Marine Lab Awarded $6 Million

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Marine Lab Awarded $6 Million

The University of Guam on received a $6 million grant that will be used to upgrade the UOG Marine Lab, a research unit where tropical marine organisms are studied

The funding will allow the UOG Marine Lab to increase and streamline its collection of biological samples and upgrade the level of equipment being used in the lab. The National Science Foundation, through the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, awarded the grant.

"It's a pretty exciting time for the Marine Lab," said Jason Biggs, assistant professor of biochemical ecology. "We're dealing with state-of-the-art biological work."

About $1 million of the grant will go toward next-generation genome sequencing technology.

"We've always been proud of the first-rate researchers and teachers at UOG, but with this award we leapfrog into the front row," said John Peterson, assistant vice president of the university's graduate studies department.

Opens doors

UOG President Robert Underwood said the grant opens doors for the university as a whole to some $10 million to $20 million in competitive research grants.

"This is the beginning of many things," Underwood said. "This puts us in a different league in terms of our research capacity and puts us in the center of research in the Western Pacific."

The grant also will help the Marine Lab establish bridges to other top-level universities to offer students greater opportunities.

Source: Pacific Daily News

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