The Sea We’ve Hardly Seen
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By , on May 18th, 2012 3 comments   Microbes, Pictures and Movies   , , , ,  

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.

Microbiology at Sea: A tale of ballast, vomit, and cockroaches
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By , on May 17th, 2012 3 comments   Conservation & Environment, Microbes, Organisms, Vessels and Equipment   , , , , ,  

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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