Shark week!

Last week, the Top Predator Group hosted two special guests: Dr Neil Hammerschlag – Research Associate Professor and Director of the Shark Research and Conservation Program (SRC) at the University of Miami, and Beth Bowers – a PhD student and Lab Supervisor at the Elasmobranch Research Laboratory of Florida Atlantic University. The visit provided a great opportunity to present our different studies and share our current hypotheses regarding the shark aggregation phenomenon with some of the foremost researchers in the field.

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Shark tagging in the stream

The Top Predator laboratory is starting the fourth season of its shark tagging project at the foot of Hadera power station,

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New blue-tech building!

The building will house our Marine Blue Technologies research, with research focusing on commercial fish genetics,

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Microplastic in the Mediterranean

Microplastic research has steadily gained more and more attention over the past decade. The most accepted definition of microplastics are all plastic particles smaller than 5mm in size…

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Ecosystem-Based Research Seminar

The Morris Kahn Marine Research Station is hosting a seminar for students and researchers of the University of Haifa in December 18th.

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Accobams aerial survey

The ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative is a first-ever, international effort to scan the entire Mediterranean Sea for marine fauna populations using designated ships and aircraft.

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Research methods course

Recently, we had the pleasure to host and support a growing variety of academic demands!

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Published! Toxoplasma…

A new article from our team:Toxoplasma gondii has been described in several marine mammals around the world including numerous species of cetaceans, yet infection and transmission mechanisms in the marine environment are not clearly defined.

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Published! Automated Analysis article…

We are so proud in our friends, colleagues and scientist that finally published this great innovative article deals with automated analysis of large amount of video material from marine vast area surveys.

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Normoxic trimix training for scientists

The Normoxic Trimix Training programme is open and running for students across all faculties. It is being run from our top of the line diving centre, supervised by our DSO (Dive Safty Officer) Eran Rozen.

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