19 January 2022

• PhD thesis preparation by: Denis Benito Fernández
  "Application of a battery of cell and tissue level biomarkers in mussels (Mytilus sp.) from Arctic and Subarctic latitudes: identification of confounding factors, biomarker baseline values and responsiveness for an integrated environmental health status assessment/Zelula eta ehun mailako biomarkatzaile bateriaren aplikazioa latitude Artiko eta Subartikoetako muskuiluetan (Mytilus sp.): faktore nahasgarrien eta biomarkatzaileen oinarri-balioen eta erantzun gaitasunaren identifikazioa ingurumen osasun egoeraren ebaluazio integratua burutzeko"
  PiE, Graduation Hall, 15:30 h.

29 October 2021

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Joyanta Bir
  "5S rRNA and tRNA in fish ovaries: a history of duplication"
  PiE, Graduation Hall, 15:00 h.

28 September 2021

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Edgar Dusacre
  "Fate and effects of micro and nanoplastics resulting from the degradation of fishing gear in the Bay of Biscay"
  PiE, Graduation Hall, 15:00 h.

3 September 2021

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Ander Urrutia
  "Cryptic reservoirs of micro-eukaryotic parasites in ecologically relevant intertidal invertebrates from temperate coastal ecosystems unveiled by a combined histopathological, ultrastructural, and molecular approach"
  PiE, Graduation Hall, 15:30 h.

23 July 2021

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Laura De Miguel-Jimenez
  "Influence of oil spill response strategies on the toxicity to sea urchin embryos of crude and bunker oils representative of prospective oil spill threats in Arctic and Sub-Arctic seas"
  PiE, Graduation Hall, 12:00 h.

14 May 2021

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Mar Santos
  “Hull biofouling: an ecological and ecotoxicological approach for common suitable management and policy strategies”
  On line at 15:00 h.

30 April 2021

• Presentation by PhD candidate and researcher: Nagore González Soto​​​​​
  “Toxicity of graphene oxide alone and with sorbed benzo(a)pyrene on mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis”
  Miren P. Cajaraville: “Intracellular fate of polystyrene nano and microplastics with or without benzo(a)pyrene in mussel hemocytes”
  On line at 15:00 h.

9 April 2021

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Erik Urionabarrenetxea
  "Estres faktore anitzen ekotoxikotasuna lurzoru organismoetan, paisaia aldakortasunaren araberako kutsatzaileen arrisku ebaluazioa eta bioerremediazio teknologien aplikazioa araztegi lokatzak jaso dituzten lurretan: in vivo eta in silico fokatzeak"
  On line at 15:00 h.

26 February 2021

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Tamer Hafez
  "Evaluation of arctic oil microbial degradation and toxicological effects using in vitro and in vivo bioassays"
  On line at 15:00 h.

29 January 2021

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Anthony Nzioka
  “Use of microsatellite markers to study the diversity and genetic structure of thick lip grey mullet, Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827) populations in the Basque Coast”
  On line at 15:00 h.

18 December 2020

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Ignacio Martínez
  “Nanomaterials as carriers of persistent organic pollutants: risk assessment for the aquatic environment using small invertebrates and model fish”
  On line, 15:00 h.

9 October 2020

INGURU-DOK Workshop and Conferences for PhD candidates in Environmental Sustainability 2020

6th Workshop CTA/ECT (bimodal)

• 9:00-9:30. Registration. Welcome and introduction to the workshop. Miren P. Cajaraville (UPV/EHU).

First session. Chairs: Ibon Cancio (UPV/EHU), Olatz Zuloaga (UPV/EHU), Ailette Prieto (UPV/EHU).

• 9:30-9:50. Presentation by PhD student (2nd year) “Image analysis and machine learning implementation to assess the effects of the exposure to emerging contaminants”. Iker Alvarez.
• 10:00-10:20. Presentation by PhD student (2nd year) “Design of Epoxy-Silica Hybrids Based on Environment-Friendly Cycloaliphatic Diol Compounds for Conservation of Lithic Materials”. Pablo Irizar.

Second session. Chairs: Manu Soto (UPV/EHU), María Jesús Belzunce (AZTI-Tecnalia), Nestor Etxebarria (UPV/EHU).

• 10:30-10:50. Presentation by PhD student (2nd year): “Development of an effect-directed analysis for the identification of toxic contaminants present in hospital effluents”. Naroa López.
• 11:00-11:20. Presentation by PhD student (3rd year): “Toxicity of graphene oxide alone and with sorbed benzo(a)pyrene on embryos and adults of mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis”. Nagore González.
• 11:30-11:50. Presentation by PhD student (3rd year): “The mytilid Brachidontes rodriguezii as a bioindicator organism and sentinel of pollution in coastal areas of Argentina”. Sonia Landro (on line).
• 12:00-12:30. Coffee break and networking

Round table : Career development in ECT: What is next after the PhD?
Chairs: Miren P. Cajaraville (UPV/EHU), María Jesús Belzunce (AZTI-Tecnalia), Nestor Etxebarria (UPV/EHU).

• 12:30-12:50. “Entrepreneurship, how to create your own company”. Noemí Peña (Director of ZITEK Business Incubator).
• 13:00-13:20. “Main career paths in ECT 2009-2019”. Miren P. Cajaraville (UPV/EHU, coordinator ECT PhD programme).
• 13:30-14:30. Success stories from ECT Doctors. Alberto Katsumiti, and general debate.

PIE, Graduation Hall

26th June 2020

• Presentation by researcher: Nerea Garcia
  "Assessment of Dormant Risk Posed by Polluted Estuarine Sediments"
  PiE, Classroom 1, 15:00 h.

29th May 2020

• Presentation by researcher: Tamer Hafez
  "Evaluation of the arctic oil microbial degradation and toxicological effects using in vitro and in vivo bioassays"
  Faculty of Science and Technology, seminar room B, 15:00 h.

11 March 2020

• Presentation by researcher: Alberto Katsumiti
  "Novel nanodrugs for photodynamic therapy of cancer: physico-chemical and toxicological characterization (NANOPHOTOTOX)"
  Faculty of Science and Technology, seminar room, 11:30 h.

21 January 2020

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Tifanie Briaudeau
  "A "biomarker+histopathology" toolbox in Solea spp. for the assessment of the biological effects of pollution in the context of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive"
  PiE, Graduation Hall, 15:00 h.

11 October 2019

INGURU-DOK Workshop and Conferences for PhD candidates in Environmental Sustainability 2019

• 9:00-9:30. Welcome and introduction to the workshop. Miren P. Cajaraville (UPV/EHU).
• 9:30-10:20. Opening invited lecture: “Endocrine disrupting compounds, regulatory evaluations and research challenges”. Prof. Christophe Minier, University of Le Havre, France

First session. Chairs: Ibon Cancio (UPV/EHU), Javier Franco (AZTI-Tecnalia), Christophe Minier (U Le Havre).

• 10:30-10:50. Presentation by PhD student (2nd year): “Impacts of nanomaterials and adsorbed persistent organic pollutants in the marine environment using microalgae and mussels as target organisms”. Nagore González.
• 11:00-11:20. Presentation by PhD student (2nd year): “Is the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) relevant in the epidemiology of mycobacteriosis in cattle in the Basque Country?”. Lucia Varela.

Second session. Chairs: Manu Soto (UPV/EHU), Olatz Zuloaga (UPV/EHU), Pablo Gago-Ferrero (ICRA)

• 12:00-12:20. Presentation by PhD student (3rd year): “Development of Quality Standards of Hg in sediment and biota”.Iñigo Moreno.
• 12:30-12:50. Presentation by PhD student (4th year) “Implementing a life-cycle oriented perspective in the assessment of the risks associated to hazardous chemicals”. María Blázquez.
• 13:00-13:20. Presentation by PhD student (4th year) “Effects of graphene oxide alone and with adsorbed PAHs to zebrafish”. Ignacio Martínez.
• 15:00-16:30. Round table : Career development in ECT: What is next after the PhD?
  • “Introduction to the round table, main career paths”. Miren P. Cajaraville (UPV/EHU, coordinator ECT PhD programme).
  • “Entrepreneurship, how to create your own company”. Juan Arrue (ZITEK Business Incubator Manager).
  • “Success stories from ECT Doctors". Nagore Cuevas (Albacora Group), Mireia Irazola (PiE-UPV/EHU).
• 16:30-17:20. Closing invited lecture: “New environmental analytical tools towards a comprehensive understanding of organic pollutants in the environment”. Dr. Pablo Gago-Ferrero, Research Scientist, Marie Curie Fellow, Water Quality Area, Institut Català de Recerca de l'Aigua (ICRA), Catalan Institute for Water Research.

PIE, Graduation Hall

8 July 2019

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Ainara Valencia
  "Molecular mechanisms in the development of the intersex condition in Chelon labrosus exposed to environmental xenoestrogens"
  PIE, Graduation Hall, 11:30 h.

26 June 2019

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Nerea Duroudier
  “An integrated study of molecular, cellular, tissue level and transgenerational effects of silver nanoparticles on dietarily exposed mussels at different seasons”
  PIE, Graduation Hall, 11:30 h.

10 June 2019

• Invited conference: Luis M. Liz-Marzán (Ikerbasque Research Professor, Scientific Director CIC biomaGUNE)
  “Plasmonic Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications”
  Faculty of Science and Technology, seminar room, 16:30 h.

28 November 2018

• Invited presentation by PhD candidate: Sarah Johann (Univ. Aachen, Germany)
  "Toxicity assessment of crude oil samples using small scale mechanism-specific effect based tools"
  Faculty of Science and Technology, seminar room, 11:30 h.

19 October 2018

Workshop and Conferences for PhD candidates in Environmental Sustainability INGURU-DOK 2018
4th Workshop CTA/ECT

• 9:00-9:30. Welcome and introduction to the workshop. Miren P. Cajaraville (UPV/EHU).
• 9:30-10:20. Opening invited lecture: "Mercury molecular and isotopic speciation in the environment". Prof. David Amouroux, CNRS, Directeur de Recherche, Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physical-Chemistry for the Environment and Materials, IPREM UMR 5254 CNRS-UPPA, Pau France.

First session. Chairs: Miren P. Cajaraville (UPV/EHU), Ibon Cancio (UPV/EHU), Lúcia Guilhermino (U Porto & CIIMAR).

• 10:30-10:50. Presentation by PhD student (1st year): "Assessment of the biological impacts of chemical dispersants and carbon nanotubes as oil spill response methods using the zebrafish model". Ada Esteban.
• 11:00-11:20. Presentation by PhD student (1st year): "The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex at the wildlife-livestock interface in the Basque Country: deepening into the epidemiology of tuberculosis". Lucia Varela.
• Coffee break

Second session. Chairs: Manu Soto (UPV/EHU), Nestor Etxebarria (UPV/EHU), Javier Franco (AZTI)

• 12:00-12:20. Presentation by PhD student (2nd year): "Determination of biomarker baselines and effects of latitude and seasonality on mussels from the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea". Denis Benito.
• 12:30-12:50. Presentation by PhD student (2nd year): "Influence of temperature on toxicity of different types of crude oil and remediation techniques using marine bioassays". Laura de Miguel.
• 13:00-13:20. Presentation by PhD student (2nd year): "Biota metal quality criteria for the protection of freshwater macroinvertebrate communities in the Cantabrian region". Iñigo Moreno.
• Lunch

Third session. Chairs: Maren Ortiz (UPV/EHU), Belén González (UPV/EHU), David Amouroux (UPPA)

• 15:00-15:20. Presentation by PhD student (3rd year): "Remediation of the pollution derived from the deposition of sewage sludges in agricultural soils by using soft technologies". Erik Urionabarrenetxea.
• 15:30-15:50. Presentation by PhD student (4th year): "Integrative assessment of the occurrence of emerging compounds and their toxicological effects in estuaries of Biscay". Leire Mijangos.
• 16:00-16:30. Round table about problems encountered during PhD progress and Career development in ECT. Lucia Guilhermino (U Porto & CIIMAR), David Amouroux (UPPA), Javier Franco (AZTI), Ibon Cancio (UPV/EHU), Nestor Etxebarria (UPV/EHU), Miren P. Cajaraville (UPV/EHU).
• 16:30-17:20. Closing invited lecture: "Impact of microplastics and mixtures with other contaminants on the environment and human health implications". Prof. Lúcia Guilhermino, Professora Catedrática, ICBAS – Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Diretora do Laboratório de Ecotoxicologia e Ecologia (ECOTOX) and CIIMAR – Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Investigadora Responsável (IR) pela Linha Alterações Globais e Serviços dos Ecossistemas, IR do Grupo de Investigação Vias de Contaminação e Mecanismos de Toxicidade, IR da Equipa de Investigação em Ecotoxicologia, Ecologia do Stresse e Saúde Ambiental.

PiE Graduation Hall.

18 September 2018

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Esther Blanco
  "Contribution to the development of Best Available Practices (BAPs) for a multi-biomarker approach in sentinel mussels based on a better understanding of the influence of confounding factors on biomarker values and responsiveness"
  PIE, Graduation Hall, 9:30 h.

6 July 2018

• Presentation by researchers:
  • Alberto Katsumiti: "In vitro toxicity testing in hemocytes of the marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (L.) to uncover mechanisms of toxicity of the WAF of a naphthenic North Sea crude oil with and without dispersant"
  • Miren P Cajaraville: "Nanomaterials and microplastics as carriers of persistent organic pollutants in the aquatic environment: development of tools for risk assessment based on alternative methods and model organisms"
  • Maren Ortiz-Zarragoitia: "Do xenoestrogenic effects threaten fish species from the Bay of Biscay? A survey using vitellogenin transcription up-regulation and intersex condition"
  • Manu Soto: "Towards an accurate toxicity assessment of Ag NPs with primary cultures of Eisenia fetida coelomocytes"
  • Erik Urionabarrenetxea: "Joint effect of temperature and cadmium in Eisenia fetida earthworms at different exposure times and biological complexity levels"
  • Denis Benito: "General stress biomarkers in mussels (Mytilus trossulus) collected in three different seasons from two dissimilar areas of the Baltic Sea (Kiel, Tvärminne)"
  • Laura De Miguel: "Toxicity to sea urchin embryos of WAFs produced at different temperatures with crude oils alone and mixed with dispersant"
  • Urtzi Izagirre/Esther Blanco: "Lifetime dependent responsiveness of biomarkers in mussels subject to multiple environmental stress conditions"
  • Tifanie Briaudeau: "A multi-organ histopathological approach in juvenile Solea senegalensis exposed to model contaminants in laboratory conditions: cadmium and benzo[a]pyrene"

Faculty of Science and Technology, seminar room, 9:30 h.

11 June 2018

• Presentation by researchers:
  • Ibon Cancio and Oihane Diaz de Cerio: "ASSEMBL + European Marine Biological Stations"
  • Miren P Cajaraville: “CBET group meeting: status of new applications”
• PIE, classroom, 10 h.

13 April 2018

• Presentation by invited lecturer: Prof. Maria Bebiano
  "Proteomics as a potent tool for discovery of new biomarkers"
  PIE, classroom, 9:30 h.

12 April 2018

• Presentation by invited lecturer: Prof. Maria Bebiano
  "Toxicity of metallic pollutants in relation with cellular accumulation and storage processes, and the role of metallothioneins"
  PIE, classroom, 11:40 h.

24 January 2018

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Ignacio Martínez
  "Sorption capacity of plastics for PAHs"
  Science and Technology Faculty, Room 0.2, 12:00 h.

3 November 2017

• Invited conference: Dr. Ignacio Fernández Monzón (Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve, CCMAR, Universidade do Algarve)
  "Fish as model organisms to identify osteotoxicants and their underlying mechanisms"
  Faculty of Science and Technology, seminar room, 11:30 h.

27 October 2017

Workshop and Conferences for PhD candidates in Environmental Sustainability INGURU-DOK 2017
3rd Workshop CTA/ECT

• 9:20-9:30. Welcome and introduction to the workshop. Miren P. Cajaraville (UPV/EHU).

First session. Chairs: Miren P. Cajaraville (UPV/EHU), Ibon Cancio (UPV/EHU), Jose Juanes (U Cantabria).

• 9:30-10:20. Opening invited lecture: "The yin and yang of metazoan endocrine systems in the anthropocene epoch". Prof. Filipe Castro, CIMAR/CIIMAR, LA - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research and FCUP - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto.
• 10:30-10:50. Presentation by PhD student (1st year): "Determination of biomarker baselines and effects of latitudinality and seasonality on mussels from the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea". Denis Benito.
• 11:00-11:20. Presentation by PhD student (1st year): "Influence of temperature and salinity on toxicity of crude oil and remediation techniques using marine bioassays". Laura de Miguel.
• 11:30-12:00. Presentation by PhD student (2nd year): "Development of methods for assessing  the environmental risk of pesticides using effect data on non-target edaphic species accounting for regionalvariability in EU". Erik Urionabarrenetxea.
• Coffee break

Second session. Chairs: Amaia Orbea (UPV/EHU), Nestor Etxebarria (UPV/EHU), Filipe Castro (U Porto)

• 12:30-12:50. Presentation by PhD student (3rd year, 2nd year in the new programme): "Dietary exposure of mussels to PVP/PEI coated Ag nanoparticles causes Ag accumulation in adults and abnormal embryo development in their offspring". Nerea Duroudier.
• 13:00-13:20. Presentation by PhD student (3rd year) "Intersex condition in Chelon labrosus thicklip grey mullet: advances and perspectives". Ainara Valencia.
• 13:30-14:20. Closing invited lecture: "Ecological classifications of coastal waters at different spatial scales: applications". Prof. Jose Juanes, IH-Cantabria, University of Santander.
• 14:30-15:00. Closing comments and debate about problems encountered during PhD progress. Filipe Castro (U Porto), Jose Juanes (U Cantabria), Amaia Orbea (UPV/EHU), Nestor Etxebarria (UPV/EHU), Miren P. Cajaraville (UPV/EHU).

PiE graduation hall

12 June 2017

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Nerea Garcia Velasco
  "Toxicity assessment of silver nanoparticles in soils through standard tests, an integrated battery of biomarkers at different levels of biological complexity and in vitro approaches with coelomocytes in Eisenia fetida"
  PIE, Graduation Hall, 16:00 h.

2 June 2017

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Javier Aguirre
  "Contribution to the Development of Biomonitoring Programmes for the Assessment of Chemical Pollution and Ecosystem Health Disturbance in Mangrove-Lined Caribbean Coastal Systems using Bivalves as Biomonitors and Sentinels"
  PIE, Graduation Hall, 15:00 h.

31 March 2017

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Iratxe Rojo
  "Sex differentiation in teleost fish species: molecular identification of sex and oocyte developmental stage"
  Science and Technology Faculty, Graduation Hall, 15:00 h.

10 February 2017

• Presentation by researcher: Alberto Katsumiti
  "An overview of results from the post-doc stay at the Imperial College, London"
  PIE, classroom, 12 h.

13 January 2017

•  Presentation by PhD candidate: Ainara Valencia
  "Chelon labrosus intersex: alterations in the HPG-axis and new research tools"
  Faculty of Science and Technology, seminar room, 9:30 h. 

14 December 2016 

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Ane Rementeria
  "Understanding the impact of silver as an emerging contaminant in the Ibaizabal and Gironde estuaries"
  Faculty of Science and Technology, seminar room, 15 h.

2 December 2016

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Ainara Valencia
  "Chelon labrosus intersex: alterations in the HPG-axis and new research tools"
  Faculty of Science and Technology, seminar room A, 12 h.

14 October 2016

Workshop and Conferences for PhD candidates in Environmental Sustainability INGURU-DOK 2016
Workshop CTA/ECT

• 9:20-9:30. Welcome and introduction to the workshop. Miren P. Cajaraville (UPV/EHU).
• 9:30-10:20. Opening invited lecture: "Biosynthetic pigments and biominerals as indicators of environmental stress: after the research on Mars". Prof. Juan Manuel Madariaga, University of the Basque Country.
• 10:30-10:50. Presentation by PhD student (2nd year): "Amitriptyline exposure to gilt-headed sea bream: uptake, identification of metabolites and metabolomic response". Haizea Ziarrusta.
• 11:00-11:20. Presentation by PhD student (2nd year, 1st year in the new programme): "An integrated study of molecular, cellular and tissue level effects of silver nanoparticles in mussels: comparison of different routes of exposure". Nerea Duroudier.
• 12:00-12:20. Presentation by PhD student (1st year): "Nanomaterials as carriers of persistent organic pollutants: risk assessment for the aquatic environment using small invertebrates and model fish". Ignacio Martínez.
• 12:30-12:50. Presentation by PhD student (1st year): "Assessment of the release of engineered nanomaterials into the environment: a life-cycle perspective". María Blázquez.
• 13:00-13:50. Closing invited lecture: "The adaptative response of aquatic organisms facing multistress in their environment". Prof. Patrice González, French National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS) at the University of Bordeaux, UMR 5805 EPOC, Marine station, Arcachon.
• 14:00-14:15. Closing comments and debate about problems encountered during PhD progress.

PIE, graduation hall.

30 September 2016

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Jose María Lacave
  "Evaluation of the toxicity of metal and metal bearing nanoparticles in aquatic organisms using zebrafish as model"
  PIE, graduation hall, 15 h.

2 September 2016

• Presentations by researchers and PhD candidates:
  • Dr. Amaia Orbea: "Low concentrations of silver nanoparticles impair zebrafish reproduction and embryo development"
  • Nerea Duroudier: "Changes in protein expression of mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis dietarily exposed to PVP/PEI coated silver nanoparticles at different seasons".
  • Tifanie Briaudeau: "Lysosomal biomarkers in juvenile Solea sp. for early warning assessment of marine ecosystem health"
  • Esther Blanco-Rayón: "Gender as potential variability factor in cell and tissue-level biomarkers of mussel digestive gland"
• PIE, classroom, 10:30 h.

8 July 2016

• Seminar by researcher: Dr. Oihane Diaz de Cerio
  "Real time qPCR"
  Faculty of Science and Technology, seminar room B, 15 h.

21 April 2016

• Invited conference: Dr. Stephen Feist (CEFAS, UK)
  "Histopathology in fish"
• PIE, classroom, 9:30 h.

20 April 2016

• Invited conference: Dr. Antonio Villalba (CIMA, Galicia)
  "Neoplastic lesions in molluscs"
  PIE, classroom, 9:30 h.

14 March 2016

• Invited conference: Dr. José María Navas (INIA, Madrid)
  "Endocrine disruption: concept, compounds and examples in the aquatic environment"
  PIE, classroom, 9:30 h.

4 March 2016

• Presentation by researcher: Dr. Oihane Díaz de Cerio
  "Facing the chill wind of the in vitro studies: nuclear receptors (NRs) in teleosts"
  PIE, classroom, 12 h.

12 February 2016

• Presentation by researcher: Dr. Ibon Cancio
  "Update on the European Marine Biology Resource Center EMBRC and new infrastructure projects"
  PIE, classroom, 12 h.

25 January 2016

• Presentation by PhD candidates: Unai Vicario
  "Cellular and molecular responses of zebrafish to legacy and emerging pollutants: the specific cases of PAHs and metal oxide nanoparticles"
  Leioa, Seminar , 10 h.

11 January 2016

• Presentation by PhD candidates: Joshua Martos
  "Xenobiotic exposure under hypoxic conditions in aquatic organisms: interactions between the signaling routes mediated by the HIF-α and AHR transcription factors"
  Leioa, Seminar , 15 h.

8 January 2016

• Presentation by PhD candidates: Ana de los Ríos
  "Assessment of urban, industrial and harbour discharges into estuarine and marine environments using integrated chemical analyses and biological effect measurements (a proposal for the Water Framework Directive)"
  Leioa, Seminar , 15 h.

9 December 2015

• Invited conferences:
  Dr. Fernando Benito, Dept Analytical Chemistry UPV/EHU and National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University.
  Dr. Lourdes Basabe, Biomics group, Dept Zoology and Animal Cell Biology UPV/EHU and Ikerbasque Foundation.
  "Dispositivos microfluídicos como plataformas analíticas miniaturizadas"
  Leioa, A Seminar, 11:30 h.

25 November 2015

• Presentation by researchers:
  Dr. Beñat Zaldibar: "Plastinmuss contract"
  Dr. Amaia Orbea: "Plastox EU JPI project"
  Leioa, A Seminar, 12:00 h.

27 October 2015

Workshop and Conferences for PhD candidates in Environmental Sustainability INGURU-DOK 2015
Workshop CTA

• 11:00-11:50. Opening invited lecture: "Advances in bionorganic analytical strategies for improved environmental management: From speciation to isotopic signature and imaging". Prof. Olivier F.X. Donard, Director Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physicochimie pour l'environnement et les Matériaux IPREM UMR 5254, Université de Pau et des Pays de l´Adour.
• 12:00-12:20. Presentation "Evaluation of the presence of emerging contaminants in the environment. An approach based on effect-directed-analysis" by Leire Mijangos.
• 12:30-12:50. Presentation "Differential feeding and metabolic responses of fast and slow grower Mytilus galloprovincialis seeds selected in distinct environmental conditions" by Daniel Prieto.
• 15:00-15:20. Presentation "Molecular mechanisms of Intersex condition development in teleost fish exposed to environmental xenoestrogens" by Ainara Valencia.
• 15:30-15:50. Presentation "Emerging chemical risks to the health of marine ecosystems and to consumer safety" by Haizea Ziarrusta.
• 16:00-16:10. Debate about problems encountered during PhD progress.
• 16:10-17. Closing invited lecture: "Ecotoxicology in the 'omics' era". Prof. Benjamin Piña, Instituto de Diagnóstico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona.

PIE, classroom.

24 July 2015

• Invited conference: Dr. Raquel Aranguren, CSIC, Vigo.
  "Spanish National Reference Laboratory for Molluscs Diseases:Legislative Scheme and national epidemiological situation"
  "Mecanismos celulares y moleculares implicados en el desarrollo de neoplasias hemocitarias en las principales especies de moluscos comerciales en Galicia (mejillón, almeja fina y berberecho)"
  PIE, classroom, 9:30 h.

9 July 2015

• Presentations by researchers and PhD candidates:
  • Maren Ortiz: "Differences in the xenoestrogenic sensitivity of five teleost species exposed to 17alfa-ethinylestradiol"
  • Ane Rementeria: "Accumulation kinetics of copper and silver and assessment of the effects exerted after dietary exposure in oysters Crassostrea gigas"
  • Esther Blanco: "The influence of different microalgae diets on cell and tissue level biomarkers in mussel digestive gland"
  • Tifanie Briaudeau: "Biomarkers, histopathology and condition indices in sole (Solea senegalensis) exposed to contaminated sediment"

• PIE, classroom, 9:30 h.

2 July 2015

• Invited conference: Prof. Evan P Gallagher. Director, UW Superfund Research Program Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences University of Washington
  "Mechanisms and biomarkers of metal olfactory injury in fish"
  PIE, graduation hall, 12 h.

6-7 November 2014

PIE and Biophysics Unit Joint Retreat

• Presentations by researchers and PhD candidates
  • Miren Cajaraville: "Interactions of metal-bearing nanoparticles with aquatic organims"
  • Eider Bilbao: "Peroxisome biogenesis, lipid homeostasis and petroleum hydrocarbons in marine fish"
  • Iciar Martínez: "Molecular markers for seafood quality and safety estimation:application of lipid, trace metal and protein fingerprints"
  • Joshua Martos: "Molecular responses to hypoxia and xenobiotic exposure in aquatic organisms: mixed signals, compromised homeostasis"
  • Iratxe Rojo: "Sex differentiation biomarkers in fish"
  • Tifanie Briaudeau: "Retrospective studies on fish and mollusc molecular markers based on tissue arrays"
• PIE, graduation hall.

8 September 2014

• Presentation by PhD candidates: 
  • Alberto Katsumiti: "Environmental risk assessment of metal-bearing nanoparticles using in vitro toxicity tests with mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) hemocytes and gill cells"
    PIE, graduation hall, 10 h.
  • Alba Jimeno: "The reactivity and toxicity of engineered nanoparticles: bioavailability and effects in mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis)"
    PIE, graduation hall, 15 h.

24 June 2014

• Technical seminar:
  Bruno Combettes. Business Development Manager EMEA
  Luis Martín. Product Manager Izasa, S.A.
  "Confocalidad a Bajos Aumentos. Iluminación Simultánea (IZASA-ANDOR)"
  PIE, classroom 2.

20 June 2014

• Presentation by PhD candidate: José María Lacave
  "Ultrastructural localization of metal nanoparticles in zebrafish tissues"
  PIE, classroom, 12 h.

5 May 2014

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Adriana Sardi (Akvaplan-NIVA, Tromso, Norway)
  "Integrated assessment of oil spill impact and recovery on Brazilian coastal habitats"
  Faculty of Science and Technology, Seminar A. 15 h.

11 February 2014

• Presentations by PhD candidates:
  • 10:00-10:30 José María Lacave: "Evaluación de la toxicidad de nanopartículas utilizando el pez cebra como organismo modelo"
  • 10:30-11:00 Esther Blanco: "Biomarkatzaileen aldaketen trazabilitatea laginketen baldintzen arabera"
  • 11:00-11:30 Cristina Bizarro: "Disrupción endocrina y sus efectos sobre la reproducción en mubles de la Costa Vasca"
• Faculty of Science and Technology, Seminar A. 10 h.

31 January 2014

• Invited conference: Prof. Inmaculada Arostegi. Grupo de Investigación en Estadística, Fac de Ciencia y Tecnología, UPV/EHU
  "Seminario sobre análisis estadístico por bootstrap"
  PIE, classroom, 12 h.

17 January 2014

• UFI Meeting: Dr. Larraitz Garmendia
  "Biomonitoring and environmental specimen banking"
  PIE, room, 11 h.

10 January 2014

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Cristina Bizarro
  "Single and mixture effects of selected emerging pollutants studied in precision-cut liver slices of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)"
  PIE, classroom, 12 h.

19 December 2013

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Ireen Vieweg
  "Progress of PhD research on the effects of PAHs on gene transcription in polar cod"
  PIE, classroom, 15 h.

5 December 2013

• Invited conference: Prof. Banafshe Larijani. Physiology & Biophysics Dept., Stony Brook University, NY; Cell Biophysics Lab, London Research Inst; Unidad de Biofísica (UPV/EHU-CSIC)
  "Effects of phosphoinositides and their derivatives on endomembrane morphology and function"
  PIE, graduation hall, 15 h.

29 November 2013

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Josue Martos
  "Combined exposures to hypoxia, xenobiotics and UV radiation in fish in vitro cultures"
  PIE, classroom, 12 h.

8 November 2013

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Ane Rementeria
  "Evaluation of the effects of silver in oysters in Atlantic estuaries using cell and tissue level biomarkers"
  PIE, classroom, 15 h.

30 October 2013

• Technical seminar: 
  • Jorge Nicolás. Merck Millipore
    Seminario teórico-práctico sobre la utilización del equipo MilliQ instalado en PIE
  • 12:30-13:30: Conferencia teórica
  • 15:00: Seminario práctico para personal técnico y responsables equipo
• PIE, classroom, 11 h.

24 October 2013

• Invited conference: Dr. Jasmine Nahrgang. Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, University of Tromsø
  "Ongoing projects at the University of Tromsø: project COOPENOR: looking for baseline levels in mussels and project on gender specific reproductive strategy of polar cod"
  PIE, graduation hall, 15:30 h.

26 July 2013

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Amaia Irizar
  "Soil health assessment through in vitro assays with primary cultures of coelomocytes of Eisenia fetida"
  PIE, graduation hall, 10 h.

18 July 2013

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Pamela Ruiz
  "Cancer development in bivalve molluscs in relation with chemical pollution"
  PIE, graduation hall, 10 h.

28 June 2013

• Presentations by master student and PhD candidate:
  • Carla Gómez: "Elemental distribution in tissue sections: a new tool for environmental monitoring programs"
  • Helena David: "Characterization of potentially toxic dinoflagellates of the genera Coolia, Ostreopsis and Prorocentrum from the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula"
• PIE, graduation hall, 10 h.

31 May 2013

• Journal Club
  Presenter: Dr. Amaia Rodríguez-Ruíz
  "Dictyostelium discoideum developmental cycle (DDDC) assay: A tool for Hg toxicity assessment and soil health screening". Rodríguez-Ruíz A, Marigómez I, Boatti L., Viarengo A. Sci. Total Environ., 450-451: 39-50 (2013).
  Faculty of Science and Technology, Seminar A.15:00 h.

2 May 2013

• Presentations by CBET master students of CTA and MER masters
  • 10:00-10:05 Miren Cajaraville: Introduction
  • 10:05-10:25 Arkaitz Pedrajas: "Description of aging in thicklip grey mullet (Chelon labrosus) using otoliths"
  • 10:25-10:45 Nerea Duroudier: "Effects of metal-containing nanoparticles on transcriptional responses of mussel M. galloprovincialis: microarray and qPCR studies"
  • 10:45-11:05 Esther Blanco: "Biochemical, cell and tissue level biomarkers in fed and unfed mussels exposed to water accommodated fraction of the Prestige oil"
  • 11:05-11:25 Olatz Romo: "Study of the toxicity of sediments from Urdaibai and Abra estuaries in the polychaete worm Nereis diversicolor"
  • 11:25-11:45 Pablo López: "Availability and subcellular localization of metal nanoparticles in mussel gill cells"
  • 11:45-12:00 Break
  • 12:00-12:20 Elena Afaya: "Derivación de los valores indicativos de evaluación (VIE-B) para la protección de la salud humana y para uso de suelo como huerto urbano en la CAPV"
  • 12:20-12:45 Gregor Bwye: "Assesing the potential neutralizing effect of selenium on the toxic effects of methyl mercury using a battery of biomarkers on juvenile European seabass (D. labrax)"
  • 12:45-13:05 Clara Iachetti: "Harmful Algae: Psudo-nitzschia and Alexandrium in southermost Argentina (Beagle Channel)"
  • 13:05-13:25 Tifanie Briadeau: "Development of a tissue-array for the biomarkers assay"
• PIE, graduation hall, 10 h.

1 March 2013

• Journal Club
  Presenter: Ana de los Ríos (PhD. Candidate)
  "Assessment of the effects of a marine urban outfall discharge on caged mussels using chemical and biomarker analysis". De los Ríos A, Juanes JA, Ortiz-Zarragoitia M, López de Alda M, Barceló D and Cajaraville MP. Mar. Pollut. Bull., 64: 563-573 (2013).
  Faculty of Science and Technology, Seminar A. 15:00 h.

8 February 2013

• Journal Club
  Presenter: Dr. Oihane Diaz de Cerio
  "Characterisation of genes transcriptionally upregulated in the liver of sand goby (Pomatochistus minutus) by 17α-ethinyloestradiol: Identification of distinct vitellogenin and zona radiata protein transcripts". Humble JL, Hands E, Saaristo M, Lindström K, Lehtonen KK, Diaz de Cerio O, Cancio I, Wilson G and Craft JÁ. Chemosphere, 90: 2722-2729 (2013).
  Faculty of Science and Technology, Seminar A. 15:00 h.

27 December 2012

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Ana de los Ríos
  "An attempt to simplify environmental monitoring programmes. Step 1: Understanding the relationships among biological responses at different levels of organisation and chemical burdens through multivariate analyses"
  Faculty of Science and Technology, Seminar A, 11:30 h.

27 July 2012

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Iratxe Rojo
  "5S rRNA as sex marker in fish"
  Faculty of Science and Technology, Seminar A. 15:00 h.

11 May 2012

• Presentation by PhD candidate: Silvana Curieses
  "Ecotoxicología de matrices sólidas"
  Faculty of Science and Technology, Seminar A. 15:00 h.

4 May 2012

• Joint seminar of researchers of CBET-UPV/EHU and University of Oslo
  • 09:00-09:10 Ketil Hylland: Introduction
  • 09:10-09:25 Tor Fredrik Holth: "Effects of weathered oil on Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)"
  • 09:25-09:40 Andrea Lenderink: "DNA damage and repair in marine organisms"
  • 09:40-09:55 Mazyar Yazdani: "ROS measurements in fish hepatocytes"
  • 09:55-10:10 Ida Gedde: "Effects of PAHs on salmon (Salmo salar) cells"
  • 10:10-10:25 Kristoffer Bergland: "Effect-based monitoring of the inner Oslofjord"
  • 10:25-10:45 Break
  • 10:45-11:00 Cristina Bizarro: "Histological and molecular characterization of the reproductive cycle of the thicklip grey mullet Chelon labrosus from Pasaia harbor (Basque coast)"
  • 11:00-11:15 Amaia Irizar: "Soil health assessment through molecular and cellular biomarker measurements after in vitro exposures of coelomocytes of sentinel lumbricids (Eisenia fetida)"
  • 11:15-11:30 Nerea Garcia-Velasco: "Study of the incidence of climatic factors on the impacts of pollutants in soil health by measuring molecular and cellular biomarkers in sentinel molluscs and earthworms"
  • 11:30-11:45 Beñat Zaldibar: "Oysters, wine and silver. Safe luxury?"
  • 11:45-12:00 Alba Jimeno: "The reactivity and toxicity of engineered nanoparticles: bioavailability and effects in mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis)"
  • 12:00-12:15 Break
  • 12:15-12:30 Relindis Njah: "DNA damage in tissues from cod (Gadus morhua)"
  • 12:30-12:45 Lena Sareisian McAdam: "DNA damage and repair in marine mammals"
  • 12:45-13:00 Erlend Kaarstad: "Using passive dosing to assess the toxicity of hydrophobic contaminants"
  • 13:00-13:15 Hanne F Olaussen: "Do polychaete digestive fluids affect the bioavailability of PAHs?"
  • 13:15-13:30 Kjersti Haukenes: "DNA damage and gene expression in blue mussels exposed to PFOA and fluoranthene"
• Faculty of Science and Technology, Room 2.12, 9 h.

16 March 2012

• Invited conference: Dr. Ibon Illoro. CIC-Biogune
  "MALDI tissue imaging: mass spectrometric localization of biomarkers in tissue"
  Faculty of Science and Technology, Seminar A. 15:00 h.

2 March 2012

• Journal Club
  Presenter: Prof. Ketyl Hylland. University of Oslo
  "Assessment of lysosomal membrane stability and peroxisome proliferation in the head kidney of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) following long-term exposure to produced water components". Holth TF, Beckius J, Zorita I, Cajaraville MP and Hylland K. Mar. Environ. Res, 72: 127-134 (2011).
  Faculty of Science and Technology, Seminar A. 15:00 h.

17 February 2012

• Journal Club
  Presenter: Dr. Maren Ortiz-Zarragoitia
  "Effects of the fuel oil spilled by the Prestige tanker on reproduction parameters of wild mussel populations". Ortiz-Zarragoitia M, Garmendia L, Barbero MC, Serrano T, Marigómez I and Cajaraville MP. J. Environ. Monit., 13: 84-94 (2011).
  Faculty of Science and Technology, Seminar A. 15:00 h.