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A Spotlight on Cephalopod Research

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A Spotlight on Cephalopod Research

By Emily Greenhalgh Since 2008, scientific organizations around the world have celebrated International Cephalopod Awareness Days from October 8 to 12 to highlight the group of marine animals that includes octopus, squid, cuttlefish, and nautilus. Did you know that the MBL has the biggest cephalopod culture operation in the United States? Right now, there are

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U of C Alum Helps Unlock Clues to Giant Squid’s Mysterious Ways | WTTW Chicago

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U of C Alum Helps Unlock Clues to Giant Squid’s Mysterious Ways | WTTW Chicago

MBL’s  Carrie Albertin appeared on the “Chicago Tonight” news program (WTTW) to reveal what her team learned from sequencing the giant squid genome. By Patty Wetli The severed arm of a giant squid, hauled in by a fishing vessel off the coast of New Zealand, may have had little value as seafood to its captors,

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