Mystic Aquarium will make UConn Avery Point in Groton home base for its research team.
UConn, which notes it already has an educational and research partnership with the aquarium, said Wednesday aquarium researchers will use lab and office space at the UConn Avery Point campus for the next five years.
Research will focus on promoting healthy oceans, biodiversity and the sustainable use of aquatic resources, the two institutions said. The collaboration will serve not only UConn students but also aquarium interns and volunteers, they said.
The Department of Marine Sciences is located on UConn’s coastal campus at Avery Point, on the shores of Long Island Sound. The aquarium’s research operation was originally moved temporarily to UConn in late 2016 during the construction of its John T. and Jane A. Weiderhold Foundation Veterinary and Animal Health Center.
