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Does Current Shellfish Culture Gear Curb 'Crunching' Rays?

By | March 7, 2023

Marine rays like to "crunch" on clams, which can sometimes take a big bite out of clammers' profits. FAU Harbor Branch researchers assessed the efficacy of anti-predator materials on whitespotted eagle rays.

FAU Lands U.S. EPA Grant for 'Hands-on' Indian River Lagoon Field Trip

By | February 24, 2023

FAU Harbor Branch has received a $399,963 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) South ³Ô¹ÏÍø Initiative Program to support a new Indian River Lagoon field trip program.

FAU's Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Ph.D., Lands Coveted NSF CAREER Award

By | February 13, 2023

With a five-year, $974,100 NSF grant, Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Ph.D., will develop fundamental ecological research to understand the functional ecology and biodiversity patterns in sponge-dominated coral reefs.

Study Resolves 50-Year Dispute of Teleost Fishes Ancestral Lineage

By | February 10, 2023

FAU Harbor Branch's Sahar Mejri, Ph.D., is among a team of scientists to use genome mapping to demonstrate sister groups from a common evolutionary ancestor.

FAU Study Finds Low Salinity Can Work to Culture ³Ô¹ÏÍø Pompano Fish

By | December 5, 2022

FAU Harbor Branch researchers are the first to conduct a low salinity study on ³Ô¹ÏÍø pompano to determine the optimal salinity required to culture juvenile fish from hatch to weaning under on-farm conditions.

Researchers Inducted into FAU Chapter of National Academy of Inventors

By | November 28, 2022

Four FAU researchers representing engineering, medicine, science and Harbor Branch will be inducted into the FAU Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors®.

Harmful Algal Toxins Found in Bull Sharks in the Indian River Lagoon

By | November 17, 2022

FAU Harbor Branch researchers are the first to measure multiple baseline concentrations of phycotoxins from harmful algal blooms in bull sharks from ³Ô¹ÏÍø's Indian River Lagoon.

FAU Lands U.S. Department of Defense Grant for Powerful Imaging Tool

By | November 1, 2022

Researchers have received a $599,503 grant from the United States Department of Defense for a powerful high resolution imaging technique that can reveal nanoscale structures.

FAU, Thermo Fisher Scientific Collaborate on Conservation

By | October 12, 2022

FAU Harbor Branch and Thermo Fisher Scientific have entered into a unique agreement to advance marine science and endangered species research worldwide from the tropics to the Arctic.

FAU Faculty Experts for Hurricane Ian

By | September 30, 2022

Several ³Ô¹ÏÍø faculty experts are available to discuss various issues surrounding Hurricane Ian.

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