GMGI’s Annual Byrnes Lecture: Oceans (and the Creatures in Them) Are Our Future

~ Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute

Please join us on Thursday, September 24th, as we welcome Mandë Holford, Ph.D., for our annual Byrnes Lecture!

Dr. Holford will highlight how venomous marine animals are inspiring the next generation of scientific and medical breakthroughs, and how these discoveries are changing the way we think about the connection between people and the natural world.

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Doors for this event open at 5:30pm, with the lecture beginning promptly at 6:00pm

Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, MA

Click here link in our bio for more information and to register! This is a free event.

This is GMGI’s Annual Byrnes Lecture, honoring longtime GMGI and community supporter John Byrnes. As a resident of Cape Ann for over 20 years, he was an integral part of the community, providing advice and generous philanthropic support to GMGI and many other organizations.