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Promoting a mechanistic understanding of the chemical currencies in marine microbial ecosystems in the context of a changing planet and through increased participation in ocean sciences

Mission

The Center for Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet (C-CoMP) leverages recent advances in analytical and data sciences, incorporates new ocean sampling technologies and an open-science framework, and engages scientists, educators, and policy-makers who bring a diversity of expertise, experiences, and viewpoints to bear on promoting a deeper understanding and appreciation of the chemicals and microbial processes that underpin ocean ecosystems and other microbiomes that affect our daily life.

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#throwback to that pivotal moment on oceanographic research cruises when the CTD rosette breaks the ocean’s surface, carrying hundreds of liters of seawater from varying depths to be analyzed and investigated. 

Photo by C-CoMP Postdoc Fellow @el_viaje_de_xavi. 

#fieldworkfriday #oceanasthetic #oceanography #researchcruise #marinemicrobes #phytoplankton #metabolites #primaryproduction #carbon #carboncycling #teamscience #oceandecade
#MTTM

Ella Claire Walsh is a PhD candidate and member of Laura O’Dwyer’s research group @bostoncollege. Ella Claire is examining barriers to fostering ocean science literacy in US K12 classrooms. 

Her collaborations within C-CoMP have given her a deep appreciation for how marine chemistry and microbes impact our everyday lives and future. She hopes that her work will inform education policy and initiatives as well as advance C-CoMP’s goal of promoting an ocean literate society. 

#oceanliteracy #stemeducation #k12 #classrooms #oceanography #oceanscience #education #broadeningparticipation #diversityinstem

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C-CoMP is a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center (Award # 2019589) that is based at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed on this website are those of C-CoMP and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.