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.
12/12/2024
This workshop will address the issue of marine litter in the Atlantic Ocean. It will discuss the physical and chemical processes, among others, that influence both the transport and accumulation of marine litter in order to try to find solutions.
Date: 12 December 2024.
Venue: Canary Islands Oceanographic Centre , Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Organizer: University of La Laguna, Spanish Institute of Oceanography and University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Research groups and rechearchers:
Anna Cunill i Saez (EOMAR): Oral presentation ‘Impacts of Cigarette Butt Leachates on Palaemon elegans’,
Sofía Huelbes Muñoz (EOMAR): Poster presentation ‘Analyzing the presence of microplastics in Cronius ruber and their possible relationship with wastewater discharges’.
Francisco José Machín Jiménez (OFYGA): Organiser.
29/11/2024
This welcome event for new doctoral students, which brings together students from previous editions and professors, aims to give an insight into the research career through the researchers themselves. This year the theme of the scientific talks is the latest eruption of the volcano on La Palma.
Date and time: 29th November, 8:45h.
Venue: Sala de Grado, Faculty of Marine Sciences, ULPGC.
Researchers:
- Borja Aguiar: ‘Building a flexible career: The PhD is just the beginning, you define your career’, 9:00h.
- Ángel Rodríguez and Antonio Juan González: ‘In situ and remote monitoring of the Tajogaite volcanic eruption’, 12:30h.
Organizer: PhD in Oceanography and Global Change, ULPGC.
Partners: Spanish Geological and Mining Institute (IGME-CSIC), Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN), Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands (INVOLCAN), Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), University of La Laguna (ULL).
Research group: EOMAR and OFYGA.
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).
30/11/2024
On the occasion of World Aquaculture Day, this event is being held to raise awareness throughout society of the importance of the scientific and socio-economic activity of aquaculture as an instrument for contributing to feeding humanity, which is expected to reach 10 billion people by 2050. During the day, attendees will receive talks and visit the centre's facilities, ending with a tasting of aquaculture products.
Date: 30 November 2024.
Time: 10:00h-14:00h.
Free registration: ecoaquasec@ulpgc.es.
Venue: Parque Científico Tecnológico Marino de Taliarte de la ULPGC, Calle Miramar, 121 - Telde, Gran Canaria.
Researchers: Juan Manuel Afonso, Luis Molina, Marina Martínez and Álvaro Torres.
Organizer: ECOAQUA, ULPGC.
Research groups: GIA.
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).
07/11/2024 09/11/2024
Lava Circular is an interdisciplinary cultural circuit held on the island of El Hierro, which proposes to discover the territory by visiting its three municipalities (Valverde, El Pinar and La Frontera) through changing itineraries in which the programme is developed. Musical projects, talks-workshops and artistic activities are some of its activities, which revolve around the traditional and contemporary culture of the Canary Islands archipelago, with the main themes varying with each edition.
Date: 7th to 9th November.
Venue: El Hierro, Canary Islands.
Organiser: Hisla, El Hierro Island Council, Valverde Town Council, El Pinar Town Council and La Frontera Town Council.
Research group: EOMAR
- Emilio Soler. Talk and photo exhibition: 'In-VISIBLES'.
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’.
04/11/2024 06/11/2024
The purpose of this congress is to promote the discussion and analysis of related scientific problems such as physical oceanography, meteorology and climate of the Southeast Pacific. It is a valuable opportunity for national and foreign researchers to strengthen current research, generate new collaborations, and stimulate the participation of undergraduate and postgraduate students in scientific research.
Date: 4 to 6 November 2024.
Venue: Arturo Prat University, Chile.
Organizer: Ocean Atmosphere Dynamics WG (DOCA WG) of the National Oceanographic Committee and the Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources of the Arturo Prat University, Chile.
Research group: OFYGA.
Researcher and activities: Ángel Rodríguez Santana.
-Poster ‘Integral remote system for monitoring, detection and prediction of potentially harmful marine events for aquaculture farms’ (Sirena Project): 4, 5 and 6 November.
-Oral communication ‘Submesoscale Symmetric Instabilities in Mesoscale Ocean Eddies’: 4 November, 12:30h - 12:45h.
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)
09/10/2024
This event will mark the inauguration of the 13th edition of the Master's Degree in Marine Cultures, directed by ULPGC professor Félix Acosta Arbelo. The highly specialised course offers students an international programme on the principles of aquaculture, the cultivation techniques of the most representative species and the different areas of study that support this activity: nutrition, pathology, genetics, reproduction, engineering, economics and the environment.
Date: 9 October, 11.00hrs.
Venue: Marine Science and Technology Park (Taliarte, Telde).
Organisers: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza.
Research group: GIA.
06/10/2024 11/10/2024
This congress is an important meeting point for the science of optics and research and its applications in relation to the aquatic environment, ranging from biogeochemistry, environmental management and its applications, instruments, techniques and observation systems, remote sensing, phytoplankton ecology, radiative transfer and optical theory to global change and benthic processes.
Date: 6th to 11th October.
Venue: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Conference Centre of the Canary Islands).
Partners: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES), the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Operational Satellite Agency for Monitoring Weather (EUMETSAT), Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG), Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale (ULCO), Ocean Motion Technologies, Office of Naval Research, Sequoia Scientific, Economic Promotion Agency of Gran Canaria (SPEGC) and the Canarian Science and Technology Park Foundation (FCPCT) of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC).
Participating research groups: BIOCON (Antonio Juan González Ramos and Alejandro García Mendoza) and OFYGA (Marina Gutiérrez-García and Alex Urbaneja).
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
10/07/2024 12/07/2024
This congress is an important meeting point for researchers and professionals in the field of marine sciences in Spain and Europe. With the aim of disseminating the latest scientific research, the results and conclusions of studies in this sector will be presented. The event, dedicated to the nautical and marine-maritime sector, aims to promote and boost the Blue Economy.
Date: 10, 11 and 12 July.
Venue: Port of Valencia.
Organisers: University of Alicante, University of Barcelona, University of Cadiz, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Catholic University of Valencia and University of Vigo.
Partners: Valencia City Council, Valencia Provincial Council, Valencia Port Authority, University of Barcelona, Catholic University of Valencia.
Research groups: EOMAR and OFYGA.
27/06/2024 28/06/2024
The aim of this event is to debate the future regulation that the EU is pioneering, and is about to complete. The conference will offer a multifaceted view of the real scope and the main problematic legal issues that this regulation and its specific application may entail.
Date: 27th – 28th June.
Venue: Rectorate of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Researchers taking part: Beatriz Fonticiella, Inmaculada González, Elena Proietti, María José Estrada, Carmen Grau, and José Luis Zamora.
Organisers: Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities; ACIISI, Regional Ministry of Tourism and Employment and Vice-Ministry of Justice of the Canary Islands; University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Registrars Association of Spain.
Partners: Binter, ULPGC, Gran Canaria Island Council, University of Valencia, University Foundation of Las Palmas.
Research group: TOTMA
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).
17/06/2024 20/06/2024
Date: Monday, June 17th - Thursday, June 20th
Place of celebration: Alfredo Kraus Auditorium of the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Gran Canaria, Spain).
Organizers: Spanish Aquaculture Society (SEA) and the University Institute of Sustainable Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems (ECOAQUA)
Research group: GIA
07/06/2024 09/06/2024
This event, dedicated to the nautical and marine-maritime sector, aims to promote and boost the Blue Economy. The fair's activities include the dissemination of scientific knowledge about the marine-maritime environment.
Date: 7th, 8th and 9th June.
Venue: Sanapú Quay, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Organisers: INFECAR and Ciudad de Mar, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council.
Partners: Gran Canaria Island Council, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council, Las Palmas Port Authority.
Research groups: EOMAR, TOTMA, OFYGA and BIOCON.
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
Dr. Alicia Herrera Ulibarri participates in the Scientific Papers Reading Club of the Faculty of Marine Sciences of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) with the topic 'Alegranza: an observatory of marine litter'.
Date and time: Tuesday, 14 May 2024, at 15:00 hours.
Organised by: Students of the Faculty of Marine Sciences of the ULPGC.
Place: Sala de Grado de la Facultad de Ciencias del Mar de la ULPGC (Tafira Campus)
Research group: EOMAR
09/05/2024
FREE
This free workshop is aimed at the aquaculture sector, focusing on the problem of the generation of marine litter and on proposing tools, solutions and alternatives that are useful and applicable for people working in the sector.
Date: 9 May 2024 at 16:00h.
Venue: Sala de Piedra, Institutional Headquarters of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Organised by: Directorate General for the Coast and the Sea of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITERD).
Confirmation of attendance: andreudalmau@submon.org
Date: 24 April 2024
Venue: Rectorate of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Calle Juan de Quesada, 30
Room 26 April.
Organisers: ULPGC and the Colegio de Registradores de la Propiedad, Mercantiles y de Bienes
through the "Cátedra Extraordinaria de Derecho Registral" (Extraordinary Chair of Registry Law).
Research group: TOTMA
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"
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.