When he made his historic solo dive into the Mariana Trench last month, James Cameron brought back images and descriptions of a “lunar like” marine landscape nearly devoid of life.-via National Geographic Returning from humankind’s first solo dive to the deepest spot in the ocean, filmmaker James Cameron said he saw no obvious signs of . . . → Read More: Is Marianas Trench A Lifeless Void?
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By Dr. M, on  March 27th, 2013  3 comments  Biology, Crustacean, Ecology, Expeditions, Gadgets & Gear, Hadal & Trench, Microbes, New Research, Opinion & Editorial, Organisms, Special, Vessels and Equipment  Bacteria, Cameron, Challenger Deep, exploration, hadal, James Cameron, JAMSTEC, marianas trench, Microbes, Trench By Dr Bik, on March 9th, 2013 2 comments Ecology, Fish, Microbes, Organisms cyanobacteria, DNA, Gene, Global Ocean Survey, iron, Metabolism, metagenomics, parrotfish, submarine Metagenomics is so easy to understand, right? Scientists just go out and get DNA sequences from…stuff…in the environment. And then they answer lots of questions, like….um… Yeah sometimes I’m lost too. In metagenomics, researchers collect ocean water or soil samples and sequence random bits of DNA from whatever blob of gunk they collect–they end up . . . → Read More: So you think you know Marine Metagenomics?
By para_sight, on November 29th, 2012 3 comments Microbes, Plankton Australia, bioluminescence, Noctiluca, plankton, red tide There’s a sizable red tide event unfolding in Australia right now, where thick slicks of red planktonic algae are washing up on Sydney’s iconic beaches, including the most famous beach in the whole country: Bondi. Web news sources are replete with dramatic pictures; I especially liked this one of vermilion surf juxtaposed with the tuquoise . . . → Read More: What’s green and gold and red all over?
By para_sight, on October 23rd, 2012 3 comments Fishing, Microbes, New Research Bacteria, immunology, lobsters, shell disease Most folks I know aren’t shy about crunching into a nice red American lobster and dipping that white flaky meat in some molten butter, and who can blame them? But what if the lobster in question looked like this: Or THIS: What you are seeing is the (not very creatively named) shell disease of lobsters, . . . → Read More: The mystery of lobster shell disease
By Dr Bik, on October 11th, 2012 One comment Ecology, Microbes, Organisms algae, Bacteria, microbies, Symbiosis What if your physical characteristics (hair color, height, or eye color) were determined by your bacterial microbiome? It might seem far fetched for humans, but for some marine species, this is a fact of life. We recently had a foreign emissary visit the lab, one Catherine Burke from the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. . . . → Read More: Algal blobs take shape, thanks to bacteria
By Dr Bik, on August 8th, 2012 2 comments Microbes, New Research, New Species, Organisms, Uncategorized 18S rRNA, 454, eukaryotes, genomics, high-throughput sequencing, Labyrinthulids, metagenomics, Microbes At the end of May I received some awful news. My former lab manager reached out with an ominous phone call: a high school student I had mentored at the University of New Hampshire had tragically passed away. His name was Evan Dube, and he was attending his first year of university at Bates College . . . → Read More: Beaches, Trees, and Mysterious Species : A tribute to Evan
By Dr Bik, on June 23rd, 2012 Leave a comment Conferences, Microbes, New Research, Organisms archaea, Bacteria, Drinking, eukaryotes, Microbes, microbiology, ocean, viruses [View the story "#asm2012 - A Scientific Feast of Ocean Microbiology!" on Storify] By Dr Bik, on June 6th, 2012 11 comments Conservation & Environment, Ecology, Microbes, New Research, Oil Spills, Organisms, Uncategorized 18S rRNA, Community Ecology, Deepwater Horizon, DNA Barcoding, Fungi, Gulf of Mexico, high-throughput sequencing, Meiofauna, metagenomics, nematodes, Oil Spill, plos one Ironically enough, I was at a meeting about oil spills when the Macondo well blew. The “Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) in Arctic waters” workshop brought scientists and industry contacts together to discuss the challenges and consequences of petroleum-related accidents in fragile polar habitats. I remember the BP executives had to step out to deal . . . → Read More: Dramatic impacts on beach microbial communities following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
By Miriam Goldstein, on May 18th, 2012 3 comments Microbes, Pictures and Movies Melissa Garren, Microbes, microbiologist, microbiome, TED I am admittedly a huge invertebrate nerd. But there’s a lot more going on in the ocean than can be caught with a plankton net. For this week’s TGIF, check out super awesome Scripps alumna and MIT post-doc Melissa Garren on the glory and the mystery oceanic microbes. By Dr Bik, on May 17th, 2012 3 comments Conservation & Environment, Microbes, Organisms, Vessels and Equipment Bacteria, Ballast, cockroaches, Microbes, microbiome, Seasick California has been a big transition for me. I mean big. Not only am I now living in the sun-drenched utopia I have long pined for (a climate which finally meets my minimum temperature preference of 90F), but I also have leaped into to an entirely new scientific world. I think I’m becoming a microbiologist. . . . → Read More: Microbiology at Sea: A tale of ballast, vomit, and cockroaches
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