Fertilizing the Ocean with Iron Robert Sherrell, from the Departments of Marine and Coastal Sciences and Earth and Planetary Sciences at Rutgers, and a team of scientists have discovered that particulate iron and manganese from the oceans’ largest known hydrothermal plume travel more than 2500 miles across the deep Pacific. Iron is important in the […]
The Center for Digestive Health of the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health at Rutgers University and ProDigest (Belgium) Join Forces to Advance Digestive Health Research
The New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) and ProDigest, a company that develops unique laboratory models of the complete gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals in Belgium, announced a new strategic collaboration in the area of “digestive health.” As part of this collaboration, ProDigest’s Simulator of Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem (SHIME®) was […]
Extension Specialist Andrew Wyenandt Honored with a Distinguished Service to New Jersey Agriculture Citation
Rutgers Cooperative Extension specialist Andrew Wyenandt was one of two individuals who were honored with Distinguished Service to Agriculture Citations by the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture during the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City on February 8. Mercer County farmer Scott Ellis also received a citation. “New Jersey is fortunate to […]
New Jersey 4-H Members Attend National Agri-Science Summit
Two New Jersey 4-H members attended the National Agri-Science Youth Summit held February 2-5 at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center located in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The purpose of the conference was to provide youth with an opportunity to learn about and develop an understanding of the critical role of agricultural science innovation in addressing […]
Marine Agent Gef Flimlin Retires After 38 Years with Extension
Professor and marine extension agent George (Gef) Flimlin, retired as of January 1 after a career of more than 38 years with Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension (RCE) of Ocean County. Flimlin, who worked with commercial fisheries and aquaculturists in New Jersey, began his career in 1978. He formed the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association and […]
Roger Locandro: A Teacher for Life
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared Explorations, Spring 2016. Roger ‘Doc’ Locandro retired in 1999 after 38 years on the faculty of the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources. But there are still alumni who recall his effective teaching style and lasting influence. “When I think of being a Rutgers University student, Roger ‘Doc’ […]
Mother’s Milk: Connected to Development in Mammals
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Explorations, Spring 2016. According to professor of animal sciences Carol Bagnell, milk serves as a conduit for delivery of developmental signals from mother to offspring in a lactocrine manner. Lactocrine—a term she coined with colleague Frank Bartol of Auburn University—refers to the transmission of milk-borne bioactive factors from […]
Rutgers Doctoral Student, Michael Johnson, Named to Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30’ List for Science
Editor’s Note: this article was originally published in Rutgers Today. The 600 women and men selected to represent the country’s most important young entrepreneurs, creative leaders and industry stars in a number of fields, were chosen from an initial screening of more than 15,000 candidates. Johnson, a 27-year-old scientist, was selected for his role in […]
Rutgers Awarded $743,000 Federal Grant for Collaborative Science Project
Three Rutgers units are set to begin work this winter on a collaborative science project that will examine the intersection between sea level rise, salt marsh structure, habitat modification and restoration, as well as nuisance mosquito populations that can pose serious health risks to humans, livestock and pets. The project, “Investigating the Interconnectedness of Climate […]
IFNH Student Ambassador Alumna Presents “Cooking on a Budget” for Price Family Fellows
It’s not every Friday night students gather in the Davison Hall Food Lab on the Douglass Campus to learn how to cook delicious and nutritious meals on a budget, but on January 27 that is exactly what took place. Taylor Palm (SEBS ‘16), an IFNH Student Ambassador alumna, who is currently a dietetic intern at […]
