The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science featured UMaine research on the genome of the red algae, Porphyra umbilicalis. The 50-member research team, led by UMaine professor of marine sciences Susan Brawley, sequenced the genome of the red alga to better understand how it harvests light and nutrients, and how warming oceans might impact its ability to fix
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