Farewell 2020 – Note from the Research Board Chair – JULY 15, 2020 (From Fall 2019 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University Nearly 10 years ago, I received a phone call from Dr. Ellen Williams, then chief scientist at BP, who informed me of a research program being launched that…
Fall 2019 – Note from the Research Board Chair – JANUARY 14, 2020 (From Fall 2019 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) Research Board looks forward with enthusiasm to a series of events in 2020 that will share synthesis of the results of…
Summer 2019 – Note from the Research Board Chair – SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 (From Summer 2019 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) Research Board is pleased to announce the release of Screenscope Film’s Dispatches from the Gulf 3, the third and final film…
Spring 2019 – Note from the Research Board Chair – JUNE 19, 2019 (From Spring 2019 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University One of the lessons learned and a legacy of the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) has been the combined impact and value of supporting a large, coordinated…
Winter 2019 – Note from the Research Board Chair – APRIL 5, 2019 (From Winter 2019 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI), led by the GoMRI Research Board, has emphasized the importance of communication and outreach to share GoMRI science with audiences beyond the scientific…
Fall 2018 – Note from the Research Board Chair – JANUARY 8, 2019 (From Fall 2018 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University As the challenges of our time become ever more complex, there is a detectible shift occurring in the scientific community toward convergence research. Convergence, simply interpreted, is the…
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…
Spring 2018 – Note from the Research Board Chair – JUNE 19, 2018 (From Spring 2018 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University GoMRI Community Recognizes the Eighth Anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill April 20, 2018 marked the eighth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Each year on…
Winter 2018 – Note from the Research Board Chair – MARCH 29, 2018 (From Winter 2018 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University The 2018 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science (GoMOSES) conference in New Orleans, Louisiana was a splendid event and provided an opportunity for me to make…
Fall 2017 – Note from the Research Board Chair – DECEMBER 18, 2017 (From Fall 2017 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University The GoMRI Research Board is pleased to announce Dispatches from the Gulf 2, second in the Dispatches from the Gulf documentary series produced by Screenscope Films in partnership…