{"id":17697,"date":"2023-03-08T13:54:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T18:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels-draft\/?page_id=17697"},"modified":"2025-12-09T11:08:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:08:02","slug":"facilities-and-research-centers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/research\/facilities-and-research-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilities and Research Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-809efd04-8882-4330-8796-1e31ba4712a2\">Research<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"research\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-research\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-17703\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-17703\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/research\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-17702\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-17702\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/research\/facilities-and-research-centers\/\">Facilities and Research Centers<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-17704\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-17704\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/research\/research-profiles\/\">Research profiles<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-19439\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-19439\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/research\/research-resources\/\">Research Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Facilities and Research Centers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section>\n<div class=\"breakout block\">\n<div class=\"content-width\">\n<h2>Coastal and ocean research<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles fourths equal-height\">\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"http:\/\/ci.uri.edu\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Coastal Institute<\/h2><p>Partnering with local, state, federal, and international agencies, to synthesize knowledge, foster discussion, and advance solutions to complex problems surrounding human use and development in coastal environments.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/research\/macrl\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Marine Affairs Coastal Resilience<\/h2><p>Our students and postdocs develop new tools that policymakers, and the public need in order to effectively weigh the costs and benefits of resilience investments that will be necessary in the coming decades.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/marinefacility\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Marine Science Research Facility<\/h2><p>State-of-the-art laboratories located at the Narragansett Bay Campus for rearing and maintaining a variety of marine organisms and performing chemical, physical, and molecular analysis of samples.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Offshore renewable energy<\/h2><p>URI has brought together world-class experts from a variety of disciplines to better understand the sustained impacts of renewable energy siting, construction, and implementation.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/dem.ri.gov\/about-us\/dem-offices\/commissions-collaborations\/rhode-island-marine-fisheries-institute\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Institute<\/h2><p>A partnership with the Department of Environmental Management to increase the understanding, sustainable management, and conservation of state marine fisheries resources through research and training.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"http:\/\/seagrant.gso.uri.edu\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Rhode Island Sea Grant<\/h2><p>One of 34 programs in the National Sea Grant College Program, the Rhode Island Sea Grant works with coastal communities in the Ocean State to ensure access to the best available science to build long-term, sustainable solutions.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2>Sustainability and outreach<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles fourths equal-height\">\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Biological Control Lab<\/h2><p>The management of a pest, typically an invasive species, by introducing a natural predator into the environment.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coastalfellows\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Coastal and Environmental Fellows Program<\/h2><p>Enabling URI undergraduate students to participate in environmental research, education, or public outreach<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"http:\/\/www.edc.uri.edu\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Environmental Data Center<\/h2><p>Applying state of the art technologies for collecting, storing, managing, analyzing, displaying and distributing geospatial data<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/enre\/research\/policy-simulation-lab\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Policy Simulation Laboratory<\/h2><p>Using digital imagery and virtual reality to create interactive visualization tools that depict the consequences of policy changes.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/lar\/outreach-projects\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Sustainable Design Studio<\/h2><p>Landscape Architecture students work with local communities to produce conceptual designs and visualizations to improve sites for parks, campuses, streets and village centers.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"http:\/\/www.tickencounter.org\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Tick Research Lab<\/h2><p>TickEncounter promotes tick-bite protection and tickborne disease prevention by engaging, educating, and empowering people to take action.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/water-quality-programs\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Water Quality Program<\/h2><p>Research-based education and training programs helping Rhode Islanders protect their water resources and health.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"breakout block\">\n<div class=\"content-width\">\n<h2>Agriculture and food production<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles fourths equal-height\">\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/aes\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Agricultural Experiment Station<\/h2><p>East Farm, Peckham Farm, and the Gardner Agronomy Farm, located right on campus, are integrated with our extension sites and research.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nfscenter\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Nutrition and Food Science Research Center<\/h2><p>Food and seafood pilot plants with supporting analytical and biomaterial testing labs, flavor and lipid biochemistry lab, food quality lab, and biohazard labs, and instrument lab.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pbl\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Plant Biotechnology Laboratory<\/h2><p>Focussed on agricultural biotechnology, researchers work on plant transformation and transgenic biology with multiple species.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/soilecologyandmicrobiology\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Soil Ecology and Microbiology<\/h2><p>Seeking to address problems in the areas of wastewater treatment, soil quality, crop production, and ecosystem restoration, by understanding  microorganisms and microbial communities.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1962,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-17697","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1962"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17697"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17715,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17697\/revisions\/17715"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}