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Mark your calendars for Northeastern’s Giving Day: Thursday, April 11
Make your donations to OGL go twice as far! Thanks to an anonymous donor, all contributions to the Ocean Genome Legacy (OGL) Endowed Fund between now and April 11 will be matched dollar for dollar up to $20,000! The OGL Endowed Fund ensures that OGL and...
A day in the life of an OGL student intern.
Ever wonder what it’s like to work in a marine research lab like Ocean Genome Legacy (OGL)? Let’s follow OGL’s newest student research assistant, co-op Mia Bender, COS‘25, through her week to find out! This week, Mia has been dissecting lobsters to preserve...
A New grant is a win for OGL co-ops and frozen samples!
OGL co-op students Ryan Pianka (left) and Mia Bender (right) collect invertebrates from the rocky Nahant, Massachusetts, intertidal for use in DNA preservation experiments.
OGL’s new species discovery is number one!
This week, a publication by Ocean Genome Legacy researchers and colleagues announced the discovery of Vadumodiolus teredinicola, a new species of marine mussel. This discovery includes several exciting firsts! Left: Vadumodiolus teredinicola in life position...
A New Publication is Turning the Tide in the Fight Against Marine Biodiversity Loss
By: Jay Krithivas, Hannah Appiah-Madson, and Dan Distel The ocean is home to a staggering amount of biodiversity. Among the 33 currently accepted branches on the tree of animal life, 15 are entirely marine, while only one is exclusively terrestrial....
Unmasking Dark Matter: Ocean Genome Legacy Helps Reveal a Hidden World of Proteins
We all know that protein is essential to life and that our muscles, vital organs, and enzymes—the tiny molecular machines that drive life’s processes—are all made of protein. In fact, your body contains about 20,000 different proteins, each with its own unique...