Repost: So You Want to Be A Deep-Sea Biologist
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By , on November 14th, 2011 One comment   Scientist!   , , , ,  

When I wrote my So You Want to Be a Marine Biologist post yesterday, I had totally forgotten about Dr. M’s excellent take on more or less the same issue. It’s especially embarrassing since apparently I both commented and linked to it from my old blog. Sorry, Craigie M. His post, entitled So You Want . . . → Read More: Repost: So You Want to Be A Deep-Sea Biologist

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So You Want to Be A Marine Biologist: Deep Sea News Edition
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By , on November 13th, 2011 37 comments   Scientist!   , , , , , , ,  

If this comic makes you laugh, perhaps you should become a marine biologist. Note the lack of dolphins. ARRRRR ME HEARTIES!!!! So ye want t’ be a pirate, t’ sail the open sea searching for booty – what? You said a marine biologist? Oh. Well, sailing the open sea searching for booty is actually prohibited . . . → Read More: So You Want to Be A Marine Biologist: Deep Sea News Edition

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Teaching undergrads the ‘Bioinformatics of Biodiversity’
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By , on April 3rd, 2011 Leave a comment   Education, Oil Spills, Organisms, Scientist!   , , , , ,  
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I’ve just wrapped up another whirlwind week in the Gulf of Mexico – a 3-day sampling trip spanning 250 miles of coastline, followed by a weekend workshop for undergrads covering the “Bioinformatics of Biodiversity” As far as sampling, I got what I needed but it wasn’t pleasant. I re-sampled all our existing sites from Dauphin . . . → Read More: Teaching undergrads the ‘Bioinformatics of Biodiversity’

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