by Ella Messner | Jul 19, 2021 | News Briefs
This month, OGL is welcoming a new postdoctoral fellow and two new co-op students! Did you know that some bacteria stab their competitors with poison darts? In her PhD research at UNC Chapel Hill, Dr. Lauren Speare showed how glowing symbionts use this strategy to...
by Ella Messner | May 25, 2021 | In the field, In the lab
The icy waters of the Antarctic’s Southern Ocean may seem inhospitable, but they are teeming with life! Now, thanks to Northeastern University Professor Bill Detrich and former OGL scientist Annie Evankow, OGL is sharing some of that...
by Ella Messner | Apr 30, 2021 | News Briefs
Science teachers are awesome! Middle and high school teachers are on the front lines of science education, teaching a generation that not only can save our planet, but must. To do our small part to help these heroes, Ocean Genome Legacy and the Outreach Program at...
by Ella Messner | Mar 15, 2021 | In the field, Research
Ever wonder where new drugs come from? It might surprise you that many come from the sea, including a potential new drug for treating COVID-19! Aplidium albicans is a species of sea squirt found in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain. Sea...
by Ella Messner | Mar 4, 2021 | News Briefs
On a nighttime dive on a spectacular shallow reef in Cozumel, Mexico, underwater photographer Robert Stansfield spied something in the inky darkness he had never seen before: a tiny, transparent fish with bright markings, devilish eyes, and a gaping mouth...
