Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment

The Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) is an interdisciplinary Institute at the University of Oldenburg with locations in Oldenburg and Wilhelmshaven. It is the only university institute in Lower Saxony that covers broad areas of marine sciences, both in research and in teaching. Currently,  26 working groups of various scientific disciplines - including biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering - belong to the institute. ICBM operates the coastal observatory Spiekeroog and is the home institute of the research vessel SONNE.

News

Marine Science

Discover the Colourful Biodiversity of the Oceans

Photo and Art Exhibition from 14 April 2023 to 25 May 2023 in the Schlaues Haus in Oldenburg. Vernissage: 14 April 2023, 1 PM

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The participants of the recent ICBM Postgraduate Symposium [Photo: ICBM].
Marine Science

Postgraduate Symposium at the ICBM

On 4 April, young scientists met on the Wechloy campus of the University of Oldenburg for the ICBM's 6th Postgraduate Symposium. A total of 45…

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Research schooner TARA [Photo: Yohann Cordelle, CC BY 3.0]
Marine Science

ICBM on schooner TARA for the first time

Dr Jessika Füßel is the first ICBM researcher to be on board the research schooner TARA of the French Fondation Tara Océan.

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Human chain in the shape of a peace dove, scene photo from the video clip.
Marine Science

Solidarity with the women in Iran

Last Friday, students and staff of Faculty V, including members of the ICBM, gathered on the university's sports field in Wechloy to show their…

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Events

News from DAM

Pilot missions of the DAM to study impact of bottom trawling on marine protected areas in the North Sea and Baltic Sea

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ICBM Time Series Station

Cooperations

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