We invite you to attend the habilitation thesis defense entitled “Impact of Climate Change on Plankton and Consequences for Human Society“, presented by Dr. Bogdan Drugă, on June 17, 2025, at 12:00 PM, at the Institute of Biological Research in Cluj-Napoca. This talk explores how the microscopic organisms that produce the oxygen we breathe respond […]

We invite you to the III Just4MPA Workshop, on May 29th, 2025, starting at 9:20 AM, at the Institute of Biological Research in Cluj-Napoca. Together, we will explore how Marine Protected Areas influence biodiversity, ecosystem resilience, and coastal communities. Part 2: room 408 Onix/ FSPAC3/UBB (at Strada Septimiu Albini 8)

We invite you to an exciting scientific event on March 20, 2025, focusing on the current challenges in network analysis. The presentations will highlight the differences between co-occurrence and species interactions, as well as methodological challenges, with a special emphasis on data analysis and algorithm utilization. Join Zoom meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82280401302?pwd=RFmhgmINbKclt0J8WpWVpjbcGQ8zDq.1 Meeting ID: 822 8040 1302Passcode: […]

Join us for an engaging science event at the Institute of Biological Research, Cluj-Napoca, on March 10, 2025, at 10:00 AM. This session brings together enthusiastic researchers to explore exciting topics in aquatic science, from zooplankton movements to socioecological conservation challenges and the evolution of plankton ecology. Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/86204004915?pwd=EUmQhUQYgG11nFCDzwRMAgsBplOD6Z.1 Meeting ID: 862 0400 4915Passcode: […]

Researchers at the Institute of Biological Research Cluj-Napoca are open to collaborations with students of the Faculty of Biology and Geology of UBB Cluj-Napoca, at their request, for internships, or for completing bachelor’s or master’s theses.

Please distribute the questionnaire to relatives or other people interested in or who have traditionally used wild fruit trees! Questionnaire link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZSWWL3N The FRUITDIV project aims at the European level to characterize, valorize and conserve the high genetic diversity of wild relatives of fruit trees in the genera Malus, Pyrus, Prunus and Amygdalus 🍎🍐🍒🍑🌱🍏🌳. Our goal […]

The Institute of Biological Research Cluj-Napoca is offering 5 researcher positions for employment.

The monograph “Nematode fauna of the Romanian Carpathians”, authors: Marcel Ciobanu & Iuliana Popovici published by the Presa Universitară Clujeană publishing house in 2021, won the Emil Racoviță Prize of the Romanian Academy. The work, developed in two volumes, synthesizes the results of research conducted over 26 years (1974 – 2000) in the Romanian Carpathians, […]

Some of the researchers at the Cluj-Napoca Biological Research Institute sent this statement to the Cluj-Napoca City Hall, expressing their concern regarding the removal of some mature trees from the center of the town.

April 10 – Open Day at ICB Cluj during the Green Week Following the collaboration agreement concluded between ICB Cluj and the “Avram Iancu” Secondary School from Beliș (CJ), with the aim of developing educational activities with secondary school students regarding environmental pollution, climate change and environmental protection, on April 10, 2023, the school students, […]