Happy Earth Day! 🌎 Today, #BigelowLab is delighted to share that a generous donor will match all new and increased gifts to our institution from now through World Ocean Day on June 8, doubling the impact of your support. Donate now: https://ow.ly/tmyV50YO3hk #earthday2026 #blueplanet
The Cells from WHERE?!: On Thursday, April 30, please join us at Aekeir Brewing in Wiscasset for the next Ocean on Tap talk featuring Greg Gavelis, bioinformatician at #BigelowLab. Greg will chat about the evolution of the sea's weirdest, scariest microbes. #maine #oceanontap #science
On April 10, Research Associate Vishaan Nursey represented #BigelowLab at a STEM Expo at the Gerald E. Talbot Community School. Students in grades 3-5 visited the booth to learn about careers in science and take part in a fun, interactive plankton racing activity. #science #ocean
Deep Impact: #BigelowLab 's 2025 Impact Report provides a glimpse of the work we’ve accomplished during the last year with the help of our generous donors. Explore our 2025 Impact Report today: https://ow.ly/TPFT50YK1bw #blueplanet #discovery #report #science
🔬 Spring into Science: If you’re looking for a family-friendly activity during April break, sign up for a behind-the-scenes tour of #BigelowLab ! Tours are free, open to the public, and will take place daily April 20-24 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. FMI: ehenerberry@bigelow.org. #maine #science #ocean
Join us at Footbridge Brewery on Thursday, April 16 for the next #OceanOnTap talk! #BigelowLab President and CEO Deb Bronk will share how federal investment in science has fueled unparalleled advances and discuss current risks posed by declining federal support. #science
🐳 You Heard that Right (Whales): SRS Nick Record was featured on the latest episode of the #MakeScienceMakeSense podcast. Check out Signals from the Sea: Lobsters, Kelp, and Right Whales—Oh, My! wherever you listen to podcasts, or stream on Currents: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=1616
#bigelowlab #science #cytometry #course #education #flowcytometry #cells #ocean #blueplanet #professionaldevelopment #algae #phytoplankton
Running May 4-8, 2026, this hands-on course is designed for graduate students, faculty members, aquaculturists, and commercial professionals. It will explore how to apply flow and imaging cytometry to aquatic applications.
Space is limited; register today at: www.bigelow.org/flow
“Bigelow Laboratory's Center for Aquatic Cytometry is the best place to learn about flow cytometry, and the knowledge and equipment there cannot be matched," wrote one Introduction to Flow Cytometry participant from 2024. "If you use flow cytometry, this is the best way to learn from the experts!"
The Karen A. Steidinger Marine Harmful Algae Taxonomy Training Course offers an opportunity to build essential identification skills at the species level. The 2026 course will take place August 9–21. Applications are due May 1. Learn more: https://ncma.bigelow.org/training-courses #habs #algae
The #BigelowLab Keller BLOOM application deadline is fast approaching this Friday. If you haven’t yet submitted your materials, don’t wait! The 2026 program runs May 17-22. To learn more and apply: https://www.bigelow.org/education/bloom.html
#maine #education #blueplanet #highschool
More than 200 investors, leaders, supply chain representatives, scientists, entrepreneurs, and policymakers from around the world recently gathered at the North Atlantic Blue BioTech Summit in Portland. FMI: https://www.bigelow.org/news/articles/2026-04-03.html #bigelowlab #bluebiotech #maine
💧 Last Thursday, #BigelowLab participated in the Maine Sustainability and Water Conference. The event assembles professionals, researchers, consultants, citizens, students, regulators, and planners to exchange information and new findings. #maine #water #science #mswc #blueplanet
Big News for the Blue Economy: #BigelowLab has taken ownership of the National Ocean Economics Program (NOEP), the nation’s first dataset tracking the value and health of ocean and coastal resources. Read more https://www.bigelow.org/news/articles/2026-03-24.html
#maine #noep #blueeconomy #ocean
Another Whale of a Tail: On April 18, join Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library and Boothbay Region Land Trust for the return of Within the Whale!
Registration is required for this free event hosted at Bigelow Laboratory.
FMI: https://bbhlibrary.org/event/within-the-whale-part-2/
📸: Aislyn Keyes.
This March, #BigelowLab has been working to grow Maine’s blue biotechnology sector across a number of initiatives, including the blue biotech innovation studio, the North Atlantic Blue Biotech Summit, and a video featuring the MARIA project. FMI: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=1517 #maine #ocean
Registration is now open for BLOOM Educators, a free, four-day residential program at #BigelowLab that gives Maine and New Hampshire middle and high school teachers hands-on experience in ocean science. Learn more and apply today: https://www.bigelow.org/news/articles/2026-03-23.html #science
From March 16-20, #BigelowLab SRS José Fernández-Robledo led a short course at MDI Bio Lab as part of the Maine IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence. In addition, SRS Peter Countway led a lecture and a lab. Students from UMaine participated in the course. #INBRE #science #maine #innovation
A multi-institutional team, led by URI and featuring #BigelowLab researchers, is helping show just how important tiny animals called copepods are for shuttling energy and nutrients across the ocean food web: https://www.bigelow.org/news/articles/2026-03-20.html #ocean #science #zooplankton
SRS Ben Twining has wrapped up his time aboard the RSS Sir David Attenborough. He shares a few last observations from the expedition, including pulling in an instrument called a towfish: https://currents.bigelow.org/?tag=antarctic-dispatches 📸: B. Twining , J. Resing, L. Bumstead.
#antarctica
🐋 Whale, You Don’t See That Every Day: This month's Ocean on Tap speaker is Jessica Woodend of Within the Whale, a hands-on learning program that brings a replica of life-sized whale to teach about whale biology. #maine #whales #ocean #science #bigelowlab
Of Microbes and Mud: A team of researchers that includes several Bigelow Laboratory scientists recently discovered an entirely new lineage of unusual microbes in Edgecomb Eddy, a mudflat not far from our lab: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=1453 #ocean #science #microbes #bigelowlab
The Maine Blue Biotech Innovation Studio kicked off on March 9, bringing 10 teams focused on converting marine resources into high-value commercial products to #BigelowLab’s campus in East Boothbay. FMI: https://www.bigelow.org/news/articles/2026-03-10.html
#hatchblue #maine #bluebiotech #science
Where are the Right Whales? 🐳 In the latest episode of the Ocean Currents podcast, #BigelowLab SRS Nick Record and meteorologist Dave Epstein discuss North Atlantic right #whales and how a changing #ocean contributes to their movements. Tune in here: https://feeds.captivate.fm/ocean-currents/
On March 20, join us at Aekeir Brewing for the next Ocean on Tap talk in Wiscasset. Mook Sea Farm and Muscongus Bay Aquaculture will share how Maine oysters are farmed from larvae to market. It’s certain to be a delicious conversation! #bigelowlab #oceanontap #oysters #seafood #maine
SRS Ben Twining has wrapped up his time aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough, but we’re still sharing a few final updates from the IRON-MAN expedition. Today, enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to bottle uncontaminated seawater for trace metal analysis: currents.bigelow.org?p=1430
A special edition of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B examines new tools, collaborations, and discoveries for understanding the role and impact of diseases — and how to manage them — in marine ecosystems. FMI: https://www.bigelow.org/news/articles/2026-03-05.html
Other than settled stomachs, why do team members on #BigelowLab's GNATS project cross their fingers for clear skies during sampling? 🤔 Farley Miller sheds light on the importance of fair weather to these particular research cruises: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=1407 #gulfofmaine #ocean #science
During February’s Ocean Sciences Meeting, #BigelowLab President and CEO Deb Bronk recorded an episode of the Scottish Association for Marine Science’s Ocean Explorer podcast. Give a listen on Currents: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=1391
#bigelowlab #osm26 #science #ocean
