by Ocean Genome Legacy | Jun 8, 2017 | News Briefs
Wake up and smell the salt air! Thursday, June 8, is World Oceans Day, a day set aside to honor, protect, and conserve the world’s oceans. And our oceans have never needed it more. So, if you love oceans, Ocean Genome Legacy (OGL) at Northeastern University’s Marine...
by Ocean Genome Legacy | May 15, 2017 | News Briefs
Everyone knows that social media has changed the world, revolutionizing the ways that many of us communicate with friends and family, get news, meet people, entertain ourselves, and shop. However, it is not always obvious that social media can also play a big role in...
by Ocean Genome Legacy | Apr 26, 2017 | News Briefs
What lives in the deep sea? For the most part, we still don’t know. That is why the Ocean Genome Legacy (OGL) has joined with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ship Okeanos Explorer to help discover and preserve deep-sea biodiversity. This...
by Ocean Genome Legacy | Apr 4, 2017 | News Briefs
Asian shore crabs, a highly invasive species, first appeared on the coast of New Jersey in the late 80s and have since spread up and down the East Coast. This winter, a talented high school student named Margaret “Maggie” Slein and her science teacher,...
by Ocean Genome Legacy | Mar 8, 2017 | News Briefs
Did you ever wonder where Ocean Genome Legacy (OGL) gets its DNA? For those of you who follow this newsletter, you will know that most of the time we get our DNA and tissue samples from hardcore scientists and academics. In many cases, they are some of the most...
