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![Whitespotted Eagle Ray, Marine Rays, Hard Clams, Clamming Industry, Anti-predator Materials](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/rays-clams-newsdesk.jpg)
March 07, 2023
Marine rays like to "crunch" on clams, which can sometimes take a big bite out of clammers' profits. FAU Harbor Branch researchers assessed the efficacy of anti-predator materials on whitespotted eagle rays.
![FAU Harbor Branch, Field Trip, Indian River Lagoon, Boat, Pontoon, Discovery](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/discovery-pontoon-newsdesk.jpg)
February 24, 2023
FAU Harbor Branch has received a $399,963 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) South Florida Initiative Program to support a new Indian River Lagoon field trip program.
![Andia Chaves Fonnegra, NSF CAREER Award, Coral Reefs, Diving, Florida, Caribbean](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/fonnegra-newdesk.jpg)
February 13, 2023
With a five-year, $974,100 NSF grant, Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Ph.D., will develop fundamental ecological research to understand the functional ecology and biodiversity patterns in sponge-dominated coral reefs.
![Eel, Teleost Fish, Elopomorpha Species, Moray Eel](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/eel-evolution-newsdesk.jpg)
February 10, 2023
FAU Harbor Branch's Sahar Mejri, Ph.D., is among a team of scientists to use genome mapping to demonstrate sister groups from a common evolutionary ancestor.
![Florida Pompano, Larvae, Microscope, Aquaculture, Juvenile Fish](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/pompano-larvae-newsdesk.jpg)
December 05, 2022
FAU Harbor Branch researchers are the first to conduct a low salinity study on Florida pompano to determine the optimal salinity required to culture juvenile fish from hatch to weaning under on-farm conditions.
![FAU, Florida Atlantic University, University, Entrance](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/fau-entrance-newsdesk.jpg)
November 28, 2022
Four FAU researchers representing engineering, medicine, science and Harbor Branch will be inducted into the FAU Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors®.
![Florida, Indian River Lagoon, Bull Shark, Environment, Pollution, Harmful Algal Blooms, Toxins](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/bullshark-newsdesk.jpg)
November 17, 2022
FAU Harbor Branch researchers are the first to measure multiple baseline concentrations of phycotoxins from harmful algal blooms in bull sharks from Florida's Indian River Lagoon.
![Research, Equipment, Electron Microscopy, Grant, Department of Defense, Nanoscale Structures, Imaging, High Resolution](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/electron-microscopy-newsdesk.jpg)
November 01, 2022
Researchers have received a $599,503 grant from the United States Department of Defense for a powerful high resolution imaging technique that can reveal nanoscale structures.
![Thermo Fisher Scientific, Conservation, Genetics, Marine Science, Endangered Species, Collaboration, Laboratory Infrastructure](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/hboi-thermo-fisher-newsdesk.jpg)
October 12, 2022
FAU Harbor Branch and Thermo Fisher Scientific have entered into a unique agreement to advance marine science and endangered species research worldwide from the tropics to the Arctic.
![Hurricane, Hurricane Ian, Experts, Faculty, Climate Change, Storm Surge, Sea Level Rise, Septic Systems, Evacuation, Hospitality, Hotels, Economy, Insurance, Real Estate](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/hurricane-experts-2021-newsdesk.jpg)
September 30, 2022
Several Florida Atlantic University faculty experts are available to discuss various issues surrounding Hurricane Ian.