Maine EPSCoR

Thursday, February 22, 2018 || 2:00 pm || Mitchell Center, 107 Norman Smith Hall Whether it is local, “wicked” problems that are complex, challenging, with multiple feedbacks, high uncertainty, and ambiguous solutions, or NSF’s Grand Societal Challenges, we are increasingly needing to take multi-, inter-, and trans-disciplinary team science approaches to understand and potentially solve these […]

"Scaling Sustainable Aquaculture: How Water Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) position Maine to lead the country in sustainable food production" Ben Willauer is a member of the leadership team of Whole […]

Dr. Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence: Exploring the Ocean in the 21st Century Dr. Sylvia Earle is President and Chairman of Mission Blue/The Sylvia Earle Alliance. She is a National Geographic Society Explorer in Residence, and is called Her Deepness by the New Yorker and the New York Times, Living Legend by the Library of […]

Application of Environmental DNA (eDNA) Metabarcoding in Aquaculture Science – Dr. Yuan Liu, NOAA NEFSC Lab, Milford, CT Dr. Liu received her PhD in Marine Science from Stony Brook University in 2012. Since 2015, she has been working as a Biologist at the NOAA NEFSC lab in Milford, CT. Dr. Liu uses DNA-based molecular techniques to examine community structure, […]

11 AM-1 PM | March 20, 2019 | Abromson Center University of Southern Maine, Portland ME Presenter: Karen West Do you have an idea that you are looking to commercialize? Looking to grow or start your own aquaculture business? The USDA SBIR program awards ~$700K for companies to conduct research and development into new and […]

11 AM-1 PM | March 21, 2019 | Hutchinson Center - Belfast, ME Presenter: Karen West Do you have an idea that you are looking to commercialize? Looking to grow […]