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Women in the Blue Economy Webinar

Join WHOI’s Office for Technology Transfer and WHOI’s WoGeMS (Women and Gender Minorities) Group on Tuesday, September 17th at 1 pm for our virtual panel discussion, Pioneering Minds: Women in the Blue Economy. OTT Director, Allison Markova, will be joined by four incredible women making a splash in bluetech: Melanie Nadeau – Chief Executive Officer…

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Interview with Tech Transfer: EIR & WHOI OTT

Earlier this year, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Office for Technology Transfer introduced an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) to help guide the WHOI community in their startup endeavors. Since joining, Michael Hard has had the opportunity to meet and work with the incredible staff at WHOI. We sat down with Michael to learn more about his process and…

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution researchers are working to improve seaweed aquaculture scalability.

The fastest-growing aquaculture sector is seaweed farming. It can benefit marine ecosystems, farmers, and local communities by providing jobs and food, combatting ocean acidification’s local impacts, and even serving as an alternative fuel source. On a global scale, seaweed farms in the United States only generate a small percent of global output, and as demand…

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