Walla Walla University to research algal blooms
By Terry Murry on Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 in Columbia Basin News More Top Stories
COLLEGE PLACE – Walla Walla University has received a $235,000 collaborative grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust to fund undergraduate research into algal blooms.
Researchers from WWU, the University of Portland and Willamette University will work to better understand and more quickly detect the algal blooms, which can produce toxins harmful to people and animals.
The grant will fund summer stipends for WWU undergraduate and graduate researchers for the next three summers. It will also connect them with researchers from partner institution to share ideas, equipment, and expertise.
The students will examine how the blooms impact marine invertebrate food webs. The goal of the project is to develop molecular methods to detect the blooms.
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