News

30 June 2026
NPBC 2026 featured by Nord University. Nord University published a write-up of the Norwegian Plant Biology Conference we hosted in Bodø — three days that gathered around 60 researchers for more than 20 talks, four international keynotes and a full poster session spanning plant, macroalgal and microalgal biology. Read on nord.no »

18–19 June 2026
We organised and hosted the Norwegian Plant Biology Conference 2026 (NPBC 2026) in Bodø — two days bringing together around 80 plant and algal scientists for talks, posters and keynotes by Caroline Gutjahr, Cyril Zipfel, Gabriel Markov and Lenka Procházková, plus a pre-conference workshop and a coastal-walk excursion. Conference website »

NPBC 2026 participants, Bodø. Photo: Lars Andreas Myrvoll

17 June 2026
AI-assisted coding workshop at Nord. As a pre-conference workshop for NPBC 2026, Physalia Courses (Carlo Pecoraro, with Marco Chiarici) ran a full-day, hands-on workshop on AI-assisted coding for scientific research on our Bodø campus. Workshop details »

2 June 2026
KELPRIME in the news: Slik blir taren mer hardfør – og lønnsom (“This is how kelp becomes hardier – and more profitable”). Lise Fagerbakk reports for Nord University on our finding that cold-primed kelp seedlings grow larger, stronger and more robust at sea — raising production and profitability without new infrastructure. Read on nord.no »

7 May 2026
Popular science: Kan tare tilpasses til å takle hetebølger? (“Can kelp be trained to handle heatwaves?”) — marine biologist Pierrick Stévant writes for the Norwegian Seaweed Cluster about thermal “priming” of cultivated kelp from the KELPRIME project. Read on norseaweed.no »

6 March 2024
Kelp on German TV: Vom Klimawandel bedroht – die Kelpwälder vor Helgolands Küste (NDR “DAS!”), on kelp-forest research at our KELPRIME partner, the Alfred Wegener Institute. Watch on ndr.de »

1 November 2023
KELPRIME funded: the Research Council of Norway awarded NOK 10.6 million to help Europe’s kelp forests and kelp farming withstand warming seas (Nord University, Lise Fagerbakk). English » · Norsk »