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13 February 2010
Octopus Challenge at the National Marine Aquarium

Public event with games, treasure trail, activities and sleepover.

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23 February 2010
Marine Renewable Energy Public Event

Devonport Lecture Theatre, Portland Square Building, University of Plymouth

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18 March 2010
National science and engineering week at the MBA

The MBA opens its doors during National Science and Engineering Week to provide inspiring, interactive displays that introduce marine biological research to school groups and the public.

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31 March 2010
PRIMaRE Annual Research Conference 2010

Join academics and stakeholders to learn how PRIMaRE is supporting academic excellence in Marine Renewables.

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10 April 2010
Sleeping with the Sharks

Back by popular demand, a family sleepover is planned for Saturday 10th April.

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16 April 2010
PML Seminar Series

The title for John Ludden's (BGS) seminar on Friday 16 April at 15.00 is "The BGS science strategy".

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23 April 2010
A special screening of the award-winning documentary film: The Cove

A Society of Marine Sciences event on Friday 23 April, 1830 – 2030 in the Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth.

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23 April 2010
MBA AGM

The AGM of the Association will be held in the Resource Centre of the Citadel Hill Laboratory, Plymouth on Friday 23rd April at 2pm.

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5 May 2010
PML Seminar Series

The next seminar will be given by Kevin Chipman from Birmingham University and is entitled 'Gene expression profile analysis and environmental contaminant exposure'.

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10 May 2010
MBA / SAHFOS Seminar Series

The next seminar will be given by Dr Jeremy Young from the Natural History Museum and Dr Kyoko Hagino from Okayama University and is entitled 'Phytoplankton Evolution: Contrasting records of very fast and very slow change in oceanic and coastal coccolithophores'.

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11 May 2010
NERC Oceans 2025 Annual Science Meeting (ASM)

The 2010 ASM will be held from 11-13 May at the Holiday Inn, Plymouth.
Registration form and further details will be posted in due course.

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17 May 2010
MBA post-graduate conference

The MBA post-graduate conference is being held at Glasgow University on the 17th - 20th May 2010. Registration closes on the 16th April. The abstract deadline has been extended from March 31st  to April 6th for those who still wish to submit.

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17 May 2010
Marine Planning Course

A 5-day marine planning course for continuing professional development.

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19 May 2010
PML Seminar Series - Helen Findlay, PML

Caitlin Arctic Survey

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26 May 2010
PML Seminar Series - Roger Harris, PML

The changing world of scientific publishing

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27 May 2010
MBA / SAHFOS Seminar Series

John Rundle - The culture of the green sea urchin (Psammechinus miliaris). 4-5 pm in the MBA common room.

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29 May 2010
Fancy dress goes FREE at the NMA!

FREE entry to the National Marine Aquarium for all children in CAMOUFLAGE fancy dress, May 29th to June 6th.

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2 June 2010
PML Seminar Series - Thomas Roberts, Manchester University

Subject TBC

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3 June 2010
PMSP evening reception at the University of Plymouth

More details to follow.

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3 June 2010
MBA / PMSP 125th Anniversary Conference

'Global Environmental Change in the Marine Environment' - An MBA organised PMSP conference incorporating the 4th MBA Annual Lecture at the University of Plymouth. More details to follow.

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7 June 2010
Joint meeting with the Italian Society of Marine Biologists (SIBM)
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8 June 2010
World Oceans Day

In 2008, the United Nations General Assembly decided that, as from 2009, 8 June would be designated by the United Nations as "World Oceans Day" (resolution 63/111, paragraph 171).

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9 June 2010
PML Seminar Series - MyC Riggulsford, The Walnut Bureau

Sensitive issues in science and the media - how pressure groups shape public opinion

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11 June 2010
Bioblitz 2010

The MBA and the Natural History Museum are running another Bioblitz this year on June 11th – 12th , this time at Mothecombe including sandy beach, rocky shore, subtidal, estuary and surrounding coastal woodland, freshwater and meadows.

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12 June 2010
DDRC Bike ride

DDRC is 30 this year and to celebrate, some of our wonderful staff and their friends are going to cycle 30 miles (!) with the proceeds going towards DDRC.

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21 June 2010
June 21-25 workshop at MBA on PERMANOVA+ add-on to PRIMER

There are still places left for Prof Marti Anderson's workshop in three weeks' time (21-25 June). Contact the MBA.

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23 June 2010
PML Seminar Series - Michael Belmont - Exeter University

The increase in annualised average power output of wave energy converters stemming from quiescent period prediction

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30 June 2010
PML Seminar Series - Jack Gilbert, PML

The Western English channel - a microbes eye view

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30 June 2010
Devon Maritime Forum meeting

The meeting will be held at the Langstone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish, with registration from 10.00am and will include attendance of a large team from the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), including the Chief Executive Officer, the Director of Networks, the Regional Marine Manager and Local Fisheries Officer from Brixham. 

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3 July 2010
Marine Institute to sponsor Blue Lectures

The University of Plymouth Marine Institute has been named as the Title Sponsor of the inaugural Blue Lecture Series which will take place at the Barbican Theatre during the Blue Mile 2010 event.

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3 July 2010
The Blue Mile

The UK's newest mass-participation event designed to engage people actively with our blue environment.

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7 July 2010
PML Seminar Series - Pete Miller, PML

Remote sensing - what are all those people doing?

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12 July 2010
MBA / SAHFOS Seminar - Dr Claire Goodwin, Department of Natural Sciences, National Museums Northern Ireland

Sponge Biodiversity of the United Kingdom 

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14 July 2010
PML Seminar Series - Rosa Barciela Fernandez, Met Office

Environmental ocean forecasting at the Met Office

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21 July 2010
PML Seminar Series - Graham Bradley

Corrosive bacterial biofilms (microbial induced corrosion, modern biofilin aspects, accelerated low water corrosion)

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4 August 2010
PML Seminar Series - Richard Owen, University of Westminster

Subject TBC

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6 August 2010
Seminar Series at Citadel Hill - TWO talks by eminent US scientists

Peter Wiebe from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will give a talk entitled "Salps Backscatter Sound!: Acoustic properties of the Antarctic salp, (Salpa thompsoni).  Dr. Ann Bucklin of the Marine Science and Technology Center, University of Connecticut will give a talk entitled “A Rosetta stone for zooplankton; DNA barcode analysis of holozooplankton diversity”. Talks will begin at 11.15am in the Common Room. For more information, contact the Marine Biological Association directly. 

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1 September 2010
PML Seminar Series - Frances Hopkins, PML

Title: 'Marine trace gases and the other CO2 problem'

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8 September 2010
Microelectrode Techniques For Cell Physiology 2010

The workshop provides intensive practical experience of a number of microelectrode, patch clamp and optical techniques applied to single cells. It is intended for postgraduate students, post-doctoral workers or established scientists wishing to apply these techniques in their research.

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8 September 2010
PML Seminar Series - Henrik Stahl, SAMS

Microsensors and planar optodes to study biogeochemical cycling.

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10 September 2010
DDRC 30th Anniversary Black-tie Dinner

DDRC is celebrating its 30th anniversary in style at the NMA! Come along and enjoy a dinner in front of the Atlantic Reef tank! Ticket price tbc. Tables will be groups of ten.

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11 September 2010
DDRC DCI Conference

The DDRC DCI conference will be held in Plymouth and will be an amazing fact filled day, with real case studies (told by divers themselves) followed by talks from doctors and experts who have treated DCI.

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11 September 2010
DCI Workshop and Conference

DDRC and the SAA are joining forces on Saturday 11th September 2010 to present a DCI Workshop for all divers irrespective of training agency or grade. The venue is the Future Inn in Plymouth http://www.futureinns.co.uk/

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15 September 2010
1st International Conference on Marine & Maritime Affairs (ICMMA)

The University of Plymouth is establishing a biennial international
conference on Marine & Maritime Affairs. The theme of this year's conference is "Sustainibility in the Marine and Maritime Industries".

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15 September 2010
PML Seminar Series - Graham Bradley, University of Plymouth

Corrosive bacterial biofilms.

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22 September 2010
PML Seminar Series - Stefan Raimund, Roscoff

Halocarbons.

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22 September 2010
PML Seminar Series - Andrew Willmott, NOC-L

NOC developments.

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3 November 2010
PML Seminar Series - Rosa Barciela Fernandez, Met Office

Environmental ocean forecasting at the Met Office.

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10 November 2010
PML Seminar Series - Peter Wadhams, University of Cambridge

Arctic sea ice thinning and retreat.

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4 June 2011
SCOTT 100: Plymouth Conference
Plymouth
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26 June 2011
9th International Temperate Reefs Symposium

Hosted by the University of Plymouth and the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

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