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Bigelow Laboratory Launches Blue Biotech Initiative
Bigelow Laboratory Launches Blue Biotech Initiative to Grow Maine’s Ocean Economy
10-20-2025
The new efforts aim to position Maine as a national hub for ocean-based biotechnology, fueled by state and federal investment, global partnerships, and private innovation and capital.
Nichole Price, senior research scientist, addresses the Halo convening and NECL legislators
Convenings Promote Innovation for the Global Blue Economy
10-17-2025
Bigelow Laboratory’s forum is a hotbed of convening activity, hosting scientists and legislators at events this month to share successes, lessons learned, data, and visions to foster research and partnerships that support the blue economy.
Preston Akenga, from Kisii University in Kenya, in front of Bigelow Laboratory's Shore Facility
BioGeoSCAPES Fellow Brings International Insight
10-01-2025
As part of the first cohort of BioGeoSCAPES fellows, Preston Akenga spent the summer with Bigelow Laboratory’s Steve Archer, developing his analytical skills to create new pathways for environmental research in Kenya.
Alaina Weinheimer and Solomon DeMello work together to review recent data
Intern and Postdoc Partner to Discover Dark Ocean Viruses
09-19-2025
REU funding enabled postdoctoral fellow Alaina Weinheimer to mentor a summer intern, testing out novel single-cell genomics methods and applying them to the understudied dark ocean and the vast microbial community that lives there.