Internships & Theses
The Internship Page serves as a starting point for exploring a wide range of internship opportunities within our institute.
Through this portal, you can search for internships based on your field of study and interests, obtain detailed information about the activities and procedures of the training internship.
During the internship period, the training and orientation activities will be supervised and assessed by an assigned mentor acting as the responsible.
Age and growth estimation of flatfishes in the framework of the SoleMon Project
Internship
The internship will be carried out at the laboratories of the CNR-IRBIM Ancona. The activities will be focused on the age estimation of different flatfish species caught during the SoleMon surveys. The intern will be involved in the otolith samples preparation, the age assessment through different techniques, data entry and preliminary analyses.
Proponent: Giuseppe Scarcella, Laura Sabatini
Institute: ANCONA
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Biogeochemical processes of contaminants in environmental matrices and marine organisms
Internship
The activity involves the extraction of contaminants from sediments; extraction of contaminants from marine organisms with modern techniques.
Proponent: Emanuela Frapiccini
Laboratory: CHEMISTRY LAB
Institute: ANCONA
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Biology of demersal species (fish and crustaceans) and small pelagics, with particular regard to the parameters of reproductive biology
Internship
Morphometric analysis of demersal species (fish and crustaceans) and small pelagic species, with a specific focus on reproductive biology aspects and extraction of otoliths for age determination. Investigation on the diet of hake (Merluccius merluccius) through stomach content analysis. Histological analysis of gonads of numerous pelagic and demersal fish species, crustaceans, and mollusks, in the Mediterranean and Antarctic regions. Age determination of pelagic and demersal fish species, crustaceans, mollusks, and elasmobranchs through the examination of calcareous structures (otoliths, shells, vertebrae, and spines).
Proponent: Roberto Cacciamani, Sabrina Colella, Fortunata Donato, Monica Panfili
Laboratory: FISHERIES BIOLOGY LABORATORY
Project: PNRDA - PROGRAMMA NAZIONALE RACCOLTA DATI ALIEUTICI
Institute: ANCONA
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Gene expression and transcriptomics data analysis
Internship
The in-person traineeship will accommodate both theoretical and practical sessions by means of classes tailored on the student's background and analysis of datasets provided by the supervisor. International students are welcome. Trainees will, in this case, be supervised entirely in English
Proponent: Andrea Miccoli
Laboratory: MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY
Institute: ANCONA
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Marine microbiology and microbial ecology focus on improving knowledge about marine microbiome
Internship
The activity involves a study of the microbiome in tissues of farmed and wild fish with the aim of determining productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability. It also aims to understand the transmission pathways and fate of antibiotic residues, antibiotic resistance genes, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and other pathogenic bacteria in aquaculture, including possible contamination from the environment Microbiological methods will be employed, including traditional culture-based technicniques (cultivation and microscopic observation) and advanced methods such as: metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, bioinformatics.
Proponent: Marco Basili, Naomi Massaccesi, Grazia Marina Quero
Laboratory: MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND MARINE MICROBIOLOGY LAB
Project: CIRCLES
Institute: ANCONA
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Microbial ecology and antibiotic-resistance analysis of microbial populations and coliforms and opportunistic bacteria in marine environments
Internship
Microbial population dynamics and quantification through flow cytometry; cultivation, isolation and molecular identification of coliforms and opportunistic bacteria through 16S rRNA gene marker and host-specific genes; molecular analysis of antimicrobial-resistance profiles. Subsequent construction of microbial culture collections.
Proponent: Manuela Coci
Laboratory: MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND MARINE MICROBIOLOGY LAB
Institute: ANCONA
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Microbial Ecology on the Effects of Anthropogenic and Climatic Impact in Coastal Marine Ecosystems
Internship
The activity involves microbiological analysis of water and sediment samples from rivers and the sea. The activity involves microbiological analysis of water and sediment samples from rivers and the sea.
Proponent: Elena Manini
Laboratory: MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND MARINE MICROBIOLOGY LAB
Institute: ANCONA
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Monitoring and assessing the status of bivalve mollusc resources harvested with hydraulic dredges in Italian waters
Internship
Analysis of bivalve molluscs samples collected during annual standardised surveys conducted at sea. In order to evaluate the state of resources in terms of abundance and biomass, samples of bivalve molluscs (both commercial fraction and entire population) will be processed and analyzed using a video-analysis technique. The progression of the biological cycle will also be investigated monthly, depending on the variation of the environmental parameters, by determining the sex and maturity stages on fresh product samples.
Proponent: Giada Bargione
Laboratory: FISHING TECHNOLOGY LAB
Institute: ANCONA
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Monitoring and estimating the impact of recreational fisheries at sea
Internship
The objective is to monitor recreational fishing at sea, estimate its impact, and provide tools for better resource protection. The internship will take place in person, with in-depth studies on recreational fishing at sea. These will be preparatory for collecting bibliographic material to create a dissemination guide for recreational fishermen. The student will be involved in field activities such as tagging fish caught with a fishing rod and conducting interviews with fishermen.
Proponent: Andrea Petetta
Laboratory: FISHERIES BIOLOGY LABORATORY
Project: NBFC
Institute: ANCONA
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Monitoring interactions between fisheries and dolphins
Internship
The goal is to mitigate interactions between fishing and dolphins. The training program includes two main topics: 1) the analysis of acoustic data acquired through passive acoustic monitoring (PAM), such as cetacean vocalizations (whistles, click trains, burst pulsed sounds, etc.), or 2) the analysis of images acquired through cameras during surveys on board commercial fishing vessels. The training will begin with theoretical instruction on the main photo-identification techniques and their use in building the photo-identification catalogue of CNR-IRBIM Ancona.
Proponent: Daniel Li Veli
Laboratory: FISHING TECHNOLOGY LAB
Project: DELFI
Institute: ANCONA
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Monitoring of offshore dumping areas for harbour dredged sediments: Analysis of macrozoobenthos
Internship
Sorting of macrofauna samples through a stereomicroscope and a binocular microscope; identification and classification of the most common species of molluscs, crustaceans and polychaetes.
Proponent: Alessandra Spagnolo
Laboratory: MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY
Institute: ANCONA
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Study of meiobentonic communities in hypoxia/anoxia conditions
Internship
The internship will take place in the Laboratory where the extraction from the sediment and the sorting of organisms using stereomicroscope and optical microscope.
Proponent: Claudio Vasapollo
Institute: ANCONA
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Study of the meiobentonic communities in the Adriatic as part of a sustainable management of the marine environment & in hypoxia/anoxia conditions
Internship
In the laboratory, the taxonomic analysis of macrozoobenthic communities will be carried out using stereomicroscope and optical microscope
Proponent: Angela Santelli, Elisa Punzo
Laboratory: MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY
Institute: ANCONA
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Study of the meiobentonic communities in the Adriatic as part of a sustainable management of the marine environment and in hypoxia/anoxia conditions
Internship
The internship will take place in the Laboratory where the extraction from the sediment and the sorting of organisms using stereomicroscope and optical microscope
Proponent: Claudio Vasapollo
Laboratory: MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY
Institute: ANCONA
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Taxonomic identification and biological parameters estimation of marine species
Internship
Taxonomic identification and biological parameters estimation of marine species: The internship will be carried out at the laboratories during the SoleMon survey. The activities will include the taxonomic identification of marine vertebrates and invertebrates, the measurement and estimation of biological parameters of commercial species, age and growth estimation of flatfishes through different techniques; the classification of marine litter, data entry and preliminary analyses.
Proponent: Giuseppe Scarcella, Laura Sabatini
Laboratory: POPULATION DYNAMICS LABORATORY
Institute: ANCONA
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The training activity will be aimed at learning techniques for the analysis of oceanographic data (physico-chemical) on data sets obtained both from in-situ measurements carried out in oceanographic cruises and from existing databases.
Internship
The activity will also include the introduction to the use of the main oceanographic scientific equipment and the necessary pre-processing software. Use of CTD Sbe19plusV2 multiparametric probe complete with software for data upload and processing; Ocean Data View software (open download); oceanographic laboratory; other laboratory are available that could complement the intern's experience.
Proponent: Pierluigi Penna
Institute: ANCONA
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Trophic ecology of benthic crustaceans of the Adriatic Sea
Internship
Study of the analysis of the trophic ecology of different species of benthic crustaceans of the Adriatic Sea, with particular emphasis on the analysis of stomach contents and analysis of stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen for the evaluation of the contribution of prey to the trophic level of the species of interest. In particular, the activities will consist of stomach extraction and determination of the feeding strategy, gonad and hepatopancreas weight for biological index analysis and muscle tissue extraction for isotopic analysis.