The second cohort of the Class of 2025 begins January 6th, with spaces still available. Don’t miss out on this opportunity!

This innovative, hands-on training program prepares young adults for professional careers as life sciences laboratory technicians. Students spend six months of hands-on learning in a state-of-the-art teaching facility in Gloucester’s Blackburn Center, followed by three-month paid internships at a North Shore or Greater Boston biotech company.

The program is open to students ages 18-30 with a high school diploma or the equivalent. No math or science experience is needed to apply.

Once again, tuition and fees will be waived — in their entirety — for the Academy’s class of 2025. In addition, qualifying students can receive a stipend of $1,000 per month to help support their living expenses while training. GMGI is committed to providing STEM education opportunities to all, regardless of financial background.

Please visit the Apply page on the GMGI website for more information on the program, and to submit your application. Space is limited so don’t miss this amazing opportunity! Reach out to Laura Richane — laura.richane@gmgi.org — Director of Enrollment & Partnerships, with any questions or to request a tour.

Please help us celebrate GMGI’s Inaugural Byrnes Lecture, in memory of longtime GMGI and community supporter John Byrnes.

The oceans are home to an amazing diversity of life that sustains this planet, shapes climate and weather, and provides food and life-saving discoveries. But our oceans are under increasing threat from the impacts of pollution, habitat loss, overharvesting, and climate change.

Join us on Thursday, May 9th at 6pm at Gloucester Stage for an evening featuring Donald G. Comb Science Director Dr. Andrea Bodnar on how GMGI’s work is vital to preserving biodiversity, promoting healthy oceans, and enabling endless discoveries that impact humankind.

Click here or see the image below for details. This event is free and open to the public! Registration required.

Questions? Please reach out to Maggie Costello at maggie.costello@gmgi.org.

Eventbrite link: Click here to register

Curious about Gloucester Biotechnology Academy? Stop by Wednesday, February 28th from 3p to 5p and learn more about this innovative, hands-on program!

Tour our state-of-the-art laboratories, speak with Academy instructors, learn about the 2-semester curriculum, and hear about the application process. Interested community members, prospective students, and curious family members…all are welcome!

Where: 55 Blackburn Center, Gloucester
When: 2/28 from 3p to 5p

The Academy is a 10-month certificate program that trains high school graduates for careers in biotech and the life sciences. And even better…applications are currently being accepted for the Class of 2025!

For more information, please reach out to Laura Richane at laura.richane@gmgi.org

Don’t miss our final Science Hour of the season!

To wrap up this winter season of talks, GMGI welcomes our neighbor (in Boston), Dr. Jeff Kneebone, Senior Scientist at the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium. His work sheds light on the mysterious underwater life of some of New England’s resident fish through the use of two very different, but complimentary, techniques – electronic tagging and DNA analysis.

Join us on Thursday, February 29th at 7p for Dr. Kneebone’s talk, Magic Markers – How Electronic Tags and DNA Help Us Understand the Life of Marine Fishes and the Impact Humans Have on Them. Click here to register! 

As always, the GMGI Science Hour is free and available to all who are interested!

Questions? Please reach out to Maggie Costello at maggie.costello@gmgi.org

The GMGI Science Hour returns for the first talk of 2024, featuring the fascinating work of Revive & Restore, a wildlife conservation organization whose mission is to enhance biodiversity through the genetic rescue of endangered and extinct species.

Ryan Phelan, the organization’s co-founder and Executive Director, joins us on Thursday, January 18th to discuss her work with the world’s leading molecular biologists, conservation biologists, and conservation organizations. Together, they envision and develop pioneering projects that apply cutting-edge biotechnologies to seemingly intractable conservation challenges. Challenges such as:

 Genetic diversity loss
 Invasive species
 Coral bleaching
 Climate change

You can register for Ryan’s talk, “Bringing Biotech to Wildlife Conservation” at the link below.

https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_rT1OYkCvRMWgvAcmzbpjjQ

As always, the GMGI Science Hour is free and open to anyone who’s interested! Please feel free to share the registration link.

Have questions? Please reach out to Maggie Costello at maggie.costello@gmgi.org

GMGI is excited to bring another season of timely, engaging science to you at home – just in time with the cold weather and dark evenings.

First up: Dr. Ian Hewson! Please join us in welcoming Dr. Hewson to the virtual series on Thursday, December 7th as he discusses the impacts of the long-spined sea urchin’s near-extinction in the Caribbean Sea in 2022. Register today!

You may wonder – what do sick sea urchins in the Caribbean have to do with us here in Gloucester? If a sea urchin population is affected, it can have drastic effects on it’s entire ecosystem, including surrounding coral reefs. And the health of coral reefs is vitally important to human health – they help to regulate our climate and play a crucial role in nutrient cycling.

Our Science Hour Warm Up gives a preview of Dr. Hewson’s talk, The Long-spined Urchin Mass Mortality of 2022: What Happened, What’s Happening Now, and Where to Go From Here. Read the Warm Up to learn more and to register!

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Dr. Hewson’s Science Hour talk is on Thursday, December 7th at 7pm. Click here to register!

You’re invited to GMGI’s Annual Art Science Lecture: Research and Storytelling About Extreme Environments with Dr. Matt Harke and Author Lindsey Leigh!

Join us on Thursday, November 2nd at 6pm at Gloucester Stage for an evening of art, science, and how one inspires the other.

Click here or see the image below for details. This event is free and open to the public!

Questions? Reach out to Rachel Borgatti at rachel.borgatti@gmgi.org.

Curious about Gloucester Biotechnology Academy? Stop by this Thursday, September 21st from 3p to 5p and learn more about our innovative, hands-on program!

Tour our state-of-the-art laboratories, speak with Academy instructors, learn about the two-semester curriculum, and hear about the application process. Interested community members, prospective students, curious family members…all are welcome!

Where: 55 Blackburn Center, Gloucester

When: 9/21 from 3p to 5p

The Academy is a 10-month certificate program that trains high school graduates for careers in biotech and the life sciences. Applications are currently being accepted for the Class of 2024’s second cohort, which begins in November.

For more information, please reach out to Laura Richane at laura.richane@gmgi.org

Join us on Wednesday, May 3rd at 6pm as GMGI returns to Gloucester’s City Hall! Hear from Dr. Andrea Bodnar, GMGI’s Donald G. Comb Science Director and learn about her fascinating research on the long-lived red sea urchin. Click here to register!

All are welcome. The event is free of charge; registration is required. Can’t make it to city hall? Watch live through 1623 Studios live stream!

Did you know that some species of sea urchins can live for hundreds of years? Dr. Bodnar and her team are studying the red sea urchin’s ability to live extraordinarily long, healthy, disease-free lifespans to help us unlock the secrets of healthy aging in humans.

Check out the flier below for more information. Click here to register!

GMGI returns to Gloucester’s City Hall!

Please join us on Wednesday, May 3rd at 6pm for a second, in-person community event! This talk will feature Dr. Andrea Bodnar, GMGI’s Donald G. Comb Science Director and her fascinating research on the long-lived red sea urchin. Click here to register!

All are welcome. The event is free of charge; registration is required. Can’t make it to city hall? Watch live through 1623 Studios live stream!