Newsletter #70

CIIMAR joins forces with four research centres to champion the ocean as a strategic area for Portuguese science

Five national research centres are calling for the ocean to be recognised as one of the strategic areas of the future national research and innovation policy.

31 July 2026

CIIMAR joins forces with four research centres to champion the ocean as a strategic area for Portuguese science

CIIMAR NEWS

CIIMAR and IPMA strengthen their partnership with new laboratories dedicated to monitoring the marine environment

Bianca Reis wins SPECO’s 2026 PhD Prize in Ecology

CIIMAR launches mentorship programme to support postdoctoral researchers’ career development

FRESH OFF THE PRESS!

Podemos recolher areia e conchas da praia? Ou é prejudical ao ambiente?

Robalo e dourada de aquacultura testam novas dietas em mar aberto do Algarve

Centros de Investigação exigem o Oceano como Desígnio Nacional

Centros de investigação exigem que oceano seja prioridade estratégica da ciência portuguesa

Investigações sobre florestas de kelp, água doce e megafauna marinha ganham prémio português

NEW WAVES IN SCIENCE!

Life cycle assessment of a recirculatory aquaculture system (RAS) – A case study of meagre (Argyrosomus regius) farming

Life cycle assessment of a constructed wetland in a rural tourism facility with biomass valorization

Experimental analysis of trunk scour on the seaward side of a detached low-crested rubble-mound breakwater under irregular waves

EVENTS TO DIVE INTO

Exhibition: Sea Monsters

Blue Think Conference 2026

12th Congress on Coastal Zone Planning and Management in Portuguese-Speaking Countries

How to Host Sustainable Events

2026 International Atmospheric River Conference

LEVEL UP YOUR SKILLS

Budget Management and Saving

Mind Tide – Suicide Prevention

Mind Tide – Before It Explodes: Recognising and Redirecting Anger and Frustration

AI in Academia: Rethinking Practices or Becoming Captive

Effective PhD Meetings and Efficient Feedback in Doctoral Supervision

Research Data Management and Open Science for PhD Students

Reducing marine megafauna bycatch in Northwestern African fisheries

Whistleblower Channel: Confidentiality, Security and How It Works in Practice

Research Integrity

CATCH UP WITH CMIAS

Blue Flag – Beach activities

Discovering Microplastics: From the Douro Estuary to Environmental and Human Health

Exhibition: “A Look at the World of Sponges.”

Exhibition: “Freshwater Mussels”

Ciência Viva in the Summer

Exhibition: “Amphibians: One Foot in the Water, the Other on Land”

JOIN THE CIIMAR CREW

2026_068_BI_ATLANTIDA II: Call for research grant

2026_070_TS_NANOBIOESCUDO: Selection procedure for 1 research technician

2026_076_IJ_ECOAT: Internacional selection procedure for a rserarcher doctoracte

2026_069_IJ_BIOPORTS: International procedure for a doctorate researcher

2026_052_IJ_REMORA: international call for researcher holding a phd

2026_064_TS_MAR2PROTECT: Superior Technical work contract

2026_072_TS_ REMORA: Call for technician

2026_065_IC_UID_CIIMAR: International call for the recruitment of a coordinating researcher (1 position)

WHAT'S NEW OUT THERE?

ACTIVITIES

Universidade Júnior

WORKSHOP

Challenges in Integrating EBVs and ECVs for Modelling Species’ Distributions

EVENT

Feira de Inovação e Negócios Azuis (FINA)

SMOOTH SAILING: SAFETY FIRST!

SAFE LAB

Micropipetting Safely

Working at the Frontier of Ocean

Knowledge and Innovation