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Since
2002, Laurie Connell has been travelling to Antarctica to study
the 5th (and often forgotten) Kingdom, fungi! Collecting soils and
placing microbial traps in the extreme climate to better understand
the interactions that compose the base of the food web. View the
current project page to learn more about this project. [READ
MORE]
Graduate student, Janice Duy is working to develop a sensor-based
detection system for an important pest of the potato, Synchytrium
endobioticum. The above photos are from a trip to Newfoundland
in 2009 to work with collaborators there. Read more about potato
wart and the current project. [READ
MORE]
The Connell Lab, along with a troop of volunteers, is currently working
on a project to understand the impacts of developing resistance to
shellfish toxins in the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria) along
the Gulf of Maine. The project has involved culturing broodstock of
known genotypes and "planting" them at several field sites.
To learn more about the projects and associated publications. [READ
MORE]
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