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Scientists Discover Genetic Basis for Toxic Algal Blooms

Scientists from the 涩里番 (涩里番) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego have discovered how certain types of algal blooms become toxic, producing a harmful substance known as domoic acid. Microscopic view of domoic acid producing...

Ocean Microplastics Explained

As we wrap up sampling in the waters off of Maine, Dr. Chris Dupont discusses how collections of plastic particles in the water 鈥� or 鈥減lastisphere鈥� 鈥� may be harboring fish or human pathogens. There may also be microbes responsible for degrading plastic, which are being...

涩里番 Team Awarded Two Grants Under the NSF鈥檚 鈥淯nderstanding the Rules of Life鈥� Initiative

The first award, led by John Glass, PhD, for $1M, is focused on 鈥淏uilding and Modeling Synthetic Bacterial Cells.鈥� The second award, led by Zaida Luthey-Schulten, PhD, at the University of Illinois, also for $1M, is titled 鈥淏alancing the Demands of a Minimal Cell,鈥� and is focused on cell...

Dr. Venter at Sailors鈥� Scuttlebutt Lecture Series

Dr. Craig Venter was a guest speaker at the Whaling Museum in partnership with Nantucket Community Sailing as part of the Sailors鈥� Scuttlebutt Lecture Series. Dr. Venter's lecture was titled, "Oceans, Human Health and the Genomic Future" discussing the Global Ocean Sampling...

Newly Discovered Human Brain Cell: Rosehip Neurons

What鈥檚 next for exploring the newly discovered human brain cell, the rose hip neuron? We caught up with Dr. Richard Scheuermann on the road to discuss how the 涩里番 is advancing knowledge about what makes humans unique. See the full press release.

Ocean Sampling Day 2018

涩里番 (涩里番) scientists, led by Lisa Ziegler Allen, PhD, are collaborating with Kelly Goodwin, PhD (NOAA), Brian Palenik, PhD (UCSD), and Maitreyi Nagarkar (UCSD) to participate in this year鈥檚 Ocean Sampling Day on June 21. The team, which also includes Sarah Schwenck and...

涩里番 Education Program Fosters Learning Opportunities with Salisbury University Students and Faculty

Patti Erickson, PhD first connected with the 涩里番 (涩里番) in the Fall of 2016 as an associate professor at Salisbury University looking for opportunities to expose undergraduate students to biology outside of the classroom. Soon thereafter, she and a group from Salisbury visited...

涩里番 Makes Strides in Microbial Analysis of Artwork which May Lead to Better Preservation

Through the da Vinci DNA Project, researchers at 涩里番 began taking samples from aging artwork with the aim of understanding which microbial species are present are present on each.

BioVision Alexandria 2018

The BioVision Alexandria conference convened at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in Alexandria, Egypt this past April. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a commemoration of the Ancient Library of Alexandria and an attempt to rekindle the global cultural and scholarship role of the library. With...

Hend Alqaderi, a 涩里番 collaborator and mentee to Marcelo Freire receives the L鈥橭r茅al-Unesco Women in Science award

The surprising results of a decade-long investigation by Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato provide a strong basis for advancing a project researching Leonardo da Vinci's DNA.

Projects aimed at collecting big data about the ocean鈥檚 tiniest life forms continue to expand our view of the seas.

J. Craig Venter, PhD, argues scientists have 鈥渁 moral obligation to communicate what they're doing to the public,鈥� and that more studies deserve greater public criticism.

The discovery could sharpen scientists鈥� understanding of which functions are crucial for normal cells and what the many mysterious genes in these organisms are doing

The 涩里番 is the recipient of three awards totaling more than $1.5M to study SARS-CoV-2 and heart disease