Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
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Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is a leader in microbial oceanography with research spanning from our home in Maine to the Arctic to the deep ocean crust. Learn more at bigelow.org.
On Tuesday, #BigelowLab’s Sea Change Semester students presented posters about their research. Based on the hard work of these budding scientists alone, the future of ocean science is bright. Thank you for sharing your science with our team! FMI: https://www.bigelow.org/education/seachange/ #science
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
On Tuesday, #BigelowLab’s Sea Change Semester students presented posters about their research. Based on the hard work of these budding scientists alone, the future of ocean science is bright. Thank you for sharing your science with our team! FMI: https://www.bigelow.org/education/seachange/ #science
On Cloud Nine: Tiny, floating particles in the atmosphere called aerosols are a key ingredient for forming clouds. They're also one of the big unknowns in climate models. ☁️ Researchers are unraveling the complicated process of aerosol formation. Learn more: https://ow.ly/Mxcp50XypC4
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
On Cloud Nine: Tiny, floating particles in the atmosphere called aerosols are a key ingredient for forming clouds. They're also one of the big unknowns in climate models. ☁️ Researchers are unraveling the complicated process of aerosol formation. Learn more: https://ow.ly/Mxcp50XypC4
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19 Nov 2025, 38 stakeholders gathered in Swakopmund for an IOCAFRICA-organized meeting on the Early Warning System (EWS) for Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Namibia, focusing on understanding stakeholder needs for an information system delivered through a dedicated bulletin.
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
19 Nov 2025, 38 stakeholders gathered in Swakopmund for an IOCAFRICA-organized meeting on the Early Warning System (EWS) for Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Namibia, focusing on understanding stakeholder needs for an information system delivered through a dedicated bulletin.
Happy Planksgiving: Thanksgiving is about coming together with those who are most important to us. For marine scientists, few organisms matter more than plankton. This #MicroMonday, @bigelowlab.bsky.social is celebrating these tiny powerhouses of the ocean.
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Happy Planksgiving: Thanksgiving is about coming together with those who are most important to us. For marine scientists, few organisms matter more than plankton. This #MicroMonday, @bigelowlab.bsky.social is celebrating these tiny powerhouses of the ocean.
🌈 Chromatic Curiosity: #BigelowLab continued celebrating BioME’s #MaineBioscienceDay with a visit to Durham Community School, where Lydia Pinard painted a vivid picture of algae and its role in our world. Thank you for introducing students to algae and sparking curiosity in science: color us proud!
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🌈 Chromatic Curiosity: #BigelowLab continued celebrating BioME’s #MaineBioscienceDay with a visit to Durham Community School, where Lydia Pinard painted a vivid picture of algae and its role in our world. Thank you for introducing students to algae and sparking curiosity in science: color us proud!
#BigelowLab is happy to participate in #MaineBioscienceDay, which is taking place in middle schools across the state this week. Brigid Carr and Vishaan Nursey made a big splash South Bristol School, showing that science is anything but dry. 🔬 Learn more: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=998
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
#BigelowLab is happy to participate in #MaineBioscienceDay, which is taking place in middle schools across the state this week. Brigid Carr and Vishaan Nursey made a big splash South Bristol School, showing that science is anything but dry. 🔬 Learn more: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=998
Plankton Peeps: The Continuous Plankton Recorder is one of the oldest and most geographically extensive marine monitoring programs in the world. It provides 90 years of data on the marine plankton community. Last week, four Bigelowians attended the 2025 CPR Workshop. #science #ocean #bigelowlab
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Plankton Peeps: The Continuous Plankton Recorder is one of the oldest and most geographically extensive marine monitoring programs in the world. It provides 90 years of data on the marine plankton community. Last week, four Bigelowians attended the 2025 CPR Workshop. #science #ocean #bigelowlab
Muddying the Waters: This morning, @bigelowlab.bsky.social's Sea Change Semester students learned a core science lesson: biogeochemistry fieldwork is rarely tidy.
#bigelowlab #maine #eastboothbay #edgecomb #biogeochemistry #tidal #mud #mudflats #students #seachange #education #community
#bigelowlab #maine #eastboothbay #edgecomb #biogeochemistry #tidal #mud #mudflats #students #seachange #education #community
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Muddying the Waters: This morning, @bigelowlab.bsky.social's Sea Change Semester students learned a core science lesson: biogeochemistry fieldwork is rarely tidy.
#bigelowlab #maine #eastboothbay #edgecomb #biogeochemistry #tidal #mud #mudflats #students #seachange #education #community
#bigelowlab #maine #eastboothbay #edgecomb #biogeochemistry #tidal #mud #mudflats #students #seachange #education #community
While we’ve long known that Bigelow Laboratory makes a difference within the great state of Maine, we’ve been missing hard data to prove it. We hired Stepwise Data Research to help us tell that story. Check it out: https://www.bigelow.org/economic #science #economic #maine #impact #ocean
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#BigelowLab's Single Cell Genomics Center has long been at the forefront of advancing single-cell sequencing technology. Learn why really small microcapsules that hold one trillionth of a liter of water are making big waves: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=964
Photo: Brian Thompson.
Photo: Brian Thompson.
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
#BigelowLab's Single Cell Genomics Center has long been at the forefront of advancing single-cell sequencing technology. Learn why really small microcapsules that hold one trillionth of a liter of water are making big waves: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=964
Photo: Brian Thompson.
Photo: Brian Thompson.
Next Thursday, head over to Footbridge Brewery for Ocean on Tap! Peter Brannen, an award-winning science journalist, will speak about the remarkable role of carbon dioxide in shaping the history of our planet and society. Join us for a great conversation! #maine #science #ocean #carbondioxide #gas
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Next Thursday, head over to Footbridge Brewery for Ocean on Tap! Peter Brannen, an award-winning science journalist, will speak about the remarkable role of carbon dioxide in shaping the history of our planet and society. Join us for a great conversation! #maine #science #ocean #carbondioxide #gas
Teeny, Tiny Bubbles: Check out these micrographs of Noctiluca, bubble-like unicellular organisms sampled from the waters around Phippsburg. While their rotund appearance is festive, they are also capable of bioluminescence! Learn more: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=956
📸: Kat Mead-von Huene.
📸: Kat Mead-von Huene.
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Teeny, Tiny Bubbles: Check out these micrographs of Noctiluca, bubble-like unicellular organisms sampled from the waters around Phippsburg. While their rotund appearance is festive, they are also capable of bioluminescence! Learn more: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=956
📸: Kat Mead-von Huene.
📸: Kat Mead-von Huene.
Microscopic Monsters: Not all algae in Bigelow Laboratory’s National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA) collection are peaceful plankton. Some have a monster appetite!
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Microscopic Monsters: Not all algae in Bigelow Laboratory’s National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA) collection are peaceful plankton. Some have a monster appetite!
Good Gourds: This week, #BigelowLab's 2025 Sea Change Semester students and program staff had a blast carving festive jack-o-lanterns and enjoying an autumn dinner around a campfire. Learn more: https://www.bigelow.org/education/seachange/ #maine #eastboothbay #eastbooooooothbay #halloween #pumpkins
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Good Gourds: This week, #BigelowLab's 2025 Sea Change Semester students and program staff had a blast carving festive jack-o-lanterns and enjoying an autumn dinner around a campfire. Learn more: https://www.bigelow.org/education/seachange/ #maine #eastboothbay #eastbooooooothbay #halloween #pumpkins
Blue Biotech Bulletin, October 22-28 🌊: This week’s updates include #Maine #Algae Science Day hosted by #BigelowLab at GMRI, the #BlueEconomy Investment Summit at Northeastern University’s Roux Institute, and a feature in Mainebiz. Read more: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=942 #bluebiotech #ocean
October 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Blue Biotech Bulletin, October 22-28 🌊: This week’s updates include #Maine #Algae Science Day hosted by #BigelowLab at GMRI, the #BlueEconomy Investment Summit at Northeastern University’s Roux Institute, and a feature in Mainebiz. Read more: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=942 #bluebiotech #ocean
The vast, dark expanses of the ocean hold no shortage of spine-tingling life forms and environments. This #MicroMonday, enjoy a scream-inducing close-up of a zooplankton that our Sea Change Semester students collected during a nighttime net tow. 🎃 FMI: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=876 #ocean
October 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The vast, dark expanses of the ocean hold no shortage of spine-tingling life forms and environments. This #MicroMonday, enjoy a scream-inducing close-up of a zooplankton that our Sea Change Semester students collected during a nighttime net tow. 🎃 FMI: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=876 #ocean
This autumn, #BigelowLab launched a new digital web channel called Currents. Feast your eyes on photo galleries and videos, and stay up to date with blue biotech bulletins, news on community projects, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of our research. Explore Currents today: www.bigelow.org/currents
October 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This autumn, #BigelowLab launched a new digital web channel called Currents. Feast your eyes on photo galleries and videos, and stay up to date with blue biotech bulletins, news on community projects, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of our research. Explore Currents today: www.bigelow.org/currents
Stay up to speed with #BigelowLab's support of ocean-related innovation in our Blue Biotech Bulletin. This week’s updates include the release of a regional ecosystem assessment and roadmap, theAlgal Biomass Summit, and the Maine Blue Carbon Network Annual Symposium. FMI: https://ow.ly/9Hw450Xgkwu
October 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Stay up to speed with #BigelowLab's support of ocean-related innovation in our Blue Biotech Bulletin. This week’s updates include the release of a regional ecosystem assessment and roadmap, theAlgal Biomass Summit, and the Maine Blue Carbon Network Annual Symposium. FMI: https://ow.ly/9Hw450Xgkwu
Maine has the resources, workforce, and people to become a national leader in the emerging blue biotech industry. 🌊 🧪 #BigelowLab in partnership with Ocean House Consulting and Hatch Blue, is launching a major initiative to help make that happen. FMI: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=864
October 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Maine has the resources, workforce, and people to become a national leader in the emerging blue biotech industry. 🌊 🧪 #BigelowLab in partnership with Ocean House Consulting and Hatch Blue, is launching a major initiative to help make that happen. FMI: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=864
Green with Antennae: Last week, #BigelowLab Director of Education Aislyn Keyes and several hundred energetic zooplankton attended the Green Jobs Fair in Dover-Foxcroft. FMI: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=850
#maine #piscataquis #education #jobs #careers #zooplankton #education #community
#maine #piscataquis #education #jobs #careers #zooplankton #education #community
October 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Green with Antennae: Last week, #BigelowLab Director of Education Aislyn Keyes and several hundred energetic zooplankton attended the Green Jobs Fair in Dover-Foxcroft. FMI: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=850
#maine #piscataquis #education #jobs #careers #zooplankton #education #community
#maine #piscataquis #education #jobs #careers #zooplankton #education #community
New Bigelow Merch Dropping Like Leaves: Fall is here, and so is #BigelowLab’s merch restock! 🍁 Stock up, stay cozy, and show your support for ocean science! Enjoy 10% off your order with the discount code FALL10 at checkout, now through October 31. Shop now: store.bigelow.org/discount/FAL...
October 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
New Bigelow Merch Dropping Like Leaves: Fall is here, and so is #BigelowLab’s merch restock! 🍁 Stock up, stay cozy, and show your support for ocean science! Enjoy 10% off your order with the discount code FALL10 at checkout, now through October 31. Shop now: store.bigelow.org/discount/FAL...
Stay up to speed with #BigelowLab's support of ocean-related innovation in our regular Blue Biotech Bulletin feature. Updates include the BioME annual conference, a visit from the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, and a convening . Read more: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=828
October 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Stay up to speed with #BigelowLab's support of ocean-related innovation in our regular Blue Biotech Bulletin feature. Updates include the BioME annual conference, a visit from the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, and a convening . Read more: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=828
On Thursday, October 16, venture over to Footbridge Brewery in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, for the next talk in the Ocean on Tap series! 🏞️ Haley Bezos, founder and director of Hearty Roots, will discuss mindful environmental stewardship and the benefits of outdoor education. #maine #ocean #bigelowlab
October 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
On Thursday, October 16, venture over to Footbridge Brewery in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, for the next talk in the Ocean on Tap series! 🏞️ Haley Bezos, founder and director of Hearty Roots, will discuss mindful environmental stewardship and the benefits of outdoor education. #maine #ocean #bigelowlab
Happy International Coccolithophore Day! 🎉 Today, #BigelowLab is proud to celebrate these mighty single-celled marine phytoplankton that build calcium plate shells, produce oxygen, and capture atmospheric carbon. #CoccolithophoreDay #science #ocean #maine
October 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Happy International Coccolithophore Day! 🎉 Today, #BigelowLab is proud to celebrate these mighty single-celled marine phytoplankton that build calcium plate shells, produce oxygen, and capture atmospheric carbon. #CoccolithophoreDay #science #ocean #maine
#Maine researchers and entrepreneurs are unlocking the potential of marine resources to develop new foods, medicines, materials, and climate-friendly products. Stay up to speed with #BigelowLab's regular #BlueBiotech Bulletin, available on Currents: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=804 #ocean #jobs
October 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#Maine researchers and entrepreneurs are unlocking the potential of marine resources to develop new foods, medicines, materials, and climate-friendly products. Stay up to speed with #BigelowLab's regular #BlueBiotech Bulletin, available on Currents: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=804 #ocean #jobs