CCMar is recruiting applicants for PhD fellowships. Selected candidates will work together with the supervisor and CCMar infrastructure to apply for an open call by FCT which is the portuguese funding body. The deadline for application is 15th of July (here). CCMar scientists have been very successul in securing funds in the past. Other funding opportunities and applications will also be considered in due time. You can download a table with more information on the topics here.
We suggest you contact the supervisors directly throught the email provided in the list. General inquiries: ccmar
CCMAR, Centro de Ciências do Mar, is an independent multidisciplinary, non-profit research organization within the University of the Algarve with the mission to promote research and education in the marine environment. CCMAR is one of the foremost marine science research centres in Portugal, with competence in a range of areas of marine biology, ecology, biotechnology, fisheries and aquaculture. CCMAR is composed of over 300 members, with 150 PhDs and 40 PhD students. CCMAR is a member of international organizations such as EMBRC, ELIXIR and EMSO.
2016/2017 List of available PhD thesis topics
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Monsoonal and climatic changes in the Indian Ocean during the Mid-Pleistocene transition * |
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Chemical communication in the Mozambique tilapia |
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Chemical communication in the Mozambique tilapia; the female side |
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The smell of fear? Chemical alarm cues in the cichlid, Australoheros facetus, an invasive species in Portugal |
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Identification of compounds with osteogenic activity in extracts from natural resources using a zebrafish-based screening method |
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Pelagic-benthic coupling in highly productive regions: What can we learn from past climate perturbations * |
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Paleoproductivity and Paleoclimate off Peru-Chile during the last 250 ky: Diatom records * |
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Coupled ocean and atmospheric changes during the last deglaciation in mid-latitudes of the North Atlantic region |
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Understanding past climate variability during the Middle Pleistocene Transition in the North Atlantic mid-latitudes and subtropics * |
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The impact of Pleistocene climate variations on the Greenland Ice Sheet and on planktonic and benthic communties along the East Greenland margin * |
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Enhancing protein accretion in fish through early nutrition modulation |
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Tetrodotoxin in Portuguese coastal waters * |
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The early diversification of Bryophytes |
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To examine the potential past analogue to the present interglacial periods * |
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Interactions of POMs with Ca2+-ATPase |
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Interactions of decavanadate and decaniobate with actin |
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Exploring chemical and biological methods for the recovery of metals from metal-bearing wastewaters |
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Green synthesis of nanoparticles using wastes and applications to water treatment |
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Linking genetics with ecophysiology to explain and forecast the geographical distribution of marine plants under a global changing world |
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Genetic Variability and Range Dynamics of Responses of Marine Forests to Global Change |
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Evolution of the immune response in Antarctic fish and constraints under climate change |
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The stress response under extreme cold and what happens when it gets warmer |
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Fresh Water diatoms record rapid climate changes: Links between land and ocean * |
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Advanced nano materials and thin films for photocatalysis and resistance memory applications |
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Biomolecules from microalgae for aquaculture feed |
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Effects of altered carbon and nitrogen availabilities under climate change scenarios on seagrass productivity |
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Ex vivo and in vitro studies of processes contributing for vascular calcification |
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Study of the rescue of craniofacial and neurological phenotypes of MRD20 in zebrafish and mouse models |
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Identification of new mutations in PDB6 locus: implications for onset of Paget Disease of Bone |
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Functional effect of new variants in the ZNF687 in Paget disease of Bone: Implication for the development of giant cell tumors |
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Global change effects on the diversity and distribution of marine flora |
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Managing the proliferation of JELLYfish blooms: studying chemical interactions to attract the critical POLYP stage |
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In situ access of ocean Acidification effects on pelagic–benthic coupling |
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Biophysical processes leading to the ingress of temperate fish larvae into estuarine nursery areas |
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Allopathic substances in microalgae |
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Metabolic trade-off during puberty in fish |
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Modeling climate change impacts on species ranges and genetic diversity |
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Evolution and transcriptomic variation caused by hybridization in marine algae |
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Transcriptomic responses of Arctic plankton to temperature stress |
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Ecological and genetic differences between ecotypes in marine algae |
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Seagrass adaptation to salinity |
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Ecophysiological responses to contrasting habitats in kelps from the southern hemisphere |
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Ecosystem services of Ria Formosa lagoon |
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Olfactory sensitivity to inorganic ions in teleosts |
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Reproductive pheromones in the Senegalese sole |
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Identification of the tilapia pheromone receptor and early neuronal signal integration |
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| * Some PhD thesis will be offered at two host institutions, CCMar and IPMA ; those are marked with a red asterisk. * | |||
