Elisabeth  Debusschere , a student of the EMBC cohort 2009 has won the VLIZ Thesis award Marine Sciences 2011. With this award the Flanders Marine institute wants to encourage young marine scientists that have graduated from a Flemish University. Elisabeth won the prize with her thesis  entitled "Effect of ocean acidification on the early life stages of the Baltic tellin Macoma balthica" (more info)

More info also at http://www.vliz.be/ 

 

 

The Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC) is offered by a University consortium consisting of 6 partners (Group I : Ghent University (Belgium), University of Bremen (Germany), University of the Algarve (Portugal), and group II : University Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 006 (France), University of Oviedo (Spain) and University of Klaipèda (Lithuania))

The study programme is divided in 3 thematic modules: (1) Understanding the structure and function of marine biodiversity, (2) Toolbox for investigating marine biodiversity, (3) Conservation and Restoration of marine biodiversity. More information about the study programme can be found here.

 

Student mobility is an integral part of the Master : students start in one of the three group I Universities  for 2 semesters; for the third semester, students move to one of the group II Universities. 

The research project for the thesis work is performed in one of the partner institutions.

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