NEEDED project

NEEDED seminar series.

05/10/2023

This week we hosted a seminar series at the Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Below you’ll find the agenda of the meeting.

Last research cruise of the NEEDED project.

12/09/2023

The projects last sampling campaign took place over the last three weeks. The weather was tough, strong wind and waves tested us on numerous occasions. The cruise was carried on-board S/Y Oceania, a ship of the Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences.

The NEEDED team at FORAMS 2023 conference.

01/07/2023

The FORAMS conference is amongst the most important conferences for people studying foraminifera. It’s happening every four years and this time took place in the lovely Perugia, Italy

NEEDED project at Sopot Science Fair “Ocean of Changes” again.

17/06/2023

We took part in the yearly Sopot Science Fair again. This time we had our own stand where we displayed our work.

Test cruise for NEEDED equipment

14/03/2023

Since the last sampling cruise of the NEEDED project is getting closer we were tasked with testing our equipment during a short cruise in Gdańsk Bay. Everything worked fine and is ready for the final cruise in August 2023. Take a look at the pictures!

55th European Marine Biology Conference

23/09/2022

NEEDED participants took part in the 55th EMBS Conference in Gdańsk. We gave talks and displayed posters.

Summer sampling campaign of the NEEDED project

14/09/2022

This August members of the NEEDED team took part in a research cruise to the Nordic Seas. The weather was challenging, but we managed to reach our goals for this sampling campaign. Our team retrieved sediment cores and sediment surface samples. Additionally, water samples from different depths were taken to extract environmental DNA. We reached the final stop- Gdańsk port at 7.15 on 11th of September.

NEEDED project at Sopot Science Fair “Ocean of Changes”.

12/06/2022

The yearly Sopot Science Fair (Sopocki Piknik Naukowy “Ocean Zmian”) took place on 11th of June. Our presentation “DNA z dna. Co osady na dnie morza mówią o przeszłości Ziemi?” (Eng.: “DNA from the bottom. What marine sediments say about Earths past?”) had a sizeable audience. We hope we’ll get to talk about science and our project to a wide audience again next year!

First in-person meeting of the NEEDED team

08/06/2022

On June 7th we started our first in-person meeting at the Institute of Oceanology in Sopot. The day was filled with presentations and discussions. It was great to finally meet and summarize all of our work.

NEEDED project presentation at 2nd International online PalaeoArc Conference on ‘Processes and Palaeo-environmental changes in the Arctic: from past to present’

29/03/2021

Next month (28th April) at European Geosciences Union - EGU, Eric Capo together with NEEDED participants will discuss tools and ideas that could be used to increase the visibility of sedaDNA research by the scientific community.

NEEDED team at EGU General Assembly 2021

24/03/2021

Next month (28th April) at European Geosciences Union - EGU, Eric Capo together with NEEDED participants will discuss tools and ideas that could be used to increase the visibility of sedaDNA research by the scientific community.

R/V Oceania Overhaul

23/03/2021

The Oceania is the only Polish research vessel adapted for a wide range of oceanographic research activities in physics, chemistry, ecology and marine biology in waters all round the world. Recently it undergoes the overhaul in the dry dock to be ready before summer NEEDED sampling campaign!

Developing the stratigraphy for NEEDED sediment cores

19/03/2021

The sediment cores collected last year from RV Oceania in Greenland and Svalbard shelves arrived safely in NORCE, so today we can start magnetic susceptibility measurements.

NEEDED kick-off meeting

15/03/2021

On the 15th of March 2021, a NEEDED kick-off meeting took place on the ZOOM platform.

First sampling campaign of the NEEDED project

20/11/2020

Last November Stijn De Schepper, Project PI, was able to join the Arctic expedition on RV Kronprins Haakon together with researchers from CAGE at the University of Tromsø, in the midst of Arctic winter! It was a very successful cruise, where we have collected three long gravity cores, several multi-cores, and liters of seawater for the NEEDED project.