Isabel De Block

🌊New deep-sea wonder just dropped! 🦑A team from the ICM discovered the “Poseidon squid” — now ranked among the world’s Top 10 most remarkable new @WRMarineSpecies 🔗 icm.csic.es/en/news/poseid…

[Help name a deep-sea species!] We discovered a new wood-eating chiton species from 5500m deep off Japan and we’re teaming up with Ze Frank (True Facts) to let the internet help name it. Watch the video, and comment your suggestion! DEADLINE: FEB 1 youtu.be/G7HkBBJO7ZU

After 5 years of sample collection and analysis our paper examining the impacts of an industrial #DeepSea mining trial on seafloor #biodiversity is published! Read here: nature.com/articles/s4155…

New species of deep-sea coral found living on polymetallic nodules.🪨🪸 A team of international scientists have recently discovered a deep-sea hard coral whose only known habitat is attached to the nodules. 🔗 noc.ac.uk/news/hidden-ge…

[New Paper] @ESAEcosphere reveals a high diversity at Nankai Trough cold seeps: 80 species incl. >10 new discoveries -- from @JAMSTEC_PR x @oceancensus cruise! OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.7… @uminanafushi @tenuilineus @hwatanabekayama @alciopidae @JamesfvFleming @DeepSeaV

🌊✨ Fellowship & Internship Opportunities! ✨🌊 🔹 Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2025 – Marine Institute 🔹 Dolphin Research Internship – AIMM Portugal 🔹 Open Training Call 2025 – Ocean Training Partnership 🚀 Ready to dive in? 👉 Scan the QR code to learn more & apply!

Deepest-known animal communities found nearly 10 km below sea in Mariana Trench phys.org/news/2025-07-d… #marinespecies

Hey #marinescience grads! Are you thinking of taking the plunge on a #PhD? Find out if the @MIT -WHOI joint program in #AppliedScience and #Engineering is right for you! Join us for a live virtual info session on July 22 from 2-3pm (EST)! 📲Register: mit.whoi.edu/admissions/inf…

📢 Applications for the 6th Deep Dive cohort are now OPEN! The ISA course is the first and only e-learning platform that addresses all elements of Part XI of UNCLOS and the 1994 Agreement. 🔗 Apply by 15 August: bit.ly/3GGDGK3 #DeepDive #UNCLOS #theArea #Elearning

Funded postdoc + PhD opportunities in marine microbial ecology! Please share with folks that might be interested. Start date is flexible (fall 2025 to summer 2026) More about the lab + applying (Postdoc rolling, PhD apps due Oct/Jan): sites.google.com/uncc.edu/micro…

🔜 Join JPI Oceans for the side event on "Informing the Mining Code: New Research on Deep-Sea Ecosystem Responses" organised by Belgium and Germany at the International Seabed Authority's 30th Session on 16 July 2025! More information: jpi-oceans.eu/en/jpi-oceans-…

When I have to try and understand my data analysis

@INRAE_France @ResearchUGent @NIOZatSea @CienciasDoMar #PhD position: Marine #phytoplankton - virus interactions and species competition🔬🌊 At The Netherlands Institute of Ecology @niooknaw ⏳Apply by the 13th of June More info: buff.ly/X2dcudA

🌊 The International Seabed Authority is #Hiring a Research Associate! 🪸 Do you hold an advanced degree in deep-sea biology, marine ecology, or marine spatial planning? 🗓️ Duration: 6 months 📍 Location: Home-based 🔗 Apply by 29 May 2025: lnkd.in/dZBF7QTW #UNJobs

Funded PhD opportunity !!! Interested in harbour porpoise research in the context of marine renewables and MPA monitoring? Application deadline: 16th May. For more information see sams.ac.uk/study/postgrad…, or contact me directly (Nienke.vanGeel@sams.ac.uk).

I decided. This is my favorite fish of all time: Pseudoliparis Amblystomopsis (Hadal snailfish). These two fine, goofy-grinning fellows visited us in 2022, before we found the deepest fish ever (same species, a cousin no doubt) at 8,336 meters in the Japan Trench during 2022.

Scientists investigated hydrothermal venting, from seeps that form underwater lakes of carbon dioxide, to bubbly venting at temperatures up to and exceeding 200ºC. NOC leads expedition to forecast and understand hazards posed by volcanic eruptions 👉 noc.ac.uk/news/scientist…

Job alert! What if you were our next cybertaxonomist? One-year postdoc offer at the Deep-Sea Lab, a joint project ISA-Ifremer. Application deadline 30 May 2025.

China Minmetals Corporation is offering 3 fellowship training opportunities for candidates from developing States. They will take part in a 3-month training in marine geology, biology, and environmental science. 📅 Apply by 4 May: bit.ly/3YJP39U #CareerDevelopment

@NIOZatSea @sussex_ifca @INRAE_France @HELCOMInfo @UniKent PhD at @ResearchUGent investigating the genomic processes that underlie adaptation to climate shifts in diatoms 🔬 The project integrates lab experiments with comparative genomics and transcriptomics🧬 ⏳Send your application until the 26th of May Info👇 buff.ly/CR3ypcT