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…
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…
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…
Summer 2018 – Frequently Asked Questions: Safety at Sea and During Field Work – OCTOBER 12, 2018 (From Summer 2018 Newsletter) Safety at sea and during all field work performed by GoMRI researchers is of the utmost importance and is a priority for the GoMRI program. Having safety protocols in place and communicating them to researchers…
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…
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…