Baltimore, MD (May 28, 2015)

Valentina Lohr, a rising Junior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, VA, worked with IMET Professor Allen Place to investigate her idea for controlling the toxic fresh-water alga Microcystis aeruginosa. Valentina’s novel approach was to use an inhibitor of the mycosporine amino acid shinorine to make Microcystis aeruginosa more prone to photo-oxidation (“sunburn”) in nature.

Valentina's work culminated in a paper titled: "Targeted Nonlethal Disruption of Ultraviolet Photoprotection in Microcystis aeruginosa". In the category Microbiology and Cell Biology, Valentina received the Ann M. Hancock Cellular Biology award for outstanding work in Cellular Biology, the Virginia Sea Grant Award for environmental research, the Virginia Academy of Sciences award for best research paper as determined by the senior members of VAS, and the Erle Thompson Memorial Endowment Fund Award to pay for presentation of her paper at a national conference in Washington DC in February. At the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, she received an award for outstanding work in environmental science.

Wednesday 27 May 2015 at 3:00pm

IMET Town Hall in the MPR

Baltimore, MD (May 20, 2015)

The Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) welcomed Dr. Fred Ausubel (Harvard Medical School) as part of the IMET Distinguished Seminar Series on Wednesday, May 20. Dr. Ausubel's talk, titled “Using Caenorhabditis elegans to Elucidate Immune Response Pathways and to Identify Novel Anti-Infective and Immuno-Stimulatory Compounds”, was given to a packed house at the Columbus Center. IMET would like to thank Dr.'s Eric Schott (one of Dr. Ausubel's former students) and Shiladitya DasSarma, and of course Dr. Fred Ausubel, for helping make this seminar possible.

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine were joint-sponsors of this event.

For a link to the Ausubel Lab website, click here.

Wednesday 20 May 2015 at 11:00am

Title: “Using Caenorhabditis elegans to Elucidate Immune Response Pathways and to Identify Novel Anti-Infective and Immuno-Stimulatory Compounds”

Speaker:
Dr. Fred Ausubel, Harvard Medical School

Click here for Dr. Ausubel's BioSketch.

Host: Dr. Eric Schott, Ph.D.

Thursday 14 May 2015 at 12:00pm

Title: “Characterization of the eukaryotic translational initiation factor (eIF4E) family members in zebrafish (Danio rerio)”

Dissertation Defense Seminar

Adviser: Rose Jagus, Ph.D.

Wednesday 13 May 2015 at 3:00pm

Title: “Metaproteomics of Marine Organic Matter”

Speaker:
Dr. Dazhi Wang, Xiamen University

Abstract:
TBD

Host: Dr. Feng Chen, Ph.D.

Wednesday 6 May 2015 at 3:00pm

Title: “Physiology in the Service of Fisheries Science - Why Thinking Mechanistically Matters”

Speaker:
Dr. Andrij Horodysky, Hampton University

Abstract:
TBD

Host: Dr. Rose Jagus, Ph.D.

Tuesday 5 May 2015 at 3:30pm

Title: “5-Year Comprehensive Review”

Speaker:
Dr. William Dennison, UMCES
5-year Comprehensive Review

Abstract:
TBD

Host: Dr. Russell Hill, Ph.D.

Phillips Wharf Environmental Center (PWEC) will celebrate Bay Day, with a fun and festive event on Saturday, May 2nd from 11 AM – 3 PM at Knapp’s Narrows Bridge, 6129 Tilghman Island Road (Route 33), Tilghman, MD. This free event is open to the public.
On site there will be a touch tank with native sea animals and plants in the Oyster House. Scientists, authors and experts will be on hand with information on everything from rain gardens to native plants, oyster restoration, storm water management, living shorelines and energy alternatives. Local food, crafts, kayak demonstrations, live music and children’s games and will also be featured.

The Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) will be in attendance as an exhibitor, featuring information about the Institute as well as several of its researchers who will be able to discuss their work. IMET is a strong supporter of the PWEC mission, and one of our faculty, Eric Schott, even sits on the PWEC board.

For more information and directions, please click here.