Good Jibes #237: Peter Molnar on the Ocean Genome Atlas Project, With Host John Arndt
This week we chat with Ocean Genome Atlas Project (OGAP) co-founder and board chair Peter Molnar about building a high-resolution genomic atlas of the oceans. Peter is on a mission to produce a global genomic atlas of the world’s oceans, providing critical information for planetary health, evolutionary and fundamental biology, and biomedicines of the future.
Hear how sailing brought Peter’s family to the Bay Area, why he started looking under the water, the super-cool tech behind the OGAP boats, a status report on the health of the Bay today, and what we can learn from Copenhagen when it comes to the water.
Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:
- Harmful algae blooms, the sturgeon die-off, and the fight over nutrient loads
- Starlink changes everything: real-time AI analysis in the middle of the ocean
- The birth of OGAP
- From racing on the water to caring about what’s in it
- What ocean genome data means for fisheries and the food web
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Learn more about Peter and help out the mission at OGAPvoyage.org
Check out the episode and show notes for much more detail.