development of a… 

  • School Visits to IIM | Degree in Marine Sciences at UVigo

    It was a pleasure to welcome the Degree in Marine Sciences at UVigo to our facilities at the Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC). Below is the guided visit programme we prepared for them: 10:00 - Reception and Welcome: We began the day with a reception and welcome in the IIM-CSIC Assembly Hall, where staff from the… 

  • Bivalves as providers of ecosystem services

    REGISTRATION On 15 May, the research network BIVALRED: Network for the study and promotion of bivalve ecosystem services will be presented.  Within the activities of the BIVALRED research network (@BivalRed2024) and the “European Maritime Day in your Country”, this workshop aims to integrate scientific knowledge from different disciplines around the study of the ecosystem services… 

  • ASEQURA | “Listeria monocytogenes”: a challenge for food safety

    Access the broadcast EVENT PROGRAMME On 4 June 2024, a technical conference entitled “Listeria monocytogenes: a challenge for food safety” will be held. This event is part of the ASEQURA research project, whose objective is to carry out a quantitative microbiological risk assessment (QMRA) of Listeria monocytogenes in fishery products and meat derivatives, with special…