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Community Round-up: Portable Plankton
In this month’s edition of the Community Round-up, we are delighted to shine a spotlight on a fellow Bigelowian: our dedicated Education Coordinator Evan Henerberry! In addition to sharing bright cheer and…
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From Spain to Maine
For five months, visiting student Reyes Martín Rodríguez studied in SRS Karen Stamieszkin’s lab at Bigelow Laboratory exploring zooplankton feeding strategies as part of a long-term research project. A recent master’s graduate…
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Bigelow Laboratory Joins Global Ocean Accounts Partnership
This week, the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) announced Bigelow Laboratory as the network’s newest member. “Bigelow Laboratory is thrilled to be a part of GOAP and the community working to transcend…
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World Algae Day
Happy World Algae Day from Bigelow Laboratory, a world-renowned hub for seaweed and microalgae research and technology! 🎉 Our institution believes in the limitless potential of algae. That’s why we’re empowering entrepreneurs,…
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Where Ocean Meets Innovation
Next Monday, join Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences’s Vice President for Research Beth Orcutt for Where Ocean Meets Innovation, a Maine Tech Week panel that will explore how technology, science, and entrepreneurship…
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Cocco Channel
For more than half a century, Bigelow Laboratory researchers have studied the foundation of global ocean health. That’s why we’re so excited to celebrate #CoccolithophoreDay and splash these important microbes across screens…
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Blissful Blue Blur
Last week, the inaugural Maine Blue Economy Week put Maine’s ocean economy front and center: precisely where this powerful innovation ecosystem deserves to be! 🌊 For two days, 300+ researchers, business owners,…
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Following the Flow of H2O
80% of Greenland is covered by a massive sheet of ice, more than two miles thick in places. The ice is constantly moving and flowing toward the ocean through glacial fjords. At…
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Ocean Solutions
The ocean is essential to our planet’s health. Increasingly, scientists are leveraging its potential to improve the future for all life on the planet. On Monday, October 26, join Dr. Beth Orcutt,…
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Swell Suited
Maritime safety equipment is rarely lauded for its fashionable qualities. But we think Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences‘s Sea Change Semester students look quite sharp in these immersion suits! In September, the…
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Connecting Blue to Green
Strengthening collaboration between science and finance is key to fully unlocking the ocean’s potential. But these two communities aren’t yet fully connected. As a result, there is a significant gap in understanding.…
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September 2026 E-news
Catch up on the latest news and updates from Bigelow Laboratory in our September 2026 E-news!
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Corralling Corals
This #MicroMonday, we’re hollering, “Yeehaw!” 🤠 It might not be the kind of exclamation you’d expect to hear at an ocean sciences laboratory. That is, unless a colleague recently returned from wrangling…
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The New York Times: In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life
The best science takes place outside of the box. Remarkable discoveries often happen in the unlikeliest of places — even in a North Carolina motel room. Check out this great piece in…
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Happy National Lobster Day! 🦞
As an ocean sciences research institution, Bigelow Laboratory is proud to celebrate this crustacean and the important role it plays. From ecosystem influences to economic impact, lobster holds indescribable value for coastal…
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Two Bigelow Laboratory researchers named as Hypothesis Fund Awardees
We are pleased to share that two Bigelow Laboratory researchers have been selected as the newest Hypothesis Fund awardees! Senior research scientists Catherine Mitchell and John Burns both received funding to pursue…
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Bioscience Association of Maine: Stories of Innovation Panel
Are you curious about the strong, bubbling currents that are helping to propel life sciences forward here in Maine? Join the Bioscience Association of Maine on October 14 for an insightful panel…
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‘Cy’ of Relief
A new study by researchers at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and Oregon State University shows that a well-known cyanobacterium that looks like puffballs formed on recreational lakes shows little toxic potential.…
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The Boston Globe: Officials pinpoint culprit behind massive ‘chocolate tide’ algae bloom from Maine to Massachusetts
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences researchers are among the experts tracking the “chocolate tide” algae bloom stretching along the coast from Maine to Massachusetts. In a recent feature in The Boston Globe…
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Algae Biomass Summit: The Potential of Algae
Food. Feed. Fuels. Biomaterials. Nutraceuticals. Environmental solutions. The potential of algae stretches across industries. On October 14 at 11 a.m., one of the sessions at the Algae Biomass Summit titled The Potential…
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