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MSC Student Receives Dean's Excellence in Innovation Award
MSC Graduate Student Jessica Torossian has gone above and beyond to incorporate outreach involvement in her graduate studies, and these stellar efforts have recently been recognized by the COS Dean's Excellence in Innovation Award.
June 20, 2016
A Call to Action for Coral and Ocean Acidification Studies
Recent work by a team of experts including MSC Associate Professor Justin Ries, highlights the importance of research integrating information across a range of spatial and biological scales to better understand the threat that ocean acidification poses for corals.
June 06, 2016
Microbes of healthy coral help to understand coral disease
New research by Three Seas Alumnus Nathaniel Chu and Associate Professor Steven Vollmer provides important information about the assemblage of microbes living in association with Caribbean corals.
June 06, 2016
Graduate symposium showcases PhD student research
The first annual MSC graduate student symposium was an opportunity for the community to learn more about the diversity of research going on, and for participants to gain peer feedback on their progress.
May 25, 2016
In the face of sea level rise, how will oysters fare?
Research by a team of scientists including MSC Associate Professor Jonathan Grabowski investigates the fate of oysters as their habitat changes due to predicted sea level rise.
April 12, 2016
Food availability and prey age alter trophic cascade strength
New research by MSC Postdoctoral Researcher Catherine Matassa and colleagues illustrates the value of considering prey traits and resource availability when examining ecosystem-level impacts of predator-prey interactions.
March 23, 2016
As atmospheric CO2 rises, crabs have harder time opening oysters
A study by a team of MSC and University of North Carolina researchers reveals that ocean acidification makes it harder for crabs to prey on oysters, despite the oysters having a thinner shell.
February 27, 2016
From the dinner plate to the lab: a delicious model organism
A new study by recent MSC PhD graduate Lara Lewis McGrath and a team of MSC researchers describes the first published transcriptome of the economically and scientifically important American lobster.
February 10, 2016
Solving evolution’s ancient mollusk mysteries
A recent graduate student study explores evolutionary relationships between fossilized bivalve mollusks, the relatives of modern day clams, mussels, and oysters.
February 08, 2016
Historical data reveals big changes in a Florida seagrass community
Recent work by MSC researchers highlights the value of employing historical data to assess community wide impacts of habitat loss in coastal habitats.
January 19, 2016
In the face of climate change, which snails can beat the heat?
A team of researchers including the MSC’s Francis Choi and Brian Helmuth recently published a study investigating thermal tolerance and climate change sensitivity in tropical marine snails.
January 19, 2016
Resource Management and Social Science Collide at the 4th Annual Burba Lecture
Phil Levin's presentation at the 4th annual Burba Lecture informed and entertained listeners, highlighting the challenges and opportunities of incorporating social science data into strategies for ecosystem-based management of fisheries.
December 16, 2015
Sex determination varies across a fine spatial scale in an estuarine fish
New work by MSC Lecturer Tara Duffy and colleagues reports on the variable pattern of temperature versus genetic sex determination in Atlantic silverside populations from Florida to Canada.
December 02, 2015
Northeastern geologists publish guide to bedrock formations in Boston Harbor
New work by a team of geologists including two Marine and Environmental Sciences professors, documents the unique geological features of Boston Harbor.
November 24, 2015