The MBA runs regular events, aimed at promoting marine scientific excellence. We run events for schools, families and the wider public. We also organise regular events for our members, providing the marine biological community with networking and professional development opportunities. These events include conferences and workshops, training days and scientific meetings.
The MBA runs regular events – often collaboratively - aimed at promoting marine scientific excellence. We run events for schools, families and the wider public. We also organise regular events for our members, providing the marine biological community with networking and professional development opportunities. These events include conferences and workshops, training days and scientific meetings.
As well as organising events, we also support and attend events locally, nationally and internationally, which promote marine biological science. Please get in touch if you have any ideas for events we could run or attend.
The MBA is dedicated to providing opportunities to share marine biological research and facilitating the development of excellent scientific research and communication. To this end, the association organises regular and occasional meetings and conferences, as well as supporting regular events through sponsorship and in-kind contributions.
Open to all current postgraduates, graduates within three years & early-career scientists, with the aim to showcase current marine science postgraduate research and encourage networking within the postgraduate community. Also included a trip around the local coastline, including Amble, St Mary's Island and Dove Marine Laboratory.
For more information please visit the host website here.
In October 2001, the MBA meetings secretary suggested that the MBA should be engaging the marine biological post-graduate community through the establishment of a postgraduate workshop. At the time there were no scientific meetings in marine biology where postgraduates and post-docs could meet, discuss their work and exchange ideas.
The first MBA Post-Graduate workshop was held over two days in April 2002 at the Citadel Hill Laboratory in Plymouth. It was attended by 60-70 students and post-docs from as far afield as Dublin, Belfast and France and the speakers were a mix of MBA fellows, students, postdocs and invited guests.
As a result of the success of the meeting it was agreed that the small profit made would be used to 'seedcorn' the next workshop and the Annual MBA Post-Graduate workshop was born. Since then workshops have been held every year except 2003.
Conferences are organised by post-graduates (with some financial support from the Association) and as such have been excellent opportunities for Marine Biology post-graduates to gain experience in organising scientific conferences. They have also proved popular with the Marine Biology postgraduate community.
For more information please contact the MBA Student Membership Officer at membership@mba.ac.uk.
11th Postgraduate Conference - University of Hull Scarborough Campus, England, 6-10 May 2014.
10th Postgraduate Conference - Aberystwyth University, Wales, 8-10 May 2013.
The MBA regularly sponsors a prize at the Annual European Marine Biology Symposium, coordinated by the MARS Network. The 54th EMBS will take place at the O'Brien Centre for Science, Ireland (25-29 August 2019), hosted by the University College Dublin.
The MBA Education team runs regular events for all levels of expertise, as well as running workshops and displays at national and regional exhibitions and conferences.
The MBA also runs regular survey events for members, details can be found on the MBA Facebook Page.
The MBA runs an annual Marine Biologist for a Day event at its laboratory in Plymouth. The event usually takes place over 2-3 days, with separate days for primary aged students and secondary school/ college aged students. the days are aimed at anyone with a keen interest in marine biology and gives an opportunity for participants to meet working marine scientists and carry out experiments and interactive activities in the laboratory.
Join us for a day of interactive workshops and demonstrations with real scientists. Booking is essential and places usually go fast!
Talk to professional scientists and university students working in the field and get career advice and inspiration. Visit a working laboratory and the National Marine Biological Library, and develop wider scientific skills. Participants will learn about ecology, research techniques, microscopy, DNA, scientific processes and more. All at one of the oldest marine biological Laboratories in the world.
Places are limited to 5 per school/college – When registering, select a ticket per student – and enter your details in the registration page. You do not need to register accompanying adults.
Friday 15th Primary Schools - Additional day added due to high demand!
Check out some images from previous event on our Facebook gallery.
The Beach Rangers Returned to the Shore in 2018!
Throughout the school holidays, Beach Rangers run free family-friendly events on Plymouth's beautiful shores. After another succesful year,the team are looking for sposorship to support a 2019 programme of events.
Plymouth Sound is home to many curious and wonderful creatures and its importance for marine wildlife is internationally recognized. Beach Rangers will help you discover these wonders and there will be plenty of fun along the way!
Typical ativities include rock pooling, arts and crafts, games and much more! You can get creative, learn why the sea is so important to people, whilst also helping gather information through our Crab Watch citizen science project.
Beach Rangers events are run In partnership with Plymouth City Council, EarthJump and the National Marine Aquarium.
For regular updates follow @PlymBlueSound on Twitter.
If you'd like to help the Beach Rangers to run next year, please support us by making a donation. You can find out more here.
The MBA runs an annual Bioblitz with partners, as well as supporting and participating in Bioblitz events run by other organisations. The MBA is also actively involved in the National Bioblitz Network. These 24 hour events record biodiversity in the marine environment, and a range of other coastal habitats within a set boundary.
Find out more about the MBA Bioblitz including links to previous events here.
You may also be interested in the series of 2019 Marine Science Camps taking place around the UK and led by the Field Studies Council.
The MBA Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 15 November at Citadel Hill.
Invitations and further details will be sent out to members nearer the time.
In March 2014, the patron of the Marine Biological Association, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, joined a host of distinguished guests to celebrate the granting of a Royal Charter to the Association and what this means for our work to increase understanding of the marine environment.