When: October 26th, 2011, Multi-purpose Rm, 3:00pm
Speaker: Dr. Sook Chung, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, UMCES
Host: Dr. Russell Hill

When: October 19th, 2011, Multi-purpose Rm, 3:00pm
Speaker: Dr. Michael B. Murphy, GE Healthcare Life Sciences
Host: Dr. Russell Hill

When: October 5th, 3:00pm, Multi-purpose Room
Speaker: Dr. Michael Burkart, University of California, San Diego
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Host: Dr. Allen Place

When: September 28, 2011, Multi-purpose Rm, 3:00pm
Speaker: Dr. Stuart S. Martin, Greenebaum NCI Cancer Center, University of
Maryland School of Medicine
Host: Dr. Hafiz Ahmed

When: September 14, 2011, Multi-purpose Rm, 3:00pm
Speaker: Dr. Jessica Miller, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University
Host: Dr. Rosemary Jagus

Please join U.S. Representative Elijah E. Cummings and other special
guests who will be dedicating the Maritime Environmental Resource Center
(MERC) Mobile Ballast Water Treatment Test Platform. The dedication
ceremony will last from 10-11 followed by tours of the MERC barge-based
Test Platform as well as the Institute of Marine and Environmental
Technology, hosts of the event.

When: 27 September 2011, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Where: Pier 5 - 701 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD

Background: In 2008, a partnership between the University of Maryland Center for
Environmental Sciences and Maryland Department of Transportation
(through the Maryland Port Administration) established MERC. MERC has
been conducting evaluations of several diverse ballast water management
systems in the Port of Baltimore and is addressing other Green Ship
issues, including vessel biofouling and alternative fuels.

The MERC Mobile Test Platform provides a truly unique ability to
evaluated the performance of ballast water management systems under
various salinities and temperatures, and on the diverse and abundant
biota, found throughout the Chesapeake Bay. The Maryland Port
Administration, US Maritime Administration, and National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration have funded the conversion of a barge to
serve as the MERC Mobile Test Platform for evaluating ballast water
treatment technologies at different locations in the Chesapeake Bay
region and MERC is equipped to test according to both IMO and US EPA
protocols.

The Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center (LMRCSC) has been re-funded by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Educational Partnership Program. IMET is a partner in this program, with Dr. Rosemary Jagus directing the UMCES@IMET LMRCSC Program. The LMRCSC was established in 2001 as a partnership with NOAA to 1) increase the number and diversity of students who are trained in NOAA-related sciences and those who receive degrees annually in NOAA core science areas, and 2) increase the number of collaborative research projects and peer-reviewed publications between scientists at MSIs and those at NOAA and other institutions, agencies and laboratories. The latest award funds the Program through 2016.

University System of Maryland (USM) scientists have developed an environmentally sustainable and cost-efficient system to increase the world's supply of high-quality seafood. The new technology has formed the basis of a licensing agreement to Maryland Sustainable Mariculture (MSM) LLC, a biotechnology start-up company in Baltimore.

Read article here.

University System of Maryland (USM) scientists have developed an environmentally sustainable and cost-efficient system to increase the world's supply of high-quality seafood. The new technology has formed the basis of a licensing agreement to Maryland Sustainable Mariculture (MSM) LLC, a biotechnology start-up company in Baltimore.

Read article here.

A technique developed by University of Maryland scientists for cultivating seafood indoors is slated to get its first real-world tryout under a licensing agreement with a newly formed Baltimore company.

Read article in the Baltimore Sun