published on June 17, 2025
The LIFE SeagrassRIAwild project, coordinated by CESAM/UA, has been honoured with the “Research” Award at the 1st Blue Carbon Chair Awards, an initiative jointly organised by the University of Murcia and the environmental consultancy Green CO2. João Pedro Coelho, project coordinator and researcher at CESAM/DBIO, represented the project consortium at the award ceremony held on […]
CESAM, in partnership with the Department of Biology of the University of Naples Federico II (Italy) and the University of Alcalá (Spain), organized the international intensive course Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) entitled “Recovery of Ghost Nets as an Opportunity to Study Marine Biodiversity.” The course combined online theoretical sessions with a practical component held in […]
Between the 16th and 18th of June 2025, the international workshop “OMALI | Omega Marine Lipids – Enhancing the exploration and analysis of marine-derived lipids for healthy and sustainable diets” took place at the University of Aveiro. The event was organised by Rosário Domingues, researcher at CESAM/DQ and professor in the Department of Chemistry, together […]
CESAM is leading the RePor – Restoration of Oyster Reefs in Portugal project, aiming to develop an innovative strategy to restore and strengthen the resilience of oyster reefs along the Portuguese coast. Coordinated by CESAM/DBIO researcher Daniel Cleary, with the collaboration of Newton Gomes, also from CESAM/DBIO, the RePor project (ref: MAR-016.9.1-FEAMPA-00004) is supported by the Mar2030 program, co-funded by the European […]
A multidisciplinary research group from the University of Aveiro, in collaboration with the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, has developed a set of molecules that improve medical imaging with lower toxicity and enable photodynamic tumour therapy. The multidisciplinary team includes Adelaide Almeida, a researcher at CESAM and professor in the Department of Biology; M. Amparo Faustino […]
The University of Aveiro recently hosted the second edition of the flagship conference of the Environmental Biotechnology Division of the European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB), focused on the role of biotechnology in achieving the goals of the European Green Deal. The event brought together over one hundred specialists from academia and industry, representing more than […]
Following its World Ocean Day launch, everyone from scientists to conservationists, and from community groups to environmental funders now have access to an innovative new knowledge sharing platform: SeagrassRestorer. Ana Sousa, researcher at CESAM and professor at Department of Biology , said: “The launch of SeagrassRestorer marks a turning point for the global seagrass community. […]
Vesa Havurinne, Heta Mattila, Paulo Cartaxana, and Sónia Cruz, researchers at CESAM/DBIO, together with collaborators from the University of Turku, Finland, have published a study in the journal Communications Biology showing that a common light acclimation mechanism, known as “State Transitions” — which allows green algae to adjust light absorption in response to spectral changes […]
At the beginning of 2025, researchers José Alves and Camilo Carneiro, both from CESAM/DBIO, were contacted by IBAP (Institute for Biodiversity and Protected Areas of Guinea-Bissau) to support the ongoing nomination of the Bijagós Archipelago for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Sites designated as World Heritage must possess Outstanding Universal Value, meaning they […]
The Directors of the Research Units / Associated Laboratories CCMAR (Centre of Marine Sciences of the Algarve), CESAM (Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro), CIIMAR (Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research), MARE (Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre), and OKEANOS (Institute for Marine Science Research / University of the Azores) published the […]