Department of Biology
The strategy of the Department of Biology is to understand biological processes of life to preserve the environment. The Department has an interdisciplinary approach to education and research that is deeply rooted in environmental biology. The Department has academic and research activities in the following disciplines: molecular biology, cell biology, systems biology, plant physiology, zoophysiology, neurobiology, ethology, ecology, evolution, marine biology, aquaculture, biodiversity and environmental toxicology.
The Department is organized in sections: the Ecology, Ethology and Evolution (EEE) section, the Physiology, Environmental toxicology and Biotechnology (PEB) section, and the Marine science (MS) section.
The focus is on fundamental biological research and the implications and use of this knowledge for society. We offer researchers and students an exciting working environment and modern facilities at the Science Building (Realfagbygget), and at Trondheim Biological Station and SeaLab. The Departments has several field stations, in Norway, in Svalbard and in Tanzania. The various research groups are also engaged in field studies the Arctic and the Antarctic, Africa, Europe, Australia.
DET KGL. NORSKE VIDENSKABERS SELSKAB:
Kamaljit S. Bawa Winner of the Gunnerus Sustainability Award
Kamal Bawa's early research on the population biology of tropical forest trees, done in Central America, revolutionized our thinking regarding the ecology and evolution of forest trees, and thereby directly enhanced our ability to conserve tropical forests.
Kamal S. Bawa interview (Video)
Professor Anwarul Azim Arif, Vice Chancellor of the Chittagong University (CU), Bangladesh, visited the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, (NTNU).
The Research Council of Norway:
GENE TECHNOLOGY TO SECURE GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY:
Food crops must withstand harsher weather
Seed Qest October 2011
Gene technology to secure global food supply: crops must withstand harsher weather
SPPS Newsletter September 2011:
Scandinavian research institute: Cell, Molecular Biology and Genomics Group, NTNU, Norway
Friday, 29 October 2010
Baby grey seals face swim or suckle survival dilemma
Polar bears face melting chemical cocktail
Polar bears, the icon of the Arctic, are under threat from the twin challenges of climate change and chemicals that are not breaking down in the region's cold waters.
Phytoplankton Pigments
Characterization, Chemotaxonomy and Applications in Oceanography
Edited by: Suzanne Roy, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski
Edited by: Carole Llewellyn, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Edited by: Einar Skarstad Egeland, Bodø University College, Norway
Edited by: Geir Johnsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
