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FINMARI on the Finnish national Research Infrastructure Roadmap 2021-2024
11.12.2020
The Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee (FIRI Committee) has granted roadmap status to 29 research infrastructures. The selected infrastructures will be included in the national roadmap for…
New video from Indoor Mesocosm Experiment at SYKE is now available in YouTube
12.11.2020
Link to the video: https://youtu.be/bm3h714rhRY
FINMARI proudly presents: Another day at the office of Finnish Marine Research Infrastructure
12.10.2020
The first FINMARI video of all times has been published on the FINMARI YouTube channel. Check it out in the link:

New article in Science Advances reveals the secret life of phytoplankton
17.9.2020
Microalgae, which keep the planet alive, have more complex and fascinating life than we have known. Read about the findings of Lumi Haragutchi, now working as a post doc in the Marine Research Centre…
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29.6.2020
New FINMARI positions opened: Consortium Manager and Data Stream Manager
5.3.2020
SYKE has just opened 2 new positions at the heart of FINMARI operations. Check the ads, spread the news, and be swift: Deadline for applications March 17, 2020! Once you have reached this page, you…
FINMARI Researcher Day 2020 program available
2.3.2020
Turku universities host the 2020 Researcher Day Tuesday, March 10th. Check the program and be there! It is now available at the UTU/Seili web pages:…
FINMARI 2020 Researcher Day in Turku: March 10!
5.2.2020
Registration opened, act fast! This year our Researcher Day will take place in Turku, the home of 2 FINMARI partners. On March 10th, a full day of interesting state-of-the-art presentations by the…
FINMARI received 1.7 M€ of Academy of Finland funding
22.1.2019
FIRI2018 decisions included funding for FINMARI Consortium for a total amount of 2.42 M€. Academy of Finland finalized their FIRI2018 decisions on January 18th, 2019. FINMARI received altogether 1.7…
FINMARI ranked in the best category at Roadmap evaluation
24.4.2018
The Academy of Finland and international evaluation panels assessed all Research Infrastructures on the national RI Roadmap in a mid-term evaluation Of the 32 Research Inftrastructures accepted on the…

Marine research vessel Aranda undergoes a complete refurbishment
21.8.2017
The largest FINMARI research vessel Aranda (SYKE-MRC) will be thoroughly renovated in 2015-2018 for the next >20 years (11 M€ budget directly from the Ministry of Finance). The almost 30-year-old…

FINMARI research output listed for 2013 - April 2017
22.5.2017
The partnership has published >120 international peer-reviewed articles annually, almost 500 for the whole period, and produced 34 PhD theses covering a wide range of marine research disciplines The…
AQUACOSM network connects experimental research in European waters
3.5.2017
Lakes, rivers, estuaries and oceans are closely connected. Despite this, aquatic research is still divided in marine and freshwater sciences. Now scientists from 19 leading research institutes and…

Real-time Utö station data is getting available
6.4.2017
SYKE and FMI are starting an intensive campaign year at Utö Atmospheric and Marine Research Station, first results available now In connection to the EU H2020 RI project JERICO-NEXT intensive campaign…

FINMARI receives FIRI2016 funding from Academy of Finland
2.2.2017
2nd building phase 2017-2018 starts! FINMARI partners were granted a total of 2 M€ for novel instrumentation - Academy of Finland FIRI2016 funding covers 1.4 M€ Major new investments of the FINMARI…

The 2nd FINMARI Researcher Days with the new SAB were a success in Tvärminne
4.11.2016
Finnish Marine Research Infrastructure FINMARI met in Helsinki and Tvärminne Zoological Station 1 - 3 November 2016 Full house, with more than 60 scientists and the Scientific Advisor Board of…

FMI contracts Flydog Marine for a cabled profiler to Utö station
13.9.2016
FINMARI profiler network will be strenghtened in 2017 with a bottom-mounted profiler for year-round operation in rough field conditions The Director General Juhani Damski of Finnish Meteorological…

FMI’s first glider mission started in the Bothnian Sea
13.9.2016
After initial trials in UHEL field stations Tvärminne and Lammi, the first Finnish glider was launched for a multiweek expedition to study dynamics of water exchange between the Baltic Sea Proper and…

SYKE/MRC receives the first Imaging FlowCytobot delivered to Europe
18.8.2016
SYKE/MRC has just received the instrument, and the initial priming and testing phase in the lab has started The IFCB instrument from McLane Research Laboratories is an automated imaging flow cytometer…
