OGL celebrates its 20th anniversary!

By Hannah Appiah-Madson and Dan Distel. Two decades ago, the Ocean Genome Legacy (OGL) embarked on an ambitious mission to realize the vision of its founder, Donald G. Comb, to advance knowledge and protect the marine environment by preserving, cataloging, and sharing...

May is Biodiversity Month! 

At OGL, we are deeply committed to studying and preserving marine biodiversity.   Here’s how we are observing Marine Biodiversity Month:  Research Support: OGL conducts and supports cutting-edge research to discover new marine species and understand...
Deep-sea Genomes vs Deep-Sea Mining 

Deep-sea Genomes vs Deep-Sea Mining 

By Akancha Singh, Rosie Poulin, and Dan Distel Last month, an international team of researchers led by OGL collaborator Mercer Brugler from the University of South Carolina published the complete mitochondrial genomes of two deep-sea black corals in ZooKeys1. This...
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