成人直播 scientists present at international seaweed conference in Sweden
Barry Costa-Pierce, Ph.D., Henry L. & Grace Doherty Professor of Marine Sciences and executive director of 成人直播 NORTH: Institute for North Atlantic Studies, and Adam St. Gelais, assistant director for science, 成人直播 NORTH and research assistant scientist at the 成人直播 Marine Science Center, recently travelled to the University of Gothenburg (UGOT) marine science field stations in Kristineberg and Tj盲rn枚, Sweden.
In Tj盲rn枚, Costa-Pierce gave a talk on 鈥淭ransdisciplinary ecosystems ecology of community-based kelp aquaculture鈥 at the Tj盲rn枚 International Seaweed Conference.
St. Gelais presented a poster at the conference titled 鈥淎ssessment of microbiological pathogens on sugar kelp farmed in Maine鈥檚 coastal waters.鈥
While in Sweden Costa-Pierce and St. Gelais discussed progress being made on their new, $1.3 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) seaweed project in the Gulf of Maine with the U.S. Naval Academy. DOE awardees are part of a new program called 鈥淢acroalgae Research Inspiring Novel Energy Resources (MARINER)鈥 that aims to develop the tools to enable the United States to become a leading producer of macroalgae, or seaweed, to help improve U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness.
Costa-Pierce and St. Gelais also met with the Director of the Swedish Mariculture Research Center in Gothenburg City and researchers and farmers at the University of Gothenburg鈥檚 Kristineberg station, the oldest marine science station in the world. They discussed research cooperation in methods of sustainable shellfish, seaweed and salmon farming.
Significant progress was made during the discussions on the developing partnership between 成人直播 and UGOT on the soon-to-be launched 成人直播 Master's in Ocean Food Systems and the new UGOT Nordic Master's in the Sustainable Use of Marine Bioresources. Both degrees involve 成人直播鈥檚 two, existing partner Icelandic universities, the University of Akureyri and Holar University College.
The 成人直播 team also discussed the progress of the draft Memorandum of Understanding between 成人直播 and UGOT that has been in development for the last six months.