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Can an Oil Spill Make Your Genes Fat?
Posted on January 14, 2013Obesity and other metabolic diseases are major global health issues that are generally thought to be determined by family genes. -
Lighting the Way to Better Understanding of the Photochemistry of Oil
Posted on January 11, 2013Through a GoMRI RFP-II grant-funded study “Effect of Photochemistry on Biotransformation of Crude Oil,” will look closely at how light impacts surface oil. -
Modeling Study Suggests Dispersants Used at Wellhead had Marginal Effect on Oil Reaching Surface Waters
Posted on January 3, 2013Scientists studying the use of sub-sea chemical dispersants during the Deepwater Horizon spill published their recent findings. -
GoMRI Research Board Member Jürgen Rullkötter Receives North German Research Award
Posted on December 19, 2012The award honors successful scientific cooperation projects across the federal states and is granted by the ministries of science of the five North German states. -
Opportunity: Stable Isotope Research Associate 2 (Position # 036987)
Posted on December 16, 2012The Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University seeks an experienced applicant to serve as the Stable Isotope Research Associate 2 -
Opportunity: Research Associate or Research Assistant, LUMCON
Posted on December 16, 2012A Research Associate/Research Assistant is sought to assist in research concerning benthic ecology of marshes related to the BP DW oil spill. -
Study Finds Oxygenated Compounds Formed in Weathered Oil Samples
Posted on December 13, 2012Scientists studying the chemical composition of weathered oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill published their recent findings. -
Study Finds Carbon from Deepwater Horizon Entered Food Web
Posted on December 12, 2012Scientists studying the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the food web published their recent findings. -
UL Lafayette Researchers Studying Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impact
Posted on December 11, 2012Researchers at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette are studying the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. One team of scientists will examine how razor clams and ghost shrimp affect the way oil is distributed and ultimately broken down by bacteria along the coast. -
Saving the World with Magic Bacteria
Posted on December 10, 2012The natural microbial community in the water column and on the sea floor of the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) surprised the watching world in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (DHOS) by quickly working to help mitigate the effects of the oil.
