2020

Scotland’s latest Marine Assessment reveals significant changes are taking place at the heart of the marine food web, with potential for impacts on the wider pelagic environment. For the first time, a team of researchers has published an assessment...

We are pleased to announce applications are now open to take part in this year's Zooplankton Ring Test Zooplankton are included in the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) as an indicator group; however, until recently, there were few other...

The Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey has been running for nearly 90 years, but scientists hope this new project will help shed light on the significant decline in population numbers of endangered North Atlantic right whales. This autumn...

We were delighted to hear that Dr Trupti Gaikwad became a joint winner of the science category award for the Asian Women of Achievment Awards. Dr Gaikwad is a Cell and Molecular Research Assistant working in our new bioimaging facility - The Huxley...

At the start of lockdown the MBA’s Cellular & Molecular research group donated their PPE, including gloves and goggles, to community care workers on the NHS frontline, helping them during the critical period when supplies were limited. Some...

In November 2019, I started working as a science communication volunteer here at the MBA and as my time is now coming to an end I am sitting at my desk taking a moment to reflect on everything I have done during this period. After four years of...

JMBA The first issue of the Journal of The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ( JMBA ), Vol. I, no.1 (1887) was edited by E. Ray Lankester, the first President of the MBA, it contained a list of governors, founders...

The next call of the ASSEMBLE Plus Transnational Access programme closes on 9 th February 2020. ASSEMBLE Plus (Association of European Marine Biological Laboratories Expanded) supports researchers (from industry and academia) by providing access to...