• ARCTOS research

    ARCTOS members and students are active in a wide range of research activities concerning Arctic marine ecology, from the molecular to the community level ranging from particles and plankton to […]

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  • What is ARCTOS?

    ARCTOS is a pan-arctic research network centered in Tromsø, Norway. We build bridges between senior and young scientists, national and international research, science and industry, science and culture, and add […]

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  • Why become a member?

    The ARCTOS membership provides several potential benefits for both researchers and students. For students, the ARCTOS PhD school provides an institutional home, where they can meet, exchange information, enhance their […]

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STRESSOR Cruise blog

ARCTOS member Sünnje Basedow is the research project leader of the new project Stressor, together with Meng Zhou from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Stressor is a Norwegian-Chinese collaborative research project in which they look at mesoscale eddies and how they affect the formation of zooplankton swarms. It is financed by the National Science Foundation of China and the Norwegian […]

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FAABulous Project Meeting

At the beginning of its fifth and last year of the project, the FAABulous team is gathering in Oslo for a workshop meeting to discuss results and draft publications. The scientists and students around Eva Leu (PI, Akvaplan-niva) have collected a comprehensive dataset of phytoplankton and ice algae bloom dynamics in different Svalbard fjords. Now, they are in the final […]

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New ARCTOS PHD: Andrea Bozman

On February 28th, Andrea Bozman successfully defended her Ph.D. at the Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Bodø, Norway.  The title of her thesis is:  The structuring effects of light on the deep-water scyphozoan Periphylla periphylla  Andrea’s thesis consists of two published articles and one manuscript:  Article I:  Bozman, A., Titelman, J., Kaartvedt, S., Eiane, K. & Aksnes, D.L. […]

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ARCTOS student forum 2019

Written by Tobias Vonnahme, ARCTOS student representative 2018-2019 The topic of the ARCTOS student days this year were funding opportunities relevant for Master and PhD students. A group discussion at the first day revealed that ARCTOS PhD students have already quite some experiences in applying for funding. Especially mobility is supported by a variety of grants. Together we shared our […]

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Deployment of Mooring in Ramfjord

Written by Estelle Coguiec Earlier this week I went to Ramfjord to deploy a mooring together with my supervisors, Jørgen and Malin, and Daniel. The mooring is a part of my PhD project and will be out for a year. The project in Ramfjord is about seasonality in activity pattern of Calanus finmarchicus. Every month, I sample zooplankton in Ramfjord, […]

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Arctos at the gordon research conferance

Written by Eva Leu A group of ARCTOS PhD students, postdocs and scientists are attending the Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science in Italy this week. They are contributing to this inspiring meeting by presentations from different projects, such as CarbonBridge, TerrACE, Arctic SIZE, and FAABulous.

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PhD and postdoc opportunities at UNIS

PhD research fellowship in Marine Molecular Ecology – application deadline 22 February 2019 PhD fellowship in marine ecology – application deadline 1 February 2019 Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2 years) in marine biology – application deadline 10 Match 2019

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New ARCTOS PhD: Hanna Kauko

Last Friday, Sep 21st, Hanna Kauko successfully defended her PhD at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Trondheim. The title of her thesis is: “Light response and acclimation of microalgae in a changing Arctic” Hanna investigated ice algae and phytoplankton communities, and the controlling role of light in the high Arctic […]

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