It is with great sadness I report the passing away of one of the world’s greatest carcinologists, L.B. Holthuis. A carcinologist studies crustaceans and he…
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Some Quotes From William Beebe
Quotes from Beebe’sHalf-Mile Down in which he describes his and Otis Barton’s 1934 descent to 3,028 feet off Bermuda. To reach this depth the two…
View More Some Quotes From William BeebeWho Will Fund the Census of Marine Life?
Ten years ago Fred Grassle, a marine biologist with deep-sea tendencies, and Jesse Ausubel, program director for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, started conversing on an…
View More Who Will Fund the Census of Marine Life?R.I.P. John Gray (1941-2007), Your Work Lives On
Eminent marine biologist John Stuart Gray passed away last October, which I posted on at that time. He was a professor of marine biology at…
View More R.I.P. John Gray (1941-2007), Your Work Lives OnOff To Chicago
I take off for the Windy City, aka the Big Cheesy, tomorrow to give a lecture at the University of Chicago. My schedule for the…
View More Off To ChicagoCindy Lee Van Dover on "What its Like in a Submarine"
Dr. Van Dover was recently appointed the new director of the Duke University Marine Lab. Duke has put together an interesting article on her career…
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Dr. Van Dover was recently appointed the new director of the Duke University Marine Lab. Duke has put together an interesting article on her career…
View More Cindy Lee Van Dover on “What its Like in a Submarine”PLoS One and Why I Believe In Open Access
I am very excited that the new year brings an exciting opportunity for me. I was solicited, and I accepted an Academic Editor position with…
View More PLoS One and Why I Believe In Open AccessI'm Sexy and Smart
I guess being called a young ringer for Bruce Willis’ John McClain character in the action-packed “Die Hard” movies means I’m sexier than I thought.…
View More I'm Sexy and SmartI’m Sexy and Smart
I guess being called a young ringer for Bruce Willis’ John McClain character in the action-packed “Die Hard” movies means I’m sexier than I thought.…
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