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‘Tis the 🌊SEA-son to get festive with a brand-new Bigelow Laboratory coccolithophore ornament! Now available in the online shop, this ornament features our logo on one side, and an intricate, snowflake-esque coccolithophore design on…
Blue biotechnology, seaweed farming, shellfish aquaculture, and ocean data and forecasting are emerging economic engines in Maine — and areas that Bigelow Laboratory understands deeply. The latest report from Maine’s Blue Economy Task…
On Thursday, join us at Footbridge Brewery for the next talk in the Ocean on Tap series! Kara Gadeken of the College of the Atlantic will share insights into marine worms. Learn more about these weird, wonderful invertebrates and what…
Last month, researchers from Bigelow Laboratory and Maine Department of Marine Resources gathered at our lab for the inaugural Bigelow-DMR Collaborative Symposium — hopefully, the first of many to come! A culmination of years of…
This holiday season, the Bigelow Laboratory team pitched in to help community members facing food insecurity. Bigelowians brought donated pantry staples and essential items to the lab. Yesterday, Chief of Staff Valerie Young (left),…
Bigelow Laboratory’s scientists are committed to gaining a better understanding of how the ocean works and unlocking its potential. From learning how tiny life forms, including larval lobsters and coccolithophores, make big waves in…
Maine researchers and entrepreneurs are unlocking the potential of algae, seaweed, shellfish, and marine microbes to develop novel products and materials. These blue biotechnology innovations not only strengthen the state’s economy but…
Are you planning to check out Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’s holiday light show, Gardens Aglow? Make your visit to the Boothbay peninsula even merrier with a behind-the-scenes tour of Bigelow Laboratory’s campus in East…
On Tuesday afternoon, Bigelow Laboratory’s Sea Change Semester students presented posters about their research in the Burgess Forum. Colleagues from across the laboratory engaged with the 11 undergraduates as they shared their…
Tiny, floating particles in the atmosphere called aerosols are a key ingredient for forming clouds. They’re also one of the big unknowns in climate models. These microscopic particles form thanks to an array of complex chemical…
Thanksgiving is about coming together with those who are most important to us. For marine scientists, few organisms matter more than plankton. This #MicroMonday, Bigelow Laboratory is celebrating these tiny powerhouses of the ocean. As…
Bigelow Laboratory continued celebrating Bioscience Association of Maine (BioME)’s #MaineBioscienceDay with a visit to Durham Community School, where Research Technician Lydia Pinard painted a vivid picture of algae and its role in our…
