Deep-sea researchers convene at #dsbs2012 this week in New Zealand
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By , on December 3rd, 2012 6 comments   Conferences   , , , ,  

Deep-sea biology fans can geek out this week by following the proceedings of the 13th Deep-sea Biology Symposium taking place in Wellington, NZ (3-7th December) – the tweets have already begun to roll in under the hashtag #dsbs2012! Word on the street is that there are ~200 deep-sea biologists attending, and the one and only . . . → Read More: Deep-sea researchers convene at #dsbs2012 this week in New Zealand

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Coral: Symbol, Substance, and Significance
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By , on September 21st, 2009 One comment   Carnivals & Link Love, Conferences, Coral   , , , ,  

October 30-31st you can catch the Coral: Symbol, Substance, and Significance conference in the Big Apple. Mercer R. Brugler a graduate student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette will be giving a 1 hour presentation titled “What is a Coral?”. Brugler specialty is deep-sea coral evolution, so I am sure the presentation will be . . . → Read More: Coral: Symbol, Substance, and Significance

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To Blog or Not To Blog
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By , on July 10th, 2009 3 comments   Conferences, Open Access, Opinion & Editorial, Reviews   , , , , ,  

Recently, Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory said it would require bloggers to ask permission before blogging about a presentation, just like reporters. A surprising editorial in Nature says “not only is that a bad idea, but it should just be disregarded.” Nature has made the case that blogging by researchers is good. Critical discussion of worthy . . . → Read More: To Blog or Not To Blog

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Big Gulpers In The Deep
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By , on February 23rd, 2009 8 comments   Conferences, Fish, New Research, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

I got the dreaded pop-up of doom as my macbook told me it could not install the latest update because I out of space. So I decided to poke around, see where I could save space and delete files. Sitting on my desktop for a couple years was an aptly titled folder, “Photos to Sort”, . . . → Read More: Big Gulpers In The Deep

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