13. National Marine Science and Technology Conference in Lithuania took place from 7 to 9 October 2020. The traditional annual spring event had been moved to the autumn and took place online due to COVID -19.

‘BioBites – Let’s talk biotechnology’ webinar invites professionals, students and businesses to discuss projects and opportunities in the field of biotechnology. From blue biotechnology projects, to bio processing and industry,

October 2019 marked the launch of a very ambitious COST networking Action, Ocean4Biotech – European transdisciplinary networking platform for marine biotechnology (https://www.ocean4biotech.eu/). We are a continuously growing passionate team of

On 12th of December, 2019, a seminar „Blue biotechnologies in Lithuania“ was organised at the Marine Research Institute, Klaipėda University (Lithuania). The seminar aimed to encourage discussion about the present

Marine biotechnology is exploring marine resources for biotechnological applications, but this needs to be done in the way to not affect the marine environment. Ocean4Biotech within WG4 is all about

STSM participant Joana Sousa is a PhD student at the Blue Biotechnology & Biomedicine lab led by Dr Susana P. Gaudêncio at UCIBIO FCT-NOVA. She was awarded with STSM at

On February 5 and 6 Ocean4Biotech hosted a scientific conference in Piran, Slovenia, where our COST members presented their work and expertise. We are thrilled to have such inspiring and

Donata Overlinge had her STSM at the University of Gdansk, Division of Marine Biotechnology, in Poland. During this visit she had the opportunity to deepen her knowledge by performing various

Our WG1 Leader, dr. Irem Deniz, presented Ocean4Biotech on COST info day in Turkey on January 21. The president of COST Association Prof Paulo Ferrao and policy officer Bart Veys

In the days between 20-23.1.2020, Ocean4Biotech’s Chair Ana Rotter from the National Institute of Biology (NIB), Slovenia attended the Mediterranean Regional Workshop preparing for the UN Decade of the Ocean

We prepared our first leaflet about our COST Action and some facts on marine biotechnology. The leaflet can be found here.

End of October 2019 our Ocean4Biotech COST Action kicked off! We are very enthusiastic and full of energy to start working together, learning from each other and creating a marine