Agriculture Dive interviewed Sahir Advani, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Maine, about his research into the causes of mass oyster mortalities along the coast of British Columbia in Canada.
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The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) honored University of Maine marine ecologist Robert S. Steneck for advancing the scientific understanding and conservation of marine ecosystems. Steneck, who retired from a 41-year career at UMaine in fall 2023, was among 20 recipients of the 2024 NAS Awards. The Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal and a $50,000 prize […]
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The Boothbay Register covered The Boothbay Sea and Science Center’s (BSSC) experiential program “Exploring the Science of Seaweed Farming,” a school-based effort co-hosted by University of Maine EPSCoR SEANET STEM Workforce Development. This in-school program impacts more than 800 students each school year and currently engages Maine seaweed farmers Down East to Gouldsboro and South […]
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The Bangor Daily News and CentralMaine.com shared that University of Maine researchers are using environmental DNA (eDNA) to study the recovery of river herring in the Penobscot River. eDNA is the genetic material shed by all organisms in the environment, which can be collected and sequenced. With it, UMaine researchers and their colleagues are investigating […]
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The University of Maine Lobster Institute’s “Questions from Kids About Lobsters & Lobstering” was shared by Q106.5.
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University of Maine researchers are seeking to gain more insight into river herring recovery in the Penobscot River using a novel surveying tool: environmental DNA (eDNA). eDNA is the genetic material shed by all organisms in the environment, which can be collected and sequenced. By testing its viability as a survey tool, UMaine researchers and […]
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Brian Beal, director of the Downeast Institute and professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, spoke with The Ellsworth American about how green crabs are driving a decline of soft-shell clams in Maine. The Mount Desert Islander shared story.
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The College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences made its debut during a town hall meeting at the University of Maine on Oct. 31. The college, formerly known as the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, is the largest of UMaine’s six colleges, accounting for 26.5% of all university enrollments. Members of the newly […]
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Alex Ascher, who recently earned his Ph.D. at the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, spoke to News Center Maine about ganglia in lobsters. “Lobsters contain 15 nerve clusters called ganglia, dispersed throughout their bodies, with a main ganglion located between their eyes,” Ascher told the station. “Each ganglion helps to control and process […]
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University of Maine Ph.D. student Christina McCrosker spoke with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) about her research into the diet of Northwest Atlantic gray seals. McCrosker was the lead author on a recent study involving the analysis of 247 scat samples taken from the gray seal herd at Monomoy Island off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She […]
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