Antonietta Quigg

Immortality. During the week of Halloween, such a word seems more ascribed to vampires and ghoulish fairytales, not genetic research related to jellyfish. But Texas A&M University at Galveston’s Dr. Maria Pia Miglietta is studying just that.

The Gulf Turtle Research Center’s official website is live and specialty plates are available for purchase!

Energy and enthusiasm; two traits that make a person stand out in life. Most people need a gallon of coffee in the morning to scrape together some of either.

A research consortium led by Dr. Antonietta Quigg, professor of Marine Biology and associate vice president for Research and Graduate Studies at Texas A&M's Galveston campus, was awarded $2.54 million by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (http://gulfresearchinitiative.org/) to conduct scientific studies of the impacts of oil on the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem and public health.

Texas A&M University has selected Dr. Antonietta Quigg, associate vice president for Research and Graduate Studies, Texas A&M University at Galveston, to participate in the 2016-17 Southeastern Conference Academic Leadership Development Program (SEC ALDP), a professional growth initiative that seeks to identify, prepare and advance academic leaders for roles within SEC institutions and beyond.

Texas A&M University at Galveston posted a 25-percent increase in annual research expenditures for fiscal year 2015 breaking the institutions record for research funding.

A research consortium led by Dr. Antonietta Quigg, Professor of Marine Biology and Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies at Texas A&M’s Galveston campus, was awarded $7.25 million by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) http://gulfresearchinitiative.org/ to conduct scientific studies of the impacts of oil on the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem and public health.

Led by the Farm Foundation president Neil Conklin, more than 75 members of the Foundation’s Round Table visited TAMUG January 8.

Without them, the United States would not have won WWII, explored space or become a world leader. Those who led the nation in such endeavors are scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians.