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 … Read more

WOWS Scholars inspire women faculty in the sciences Have you noticed fewer women in faculty positions in the science departments? It’s a nationwide trend, but a campus-wide initiative called Working on Women in Science (WOWS) is trying to change that. … Read more

Maite Ghazaleh Recieves NOAA Hollings Scholarship Maite Ghazaleh, junior undergraduate UNC researcher in the Ries and Castillo Labs, was recently awarded the NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship to continue her research investigating the impact of ocean acidification on marine organisms. The award … Read more

MASC Alumus Discovers Archaea Eat Protein “Beneath the ocean floor is a desolate place with no oxygen and sunlight. Yet microbes have thrived in this environment for millions of years. (From ScienceDaily) – Scientists have puzzled over how these microbes survive, but … Read more

Exploring Life’s Limits on Earth The following story is from the UNC Spotlight:  http://www.unc.edu/spotlight/zena-cardman/ As part of her research into how life survives in places where it seemingly shouldn’t, Zena Cardman dove deep into a lake in British Columbia alongside … Read more

New Royster Society Five-Year Fellows Have Varied Research Interests August 31, 2012 New five-year Royster Fellows for 2012-2013 Nineteen new graduate students from around the world are beginning their first semester at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill … Read more

Alperin’s Maymester Course Featured by College of Arts & Sciences Trouble viewing the video?  Follow this link for a look at Dr. Marc Alperin’s involvement with experiential education at UNC.  See below text from the College of Arts & Sciences. “You can’t study … Read more