Are you planning to check out Gardens Aglow in Maine? Make your visit to the Boothbay peninsula even merrier with a free behind-the-scenes tour of #BigelowLab's campus! Tours will take place at 11 a.m. on December 5, December 12, and December 19. FMI: email ehenerberry@bigelow.org. #holidays #cmbg

Happy Planksgiving: Thanksgiving is about coming together with those who are most important to us. For marine scientists, few organisms matter more than plankton. This #MicroMonday, @bigelowlab.bsky.social is celebrating these tiny powerhouses of the ocean.

Muddying the Waters: This morning, @bigelowlab.bsky.social's Sea Change Semester students learned a core science lesson: biogeochemistry fieldwork is rarely tidy.

#bigelowlab #maine #eastboothbay #edgecomb #biogeochemistry #tidal #mud #mudflats #students #seachange #education #community

Microscopic Monsters: Not all algae in Bigelow Laboratory’s National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA) collection are peaceful plankton. Some have a monster appetite!

This autumn, #BigelowLab launched a new digital web channel called Currents. Feast your eyes on photo galleries and videos, and stay up to date with blue biotech bulletins, news on community projects, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of our research. Explore Currents today: www.bigelow.org/currents

Happy International Coccolithophore Day! 🎉 Today, #BigelowLab is proud to celebrate these mighty single-celled marine phytoplankton that build calcium plate shells, produce oxygen, and capture atmospheric carbon. #CoccolithophoreDay #science #ocean #maine