The Center for Marine Science at UNCW is dedicated to providing an environment that fosters a multidisciplinary approach to questions in basic marine research.
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Congrats to @UNCWilmington's Madison Lytle & Jessie Jarvis on the new paper: "Evaluating UAV based monitoring of seagrass meadows: Insights into spatial configuration and temporal change"
Illustration: MD Smith
@UNCW_BaMB
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Int'l partnership places UNCW among a group of 5 teams leading next-gen satellite precipitation research! Yalei You is guiding research in our partnership w/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), “Our students aren't just studying science – they are contributing to it.”
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🎉 Britt Zepernick & team receive Daylight Award for Research!
Work shows how algae adapt to changing underwater light, offering insight into ecosystem resilience, winter productivity & the impacts of climate change on biodiversity & planetary health.
youtube.com/watch?v=iFk85HPf…
ALT Image of interview with Brittany Zepernick. https://thedaylightaward.com/
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🎉 SHOUT OUT!!! Five @UNCWilmington Faculty Named 2026 Research Achievement Award Recipients!!! Notably Two Affiliated with CMS: Remington X. Poulin, Chemistry & Biochemistry Matthew McLean, Biology & Marine Biology
Full details 👉 lnkd.in/e2MA9wpp
ALT Image of Remington Poulin
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She is a beauty! Do you know someone who knows someone ... who is interested in naming her or one of her labs? Chart the future of marine science at UNCW!
Contact Jay Styron to make a gift today! styronj@uncw.edu
Give Now at:
givecampus.com/campaigns/757…
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Advancing research on the Trematode parasite on the bay scallop. Pub from the Julia Buck/Ami Wilbur labs, Biol & Marine Bio, w/both first authors @UNCWilmington MS alumni & 3rd author a BS alumnus.
The novel parasite was discovered by these same labs! dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7338…
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CONGRATS to César Acevedo-Ramirez, UNCW post-doc 2022-24, and Dr. Ata Suanda @UNCWilmington Physics on a new paper. The study applies and evaluates a new way of representing how the rocky seafloor slows down ocean waves near the coast.
mdpi.com/2077-1312/14/7/609
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UNCW_CMS retweeted
In just 5 days, set up a massive experiment with >200 corals to test probiotics against SCTLD! W/ precise control over light, temp, & purified seawater, we’re ready to create solutions! Amazing teamwork between UNCW, Blue Indigo Foundation, Ecomares, UM Lowell, Croalina, & PIMS!
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Coming to our dock soon!!! We are so excited to share our big, no, our REALLY BIG new vessel! @UNCWilmington is investing in ocean and marine science research! Port and starboard! uncw.edu/news/2024/09/uncw-a…
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🎉CONGRATS @uncw's doctoral student Sarah Barr (& team), on the recent paper: a result of research on how the herbal supplement 'ashwagandha' breaks down in digestion. Understanding how herbal compounds change in the digestive system helps predict how they work in the body.
ALT https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jafc.5c09897
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It's big, really ... it's REALLY BIG!!! Executive Director Ken Halanych & Capt'n Jay Styron got to see our new vessel in production-All American Marine, Bellingham, WA. Expecting delivery in the summer!
Support for systems & naming available; Melissa Sinclair, 910-962-3602.
ALT Image of Ken and Jay standing starboard on the new vessel.
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NEW PAPER by scientists at @UNCWilmington
focuses on how Per- & polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) affect immune cells. Even low, non-toxic levels of PFAS can directly disrupt normal immune function - changing how immune cells respond & communicate. doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2026.…
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🎉Seagrass Global Standard! Exciting News!
Jessie Jarvis & scientific team in the global seagrass community have developed a practical blueprint for how to measure & report seagrass in ways that actually work across regions & programs. Critical step! doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf1…
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With a lifelong curiosity for the ocean, environmental scientist Colleen Brown ’25 becomes @UNCWilmington's FIRST student to earn a doctorate in Applied Coastal and Ocean Sciences.
Introducing Dr. Colleen N. Brown
uncw.edu/news/seahawk-storie…
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We are hiring! @UNCWilmington College of Science and Engineering & the Center for Marine Science invite applications for the position of William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professorship of Marine Science. Priority Deadline: January 22, 2026.
jobs.uncw.edu/postings/37951
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Building a Unified Research-Informed Approach! @UNCWilmington's Center for Marine Science Receives $500,000 Planning Grant to Advance Flooding Research from The New Hanover County Endowment! uncw.edu/news/2025/12/uncw-r…
📸 Courtesy of Brian Donovan/etc. media (video still)
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Earlier this month, @UNCWilmington's Dr. Michael Mallin presented at the @NALMStweets conference in Myrtle Beach, SC. Mallin presented "Progress on rehabilitation of Greenfield Lake, NC," with research from Dr. Larry Cahoon, Matthew McIver, Alex Mravkov and Dr. Amy Grogan.
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Curious about the Ethics of Science? Genetic Engineering Debates?
DR. NATHAN CROWE, @UNCWilmington History Dept presenting at our Planet Ocean seminar, 11.11, 6:30 p.m. "Opening Pandora’s Box and the Ethics of Science"
In-person: CMS_EA@uncw.edu
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