EUREMAP Summer School on Marine Bioprospecting

EUREMAP Summer School on Marine Bioprospecting

Take a deep dive in the world of marine bioprospecting. During this 5-day Summer Course, you will learn more about the full marine bioprospecting pipeline, including legal and ethical topics (Access & Benefit Sharing, Nagoya protocol…), industrial and lab applications and demonstrations. The course provides a balanced mix of expert lectures, site visits, hands-on training in the Marine@UGent lab facilities and unique networking opportunities.

The EUREMAP Summer School on Marine Bioprospecting mainly aims at postgraduate students and early-career scientists, both from knowledge institutions as well as from industry. Participants can obtain a certificate of attendance if they have followed the complete course.

Preliminary program

Practical information

Course dates

• Start: Monday 29th June 2026 at lunch
• End: Friday 3rd July 2026 after lunch

Locations & accomodation

The main location of the EUREMAP Summer School 2026 will be the InnovOcean Campus (Jacobsenstraat 1, 8400 Ostend, Belgium), easily reachable by public transport or by car. Participants are expected to arrange and pay for their own accommodation and travel to Ostend and the main location. For all parts of the program that take place at other locations, transport will be foreseen by the organizer.

Registration fee

Participation in the 2026 EUREMAP Summer Course is free of charge. In case of late cancellation or no-show, a cancellation fee will be charged.

Registrations will open soon!

With support from

The Summer School on Marine Bioprospecting is organised with support from the EUREMAP project. More information about the EUREMAP project can be found at https://euremap.eu/.

If you have any questions about the EUREMAP Summer School or about the registration process, please contact us via marine@ugent.be.