UNC Marine Sciences’ is proud to host a seminar by Amala Mahadevan, Ph.D. Presenter Affiliation: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Title: How submesoscale processes mediate phytoplankton blooms Abstract: Submesoscale dynamics in the upper ocean have a two-pronged effect: On the one … Continued

UNC Marine Sciences’ is proud to host a seminar by Antonio Rodriguez, Ph.D. Presenter Affiliation: University of North Carolina, Institute of Marine Sciences Title: Impacts of Accelerated Sea-Level Rise, Storms, and Development on Barrier-Island Landscapes and Carbon Reservoirs Abstract: Barrier islands migrate landward … Continued

UNC Marine Sciences’ is proud to host a seminar by John Kessler, Ph.D. Presenter Affiliation: University of Rochester, Earth and Environmental Studies Title: The Briny Blue Bubble Bender: Investigations of the chemical and isotopic kinetics of aerobic methane oxidation Abstract: The ocean seafloor harbors … Continued

UNC Marine Sciences’ is proud to host a seminar by Manuel Kleiner, Ph.D. Presenter Affiliation: North Carolina State University, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology & Microbiomes and Complex Microbial Communities Cluster Title: Assessing metabolism and interspecies interactions in microbial symbioses and microbial … Continued

UNC Marine Sciences’ is proud to host a seminar by one of our own faculty Dr. Barbara MacGregor. Presenter Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Marine Sciences Title: Building big bacteria: Central vacuoles and nitrate respiration pathways in the large sulfur … Continued

UNC Marine Sciences’ is proud to host a seminar by one of our own faculty Dr. Carol Arnosti. Presenter Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Marine Sciences Title: Catalysts of the Carbon Cycle: Microbially-driven Carbon Cycling in the Ocean Abstract: Marine dissolved … Continued

UNC Marine Sciences’ is proud to host a seminar by one of our own faculty Dr. Andreas Teske. Presenter Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Marine Sciences Title: Exploring hot spots and cold seeps on the ridge flanks of Guaymas … Continued

The Ph.D. Proposal Defense of Alexandria Hounshell will be presented before the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in seminar room 222 in Morehead City, NC and live broadcast to UNC Department of Marine Sciences conference room 3204 on the 3rd floor of Murray Hall … Continued

UNC Marine Sciences’ Assistant Professor Adrian Marchetti hosts a seminar presented by Mike Kinsford, Ph.D. Presenter Affiliation: Marine Biology and Aquaculture, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Australia Title: Connectivity among populations -the never ending story? Abstract: The persistence of marine populations … Continued

Methane hydrates are a type of ice that has trapped methane molecules. It is estimated that there may be 1500 gigatons (1015 g) of carbon trapped in methane hydrates in the sediments of the world’s continental margins. This volume of methane gas is equal to the volume of the Mediterranean Sea under standard conditions; providing a tremendous amount of potential energy to the ~106 microbial cells/cm3 found in hydrate sediments. This seminar explores the interplay between these rich microbial communities and this large methane reservoir.