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Life on Planet Ocean -0 From DNA to #OceanOptimism.

354 Aubert Hall 354 Aubert Hall, Orono

The School of Marine Sciences presents Dr. Nancy Knowlton, Smithsonian Institute Most of the planet is ocean. For centuries its vastness stood in the way of scientific understanding and humancaused damage, but that has now changed. Marine scientists today can take advantage of technologies to understand life in the ocean in ways that were previously […]

Insights Into the Red Algae and Eukaryotic Evolution From the Genome of Porphyra Umbilicalis

354 Aubert Hall 354 Aubert Hall, Orono

Dr. Susan Brawley Professor School of Marine Sciences University of Maine   Fossil evidence shows that red algae (Rhodophyta) are one of the most ancient multicellular lineages (1.6 billion years old). Despite their ecological, evolutionary, and commercial importance, few red algal nuclear genomes have been sequenced. This seminar presents results from the recently completed Porphyra […]

Coral Holobiont Members Will Respond Differently to Climate Change

354 Aubert Hall 354 Aubert Hall, Orono

Polycom available at the Darling Marine Center. The School of Marine Sciences and the School of Biology and Ecology present Dr. Mónica Medina Pennsylvania State University Coral holobiont members – which include the coral host, the algal symbiont and a poorly characterized consortium of diverse microbial taxa – have different generation times and effective population […]

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