Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Welcome to BioEnv!

At BioEnv we give courses and programs and conduct research within areas dealing with the world around us. Biology is the the study of life, that is all living organisms and the processes that control them, whereas environmental sciences focus on the interplay between humans and nature.
You find us in the Botanical building (close to the Botanical garden) and the Zoology building (at Medicinareberget) in Gothenburg as well as at Kristineberg Marine Research Station in Fiskebäckskil.

News and events

Here you find news from the department and upcoming seminars, dissertations and other events

News

Sustainability and environment
Could implementing a mixture assessment factor improve the regulatory assessment of combination effects of
chemicals?
Sustainability and environment
Tree choices important for addressing climate
change
Science and Information Technology
Microalgae from Sweden’s west coast – a new resource for the fishing
industry
Sustainability and environment
Scientists call for global plan to save our oceans and our
health
Science and Information Technology
Celebrate Easter with a little more knowledge about
eggs

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news

News – 18 February 2021

Scientists Call for a Global Science Panel on Chemicals

An international group of scientists is proposing a global intergovernmental science-policy body for informing…

News – 26 January 2021

The abundance of the invasive round goby is examined by e-DNA

An invasive fish called round goby is rapidly spreading along the Swedish west coast. Can this species' distribution be…

Events

Start date 26 Aug 2021

Sustainability and environment
Revising REACH to achieve a toxic free environment in
Europe
Start date 9 Sep 2021

Research
Using eDNA to understand environmental effects of multiple chemical pollutants in Chilean fresh water
systems
Start date 5 Oct 2021 To End date 8 Oct 2021

Science and Information Technology
15th Nordic Photosynthesis Congress
(NPC15)

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Dissertation

Badreddine Bererhi: ”Evolutionary genetics and consequences of inbreeding in…

Doctoral thesis defence in Natural Science, Specialising in Biology.

28 May

Dissertation

Myriam Mujawamariya: "Climate change sensitivity of photosynthesis and…

Doctoral thesis defence in Natural Science, Specialising in Environmental Science.

16 Jun

About our educations

We offer courses and programs at both graduate and undergraduate level, in mainly biology and environmental science

Study here

At the department we teach students in mainly biology and environmental sciences. Most are enrolled to one of our Bachelor…

Our courses and programs

About our research

At the department we study diverse organisms in many different habitats and from many different perspectives

Our research

The research the department covers topics spanning from cellular level to population and ecosystems. We study plants and…

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Research groups at BioEnv

Research story/portrait

Hi there, Prof. Mats Olsson

We've sat down with Prof. Mats Olsson, researcher at the Dept. of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of…

Research story/portrait

Hi there, Prof. Bethanie Carney Almroth

We've sat down with Prof. Bethanie Carney Almroth, researcher at the Dept. of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the…

Research story/portrait

Hi there, Dr. Leon Green

We've sat down with Dr. Leon Green, researcher at the Dept. of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of…

Research story/portrait

Hi there, Dr. Christine Bacon

We've sat down with Dr. Christine Bacon, senior lecturer in biodiversity at the Dept. of Biological and Environmental…

Herbarium GB

Herbarium GB is a common research infrastructure at the University of Gothenburg, located at the Department of Biological…

Herbarium

Herbarium GB dates back to the 18th century and is a university-wide research infrastructure at the University of Gothenburg, with placement at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences. Here, dried plants, fungi, algae, etc. are stored for comparative and evolutionary studies.