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UMCES microbiologist tracks disease in blue crabs
October 31, 2016
Molecular biologist Eric Schott is examining whether fishing activity increases the transmission of the virus in the wild, in hopes that there is a way to tweak fishing practices to reduce mortality and improve the harvest.

Next Generation: Leah Maurer on the early development of blue crabs
October 25, 2016
"The blue crab industry currently just focuses on soft shell crabs, so ideally my research would help optimize blue crab production in tanks."

Alumni Profile: Aaron Watson
May 11, 2016

IMET wins $500K in global innovative carbon use competition
April 16, 2016
The Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology won the first round of the Change and Emissions Management Corporation's $35 million international Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses for its work in using algae to capture carbon dioxide.

Russell Hill receives Regents Award for Mentoring
April 14, 2016
Professor Russell Hill, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) faculty member and director of the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET), has received a 2016 USM Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring, the highest honor that the Board bestows to recognize exemplary faculty achievement.

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