News
The climate change science/policy cross-walk
Professor Brian Helmuth is one of three scientists sharing research findings and thoughts about just what we should do with all this climate change data. More>>
MSC student receives Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award
Catherine Matassa, who studies predator-prey interactions in rocky intertidal ecosystems, is one of this year's award recipients for outstanding research. More>>
A fish with clear blood?
Dr. Bill Detrich talks about his work with the "white-blooded" Antarctic icefish in this piece that recently appeared on the back cover of The Scientist. More>>
Assistant Professor Tarik Gouhier suggests that the design of marine protected area needs to take into consideration complex population and ecosystem dynamics that affect species targeted for protection. More>>
Lego lobsters on parade
Dan Blustein's research out of the Ayers lab gets high marks from a judge at NU's 2013 Research, Innnovation, and Scholarship Expo More>>
A seaweed is a seaweed is a seaweed: Or is it?
Assistant Professor Matt Bracken's research in Ecology describes an improved means of looking at how seaweed diversity and rocky shore ecosystem responses affect and shape each other.
Sarah Ginoux-Wolfsohn, a student in the Vollmer Lab, received honorable mention from the National Science Foundation in this year's Graduate Fellowship Competition.
2013 Coastal Ocean Science Academy Registration Open
Application materials for the 2013 Coastal Ocean Science Academy are now available. This is an intensive and research-driven two-week program for students entering 9th-12th grades. More>>
Sustaining the coast with "living shorelines"
Post-doctoral researcher Steven Scyphers says seawalls may not be the best answer to protect shorelines from erosion. More>>
Researching invasive species in our backyard
Professor Tarik Gouhier has come across the country to the Marine Science Center in Nahant to research invasive beach grass in its native habitat. More>>
MSC Director appointed Chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Studies
The College of Science is delighted to announce the appointment of Prof. Geoffrey Trussell as Chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. More>>
Invasive species threatens New England shoreline
The Boston Globe reports about Assistant Professor Matt Bracken's investigations into aggressive red seaweed being found around New England shores. More>>
Study: After 2,500 years, dead coral reef comes back to life
Can coral recover from disaster millenia later? A new study featured in Science suggests that the answer may be yes. More>>
Rare species have a big impact on ecosystems
A new study by Northeastern University Assistant Professor Matthew Bracken and Brown University student Natalie Low finds that even the rarest species can have a large impact on the state of an ecosystem. More>>
Graduate student blog is launched
In this blog, you’ll hear from a team of five talented graduate students who are currently studying at the Marine Science Center in Nahant, Massachusetts. You’ll not only read about some of the exciting research they are involved in, but also find out about a little bit about their other interests along the way. More>>
MSC Merges With Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
The NU Board of Trustees recently approved the merging of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES) and the Marine Science Center – making EES the new home department for MSC and related faculty members. More>>
The Icefish: Adapting and Evolving to Survive Extreme Environments
In this film, Northeastern Prof. William Detrich talks about the icefish --an unusual fish found in Antarctica that is able to survive in some of the coldest waters on earth. More>>
The Rising Tide - Summer 2011 edition
The summer edition of the MSC newsletter - "The Rising Tide" is now available. Features include a spotlight on the Three Seas Program, Beach Sister initiative, and a history of the MSC. More>>
2011 Annual Open House
Free and open to the public, this wonderful annual event featured touch tanks, guided tide pool and geology walks, tours of the WWII bunkers, a vertebrate center, and much more! More>>
Youths Shore Up Their Knowledge of Science
From the coastal shores of Northeastern’s Marine Science Center (MSC) in Nahant, Mass., high school students this summer found themselves contributing to a massive global mission to assess ocean life. More>>
Snall Travels Unkown Evoloutionary Path
Biology graduate student Meredith Doellman and faculty researchers from Northeastern’s Marine Science Center in Nahant, Mass., have discovered that a specific species of snail has a much more complex evolutionary history than previously thought. More>>
College of Science Announces New Marine Biology Major
Starting this fall, Northeastern University will be offering students a Marine Biology major through the College of Science. More>>
Faculty Opening for Fisheries Biologist
The Department of Biology invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor to start as early as September 2011. More>>
Marine Science Center Expanding Research Capacity
The MSC will undergo dramatic renovations that will strengthen the coastal facility’s capability to perform marine science and ocean engineering research, thanks to a $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation. More>>
Federal and State Officials Tour the Marine Science Center
Northeastern's President Joseph E. Aoun hosted a high-level state legislative delegation—including U.S. Sen. John Kerry and U.S. Rep. John Tierney—on a tour of the MSC. More>>
For undergraduate students, the opportunity to work side-by-side with leading faculty researchers can be a life-changing experience. So what is it like for students to spend day in and day out, living and working with top researchers for months at a time? More>>
Northeastern Microbiologist Wins Funding to Solve a Mystery
Professor of Biology Slava Epstein has won a prestigious million-dollar grant to do something scientists in the last hundred years have been unable to do: grow oral-disease causing organisms in a laboratory. More>>
Robotic Bee-Havior
Biology professor Joseph Ayers will collaborate with a team of researchers from Harvard University to develop micro flying robots with the technology to emulate the bees’ brain, body and collective behavior. More>>
