Research

Scientists have discovered that a single, exceptionally abundant fish species can impact the food supply in an entire region with consequences for other species and for the way marine resources are managed. The scientists, led by the Marine...

The EU-funded Horizon 2020 EMBRIC (European Marine Biological Research Infrastructure Cluster ) Research Infrastructures project 2 nd call For Transnational Access has been announced. Users from academia and industry are invited to...

Marine diatoms contribute significantly to photosynthesis in our oceans and act as the base of the food chain in many of the most productive fisheries. The process of photosynthesis in phytoplankton is affected by cell size, as the rate at...

In a ceremony at the Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR) on 30th January, Frédérique Viard was presented with the silver medal of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in recognition of the originality, quality and importance of...

A visiting researcher from the University of Alabama at Birmingham is collaborating with MBA scientists and using research facilities at the Plymouth laboratory to advance our knowledge of how and why invasive species spread. Dr Stacy Krueger-...

Evgeny Romanov, one of the authors of ‘ A giant squid (Architeuthis dux) off Reunion Island, western Indian Ocean: the greatest giant ever? ‘ recently published in the Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom...

The MBA is a partner in the Horizon 2020 Research Infrastructures project ASSEMBLE Plus (Association of European Marine Biological Laboratories Expanded). This European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC) led project brings together 32 marine...

A member of the Marine Biological Association has been awarded an OBE in recognition of his research into marine pollution by plastics. Professor Richard Thomson highlighted the presence of microplastic (coining the now familiar term) in the ocean...

MBA Research Fellow and Lecturer in Marine Microbiology at the University of Plymouth, Dr Michael Cunliffe, is among 329 top researchers across Europe who have been awarded Consolidator Grants, the European Research Council (ERC) announced yesterday...

A new article in the Journal of Biological Chemistry : "Evidence for a conserved inhibitory binding mode between the membrane fusion assembly factors Munc18 and syntaxin in animals" by Pawel Burkhardt , Research Fellow at the MBA in...