The Florida Institute of Oceanography has received $10 million pledged by oil company BP and is now accepting research proposals …Read the Rest
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Evolugate breeding oil-eating microbes
Scientists at Evolugate collected multiple oil/water samples from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill from different locations, including samples from approximately …Read the Rest
Researchers predict larger-than-average Gulf ‘dead zone’; impact of oil spill unclear
University of Michigan aquatic ecologist Donald Scavia and his colleagues say this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” is expected …Read the Rest
BioFlorida 2010-2011 board of directors
BioFlorida has announced its Board of Directors for 2010 – 2011. Susan Washer, president and CEO of Applied Genetic Technologies …Read the Rest
Jackson Lab alternative proposed
Reinhold Schmieding, founder of Naples-based Arthrex has proposed an alternative to the Jackson Lab expansion to Collier County: (from the Marco …Read the Rest
Latest on Jackson Lab
Timing, they say, is everything… It seems like the backlash over public spending is now clashing with the proposal to …Read the Rest
Jackson Lab debate intensifies
There are roughly 318,000 people living here, according to U.S. Census figures. About 64,000 are younger than 18, leaving 254,000 …Read the Rest
Osprey Biotechnics profile raised
Bioremediation. With the Gulf oil spill in the news, bioremediation is pushing Sarasota-based Osprey Biotechnics to center stage. From the …Read the Rest
UM Life Science & Technology Park lands tenant
In the latest sign that the University of Miami Life Science & Technology Park (UM LSTP) is serving as a …Read the Rest
Controversy in the Everglades
Ave Maria is a city built in the Glades east of Naples and just south of Immokalee. The town was …Read the Rest

