Measuring Time in Nanno Seconds: Transferring Nannochloropsis into a carboy of saltwater media takes some time. But Research Technician Lydia Pinard’s timelapse video makes the process look speedy! #algae #microalgae #bluebiotech #bigelowlab

Aw, Shucks: #BigelowLab hosted a table at the #Pemaquid Oyster Festival last weekend, proving once and for all that these tasty shellfish pair splendidly with a side of science (in addition to the usual cocktail sauce and mignonette, of course!). FMI: currents.bigelow.org?p=792 #oyster #maine

Bridging International Waters: This past summer, #BigelowLab was pleased to welcome Dr. Preston Akenga to our community for a few months. Akenga, from Kisii University in Kenya, joined the lab as a fellow in the #BioGeoSCAPES program. FMI: currents.bigelow.org?p=777 #science #ocean

Investing in Discovery: If you’re curious about the evolving U.S. science landscape, please join #BigelowLab President and CEO Deborah Bronk for a presentation at the Portsmouth Music Hall on Tuesday, October 14. FMI: www.themusichall.org/events/bigel... #ocean #science #nh #newhampshire #usa

Happy Friday! 🐬🐋🐟 Join us in jumping for joy just like this pod of dolphins, whale, and swordfish spotted in the Gulf of Maine by #BigelowLab team members during a research cruise aboard the R/V Bowditch last week. 📸: K. Johnston, K. Nutt, and M. Vilarello.

This month, 11 students from across the country arrived at #BigelowLab for the 2025 Sea Change Semester. This 14-week experience includes mentorship, research cruises, and ocean science coursework. Welcome to the Bigelow community! FMI: www.bigelow.org/seachange #education #maine

Environmental DNA has proven valuable for accurately, rapidly, and inexpensively detecting new species and answering important coastal management questions. Read about what #BigelowLab researchers discovered in the sediments below a commercial kelp farm: currents.bigelow.org?p=756 #ocean #science

Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week! 🎉 #BigelowLab proudly celebrates these essential researchers who help advance novel and exciting #science. Learn how #postdoc Alaina Weinheimer partnered with an intern to discover dark ocean viruses: currents.bigelow.org?p=738 #npaw #ocean

Learning How to Cope-pod: During a tour of #BigelowLab, Advancement Officer Kim Nutt snapped PhD student Zach Wagner introducing visitors to Calanus, a tiny animal with a big impact here in the Gulf of Maine. Zach is presenting tonight at Footbridge Brewery: join us at 6 p.m.! #maine #ocean

Following the Fare: The North Atlantic right #whale is among the world's biggest animals. It's also one of its most endangered. Models of their distribution across vast territories are essential. 🐋 Learn about a new study led by #BigelowLab scientists: currents.bigelow.org?p=732 #ocean #science

Little Big Lies Under the Surface: Think #plankton are solely food sources? Think again! This Thursday, we invite you to take a seat at Footbridge Brewery for the next #OceanOnTap where we'll dispel fibs about #plankton and the big impact they have on our lives. #bigelowlab #ocean #science #maine

This #MicroMonday, check out this algae from the genus Pseudo-nitzschia. It might not appear threatening, but some species of this diatom have a secret that packs a punch. Learn how #BigelowLab researchers are quantifying its impact on marine food webs: currents.bigelow.org?p=724 📸: Peter Countway.

For Us, It’s Always Ocean Day: This #FlashbackFriday, we’re jumping back exactly one month to relive Ocean Day at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library! 🌊 Bigelowians Vishaan Nursey and Lydia Pinard helmed the lab’s table and hosted interactive plankton races! 📸: Lydia Pinard.

“We’ve worked closely with Colby College for 15 years to introduce students to cutting-edge research in the marine and environmental sciences,” said Deborah Bronk, president and CEO of #bigelowlab. Please join us in celebrating this major investment in science! FMI: news.colby.edu/story/colby-...

Scientists know broadly how the process of horizontal, or lateral, gene transfer works and that it can be an essential force of evolution, especially for single-celled organisms. But they haven't had the tools to quantify the process — until now. FMI: www.bigelow.org/news/article... #science #genes

Harmful algae blooms that produce the potent neurotoxin domoic acid can have devastating impacts on marine animals. A team from #BigelowLab just published research in @dao-ir.bsky.social showing how DA is accumulating in wild sea stars. FMI: www.bigelow.org/news/article... #ocean #science #maine

Join #BigelowLab and Maine Coast Fishermen's Association for a Blue Drinks networking event at Robinson’s Wharf on Thursday, September 11 at 5 p.m. No registration required! For more information, email [email protected]. #maine #southport #blueeconomy #ocean #networking

Bigelow Laboratory knows that the right equipment can make all the difference. After all, it’s pretty tricky to catch a copepod using a lobster trap! 🦞 To connect local youth with back-to-school gear, Bigelowians took part in the Set for Success event in Boothbay on Wednesday.

Thank you to the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture team for visiting #BigelowLab during their retreat in midcoast Maine last weekend! SRS José Fernández Robledo snapped this great group shot in the Harold Alfond Center for Ocean Education and Innovation and gave a campus tour.

While many families are gearing up for children to head back to school soon, nine Maine educators recently wrapped up some learning of their own during the BLOOM Educators program at #BigelowLab. FMI: www.bigelow.org/education/pr... #ocean #maine 📸: David Fields, Aislyn Keyes, and Nicole Poulton.

Deep Sea Dialogue: Last month, diplomats, advocates, lawyers, and ambassadors from the @deepstewardship.bsky.social gathered in Kingston, Jamaica for the second part of the 30th session of the International Seabed Authority. Read more: www.bigelow.org/news/article... #bigelowlab #ocean #science

On August 19, 2024, an accidental release of approximately 1,450 gallons of PFAS-based firefighting foam concentrate mixed with water occurred in Hangar 4 on the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. Post spill, #BigelowLab researchers regularly monitor PFAS in Casco Bay. #ocean #maine #pfas #science

Storytelling and the Sea: This month, #BigelowLab Senior Research Scientist Nichole Price participated in the National Geographic Society Storytellers Workshop, hosted by Builders Vision in Chicago. 🌊 Photo credit: www.dietzstudio.com #ocean #science #kelp #blueplanet #ngs #natgeo

Last month, more than 20 stakeholders came to Bigelow Laboratory’s campus for a workshop that kicked off a 90-day innovation "sprint" that will result in a report laying out the priorities to establish Maine as a blue biotech hub. FMI: www.bigelow.org/news... #ocean #oceanscience

Catch the Mega Wave: This Thursday, please join us for the next talk in the Ocean on Tap series at Footbridge Brewery! 🌊 Leah Campbell, Bigelow Laboratory’s lead science writer, will crash the myths of ocean mega waves. #bigelowlab #oceanscience #tsunami #roguewaves #ocean

Carapace Conundrum 🦞: Warming waters helped drive a catastrophic collapse of the Southern New England lobster fishery in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Adult lobsters failed to reproduce. Baby lobsters failed to thrive. And a new disease ran rampant.

Basking in the Glow: On Tuesday, #BigelowLab researchers aboard the R/V Bowditch encountered one of the world’s biggest species of fish right here in the Gulf of Maine: a basking shark! 🦈 The team was conducting a monthly survey about 40 miles offshore for a wind energy monitoring program.

Surprisingly Chill Coccolithophores: A team of researchers, led by Senior Research Scientist Emeritus Barney Balch, has published new research helping illuminate some of the mysteries of the remote and cold Southern Ocean. FMI: www.bigelow.org/news... #ocean #oceanscience

#BigelowLab is pleased to share that Jim McManus has recently been hired as the institute’s inaugural vice president for administration and operations. He will support the institute’s recent growth in staff, research portfolio, and physical size. FMI: www.bigelow.org/news...#BigelowLab

Thank you to our VP for Research, Beth Orcutt, for joining NPR’s Short Wave for a discussion about the potential impacts of deep-sea mining. The conversation touched on exploration and the need to learn more about this enigmatic ecosystem. Listen now: www.npr.org/2025/08/10/n... #BigelowLab #ocean

Building Credibility: Last week, Lab Design News published a story about #BigelowLab’s Harold Alfond Center for Ocean Education and Innovation. The article shares insights into the design and construction process. FMI: www.labdesignnews.com/content/scal... #maine #science #architecture #ocean

Single Cell Grant Upswell: #BigelowLab recently received two awards from the National Science Foundation for research that will help unlock the individual cell and its untapped biotechnology potential. 🌎 FMI: www.bigelow.org/news/article... #science #ocean #maine #microbes #genomics

After an intense summer, REU interns at #BigelowLab shared poster presentations about their research this afternoon. Congratulations to our interns on completing your presentations, and thank you for helping us move #oceanscience forward! 🌊 #bigelowlab #maine #research #science #blueplanet

This August, join us for behind-the-scenes tours of #BigelowLab’s campus in East Boothbay, #Maine! Tours will take place every Friday at 11:30 a.m., from August 1 to August 29. To register, please email [email protected]. Come see where #ocean #science happens! 🌊 🧪 🔬

Tomorrow, join #BigelowLab for the next talk in the #OceanOnTap series! Shannon Parker will talk about her novel Love & Lobsters, which centers on a lobsterwoman whose attitude to love is inspired by lobster behavior (insert a clever quip about avoiding traps and getting into hot water here). ❤️ 🦞

Take a Spin through an Algae Harvest: #BigelowLab’s NCMA is proud to collaborate with the Algae Foundation to bring the wonder of marine algae directly to classrooms nationwide! 🌊🧪📦

Larval Lobster’s Lunch: When people in Maine hear the words lobster and stomach in the same sentence, they may start drooling in anticipation. But this #MicroMonday, we’re turning the tables to take a closer look at a larval lobster’s gut contents, shown in this microscopy image.

Earlier this month, #BigelowLab REU students Madeleine Lallier and Rose Habib visited #Salmonics in Brunswick. They learned how the company prepares salmon fibrinogen/thrombin hydrogels for 3D cell culture applications, which they will use in projects. #ocean #science

Thank you to everyone who attended #BigelowLab’s Café Sci this evening, and tremendous gratitude to Drs. Nick Record, Rebekah Shunmugapandi, and Jonathan Syme for presenting Whales in the Forecast! Next talk is July 23; FMI: www.bigelow.org/cafesci #maine #oceanscience #whales

On Friday, #BigelowLab hosted its annual #OpenHouse. We welcomed more than 300 community members to the newly opened Harold Alfond Center for Ocean Education and Innovation! Thank you to everyone who shared the day with us and made the event a great success! #maine #science #ocean

As Director of the Center for Seafood Solutions, #BigelowLab SRS Nichole Price often travels to D.C. to meet with policymakers. This spring, she returned to educate them on challenges facing the shellfish and seaweed aquaculture industries. Read more: www.bigelow.org/news...#BigelowLab📸: Dana O'Brien

Explosion of Ocean Color: Last week, SRS Cath Mitchell was featured in NASA’s Image of the Day. The article highlights the work she and her team are doing with NASA to help validate data from the PACE satellite. ow.ly/NrIc50WkQhp 📷: NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang

Super excited to share the inaugural episode of #OceanCurrents podcast with @seascapescience.bsky.social from @bigelowlab.bsky.social in Maine. Please share you thoughts, what works, what needs work and perhaps what content you would like us to explore. player.captivate.fm/episode/fd2d...

Check out this June 1978 edition of the Bigelow Messenger. The newsletter promoted an annual open house and a summer lecture series. 47 years later, both events will return to our campus in East Boothbay this summer! FMI: bigelow.org/openhouse and bigelow.org/cafesci

Top of the Class: Through a unique partnership with Colby College, several #BigelowLab scientists regularly step outside the lab and into the classroom — bringing their ocean expertise to undergraduate students in central Maine. FMI: www.bigelow.org/news...#BigelowLab#blueplanet #education

From Space to Sea: A collaborative project at #BigelowLab is linking satellite data with microscopic marine life to better understand the changing Gulf of Maine. FMI: www.bigelow.org/news...#BigelowLab #bigelowlab #maine #gulfofmaine #satellites #satelliteoceanography #nasa

X Marks the Spot: This #MicroMonday, let’s take a closer look at #phytoplankton collected from Antarctic coastal waters during the #GEOTRACES GP17-ANT cruise. Just like humans, phytoplankton need metals such as iron, cobalt, copper, and zinc for their metabolism.

Celebrating Bold Science: Yesterday afternoon, over 250 supporters, community leaders, and scientists gathered at Bigelow Laboratory in East Boothbay, Maine, to celebrate the grand opening of the Harold Alfond Center for Ocean Education and Innovation. Thank you to everyone who joined us!

🦞 Scientists know surprisingly little about what American lobsters eat, especially early in life. In a new study, researchers provided a novel approach for understanding the diet of newly-hatched lobsters using advanced molecular techniques. FMI: www.bigelow.org/news...

Yesterday afternoon, members of the #BigelowLab team marched and rode in Boothbay Harbor’s Windjammer Days Parade. ⛵️ Our contribution included a truck decked out in copepod origami, a huge globe (not to scale), and a gaggle of spirited Bigelowians sharing good cheer. #maine #boothbayharbor #ocean