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The tracker, originally created during Hurricane Irma, will gauge where the toxins from the Piney Point spill may head and its level of concentration (Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).

April 19, 2021Research

A five-year $44 million grant has been awarded to the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ in its partnership with Lakeland's Reliance Medical Centers for the Preventing Alzheimer's with Cognitive Training (PACT) study, a news release said (Patch).

April 15, 2021Health, Research

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHealth is participating in a National Institutes of Health clinical trial to determine whether highly allergic people or those with mast cell disorders are at greater risk for severe, immediate allergic reactions to the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccines (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHealth).

April 14, 2021Health, Research

Model from ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏresearchers forecasts fate of Piney Point wastewater

A computer model initially developed by the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ College of Marine Science to track red tide and ocean currents has quickly been adapted and is now being used to support the efforts to understand the transport, transformation and fate of contaminants in wastewater released into Tampa Bay from the retired Piney Point fertilizer plant (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏNewsroom).

April 14, 2021Research

As the Piney Point spill shows, health of the bay is key to the regional economy (Tampa Bay Times / paywall).

April 14, 2021Research

Some patients have received the vaccine and had symptoms lessen or completely disappear, but not enough data has been provided to definitively link the two (WTSP).

April 13, 2021Health, Research

The researchers will attempt to enroll 3,400 participants between the ages of 18 and 69 (Tampa Bay Times).

April 13, 2021Health, Research

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ St. Petersburg received more than $20 million for its research projects in the last year, more than double the outside funding it received the year prior (Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).

April 12, 2021Research

The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ is one of only two sites in the state taking part in a National Institutes of Health study on whether people who are highly allergic or have a mast cell disorder are more likely to have allergic reactions to the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines (Bay News 9).

April 10, 2021Health, Research

A team of scientists from the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCollege of Marine Science on Wednesday took a vessel into Tampa Bay to study the area and bring back water samples (WJCT).

April 9, 2021Research

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏResponse to Piney Point Spill

A team from the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ College of Marine Science embarked on the first research cruise in Tampa Bay on April 7, 2021 to study the environmental impacts of the breach at Piney Point that started in March. Piney Point is a retired fertilizer processing plant in Manatee County, Florida (College of Marine Science).

April 8, 2021Research

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏarchaeologists examine ancient response to climate change in Tampa Bay

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏarchaeologists are examining two key sites along Tampa Bay’s shores to better understand the climate conditions that might have caused conflict over food resources among Native American societies. By using several archaeological methods, scientists are able to see a shift in how these estuaries were defended between 600 and 900 AD (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏNewsroom).

April 7, 2021Research