Ocean Genome Legacy
@oceangenomelegacy.bsky.social
Ocean Genome Legacy (OGL) at Northeastern University is a nonprofit marine research lab and DNA biorepository dedicated to preserving ocean biodiversity and training future marine scientists. 🌊🧬 #MarineScience #Biodiversity
🎃 Species Spotlight Halloween Edition 🎃
“Once you’ll go worm, that’s what you’ll yearn!” 🪱
Did you know that the skeleton shrimp was the inspiration for the worm guys from Men in Black? This stunning pictures were captured by Angela Jones from the Helmuth lab using OGL’s microscope.
“Once you’ll go worm, that’s what you’ll yearn!” 🪱
Did you know that the skeleton shrimp was the inspiration for the worm guys from Men in Black? This stunning pictures were captured by Angela Jones from the Helmuth lab using OGL’s microscope.
November 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🎃 Species Spotlight Halloween Edition 🎃
“Once you’ll go worm, that’s what you’ll yearn!” 🪱
Did you know that the skeleton shrimp was the inspiration for the worm guys from Men in Black? This stunning pictures were captured by Angela Jones from the Helmuth lab using OGL’s microscope.
“Once you’ll go worm, that’s what you’ll yearn!” 🪱
Did you know that the skeleton shrimp was the inspiration for the worm guys from Men in Black? This stunning pictures were captured by Angela Jones from the Helmuth lab using OGL’s microscope.
We are so proud of our Don Comb research scholar Emma who represented OGL at the College of Science Celebration of Undergraduate Research Scholars! 🥳🙌 Thank you to the donors who make the work that Emma does in genetic research possible.
November 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We are so proud of our Don Comb research scholar Emma who represented OGL at the College of Science Celebration of Undergraduate Research Scholars! 🥳🙌 Thank you to the donors who make the work that Emma does in genetic research possible.
🎃 Species Spotlight Halloween Edition 🎃
A skeleton shrimp at my beach?! It’s more likely than you think. Check out the map to see the range of samples that OGL has in our biorepository! This stunning photo was captured by Angela Jones from the Helmuth lab using OGL's scope.
A skeleton shrimp at my beach?! It’s more likely than you think. Check out the map to see the range of samples that OGL has in our biorepository! This stunning photo was captured by Angela Jones from the Helmuth lab using OGL's scope.
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🎃 Species Spotlight Halloween Edition 🎃
A skeleton shrimp at my beach?! It’s more likely than you think. Check out the map to see the range of samples that OGL has in our biorepository! This stunning photo was captured by Angela Jones from the Helmuth lab using OGL's scope.
A skeleton shrimp at my beach?! It’s more likely than you think. Check out the map to see the range of samples that OGL has in our biorepository! This stunning photo was captured by Angela Jones from the Helmuth lab using OGL's scope.
🎃 Species Spotlight Halloween Edition 🎃
We’re excited to highlight the skeleton shrimp 🦐, a creepy critter that has an awesome ability to hide along algae, bryozoans, and hydroids. This stunning video was captured by Angela Jones from the Helmuth lab using OGL’s microscope.
We’re excited to highlight the skeleton shrimp 🦐, a creepy critter that has an awesome ability to hide along algae, bryozoans, and hydroids. This stunning video was captured by Angela Jones from the Helmuth lab using OGL’s microscope.
October 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🎃 Species Spotlight Halloween Edition 🎃
We’re excited to highlight the skeleton shrimp 🦐, a creepy critter that has an awesome ability to hide along algae, bryozoans, and hydroids. This stunning video was captured by Angela Jones from the Helmuth lab using OGL’s microscope.
We’re excited to highlight the skeleton shrimp 🦐, a creepy critter that has an awesome ability to hide along algae, bryozoans, and hydroids. This stunning video was captured by Angela Jones from the Helmuth lab using OGL’s microscope.
OGL made it in a story from @nuglobalnews.bsky.social! Read new insights from members of our lab on our experiment using EDTA as a preservative here 👉https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/10/14/dna-preservation-breakthrough-sample-storage/
October 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
OGL made it in a story from @nuglobalnews.bsky.social! Read new insights from members of our lab on our experiment using EDTA as a preservative here 👉https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/10/14/dna-preservation-breakthrough-sample-storage/
Three Cheers for Three Seas! 🌊✨
OGL partnered up with the Three Seas program to teach students how to log their collections to make their data more accessible for all scientists to use. Check out the samples they collected 👉 arctos.database.museum/search.cfm?a...
OGL partnered up with the Three Seas program to teach students how to log their collections to make their data more accessible for all scientists to use. Check out the samples they collected 👉 arctos.database.museum/search.cfm?a...
October 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Three Cheers for Three Seas! 🌊✨
OGL partnered up with the Three Seas program to teach students how to log their collections to make their data more accessible for all scientists to use. Check out the samples they collected 👉 arctos.database.museum/search.cfm?a...
OGL partnered up with the Three Seas program to teach students how to log their collections to make their data more accessible for all scientists to use. Check out the samples they collected 👉 arctos.database.museum/search.cfm?a...
A new and exciting shipment just came in 👀
We just received sea cucumbers from Gulf of Maine inc. for a new research project led by our co-op Emma, who is examining the effect of different tissue preservatives on DNA quality. Thank you to Cell Signaling Technology for funding this work at OGL!
We just received sea cucumbers from Gulf of Maine inc. for a new research project led by our co-op Emma, who is examining the effect of different tissue preservatives on DNA quality. Thank you to Cell Signaling Technology for funding this work at OGL!
October 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A new and exciting shipment just came in 👀
We just received sea cucumbers from Gulf of Maine inc. for a new research project led by our co-op Emma, who is examining the effect of different tissue preservatives on DNA quality. Thank you to Cell Signaling Technology for funding this work at OGL!
We just received sea cucumbers from Gulf of Maine inc. for a new research project led by our co-op Emma, who is examining the effect of different tissue preservatives on DNA quality. Thank you to Cell Signaling Technology for funding this work at OGL!
✨Species Spotlight✨
Can you see it? 👀 Pictured is a baby sacoglossan, measuring at only around 2 millimeters! In the video you can see it eating codium, the algae that they live on and eat. This stunning video was captured by Angela Jones from the Helmuth lab using OGL's microscope. 💚
Can you see it? 👀 Pictured is a baby sacoglossan, measuring at only around 2 millimeters! In the video you can see it eating codium, the algae that they live on and eat. This stunning video was captured by Angela Jones from the Helmuth lab using OGL's microscope. 💚
September 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
✨Species Spotlight✨
Can you see it? 👀 Pictured is a baby sacoglossan, measuring at only around 2 millimeters! In the video you can see it eating codium, the algae that they live on and eat. This stunning video was captured by Angela Jones from the Helmuth lab using OGL's microscope. 💚
Can you see it? 👀 Pictured is a baby sacoglossan, measuring at only around 2 millimeters! In the video you can see it eating codium, the algae that they live on and eat. This stunning video was captured by Angela Jones from the Helmuth lab using OGL's microscope. 💚
✨ Welcome to the team, Kavin!
We are excited to welcome Kavin as our new Research Volunteer! He is currently a graduate student studying Cell and Gene Therapies at Northeastern. 🧬
We are excited to welcome Kavin as our new Research Volunteer! He is currently a graduate student studying Cell and Gene Therapies at Northeastern. 🧬
September 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
✨ Welcome to the team, Kavin!
We are excited to welcome Kavin as our new Research Volunteer! He is currently a graduate student studying Cell and Gene Therapies at Northeastern. 🧬
We are excited to welcome Kavin as our new Research Volunteer! He is currently a graduate student studying Cell and Gene Therapies at Northeastern. 🧬
📰 Energy and antibiotics from paper waste? Researchers at the University of Utah and OGL show that bacteria in shipworm could be very valuable in a recent publication. 🪱 Read our newsletter about it here: https://tinyurl.com/mejw8ydw
September 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
📰 Energy and antibiotics from paper waste? Researchers at the University of Utah and OGL show that bacteria in shipworm could be very valuable in a recent publication. 🪱 Read our newsletter about it here: https://tinyurl.com/mejw8ydw
✨Species Spotlight✨
How do sacoglossans get their green color? Pictured is codium, also known as “dead man’s fingers”, the algae that the slugs steal chloroplasts from!
Photos taken by Grace Nyberg and Angela Jones from the Helmeuth lab. 💚
How do sacoglossans get their green color? Pictured is codium, also known as “dead man’s fingers”, the algae that the slugs steal chloroplasts from!
Photos taken by Grace Nyberg and Angela Jones from the Helmeuth lab. 💚
September 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
✨Species Spotlight✨
How do sacoglossans get their green color? Pictured is codium, also known as “dead man’s fingers”, the algae that the slugs steal chloroplasts from!
Photos taken by Grace Nyberg and Angela Jones from the Helmeuth lab. 💚
How do sacoglossans get their green color? Pictured is codium, also known as “dead man’s fingers”, the algae that the slugs steal chloroplasts from!
Photos taken by Grace Nyberg and Angela Jones from the Helmeuth lab. 💚
✨Species Spotlight✨
We’re excited to highlight heterobranchia, a marine creature also known as the “sap sucker” who is a cousin of the nudibranch. These stunning photos of the slugs found in Nahant were captured by Angela Jones and Mica Weld from the Helmeuth lab using OGL's microscope. 💚
We’re excited to highlight heterobranchia, a marine creature also known as the “sap sucker” who is a cousin of the nudibranch. These stunning photos of the slugs found in Nahant were captured by Angela Jones and Mica Weld from the Helmeuth lab using OGL's microscope. 💚
September 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
✨Species Spotlight✨
We’re excited to highlight heterobranchia, a marine creature also known as the “sap sucker” who is a cousin of the nudibranch. These stunning photos of the slugs found in Nahant were captured by Angela Jones and Mica Weld from the Helmeuth lab using OGL's microscope. 💚
We’re excited to highlight heterobranchia, a marine creature also known as the “sap sucker” who is a cousin of the nudibranch. These stunning photos of the slugs found in Nahant were captured by Angela Jones and Mica Weld from the Helmeuth lab using OGL's microscope. 💚
How it started vs. how it's going:
“I’m so excited for the data from my undergraduate Capstone project to be published! I had a blast working on this study with all the lovely folks at OGL and I hope our findings help other researchers isolate high quality DNA from their specimens!”
-Ella Messner
“I’m so excited for the data from my undergraduate Capstone project to be published! I had a blast working on this study with all the lovely folks at OGL and I hope our findings help other researchers isolate high quality DNA from their specimens!”
-Ella Messner
September 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
How it started vs. how it's going:
“I’m so excited for the data from my undergraduate Capstone project to be published! I had a blast working on this study with all the lovely folks at OGL and I hope our findings help other researchers isolate high quality DNA from their specimens!”
-Ella Messner
“I’m so excited for the data from my undergraduate Capstone project to be published! I had a blast working on this study with all the lovely folks at OGL and I hope our findings help other researchers isolate high quality DNA from their specimens!”
-Ella Messner
How it started vs. how it's going:
“My time with OGL made me realize my passion for the research community and contributing to our understanding of how the world works. Now, as I prepare to embark on a research fellowship at Harvard, I’m incredibly grateful for all OGL has provided.”
-Ryan Pianka
“My time with OGL made me realize my passion for the research community and contributing to our understanding of how the world works. Now, as I prepare to embark on a research fellowship at Harvard, I’m incredibly grateful for all OGL has provided.”
-Ryan Pianka
September 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
How it started vs. how it's going:
“My time with OGL made me realize my passion for the research community and contributing to our understanding of how the world works. Now, as I prepare to embark on a research fellowship at Harvard, I’m incredibly grateful for all OGL has provided.”
-Ryan Pianka
“My time with OGL made me realize my passion for the research community and contributing to our understanding of how the world works. Now, as I prepare to embark on a research fellowship at Harvard, I’m incredibly grateful for all OGL has provided.”
-Ryan Pianka
How it started vs. how it's going:
"In 2022, I worked at OGL as a Lab and Collections Assistant, where I contributed to the EDTA/Ethanol experiment. It was an incredible opportunity to be part of impactful research, and I’m thrilled to be a co-author on the resulting paper."
-Caleigh Pierce
"In 2022, I worked at OGL as a Lab and Collections Assistant, where I contributed to the EDTA/Ethanol experiment. It was an incredible opportunity to be part of impactful research, and I’m thrilled to be a co-author on the resulting paper."
-Caleigh Pierce
September 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
How it started vs. how it's going:
"In 2022, I worked at OGL as a Lab and Collections Assistant, where I contributed to the EDTA/Ethanol experiment. It was an incredible opportunity to be part of impactful research, and I’m thrilled to be a co-author on the resulting paper."
-Caleigh Pierce
"In 2022, I worked at OGL as a Lab and Collections Assistant, where I contributed to the EDTA/Ethanol experiment. It was an incredible opportunity to be part of impactful research, and I’m thrilled to be a co-author on the resulting paper."
-Caleigh Pierce
How it started vs. how it's going:
"I am so grateful to be a part of this paper and to have worked with the OGL team! It can be a very rewarding process to see the research you've worked on as an undergraduate co-op turn into a peer-reviewed paper."
-Lizzy Soranno
"I am so grateful to be a part of this paper and to have worked with the OGL team! It can be a very rewarding process to see the research you've worked on as an undergraduate co-op turn into a peer-reviewed paper."
-Lizzy Soranno
August 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
How it started vs. how it's going:
"I am so grateful to be a part of this paper and to have worked with the OGL team! It can be a very rewarding process to see the research you've worked on as an undergraduate co-op turn into a peer-reviewed paper."
-Lizzy Soranno
"I am so grateful to be a part of this paper and to have worked with the OGL team! It can be a very rewarding process to see the research you've worked on as an undergraduate co-op turn into a peer-reviewed paper."
-Lizzy Soranno
How it started vs. how it's going:
"It's been such a joy to see this study come to fruition since my time as a co-op student in 2019! Who could have guessed then that an initially confusing and compelling result would lead to a manuscript?"
-Mia DeSanctis
"It's been such a joy to see this study come to fruition since my time as a co-op student in 2019! Who could have guessed then that an initially confusing and compelling result would lead to a manuscript?"
-Mia DeSanctis
August 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
How it started vs. how it's going:
"It's been such a joy to see this study come to fruition since my time as a co-op student in 2019! Who could have guessed then that an initially confusing and compelling result would lead to a manuscript?"
-Mia DeSanctis
"It's been such a joy to see this study come to fruition since my time as a co-op student in 2019! Who could have guessed then that an initially confusing and compelling result would lead to a manuscript?"
-Mia DeSanctis
How it started vs. how it's going:
"It's exciting to see the results of the freezer project finally published! Through working on these DNA preservative experiments as a research assistant at OGL, I learned valuable lab skills that gave me a strong foundation for my graduate research."
-Lev Becker
"It's exciting to see the results of the freezer project finally published! Through working on these DNA preservative experiments as a research assistant at OGL, I learned valuable lab skills that gave me a strong foundation for my graduate research."
-Lev Becker
August 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
How it started vs. how it's going:
"It's exciting to see the results of the freezer project finally published! Through working on these DNA preservative experiments as a research assistant at OGL, I learned valuable lab skills that gave me a strong foundation for my graduate research."
-Lev Becker
"It's exciting to see the results of the freezer project finally published! Through working on these DNA preservative experiments as a research assistant at OGL, I learned valuable lab skills that gave me a strong foundation for my graduate research."
-Lev Becker
How it started vs. how it's going:
"I am extremely excited for the publication of this paper! All the authors worked so hard, and we have grown so much as scientists throughout the process. Working with OGL during my undergraduate years has been a privilege."
-Molly Johnson
"I am extremely excited for the publication of this paper! All the authors worked so hard, and we have grown so much as scientists throughout the process. Working with OGL during my undergraduate years has been a privilege."
-Molly Johnson
August 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
How it started vs. how it's going:
"I am extremely excited for the publication of this paper! All the authors worked so hard, and we have grown so much as scientists throughout the process. Working with OGL during my undergraduate years has been a privilege."
-Molly Johnson
"I am extremely excited for the publication of this paper! All the authors worked so hard, and we have grown so much as scientists throughout the process. Working with OGL during my undergraduate years has been a privilege."
-Molly Johnson
How it started vs. how it's going:
This experiment stemmed from the question ‘Is it beneficial to preserve tissue after it’s been frozen?’. The gel on the left is the first gel from the experiment, which showed an improvement in DNA quality when tissue was preserved after it was frozen.
This experiment stemmed from the question ‘Is it beneficial to preserve tissue after it’s been frozen?’. The gel on the left is the first gel from the experiment, which showed an improvement in DNA quality when tissue was preserved after it was frozen.
August 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
How it started vs. how it's going:
This experiment stemmed from the question ‘Is it beneficial to preserve tissue after it’s been frozen?’. The gel on the left is the first gel from the experiment, which showed an improvement in DNA quality when tissue was preserved after it was frozen.
This experiment stemmed from the question ‘Is it beneficial to preserve tissue after it’s been frozen?’. The gel on the left is the first gel from the experiment, which showed an improvement in DNA quality when tissue was preserved after it was frozen.
Perfect pipetting:
A fun and educational activity from OGL’s Coastal Ocean Science Academy (COSA) workshop where middle and high school students learned to apply their scientific skills with the help of outreach @northeasternmes.bsky.social 🧪
#ScienceEducation #Pipette #Outreach
A fun and educational activity from OGL’s Coastal Ocean Science Academy (COSA) workshop where middle and high school students learned to apply their scientific skills with the help of outreach @northeasternmes.bsky.social 🧪
#ScienceEducation #Pipette #Outreach
August 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Perfect pipetting:
A fun and educational activity from OGL’s Coastal Ocean Science Academy (COSA) workshop where middle and high school students learned to apply their scientific skills with the help of outreach @northeasternmes.bsky.social 🧪
#ScienceEducation #Pipette #Outreach
A fun and educational activity from OGL’s Coastal Ocean Science Academy (COSA) workshop where middle and high school students learned to apply their scientific skills with the help of outreach @northeasternmes.bsky.social 🧪
#ScienceEducation #Pipette #Outreach
Introducing Neptune 🔱
Meet the newest member of our touch tank at the MSC, an incredibly rare blue lobster. The blue coloration comes from a genetic anomaly-- resulting in Neptune being a one in two million lobster! 💙
#Lobsters #BlueLobster #MarineBiology
Meet the newest member of our touch tank at the MSC, an incredibly rare blue lobster. The blue coloration comes from a genetic anomaly-- resulting in Neptune being a one in two million lobster! 💙
#Lobsters #BlueLobster #MarineBiology
August 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Introducing Neptune 🔱
Meet the newest member of our touch tank at the MSC, an incredibly rare blue lobster. The blue coloration comes from a genetic anomaly-- resulting in Neptune being a one in two million lobster! 💙
#Lobsters #BlueLobster #MarineBiology
Meet the newest member of our touch tank at the MSC, an incredibly rare blue lobster. The blue coloration comes from a genetic anomaly-- resulting in Neptune being a one in two million lobster! 💙
#Lobsters #BlueLobster #MarineBiology
This video features an Obelia in its medusa stage, which is the second part of its life cycle. In this stage, it freely swims just like a really tiny jellyfish. 🪼 This stunning video was captured by Angela Jones and Mica Weld from the Helmuth lab using OGL’s dissecting microscope.
August 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This video features an Obelia in its medusa stage, which is the second part of its life cycle. In this stage, it freely swims just like a really tiny jellyfish. 🪼 This stunning video was captured by Angela Jones and Mica Weld from the Helmuth lab using OGL’s dissecting microscope.
🌊🔍 #TBT to January 2, 2024, when OGL scientists made an exciting discovery!
They identified a new species of marine mussel, Vadumodiolus teredinicola, from the Alabama Undersea Forest. This marks the first species to be named and described as part of the Ocean Census project! 🧬🐚
They identified a new species of marine mussel, Vadumodiolus teredinicola, from the Alabama Undersea Forest. This marks the first species to be named and described as part of the Ocean Census project! 🧬🐚
July 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🌊🔍 #TBT to January 2, 2024, when OGL scientists made an exciting discovery!
They identified a new species of marine mussel, Vadumodiolus teredinicola, from the Alabama Undersea Forest. This marks the first species to be named and described as part of the Ocean Census project! 🧬🐚
They identified a new species of marine mussel, Vadumodiolus teredinicola, from the Alabama Undersea Forest. This marks the first species to be named and described as part of the Ocean Census project! 🧬🐚
✨Species Spotlight✨
This video features Obelia in its polyp stage, which is the first part of its life cycle. Obelia asexually forms medusa buds that will eventually split off to continue reproduction.
Video captured by Angela Jones and Mica Weld from the Helmuth lab using OGL’s microscope.
This video features Obelia in its polyp stage, which is the first part of its life cycle. Obelia asexually forms medusa buds that will eventually split off to continue reproduction.
Video captured by Angela Jones and Mica Weld from the Helmuth lab using OGL’s microscope.
July 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
✨Species Spotlight✨
This video features Obelia in its polyp stage, which is the first part of its life cycle. Obelia asexually forms medusa buds that will eventually split off to continue reproduction.
Video captured by Angela Jones and Mica Weld from the Helmuth lab using OGL’s microscope.
This video features Obelia in its polyp stage, which is the first part of its life cycle. Obelia asexually forms medusa buds that will eventually split off to continue reproduction.
Video captured by Angela Jones and Mica Weld from the Helmuth lab using OGL’s microscope.