Cruisin' with new grad students
The class of new graduate students in the joint Skidaway Institute-Georgia Tech program went on their first, two-day, research cruise this week. The weather was a little windy so we… Read more »
More new grant $$$$
Marc Frischer (left) and Gustav Paffenhöfer (below right), along with Deidre Gibson from Hampton University, recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study doliolds on the South… Read more »
The walls are up!
..well sort of. Work is progressing on the new laboratory building here at Skidaway Institute. Work is moving along swimmingly and actually under budget. When did that ever happen? Now… Read more »
New grant $$$
Jim Sanders and Bill Savidge are co-PIs for a $145,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for the construction of two flowing seawater laboratories in which air temperature, seawater temperature,… Read more »
No, they are not sculptures!
We have some weird looking structures on our campus these days. Whereas our carpenter, Harry Carter, may consider them works of art, that is not their real purpose. These “mock… Read more »
Hot summer internships
We have a group of five interns from Clark-Atlanta University and Spelman College just finishing up a two-month internship with Dick Lee’s aquaculture project. Here you can see research tech… Read more »
Summer activities at Skidaway
Things are fairly busy around the Skidaway Institute campus this summer. The most obvious activity is the construction on our new laboratory building. The state general assembly approved $5 million… Read more »
We hate to brag, but…
The employees here at Skidaway Institute of Oceanography were just honored with a very nice recognition. Skidaway Institute won Georgia’s “Governor’s Cup” which is awarded annually to five state agencies… Read more »
Algae could be key to new energy source
by James Sanders Director, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Biofuel from algae has re-emerged in the news as a promising alternative to traditional sources of energy. Many experts believe that algae… Read more »
Skidaway scientist is published in prestigious journal
Mike Sullivan writes: One of our professors, Jay Brandes, just had an article published in the journal “Science.” That is one of the “big ones.” Here is the full information,… Read more »