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Latest news and updates from the Marine Palynology Lab.

  • New publication: how dinoflagellate cysts track climate change in the Cape Blanc upwelling

    New publication: how dinoflagellate cysts track climate change in the Cape Blanc upwelling

    Our latest paper is now published in Biogeosciences (Vol. 23, pages 831–850): “Assessment of the Cape Blanc (northwest Africa) upwelling ecosystem response to recent climate change, using wavelet analyses on dinoflagellate cyst export.” This work…

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  • New publication: rethinking how we name fossil ciliates

    New publication: rethinking how we name fossil ciliates

    Exciting news! I’m delighted to share our new paper, recently published in Marine Micropaleontology (Vol. 204, article 102557): “Fossil remains of ciliates (phylum Ciliophora): a recommendation for their treatment under the International Code of Nomenclature…

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  • 🪶 Cando os sedimentos falan: como a biostratigrafía nos axuda a viaxar no tempo

    🪶 Cando os sedimentos falan: como a biostratigrafía nos axuda a viaxar no tempo

    English “Reconstructing the past helps us better predict what will happen in the future.” The history of the Earth is not written in books, but in layers of rock and sediment. Every stratum that accumulates…

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  • New publication out!

    New publication out!

    🌊 Exciting news! I am deligthed to share with you our new publication in Marine Micropaleontology:“Progress, challenges and future directions in marine organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst research: New insights from an international workshop”📖 You can read…

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  • Sampling in the Rías Baixas

    Sampling in the Rías Baixas

    🚤🌊 After nearly two months of intense fieldwork, our scientific sampling campaign in the Galician Rías Baixas is coming to an end! Since mid-May, my colleague Andreu Blanco and I (Marine Research Centre (CIM-UVIGO)//Centro de…

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  • International Workshop on Ciliate Cysts – Concarneau, May 19–21

    International Workshop on Ciliate Cysts – Concarneau, May 19–21

    I had the great pleasure of participating in this workshop filled with inspiring talks and engaging discussions. I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet magnificent researchers in my field of study, as…

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  • First Day at the International Workshop on Ciliates in Concarneau (France) 19-21 May 2025

    First Day at the International Workshop on Ciliates in Concarneau (France) 19-21 May 2025

    The first day of the workshop has been truly inspiring. The workshop has brought together researchers from France, Belgium, the USA, Canada, the UK, and Spain to share knowledge and ideas. We had a series…

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  • Success at the first international workshop on dinoflagellate cysts in Vigo last June 2024!

    Success at the first international workshop on dinoflagellate cysts in Vigo last June 2024!

    A workshop organized by CIM/UVigo brought together 27 scientists from different countries in the Redeiras building for 4 days. Several sessions of talks, microscopes, fieldwork, debates and discussions, allowed an intense exchange of knowledge and…

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  • The first International workshop on dinoflagellate cysts at UVigo!

    The first International workshop on dinoflagellate cysts at UVigo!

    Happy to announce the International Workshop on Dinoflagellate Cysts which will take place at the Redeiras Building (Berbés, Vigo, Spain) next June 2024. It will bring together around 30 scientists specialised in these microalgae which…

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  • Seminar: XEODISEA CÍES: UNHA NOVA MIRADA

    Seminar: XEODISEA CÍES: UNHA NOVA MIRADA

    Last May 13, I attended a very interesting seminar on the geological singularities of the Cies Islands. Several renowned scientists explained various aspects of the UNESCO global geopark status. It was exciting and for me,…

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  • Visiting UMN

    Visiting UMN

    I was very lucky to visit Vera Pospelova’s lab at the UMN the few last weeks! Giving a seminar is a great opportunity to share your knowledge and experience with other academics. Mine was about…

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  • 8-M

    8-M

    My contribution to the CIM initiative for the 8th of March, International Women’s Day: We, scientist women, are influencers!

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  • Scientific seminar on paleoclimatology

    Scientific seminar on paleoclimatology

    Glad to attend to the seminar gave by Dr Jorge Valdés Saavedra from Instituto de Ciencias Naturales Alexander Von Humboldt (Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile). After the seminar we had a very nice and productive discussion…

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  • Habemus buque oceanográfico!

    Habemus buque oceanográfico!

    Nace o buque oceanográfico CIM UVigo, a primeira embarcación profesional fabricada en España con propulsión híbrida enchufable — read more at CIM

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