Tag: Blue Economy
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Seaweed Cookie, Anyone?
We aren’t fishing for compliments, but they are delicious. Think: matcha’s coastal cousin 🍪 🌊 This weekend, members of the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences team…
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Blue Biotech Bulletin: May 2026
As an ocean science leader, Bigelow Laboratory is helping Maine bring to bear its competitive advantages to position the state at the forefront of this…
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Maine Seaweed Week Leadership
Seaweed. Some see weeds. At Bigelow Laboratory, we see abundant opportunities for Maine. As a world-renowned hub for research and technology focused on seaweed and…
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Trading Big Ideas
Last week, Bigelow Laboratory proudly hosted the Maine International Trade Center (MITC)’s Maine International Trade Day. The event celebrated our state’s international business community, focusing…
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Algae on the Airwaves
On April 20, Bigelow Laboratory senior research scientists Mike Lomas and Nichole Price joined Maine Calling to discuss algae and seaweed innovation to kick off…
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Inside the North Atlantic Blue BioTech Summit
Many thanks to Hatch Blue for sharing a look at last month’s North Atlantic Blue BioTech Summit in Portland! The team at Bigelow Laboratory is…
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Making Big Waves for Maine’s Blue Economy
More than 200 investors, corporate leaders, supply chain representatives, scientists, entrepreneurs, and policymakers from around the world recently gathered at the North Atlantic Blue BioTech…
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Big News for the Blue Economy
Bigelow Laboratory has taken ownership of the National Ocean Economics Program (NOEP), the nation’s first dataset tracking the value and health of ocean and coastal…
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Blue Biotech Bulletin: March 2026
As an ocean science leader, Bigelow Laboratory is helping Maine bring to bear its competitive advantages to position the state at the forefront of this…
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Collaborative Excellence
From March 16-20, Bigelow Laboratory Senior Research Scientist José Fernández-Robledo led a short course at MDI Biological Laboratory as part of the Maine IDeA Network…
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Bangor Daily News: Congressional investment in science essential to protect our ocean
“In Maine, science funding is closely tied to industries that depend on the marine environment,” write Deborah Bronk, president and CEO of Bigelow Laboratory and…
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Protist Pro Tips
Last Friday, Senior Research Scientist José Fernández-Robledo led a seminar at the UMass Lowell Department of Biological Sciences. His presentation, Engineering Marine Protists and Bivalve…
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Blue Biotech Bulletin: February 2026
As an ocean science leader, Bigelow Laboratory is helping Maine bring to bear its competitive advantages to position the state at the forefront of this…
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Mainebiz: Kittery startup wants to build Maine’s first seaweed ‘biorefinery’
Check out this Mainebiz article featuring Atlantic BlueBio, which was recently accepted to the Maine Blue Biotech Studio organized by Bigelow Laboratory and Hatch Blue!…
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Blue Biotech Bulletin: January 2026
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…
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#MicroMonday: Star Dust and Such
At a quick glance, you might think this photo shows a distant nebula snapped through a powerful telescope trained on the night sky. But it…
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Blue Biotech Bulletin: December 2025
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…
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Converting Waves into Opportunity
Blue biotechnology, seaweed farming, shellfish aquaculture, and ocean data and forecasting are emerging economic engines in Maine — and areas that Bigelow Laboratory understands deeply. …
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Blue Biotech Bulletin: November 2025
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…
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Chromatic Curiosity
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…