NOAA Sea Grant announced $16 million in federal funding awards to support 42 research projects and collaborative programs aimed at advancing sustainable aquaculture in the United States. Rutgers scientists are among those serving as principal investigators of three of the 42 projects. Rutgers scientists David Bushek, professor and director of Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (HSRL) […]
Gut microbes interfere with Parkinson’s drug – but we could stop them
Maria Dominguez-Bello – IFNH
Farewell, fish-and-chips?
Malin Pinsky – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Olaf Jensen – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Haskin Lab Awarded NOAA Grants to Enhance Coastal Bivalve Aquaculture
Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (HSRL) was awarded a $592,390 NOAA Sea Grant to enhance bivalve aquaculture, which is important to the socioeconomic wellbeing of coastal areas that are depressed by the decline of wild fisheries. Principal investigator for the three-year project, “Enhancing bivalve aquaculture through species improvement and diversification,” is Ximing Guo, professor and […]
Rutgers University and the New Brunswick Community Farmers Market Awarded Grant to Promote Fresh Produce
The New Brunswick Community Farmers Market (NBCFM) has been selected to receive a 2018 Farmers Market Promotion Program Grant from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), designed to increase sales of agricultural products by local farmers around the country. The market is a collaboration between Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Cooperative Extension, Johnson […]
Opinion: NJ Shouldn’t Wait for Federal Funds Before Reducing Flood Damages
Daniel Van Abs – Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Jeff Boyd Wins Prestigious Early CAREER Award From NSF
Jeff Boyd, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, won a prestigious early CAREER award of $1,033,667 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his project, “Iron-sulfur cluster assembly in Bacillus subtilis.” The CAREER award is among the NSF’s “most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve […]
Rutgers Receives $27 Million to Help Revitalize Agriculture in Greece
Robert M. Goodman – School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Grants Roundup: Google.org and Accenture Pledge Big Grants for Economic Development
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
SNF Awards $27.5 Million to Rutgers for Greek Agricultural Initiative
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
