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Bigelow Laboratory Receives $4.45 Million for Blue Biotechnology
Bigelow Laboratory is proud to announce that it has received a $4.45 million award from the Maine Technology Asset Fund for the establishment of the Bigelow Center for Blue Biotechnology. The new center will provide a commercialization gateway for advanced ocean research, catalyzing significant economic growth in mid-coast Maine by harnessing the potential of the ocean’s microbial ecosystems to benefit society.
2009 Maureen Keller Scholarship Awarded to Katelyn Tracey
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is pleased to announce that Katelyn A. Tracey of Franklin, Maine is the recipient of the eighth annual scholarship in memory of Maureen D. Keller.
Katelyn was chosen from a field of over 50 applicants to receive $1,000 for college expenses. A 2009 graduate of Ellsworth High School, Tracey is attending the University of Maine in Orono and majoring in Chemical Engineering. Photo: Katelyn A. Tracey, with Bigelow Laboratory Executive Director Dr. Graham Shimmield.
9/29/2009
Bigelow Laboratory Announces the 2009 Keller BLOOM Class
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences has selected the sixteen Maine high school juniors who will be the Laboratory’s 2009 Keller BLOOM Program class. Participants represent nearly every county in the state.
IN THE NEWS: Taking a Much, Much Closer Look -- Research Equipment Attracts Dollars and Talent
DNA of Uncultured Microorganisms Sequenced Using Novel Single-Cell Approach
Using environmental samples of surface ocean water collected in Maine's Boothbay Harbor, researchers from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and have used a novel single-cell genome sequencing technique to successfully assemble high quality, contamination-free draft genomes of uncultured microorganisms, offering scientists a new and powerful method to access valuable genetic information from only minute quantities of DNA. The technique bypasses the need for culturing before sequencing, because only one cell is needed to decode a genome.
What Marine Invertebrate Do You Want to Be and Why?
Bigelow Laboratory Brings 100-City "A Sense of Wonder" Film Tour to Boothbay Harbor
The Laboratory is collaborating with the National Women's History Project and Sense of Wonder Production to host a free public showing of 'A Sense of Wonder,' the biographical film about Rachel Carson's life and advocacy for the natural world on March 24, 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Harbor Theatre in Boothbay Harbor.
Antibiotic Resistance: A Rising Concern In Marine Ecosystems
At the 2009 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a team of researchers, including Bigelow Senior Research Scientist Dr. Ramunas Stepanauskas, called for new awareness of the potential for antibiotic resistant illnesses from the marine environment, while also pointing to marine resources as the source of possible cures for those threats.
IN THE NEWS: Bigelow Adjunct Scientist Edith Widder
New Program at Bigelow Laboratory Begins Search for Summer Interns
For the next five weeks, college students in Maine, and throughout the United States are being invited to apply for the National Science Foundation’s Gulf of Maine and the World Ocean Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program, in its inaugural year at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in West Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
David M. Coit Elected Chair of Bigelow Laboratory Board of Trustees
The members of the Board of Trustees of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences have elected David M. Coit of Cape Elizabeth, Maine as their new Chair, succeeding Donna Lee Cheney, who had served two terms as the Board’s Chair.