14/12/2024
This talk aims to raise awareness of the natural marine wealth that extends along the coast of Guguy, in the west of Gran Canaria. An environment that hides great treasures submerged in the sea, and that could soon become the first National Park of the island thanks to its great biodiversity.
Date: 14 December 2024.
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Socio-cultural Centre of Veneguera, Mogán.
Researcher: Ricardo Haroun.
Organiser: ECOAQUA, ULPGC.
Research group: BIOCON.
28/11/2024
This congress aims to become a meeting point for researchers in the aquaculture sector from different countries, where they can learn about and discuss the latest advances in aquaculture. An event that will also serve to create international collaboration networks.
Date: 28 November 2024.
Venue: Agadir, Morocco.
Organizer: Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Science.
Research groups and rechearchers: GIA and BIOCON.
- Marisol Izquierdo (GIA): 'Recent Developments in Marine Aquaculture Across Europe: R&D and Innovation's Role in Sustaining Aquaculture Development' (9:00h-9.30h).
- Ricardo Haroun (BIOCON): 'Criticals envirnmental monitoring for sustainable aquaculture development:Canary Island experience' (11:10h-11:33h).
- Daniel Montero (GIA): 'GIA Research Facilities and Expertise: Tackling Regional Aquaculture Challenges and Uncovering Growth Opportunities' (13:30h-13:50h).
- Gercende Courtois (GIA): 'Experience in invertebrates production and Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture in the Canary Islands: Potential for sustainable Aquaculture' (11:10h-11:33h).
- Panel discussion: Daniel Montero and Gercende Courtois (14:30h-14:55h).
21/11/2024
This interactive competition is aimed at Primary, Secondary and Baccalaureate students, who will have to answer a quiz on basic concepts around marine biology and coastal ecology. The winning teams will be invited to the awards ceremony. The activity, coinciding with World Fisheries Day, is aimed at fostering the link between humans and the oceans, by promoting environmental awareness in our society.
Date: 11th November 2024.
Time: 9:00h -17:00h.
Format: Online.
Registration: Through the educational centres (Marine SABRES School Competition Registration Form) .
Research group: BIOCON (Candelaria Cecilia Ruano, Yaiza Fernández-Palacios, Inma Herrera and Jesús Padrón).
15/11/2024
This event, which is part of the Cogestión project, aims to explore the possibilities of adapting current fisheries legislation to a more participatory decision-making model. This space will serve as a meeting point for key agents in the management of fishing and the marine environment on the island of Gran Canaria.
Date: 15th November 2024.
Time: 16:00h - 20:00h.
Venue: Humanities Building (Module C), ULPGC. Calle Pérez del Toro, 1 - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Organizer: ECOAQUA, ULPGC.
Partner: Gran Canaria Island Council.
Research group: BIOCON (José Juan Castro).
06/11/2024 17/11/2024
In its 20th edition, the event aims to continue the work of bringing the whole of society closer to the science that is carried out in the Canary Islands and the researchers who make it possible. To this end, a series of activities will be carried out that will address various topics such as sustainability, health, energy and the environment, etc. These informative initiatives, aimed at all audiences, are of a dynamic, inclusive and participatory nature.
Date: 6th to 17th November.
Venue: Canary Islands.
Organiser: Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI), Government of the Canary Islands.
Research group: BIOCON.
Researchers and workshops:
Inma Herrera: ‘Sheldon J. Plankton Reveals the World of Marine Food Chains’.
Candelaria Cecilia and Yaiza Fernández-Palacios: ‘A Puzzle on the Coast: Importance of Marine Spatial Planning for Ocean Conservation’.
24/10/2024
The aim of this seminar is to find possible links between ECOAQUA researchers from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Aquatic Resources) in order to carry out future collaborations and create working groups in various fields of the marine environment, such as ecosystem services, spatial planning, ecosystem modelling, marine ecology, among others. This activity is part of the collaboration agreement signed by the two institutions to facilitate the exchange of students and research stays.
Date: 24th October.
Time: 9:00h -11:00h (UTC+1/Canary time) /10:00h - 12:00h (UTC+2/Swedish time).
Mixed format: Online (link) and face-to-face (Hall of Degrees of the Faculty of Marine Sciences of the ULPGC).
Organiser: ECOAQUA.
Partner: : Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Aquatic Resources).
Research group: BIOCON (Rodrigo Riera, Víctor Cordero and Néstor Bosch)
22/09/2024 27/09/2024
The campaign to be carried out on the Galician coast aims to measure both the genetic diversity and the health of European syngnathid populations, combining data from visual censuses (population densities, morphology, etc.) and population genomics. This initiative, which involves members of the HippoDec project, will try to obtain a detailed picture of the status of these species in Europe.
Date: 22nd to 27th September.
Venue: Galicia.
Organiser: ECOAQUA.
Partner: HippoDec project.
Research group: BIOCON (Airam Guerra and Ana Espino).
26/09/2024 27/09/2024
Macaronight is a European project within the European Researchers' Night. Its aim is to bring Macaronesian researchers closer to the public, especially young people, so that they can learn about their work, the benefits they bring to society and their impact on everyday life.
Date: 26th and 27th September.
Venue: Elder Museum of Science and Technology. (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria).
Organiser: Big Van.
Partners: Elder Museum of Science and Technology and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council.
Research group: BIOCON (Inma Herrera with ‘Plankton: Discover, learn and protect our environment’).
13/09/2024
The researcher Rodrigo Riera, from the BIOCON group of the ECOAQUA Institute, will give the keynote speech ‘Rising temperatures and decline of fisheries: Consequences of crossing the tipping point in a small pelagic fishery’ on the celebration of the XX National Seminar on Marine Sciences and Technologies - SENALMAR - at the University of Magdalena (Colombia), in collaboration with the ULPGC.
Date: 13th September.
Time: 14.30hrs.
Venue: University of Magdalena (Colombia).
Research group: BIOCON (Rodrigo Riera).
09/09/2024 10/09/2024
The researcher Rodrigo Riera, from the BIOCON group of the ECOAQUA institute, leads the course ‘Coastal Marine Ecology: from populations to ecosystems’ at the University of Magdalena (Colombia), in collaboration with the ULPGC.
Event: National Seminar on Marine Sciences and Technologies (SENALMAR)
Dates: 9 and 10 September
Time: 9-12 pm / 2-4 pm (6 hours more in the Canary Islands)
Venue: Universidad del Magdalena (Santa Marta)
Research group: BIOCON
27/06/2024 06/08/2024
The oceanographic campaign, carried out in the waters of the Canary archipelago on board the Sarmiento de Gamboa ship, aims to discover the depth of the submarine lava flows of the lava deltas and their ecosystems. This initiative, which will last 40 days, is being performed by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from Spain and Portugal. The campaign is part of the Atlantis Project, led by Luis Somoza of the Spanish Geological and Mining Institute (IGME-CSIC).
Date: 27th June to 6th August
Venue: Canary Islands.
Organizer: Spanish Geological and Mining Institute (IGME-CSIC)
Research group: BIOCON (Inmaculada Herrera Rivero).
20/05/2024 25/05/2024
Coinciding with the International Africa Day (May 25th) and the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the institution organise the first congress Bridge to Africa, to constitute a global knowledge platform with the African continent, with Casa Africa as a partner.
Dates: Monday, May 20 - Friday, May 25
Place of celebration: Rectorado de la ULPGC (Calle Juan de Quesada, 30)
Researchers involved: Ricardo Haroun (BIOCON), Gercende Courtois de Viçose, Félix Acosta, Lidia Robaina y Marisol Izquierdo (GIA), de ECOAQUA.
Research Groups: BIOCON and GIA
17/05/2024
The aim of this event is to bring science closer to students and give them the opportunity to learn first-hand about the research being carried out in the Canary Islands, presented by researchers from the ULPGC.
Date: 17th May.
Venue: Complejo Deportivo Antonio García en Breña Alta, La Palma.
Researchers:
Raibel Núñez González will present the activity ‘Sea Urchins as Allies in the Protection of our Oceans’.
Inma Herrera will present the activity ‘Exploring the Marine World with Sheldon J. Plankton: Discover, Learn and Protect our Environment’.
Organiser: Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society of the Canary Islands Government (ACIISI).
Partners: Fundación Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (FPCT-ULPGC).
Research group: BIOCON
24/04/2024
The aim of this event is to bring science closer to students and give them the opportunity to learn first-hand about the research being carried out in the Canary Islands, presented by researchers from the ULPGC.
Date: 24th April.
Venue: Palacio de Formación y Congresos de Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura.
Researcher: Néstor E. Bosch Guerra, who will present his activity ‘From Chaos to Opportunity: Learning from the Eruption of the Tajogaite Volcano on La Palma to protect our Marine Ecosystems’.
Organiser: Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society of the Canary Islands Government (ACIISI).
Partners: Fundación Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (FPCT-ULPGC).
Research group: BIOCON.
8/04/2024
Date: Lunes, 8 de abril
Registration deadline: Jueves, 4 de abril
Time: 16:00 h
Place of celebration: Aula de Grado de Ciencias del Mar. Edificio de Ciencias Básicas de la ULPGC
Organizer: Dirección General de la Costa y el Mar del Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (MITERD)
Research Group: BIOCON
17/03/2024 22/03/2024
Dates: March 17th 2024 - March 22nd 2024
Place of celebration: Grand Chancellor Hotel, Hobart, Tasmania (Australia)
Organizers: University of Tasmania
Research group: BIOCON, EOMAR
Researchers: BIOCON: Inma Herrera / EOMAR: Rodrigo Almeda, Anna Cunnil, Antonio Paule Manzano
Sessions:
BIOCON: Session 18: Zooplankton production in the Anthropocene - Day: 18 de marzo de 2024.
13:45h: Inma Herrera participates with the paper: "Zooplankton community in the newly lava deltas in the Atlantic Ocean".
EOMAR: Session 2: Ecotoxicidad a través de los lixiviados dell plástico. Día: 21 de marzo de 2024 / Hora: 10:10 y 12:00 h / Intervienen:
10:00h: Rodrigo Almeda participates with the presentations "Crude oil induces metamorphosis in marine invertebrate planktonic larvae" and "Impact of plastic additive leachates on zooplankton" // Anna Cunil participates with the paper ""Toxicity assessment of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) on marine zooplankton".
11:00h: Antonio Paule Manzano participates with the paper "Searching for environmentally safer plastic additives using zooplankton as bioindicators"
12/12/2023
Date and time: Tuesday, December 12th: 9:00 to 16:30
Place of celebration: Auditorium of the institutional headquarters of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (c/ Juan de Quesada, 30 - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria).
Organizer: University Institute ECOAQUA of the ULPGC
Research group: BIOCON
Free access to the auditorium. Those who wish to attend online can do it through this link: https://form.jotform.com/233297189088370
In the following link you will find the information of connection to Zoom: WAICOM-GuiaRapida-Zoom-ULPGC-ES_v2
27/11/2023 01/12/2023
Dates and time: Monday, November 27th: 8:30 to 18:00 - Friday, December 1st: 9:00 to 17:30
Access: Online
Organizers: Juan Manuel Afonso, Marisol Izquierdo and Nieves González with the University of las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Manuel Rey Méndez with the University of Santiago de Compostela, Marcos de Donato Técnológico from Monterrey, Guillermo Morán with TUNACONS, Edgar Zapata and César Lodeiros with the Technical University of Manabí, José Alió with the Eloy Alfaro Lay University from Manabí and Paul Baltazar with the Scientific University of the South, Peru
Research group: GIA, BIOCON
Researchers: Francisco J. Otero Ferrer (BIOCON), Lidia Robaina (GIA), Daniel Montero Vitores (GIA), Juan Manuel Afonso (GIA) and Ricardo J. Haroun Tabraue (BIOCON)
Sessions "Aquaculture and biodiversity", "Circular Economy and sustainable strategy" and "Nutrition"
09/11/2023
Time: Thursday, November 9th: 15:45 to 16:45
Place of celebration: University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, New York (EEUU)
Organizer: Department of Environmental Biology
Research group: BIOCON
Researcher: Rodrigo Riera Elena
Presentation: “Unpacking Pandora’s Box: Fragmentation, Edges, and Mosaic Landscapes”
08/11/2023
Time: Wednesday, Novermber 8th: 9:15 to 13:00
Place of celebration: Rimini Expo Center, Agorà Blue Economy B6 Pav
Organizer: Ecomondo Scientific Technical Committee & European Commission -DG MARE, CNR-IUAV-CORILA
Research group: BIOCON
Researcher: Andrej Abramic
Presentation: "Planning the Marine Space for a Sustainable Blue Economy in the Mediterranean"
04/10/2023
Time: Wednesday, October 4th: 10:00 to 11:00
Place of celebration: Assembly Hall of the Oceanographic Center of the Canary Islands
Instituto Español de Oceanografía, C. Farola del Mar, nº 22, Dársena Pesquera de San Andrés, 38180 Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Organizer: Fundación Biodiversidad and the Directorate General for the Coast and the Sea of the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge
Research group: BIOCON
Researcher: Andrej Abramic
Presentation: Available tools for assessing the feasibility of offshore wind farm projects
29/09/2023
Time: Friday, September 29th:19:00 to 21:00
Place of celebration: Poema del Mar, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Paraninfo of the ULPGC
Organizer: Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)
Participating research groups: BIOCON and EOMAR
Researchers: Rodrigo Riera Elena (BIOCON), Rodrigo Almeda García (EOMAR), Néstor E. Bosch Guerra (BIOCON) and Inma Herrera Rivero (BIOCON)
Presentations: "No ocean, no magic" - Rodrigo Riera Elena and "Plankton and microplastics" - Rodrigo Almeda García (Poema del mar) and "Marine colonization of the Tajogaite volcano: a natural laboratory to improve the sustainable management of marine resources" - Néstor E. Bosch Guerra and "Who or what is Sheldon J. Plankton" - Inma Herrera Rivero (Paraninfo de la ULPGC).
06/09/2023
Date: September 6th
Access: Online
Organizers: the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE)
Research group: BIOCON
Researcher: Andrej Abramic
Session: " Joining forces to move the data value chain from ocean observation to knowledge-based MSP"
03/07/2023
Date: Monday, July 3rd
Access: Online
Organizer: Climática
Research group: BIOCON
Guest researcher: Andrej Abramic
Presentation: Offshore wind energy: a new maritime sector and its fit into the proposals for marine spatial planning in the Canary Islands
All of the works mentioned in the presentation have been developed within the framework of INTERREG MAC with the PLASMAR AND PLASMAR+ projects
20/06/2023
Time: June 20th at 15:30
Place of celebration: Alfredo Kraus auditorium, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Organizer: INTERREG
Research group: BIOCON
Guest researcher: Inmaculada Herrera Rivero
Presentation: Presentation of the three early stage technologies by researchers from the Canary Islands, and jury of the best route to market
16/06/2023 17/06/2023
Time: Friday, June 16th: 10:30 to 11:00 - Saturday, June 17th: 11:15 to 11:45
Place of celebration: Muelle de Santa Catalina, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Organizer: Concejalía de Ciudad de Mar of Gran Canaria and Infecar, Fair of Gran Canaria.
Research group: BIOCON and EOMAR
Guest researchers: Inmaculada Herrera Rivero (BIOCON), José Juan Castro Hernández (BIOCON) and Emilio Soler Onís (EOMAR)
Presentations: "Quién o qué es Sheldon J. Plankton" and "El océano microscópico: explorando las microalgas de Canarias"
17/05/2023
Time: Wednesday, May 17th: 9:00 to 12:30
Place of celebration: TOPOS Parlement, Rue d'Arlon 25, 1050 Ixelles, Brussels Belgium
Organiser: Zero Waste Europe and Break Free From Plastic, on behalf of the CAPonLITTER project, financed by Interreg Europe
Research group: BIOCON
Guest researcher: Yaiza Fernández - Palacios Vallejo
Presentation: CAPonLITTER in Fuerteventura - Ingredients for success
24/04/2023
Time: From 9:00 to 11:30 hours
Access: On-line
Inauguration: In charge D. Ricardo Haroun Tabraue. Director of University Institute ECOAQUA from the ULPGC.
Organizer: Asociación de Voluntarios de Ayuda a la Naturaleza de Fuerteventura (AVANFUER) and Fuerteventura Marine Litter Observatory (OBAM), with the support of University Institute ECOAQUA.
Research group: BIOCON
Target: Public and private entities that are organizers or promoters of events in Fuerteventura and the rest of the Canary Islands, as well as the key agents of the CAPonLITTER Project in Fuerteventura.
The University Institute ECOAQUA is a research centre that belongs to the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, a public institution that offers a wide range of degrees in all the major areas of knowledge, with the aim of providing comprehensive training to those who come to it, in a commitment based on innovation, quality and internationalisation.