(Originally posted on the Carolina Chronicle) Samantha Joye, a leading researcher on the impact of oil and gas seepage in deep ocean environments, will give the keynote address at UNC-Chapel Hill’s 2016 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony. The event recognizes graduate students … Continued

Moreno in Antarctica! Ph.D. student Carly Moreno (Marchetti Lab) is participating on the PalmerLTER research cruise in Antarctica. For the next 6 weeks, Carly will be collecting samples and performing incubation experiments to investigate the environmental factors that regulate phytoplankton … Continued

National Research Council – Research Associateship Programs Go to http://www.nationalacademies.org/rap for more information. To apply: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/RAP/PGA_046398 Postdoctoral Research Awards Senior Research Awards Graduate Research Awards   Eligibility Awards are available for scientists and engineers at all stages of their career. Postdoctoral applicants … Continued

Bon Voyage Arnosti and Teske! The Department of Marine Sciences wishes Carol Arnosti and Andreas Teske a safe and successful research trip! We will be updating you on the Arnosti and Teske research cruise during their travels.

MASC T-Shirt Design Contest The Marine Science Department is having a contest for new MASC t-shirts for the new year! On the front will be the logo, but we’re wanting something unique on the back of the shirt. If you … Continued

Preview of Galapagos Short Documentary Courtesy of UNC Research and Mary Lide Parker UNC Research gives us a preview of the short documentary on Gifford, Marchetti, and Seim’s research expedition at the Galapagos Islands.

Balmonte Receives Chancellor’s Doctoral Candidacy Award Congratulations to John Paul Balmonte for receiving a Chancellor’s Doctoral Candidacy Award this August. He received this award based on his successful advancement into Ph.D. candidacy through the Graduate School’s Initiative for Minority Excellence. … Continued

New research furthers understanding of phytoplankton’s role in global carbon cycle Did you know that about 50 percent of the oxygen in our atmosphere, the oxygen in every second breath we take, is produced by tiny microscopic organisms in the … Continued

Arriola and Smith selected as Sea Grant Fellows North Carolina Sea Grant and the N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve Program awarded a 2015 Coastal Reserve Fellowship to Jill Arriola. This joint program is designed to foster research within … Continued

Marchetti Lab Research Cruise [slideshow_deploy id=’5610′] The Marchetti Lab is participating on a research cruise aboard the R/V Melville along the California coast during July 2014 to investigate the ecological importance of iron storage in diatoms. Miriam Sutton, a middle … Continued