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It’s a slug! It’s a snail! No, it’s Velutinidae!

by Zack Anderson | May 19, 2023 | In the field, In the lab, News Briefs, Research

Snails are mollusks with distinctive spiral shells. Slugs are snail-like mollusks that have no shells. Easy to tell apart, right? But not so fast. Mollusks of the family Velutinidae are small marine mollusks that have a shell like a snail—but that shell is small and...

The Ocean Genome Legacy Center Partners with 1% for the Planet

by Dan Distel | May 16, 2023 | In the lab, News Briefs

Nahant, Massachusetts, January 24, 2023 – The Ocean Genome Legacy Center (OGL) is a new Environmental Partner of 1% for the Planet, an alliance of more than 5,400 business and individual members that give back to support environmental nonprofits. “At OGL, we are...

UN Reaches Historic High Seas Agreement

by Dan Distel | Mar 8, 2023 | In the field, News Briefs

Last weekend, the United Nations reached an agreement on a landmark treaty aimed to protect life in the high seas! This treaty focuses specifically on resources that are contained in ocean areas beyond national jurisdiction. These areas, which are currently largely...

OGL at the Darwin Festival 2023!

by Hannah Appiah-Madson | Feb 13, 2023 | In the field, News Briefs, Research

Do you want the inside scoop on the Alabama Undersea Forest? On Wednesday, February 15, at 11:00 a.m., Ocean Genome Legacy’s Director, Dan Distel, will be speaking at Salem State University’s annual Darwin Festival, a weeklong event that celebrates the work of Charles...

An OGL student discovery may be a game changer for DNA preservation

by Dan Distel | Jan 24, 2023 | In the lab, News Briefs, Research

This week, a team of researchers—including student scientists—from Northeastern University’s Ocean Genome Legacy Center (OGL) published a discovery that may be a game changer for DNA preservation. This finding is important because safe and effective methods of DNA...

How our DNA got all marked up

by Dan Distel | Jan 19, 2023 | In the lab, News Briefs, Research

We are all familiar with the genetic code—the simple set of three-letter words that translate the As, Ts, Cs, and Gs of DNA into the diverse and complex forms we know as animal life. But, if every cell in an animal has the same DNA, how does one cell know to become a...

The time is right for an Antarctic biorepository!

by Dan Distel | Dec 20, 2022 | In the field, News Briefs

Did you know that the coldest place on earth, Antarctica, is also the fastest warming? Global warming is heating up the Antarctic faster than most other regions, making its fantastic marine biodiversity more threatened than any other continent’s. Take Antarctic...

A new paper from OGL solves an old mystery

by Dan Distel | Nov 30, 2022 | News Briefs, Research

Shipworms are wormlike wood-eating clams that have been the nemesis of mariners since the first wooden boat set out to sea—and for good reason. Shipworms can gnaw their way through a wooden hull in a matter of months. Since at least 350 BCE, scientists have pondered...

Experience the Wonder of Alabama’s Undersea Forest!

by Hannah Appiah-Madson | Nov 1, 2022 | In the field, News Briefs, Research

Sixty thousand years ago, along the coast of Alabama, the sea level rose and buried an ancient forest beneath the sea floor. Now, thanks to the hurricane waves that uncovered it—and to Northeastern University Professors and OGL collaborators Brian Helmuth and Mark...

New collaboration samples African marine biodiversity

by Hannah Appiah-Madson | Sep 13, 2022 | In the field, News Briefs

Ocean Genome Legacy (OGL) is excited to announce our newest collaboration with the Sena Institute of Technology (SIT), a multidisciplinary research center in Ghana that promotes cutting-edge research across the African continent and creates opportunities for...

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