New research can help fight disease outbreaks in salmon farming, without harming fishCRISPR-Cas9 screening of salmon cells ‘in the lab’ could replace the use of live fish in challenge testing
Innovations that facilitate a national investment on sustainable feed in the blue and green sectorsAfter nine years of research in Foods of Norway, Norway's first Centre for Research-Driven Innovation in Food, Aquaculture and Agriculture can look back on significant advances in sustainable and reso…
PhD positions affiliated with a new international multidisciplinary training network to advance to the novel field of hologenomicsNMBU will coordinate a new Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network that will advance understanding of how microorganism and host genetics interact. The network will train 11 doctorial students…
Master's students started their education with ice breaking and sustainability gamesThe new master's students in urban agriculture, sustainable food systems and agroecology hit the fast lane in the ‘getting to know each other’ phase in the August block.
This is how strawberries turn out when the insects haven't been at work long enough You have probably seen a nice red strawberry that has a slightly knotty and bumpy centre. This is the result of insects responsible for fertilisation have left a half-finished job.
Peat-free and peat-reduced growing media vary in suitabilityIn her doctoral thesis, Siv Mari Aurdal has evaluated the effect and potential of alternative growing media for versatile plant production based on compost from sludge digestate and garden waste, as w…
Foods of Norway final seminarThe Center for research-based innovation, Foods of Norway, will organize a final seminar to mark the end of nine years of research on sustainable feed resources for blue and green sectors. Research hi…
International master’s programs at the Faculty of Biosciences at NMBU The Faculty of Biosciences provides 7 international master’s programs, relating to different aspects of responsible food production.
Fistula cows with holes in their stomachsAt Ås Farm at NMBU, we have some cows that are a little different from most cows. These are the fistula cows, 12-14 of the kind. These cows have a hole in their rumen that is big enough to stick your …
Regurgitation/restraint behaviour (R/R) in captive orangutansRegurgitation/reingestion (R/R) is a behaviour, when an animal, typically shortly after eaten, regurgitates food and sometimes after further investigations, eats it again.
