Archive for August, 2007
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Tiny Capsules May Help Boost Seafood Supply
Oregon State University (OSU) professor Chris Langdon wants to help feed the world by using tiny beads.
The OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center researcher is building a better fish food for use in aquaculture, enclosing nutrients and medicines in microscopic beads in order to deliver them to animals ultimately destined for the dinner plate.
Feeding farmed fish [...]
Comments Off - Posted in research by Joe Cone
Friday, August 10th, 2007
OSU seeks new Sea Grant Director
Oregon State University is seeking qualified applicants to lead the Oregon Sea Grant program following the retirement of Dr. Robert Malouf, who will have served as program director for 17 years.
Oregon Sea Grant, founded in 1968 and based at OSU, supports research, education and public outreach to help people understand, responsibly interact with, and [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Oregon Sea Grant, news, position announcements by Pat Kight
Friday, August 3rd, 2007
New SG blog: Water on Oregon’s North Coast
Rob Emanuel, Sea Grant Extension’s water resources educator, joins the ranks of Oregon Sea Grant bloggers with H2ONCoast, a new blog chronicalling the issues surrounding water quality, supply and water-related hazards in the temperate rain forest of Oregon’s North Coast. Emanuel, who serves the North Coast water- and watershed-related education, training, and technical assistance, promises [...]
Comments Off - Posted in news by Pat Kight
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
OMSI Science Pub: Invasive Species in Oregon
The exotic plant in your garden, the unusual crab on the beach, the grasses choking a river or creek : If they aren’t from around here, they may be poised to wreak havoc with the local environment - and cost you and your neighbors money.
Oregon’s natural communities and the urban, suburban, rural communities we reside [...]
