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

Science and Information Technology
AI can help preserve
biodiversity
Sustainability and environment
Tobias Andermann awarded by H.M. King Carl XVI
Gustaf
Sustainability and environment
Trees are important for cleaner air in
cities
Science and Information Technology
Salty, fresh or both - what happens in the
fish?
Science and Information Technology
Research on polluting chemicals falling
behind

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News – 23 March 2022

AI can help preserve biodiversity

Urgent demands for measures to protect biodiversity are hampered by economic conditions. This underscores the importance of…

News – 22 December 2021

Tobias Andermann awarded by H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf

Tobias Andermann's research on biodiversity continues to be praised. After previously being assigned The Faculty of Science…

News – 2 December 2021

Research on polluting chemicals falling behind

Only a fraction of all the chemicals used by society have been thoroughly studied by researchers. An analysis covering 20…

News – 14 December 2021

Salty, fresh or both - what happens in the fish?

Ever since childhood, we have learned that there are different fish in our different waters, some thrive in salt water and…

Do you want to learn more about biology or environmental sciences?

Events

Start date 19 May 2022

Science and Information Technology
Zoologiseminarium: Welfare of laboratory zebrafish - focus on animal
housing
Start date 22 May 2022 To End date 25 May 2022

Sustainability and environment

PRIMO21
Start date 24 May 2022

Science and Information Technology
Master examinations
Biology
Start date 25 May 2022

Science and Information Technology
Master examinations
Biology
Start date 27 May 2022

Science and Information Technology
Ola Nordqvist: “A landscape of values - a study of non-epistemic values in Swedish upper secondary science
education”

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Dissertation

Johanna Lethin: ”Mutagenesis in wheat: An approach to make saline green!”

Dissertation in Natural Science, Specializing in biology.

29 Apr

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. Bethanie Carney Almroth

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

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.