About this Event
Please join us for an engaging day of science and discussion, with a fantastic lineup of speakers.
This year's forum will be held on Thursday, November 5th at Cruiseport Gloucester, 6 Rowe Square. Doors will open at 8:00a, followed by a welcome address at 8:45a and the first talk at 9a.
2026 Speakers Include:
Debashish Bhattacharya, Ph.D. | Rutgers University | Stressed Out: Developing Biomarkers of the Stony Coral Heat Response
Andrew Gillis, Ph.D. | Marine Biological Laboratory | Bio-inspired Tissue Engineering for Mammalian Cartilage Repair
Chris Murray, Ph.D. | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Molecular Fish Ecophysiology: Integrating Molecular and Computational Tools to Understand Fish Responses to Climate Change and Pollution
Jacob Musser, Ph.D. | Yale University | An Ancient Monoaminergic Signaling System Coordinates Contractility in a Nerveless Sponge
Kavi Rangan, Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University | To come
Nick Record, Ph.D. | Bigelow Laboratory | What is the Future of the Ocean?
Nick Rotker, Ph.D. | MITRE & Tim O’Donnell | Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute | Mapping Life in the Sea: A Virtual Living Ocean Powered by Environmental DNA
David Rowley, Ph.D. | URI College of Ph*rm*cy | Messages in a Bubble: Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles as Molecular Couriers in Microbial Competition
Ayelet Voskoboynik, Ph.D. | Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University | Germline Stem Cell Isolation, Lineage Tracing, and Aging in a Colonial Chordate
2026 Registration Fees:
Standard Registration: $125
Postdocs: $75
Students: $50
Scholarships are available. If you'd like to inquire about a scholarship, please reach out to Ashley Destino at [email protected].
If you'd like to sponsor a student or postdoc, please select the Donation option at checkout. For questions on donations, please contact Lori Correale at [email protected].
Once registered, you will receive updates and pertinent information as the event approaches. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to [email protected].
Event venue & nearby stays
Cruiseport Gloucester, 6 Rowe Square, Gloucester, United States
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