by Emily Stangel | Mar 17, 2026 | News Briefs
Emily Stangel, Collections Assistant and Dan Distel, Director March 17, 2026 Andy Schmid, UN World Oceans Day 2023 photo competition / Andy Schmid The high seas once lacked environmental protections against overfishing, habitat destruction, and unregulated extraction...
by Emily Stangel | Feb 18, 2026 | News Briefs
By Emily Stangel, Collection Assistant Co-op and Dan Distel, Director of OGL We are excited to announce that the Ocean Genome Legacy Center (OGL) has joined the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP)! A global network of more than 60 affiliated organizations and initiatives,...
by Julia DiPinto | Nov 18, 2025 | News Briefs
By Julia DiPinto and Dan Distel A specimen of American anglerfish Lophius americanus. (Credit: Mike Beauregard from Nunavut, Canada – pull my finger, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34612997) Sometimes the answers to challenges on land...
by Julia DiPinto | Oct 31, 2025 | News Briefs
By Julia DiPinto and Dan Distel Get ready for Halloween by learning about a spooky species that OGL has in our very own biorepository: the skeleton shrimp! These fascinating creatures are also known as “ghost shrimp” because of their ability to hide along...
by Julia DiPinto | Sep 24, 2025 | In the lab, News Briefs, Research
By Julia DiPinto and Dan Distel In a new publication, researchers use paper waste to feed Teredinibacter turnerae bacteria strains that in turn produce high-value antibiotics and enzymes, such as Turnercyclamycin and Tartrolon E. (Image credit: Gerton et al. 2025)....
by Julia DiPinto | Aug 20, 2025 | In the lab, News Briefs, Research
By Julia DiPinto, Hannah Appiah-Madson, Rosie Poulin, and Dan Distel Scientists generally consider cryopreservation—flash-freezing at extremely low temperatures—the gold standard for preserving DNA in tissues. However, there is an often-overlooked issue: tissues must...
