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Greetings!
This month, we'd like to share a milestone with you: OGL's collection is growing rapidly, and we're proud to announce that in the past year, we have more than doubled our collection of genomic material from marine organisms. Our freezers are filling and our staff is growing...read on to learn more about some of the highlights of this year's progress. And, as always, follow our expeditions and other news from the marine world on our Facebook and Twitter pages!   |
My, How Far We've Come!
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We are pleased to announce that a beta version of the catalog for our
biorepository of marine genomes, the Ocean Genome Resource (OGR), is now available to browse online. Just go to http://www.oglf.org/Catalog.htm to search the marine organisms contained in our collection of tissue and DNA. The OGR catalog, from which users can request DNA from animals, plants, and bacteria for research, will be a valuable resource for scientific researchers. Our hope is that OGR will expand research capabilities for scientists, educators, and managers by providing access to genomic material from marine species that would otherwise be difficult, if not impossible, to acquire.
Our other exciting news: OGR has doubled in size since 2009! The OGR now houses over 7,000 DNA extracts and tissue samples representing more than 1,300 different types of organisms. A large portion of the collection is made of coral reef organisms, mollusks, fish, and crustaceans. Check out the catalog to see if it contains your favorite marine creature!
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New staff member Timery DeBoer (right) and Elisha Allan adding samples to the Ocean Genome Resource
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To keep up with our growing collection, we also have hired a new collections manager, Dr. Timery DeBoer. Timery has training both on land and at sea, with experience tagging songbirds in Texas and collecting giant clams from the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific.
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| Coming Soon... | | Coral Restoration in the Florida Keys
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Don't miss next month's issue, in which we'll highlight the restoration sites in the reefs of Florida, where scientists in the Keys are growing threatened corals to replant on our reefs. It's an amazing effort, and we're thrilled to be banking away material representing this precious, threatened biodiversity!
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