Samantha “Sam” Setta conducts DNA extractions with help from collaborators on the ADDOMEx team at Mount Allison University in Canada. (Photo by Laura Bretherton)

Grad Student Setta Studies Microbial Interactions to Inform Oil Spill Response Strategies

Phytoplankton and bacteria in the northern Gulf of Mexico interact closely at the food web base and provide vital food and nutrients to marine life at higher trophic levels. During the Deepwater Horizon incident, these pervasive organisms played an important role in oil bioremediation before and after the application of chemical dispersants, which broke up surface slicks into smaller droplets and enhanced microbial degradation.

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Summer 2018 – Synthesis & Legacy

Summer 2018 – Synthesis & Legacy – OCTOBER 12, 2018 (From Spring 2018 Newsletter) Contributing Author: Callan Yanoff The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative’s (GoMRI) Synthesis and Legacy efforts are beginning to blossom into their respective core area workshops. Interweaving these meetings with the consortia and individual investigator-led workshops and synthesis efforts will determine how…

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Summer 2018 – GoMRI Researcher Interview with Dr. Ryan Rodgers

Summer 2018 – GoMRI Researcher Interview with Dr. Ryan Rodgers – OCTOBER 12, 2018 (From Summer 2018 Newsletter) Dr. Ryan Rodgers from the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University answered a few questions about his RFP-V project, The State-of-the-Art Unraveling of the Biotic and Abiotic Chemical Evolution of Macondo Oil: 2010-2018, his…

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Summer 2018 – Notes from GoMRI’s Chief Scientific Officer

Summer 2018 – Notes from GoMRI’s Chief Scientific Officer – OCTOBER 12, 2018 (From Summer 2018 Newsletter) Dr. Chuck Wilson The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) had a busy summer. The Synthesis and Legacy Subcommittee of the Research Board, along with members of the GoMRI Management Team, continued to work together with GoMRI researchers…

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Members of the ADDOMEx consortium attend the Artist Boat’s World Oceans Day Festival in Galveston, TX. Photo Credit: ADDOMEx.

Summer 2018 – Education Spotlight

Summer 2018 – Education Spotlight – OCTOBER 12, 2018 (From Spring 2018 Newsletter) Several GoMRI-funded consortia participated in festivals and camps this summer. The Aggregation and Degradation of Dispersants and Oil by Microbial Exopolymers (ADDOMEx) consortium attended Artist Boat’s World Oceans Day Festival, held at Stewart Beach in Galveston, Texas, on June 8, 2018. The Consortium for…

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GoMRI Outreach Coordinators Publish Recommendations Article in Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin

GoMRI Outreach Coordinators Publish Recommendations Article in Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin – OCTOBER 12, 2018 (From Summer 2018 Newsletter) Contributing Authors: Tina Miller-Way, Sara Beresford, and Katie Fillingham Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) outreach coordinators Tina Miller- Way from the Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER), Sara Beresford from the Ecosystem Impacts of Oil…

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