The Ph.D. Proposal Defense of Adrienne Hoarfrost will be presented before the UNC Marine Sciences Department in seminar room G201 of Murray Hall and live broadcast to UNC IMS (Institute of Marine Science) seminar room 222 in Morehead City – NC. Held … Read more

Dr. Hans Paerl is an expert on algae and algal blooms and has spoken to the press a number of times this year about the causes and effects of these blooms, how they are influenced by rising temperatures as well as where and … Read more

UNC Marine Sciences’ Associate Professor Marc Alperin hosts a seminar presented by Erik Zettler, Ph.D. Seminar Title: Diversity & Function of the Marine “Plastisphere” Community Presenter Affiliation: Sea Education Association (SEA) Summary: The “Plastisphere” encompasses a diverse microbial and metazoan community … Read more

A research seminar presented by UNC-CH Department of Marine Sciences graduate student, Andrew Hyde. Title: Life in the gradient: Investigating the changing microbial community in the Orca Basin chemocline Abstract: Orca Basin is an anoxic hypersaline pool in the seabed of the Gulf of … Read more

Update from Andreas Teske’s Research/Study Leave – March My research leave at the Hanse Institute for Advanced Studies in Northern Germany is strengthening the long-standing collaborative ties of my lab to our colleagues working in marine microbiology and geochemistry at … Read more