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News Release 14-112
Scientists apply biomedical technique to reveal changes in body of the ocean
Researchers look at biochemical reactions happening inside ocean organisms
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As in the human body, scientists are now using proteomics to study the body of the ocean.
Credit: NIH
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Scientists used a CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) rosette to collect ocean water samples.
Credit: Brian Dimento, University of Connecticut
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Biogeochemist Mak Saito and colleagues use proteomic techniques to study the sea.
Credit: Jayne Doucette, WHOI
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Scientists Mak Saito and Matthew McIlvin separate individual proteins by their peptide sequences.
Credit: Jayne Doucette, WHOI
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The seas face a host of ills, among them, the effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs.
Credit: NOAA
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The researchers' findings are described in the Sept. 5 issue of the journal Science.
Credit: Copyright AAAS 2014
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