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Marine Science, Marine Sponge, Red Sponge, Cell Culture, Marine Biotechnology, Climate Change, Early Animal Evolution

Scientists First to Develop Rapid Cell Division in Marine Sponges

November 21, 2019

FAU Harbor Branch scientists and collaborators have developed a breakthrough in marine invertebrate (sponge) cell culture that impacts marine biotechnology, early animal evolution and climate change.

Plastics, Microplastics, Pollution, Ocean, Sea, Plastic Debris, Marine Life, Rotating Ocean Currents, Subtropical Gyres

Study Reveals How 98 Percent of Plastics at Sea Go Missing Each Year

November 07, 2019

A study helps to solve the mystery of missing plastic fragments at sea by using simulated sunlight to explore removal mechanisms, microbial impacts and lifetimes of select microplastics on the ocean surface.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Gulf of Mexico, Early-Career Research Fellowships, Scientists, Marine Science, Engineering, Biological Sciences

Faculty Receive National Academies' Early-Career Research Fellowships

September 30, 2019

Two scientists representing FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science, Wilkes Honors College and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute have received the prestigious Early-Career Research Fellowships.

Dolphins, Indian River Lagoon, Antibiotic Resistance, Nosocomial Infections, Bacterial Infections, Pollution, Environment, Marine Environments, Marine Mammals, Marine Life, Aquatic Environments,

Antibiotic Resistance Surges in Dolphins, Mirroring Humans

September 16, 2019

FAU Harbor Branch researchers and collaborators conducted a long-term study examining 13 years of antibiotic resistance trends in wild Bottlenose dolphins in Florida's Indian River Lagoon.

FLORIDA SENATE PRESIDENT APPOINTS FAU HARBOR BRANCH'S JAMES SULLIVAN TO RED TIDE MITIGATION COUNCIL

August 19, 2019

Florida Senate President Bill Galvano (R-Bradenton) announced the appointment of James M. Sullivan Ph.D., the executive director of Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute to the Florida Red...

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FAU, USDA Partner to Boost Domestic Production of Farm-raised Fish

August 07, 2019

The USDA and FAU Harbor Branch aquaculture team will develop novel technologies to supply warm water marine fish seedstocks to help initiate a project that will boost the nation's aquaculture industry.

Coral Reefs, Coral Bleaching, Looe Key, Florida Keys, Pollution, Nitrogen, Wastewater, Massive Coral Death, Septic Systems

Thirty Years of Unique Data Reveal What's Really Killing Coral Reefs

July 15, 2019

A long-term study by FAU's Harbor Branch shows that the coral bleaching problem is not just due to a warming planet, but also a planet that is simultaneously being enriched with reactive nitrogen.

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Scientists Discover World's Largest Seaweed Bloom

July 05, 2019

A researcher from FAU's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute is among a team of scientists who discovered the world's largest seaweed bloom, which spans from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico.

I-HEALTH, Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention, Gregg B. Fields, Ph.D., Research Pillar, Research, Health, Research Pillars, Executive Director

Gregg B. Fields Named Executive Director of FAU's I-HEALTH

June 10, 2019

Gregg B. Fields, Ph.D., has been named as executive director of FAU's Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention (I-HEALTH), one of the university's four research pillars.

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Marine Organisms Hold Promise to Treat Breast Cancer

May 16, 2019

FAU Harbor Branch researchers have received $801,000 from the Florida Department of Health to investigate the use of marine natural compounds as potential treatments of triple negative breast cancers.