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It was a profound shock for Rutgers to learn that Fred Grassle had passed away. Fred was our leader, mentor, partner in adventures at sea, and most of all a great…

Iron- and sulfur-containing minerals found on the early Earth (greigite, left, is one example) share a remarkably similar molecular structure with metals found in modern proteins (ferredoxin, right, is one…

Climate change is forcing fish species to shift their habitats faster than the world’s system for allocating fish stocks, exacerbating international fisheries conflicts, according to a study led by a…

By Eric Niller - National Geographic Thanks to carbon emissions, the ocean is changing, and that is putting a whole host of marine organisms at risk. These scientists are on…

The seas around the Antarctic Peninsula are biologically extremely rich, but are climatically sensitive, having experienced some of the fastest warming globally in recent decades. A special issue of the…

All the weeks (months?) of studying have paid off: After a thorough stress test, aka the qualifying written and oral exams, we have decided that these seven PhD students are…

April is promotion month for faculty at Rutgers and we are proud of Daphne Munroe, Malin Pinksy, and David Bushek all of whom received promotions this year. Daphne Munroe (left)…

Bravo Zulu to Dr. Chris Free Congratulations to Chris for the successful defense of his PhD thesis! And if that wasn’t enough, he has also just been awarded the Rutgers…

Breathing through their scuba gear, Ailey Sheehan and her classmates dropped a new and improved lionfish trap – a hinged net that will help scientists study that invasive fish in…

The paper in Nature Microbiology is here: http://go.nature.com/2Ikbt8S One of the most invigorating feelings in science occurs when multiple layers of observation are unified to not only tell a compelling…