by Annie Evankow | May 13, 2016 | News Briefs
OGL Records Biodiversity in the Pacific Northwest For Ocean Genome Legacy (OGL) and Northeastern University’s Three Seas Program, the pristine rocky shores and dazzling kelp forests of Puget Sound are real-world “classrooms” where young marine scientists are...
by Annie Evankow | Apr 27, 2016 | News Briefs
Can you imagine that a shark or an eel might help your doctor to treat cancer? Ocean Genome Legacy is collaborating with the Austrian Academy of Sciences to study marine genomes in the search for new cancer therapies. Cancer cells are harmful because their genetic...
by Annie Evankow | Apr 15, 2016 | News Briefs
Eelgrass might be the most important plant you’ve never heard of. Found in coastal waters throughout the northern hemisphere, it creates vast undersea “meadows” that provide essential habitat and food for marine life, including commercially important fish and...
by Annie Evankow | Apr 1, 2016 | News Briefs
On Wednesday, March 23, Ocean Genome Legacy called all hands on deck for a beachside bioblitz on Cape Cod. Hosted in partnership with Pleasant Bay Community Boating (PBCB) in Chatham, MA, this day of biodiversity discovery rallied students and teachers from Monomoy...
by Annie Evankow | Mar 9, 2016 | News Briefs
Have you visited an aquarium lately? Did you wonder where all those fish come from? Those dazzling fish on display are important ambassadors for education and conservation, inspiring young and old to love and protect the aquatic world. Now, Ocean Genome Legacy is...
