Ken Halanych and Jay Styron standing starboard
Coming to our dock soon!!! We are so excited to share our big, no, our REALLY BIG new vessel! @uncwilmington.bsky.social is investing in advancing ocean and marine science research.
uncw.edu/news/2024/09...
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jafc.5c09897
🎉CONGRATS @uncwilmington.bsky.social doctoral student Sarah Barr (& team), on the recent paper: a result of research on how the herbal supplement 'ashwagandha' breaks down in digestion. Understanding how herbal compounds change in the digestive system helps predict how they work in the body.
image of Ken Halanych and Jay Styron standing starboard on the new vessel in production
It's big, really ... it's REALLY BIG!!! Executive Director Ken Halanych & Capt'n Jay Styron got to see our new vessel in production-All American Marine, Bellingham, WA.
Expecting delivery in the summer!
Support for systems & naming - Melissa Sinclair, 910-962-3602.
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On a Technical Note:
Researchers @uncwilmington.bsky.social with Thermo Fisher Scientific have published a technical note on "Differentiating PFAS sources using Orbitrap-IRMS." The note will help other labs adopt this method for broader use.
www.thermofisher.com/order/catalo...
Map indicating FEMA Flood Hazard Layer
Graphic of designing trauma-informed inclusive flood resilience workshops
@uncwilmington.bsky.social's Dr. Meredith Hovis,EVS, and team have a paper on community-based flood resilience workshops published in "Community Science!"
Highlighting collaborative, community-engaged approaches to understanding flood risk and resilience in Wilmington, NC.
doi.org/10.1029/2025...
@uncwilmington.bsky.social WITX brings together info technology innovators, creators, pros, faculty, staff & students to explore emerging tech, spark new connections & build skills to put to work.
Register today to invest in yourself to improve your technology skills and knowledge!
🔗uncw.edu/witx
Image of one of the sensors deployed and the data collected
image of QR code to link to published case study
@uncwilmington.bsky.social NC & New Hanover Co. Community Case Study in "Frontiers."
✅ Multi-sector, interdisciplinary team
✅ Challenge of building coastal resiliency & coastal literacy
✅ Team lead Phil Bresnahan
✅ Built, deployed water level/flood sensors & maps
Local challenges, global impact.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2026.104938
NEW PAPER by scientists at @uncwilmington.bsky.social focuses on how Per- & polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) affect immune cells. Indicating that even low, non-toxic levels of PFAS can directly disrupt normal immune function - changing how immune cells respond & communicate. doi.org/10.1016/j.et...
New Paper Gulf and Caribbean Research. Lead author Jeremy Velazquez is Osku Backstrom's grad student from Puerto Rico. The team assessed underwater soundscapes, using hydrophones and diving techniques, across three coral reefs off Culebra Island, Puerto Rico. aquila.usm.edu/cgi/viewcont...
🎉Seagrass Global Standard! Exciting News!
Jessie Jarvis & scientific team in the global seagrass community have developed a practical blueprint for how to measure & report seagrass in ways that actually work across regions & programs. Critical step in tracking global change. doi.org/10.1093/bios...
We are so excited to celebrate Colleen Brown, our first ACOS Ph.D.!
With a lifelong curiosity for the ocean, environmental scientist Colleen Brown ’25 becomes UNC Wilmington's FIRST student to earn a doctorate in Applied Coastal and Ocean Science.
uncw.edu/news/seahawk...
We are hiring! UNCW College of Science and Engineering & the Center for Marine Science invite applications for the position of William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professorship of Marine Science. Priority Deadline: January 22, 2026.
jobs.uncw.edu/postings/37951
Building a Unified Research-Informed Approach! UNCW's Center for Marine Science Receives $500,000 Planning Grant to Advance Flooding Research from The New Hanover County Endowment!
uncw.edu/news/2025/12...
📸 Courtesy of Brian Donovan/etc. media (video still)
UNC Wilmington's community commitment includes educational outreach. Recently, Michael Tift, Biology & Marine Biology, presented at Trinity Landing on marine mammal research. From cetaceans to crabeater seals and manatee rescues. Internationally known Marine Mammal Stranding Program: bit.ly/UNCWMMSP
UNCW Leads Research in Flooding Risks & Coastal Resilience with Living Laboratory! Led by Lynn Leonard & Phil Bresnahan with support from the UNC System, the project features high-tech sensor stations tracking weather & water resources on campus. Classes, Sustainability team & more use the data.
Haunting Ghost Forests! We've all seen them! Ever wondered, "What killed all the trees?” UNCW research conducted by Andrea Hawkes, Monica Rother, Kendra Devereux and team seeks answers to questions of saltwater intrusion on freshwater ecosystems. 📸 courtesy of Monica Rother bit.ly/4oLCplK
Klotsko with two UNCW grad students
Award-winning - A Map of the World in Time - premiered at the Raw Science Film Festival in NYC, spotlighting UNCW’s pivotal role in the 2023 BADEX expedition to Greenland. Led by Assoc. Prof. Shannon Klotsko and an intern'l team who explored the retreat of the Greenland Ice Sheet. bit.ly/BADEX_Map
Curious about the ethics of science? Genetic engineering debates? How does research sit at the intersection of biology, tech and culture in the modern world?
Join us for our Planet Ocean Seminar with Dr. Nathan Crowe, UNCW History Dept. Nov. 11 6:30 p.m.
In-person: CMS_EA@uncw.edu
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Our OPEN HOUSE welcomed 1,000+ to explore the many aspects of why science matters! UNCW's Center for Marine Science had a beautiful day for all ages to support science.
Congrats to Prof. Joanne Halls, Earth & Ocean Sciences, on her most recent paper published in "Remote Sensing." The paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the contribution of river sediment to the different rates of sediment build-up in tidal wetlands across the U.S. doi.org/10.3390/rs17...
New paper by Dr. Joe Pawlik, Biology & Marine Biology, & alum Dr. Steve McMurray in "Ecology." "Competition for waterborne food resources among tropical shallow-water sponges." Sponges help link ocean surface waters to the seafloor by filtering LPOM & DOM. 📸 Mark Butler
doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-14840-0
🚨New Pub in Nature! Highly collaborative work! This article describes the anatomical features associated with a functional glymphatic system in bottlenose dolphins. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@uncwtiftlab.bsky.social
image of article about the Marine Mammal Protection Act
UNCW's Michael Tift shares, "There are some critical cuts being proposed to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) by the current administration which could have devastating impacts." He discusses some of these impacts on marine mammals in North Carolina waters.
bit.ly/3JgVZXl
Image announcing the annual CMS Open House on Oct. 4, rain or shine.
Join us for the UNCW Center for Marine Science OPEN HOUSE on October 4, 2025! Tours, family-friendly with hands-on activities and science fun!
POV: then and now as we celebrate 25 Years at the Myrtle Grove location. Marine science research has been SOARING at UNCW for 54 YEARS!!! On the water 24/7/365!
CONGRATS to Peng Gao, in UNCW's Earth and Ocean Sciences, who is one of 19 global experts contributing to a new article published in @nature.com, outlining how nature-based climate solutions (NBS) can be more effective in fighting climate change. bit.ly/GaoForest
The mini-Secchi disk and (B) the midi-Secchi disk.
@insituphile.bsky.social recent paper: Water color & clarity: key indicators of aquatic health. New hand-held device—mini & midi formats—developed to measure parameters easily & ideal for citizen science. >900 devices thru 6 projects w/shared data. Methods. Data. Validation. doi.org/10.3389/fenv...
The TODAY new paper that is a collaboration b/w UNCW's DrugDiscovery & National Institutes of Health. They discovered aridomycin, a natural compound made by bacteria that strongly fights dangerous Staphylococcus aureus infections & the emerging fungus Candida auris. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Alumna Liz Farquhar with Phil Bresnahan, PhD, recently published a paper on how to cost-effectively measure how much CO₂ moves between the air and the water for locally guided decisions. Contributors: Michael Tydings, Jessie Jarvis, Rob Whitehead & Daniel Portelli. www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25...
Congrats to post-doc Kristy Syhapanha (1st-author) & Remington Poulin’s, Chem & Biochem, paper w/an intern'l team who looked at the impact of lab-based culture conditions of phytoplankton & how conditions influence chemically mediated competition amid naturally co-occurring species.
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