2026 GMGI Science Forum

Please join us for an engaging day of science and discussion, with a fantastic lineup of speakers.

This year's forum will be held on Thursday, November 5th at Cruiseport Gloucester, 6 Rowe Square. Doors will open at 8:00a, followed by a welcome address at 8:45a and the first talk at 9a.

2026 Speakers Include:

Debashish Bhattacharya, Ph.D. | Rutgers University | Stressed Out: Developing Biomarkers of the Stony Coral Heat Response

Andrew Gillis, Ph.D. | Marine Biological Laboratory | Bio-inspired Tissue Engineering for Mammalian Cartilage Repair

Chris Murray, Ph.D. | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Molecular Fish Ecophysiology: Integrating Molecular and Computational Tools to Understand Fish Responses to Climate Change and Pollution

Jacob Musser, Ph.D. | Yale University | An Ancient Monoaminergic Signaling System Coordinates Contractility in a Nerveless Sponge

Kavi Rangan, Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University | To come

Nick Record, Ph.D. | Bigelow Laboratory | What is the Future of the Ocean?

Nick Rotker, Ph.D. | MITRE & Tim O’Donnell | Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute | Mapping Life in the Sea: A Virtual Living Ocean Powered by Environmental DNA

David Rowley, Ph.D. | URI College of Pharmacy | Messages in a Bubble: Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles as Molecular Couriers in Microbial Competition

Ayelet Voskoboynik, Ph.D. | Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University | Germline Stem Cell Isolation, Lineage Tracing, and Aging in a Colonial Chordate

2026 Registration Fees:

Standard Registration: $125

Postdocs: $75

Students: $50

Scholarships are available. If you'd like to inquire about a scholarship, please reach out to Ashley Destino at scienceforum@gmgi.org.

If you'd like to sponsor a student or postdoc, please select the Donation option at checkout. For questions on donations, please contact Lori Correale at lori.correale@gmgi.org.

Once registered, you will receive updates and pertinent information as the event approaches. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to scienceforum@gmgi.org.