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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

UNC Marine Sciences Professor and UNC Institute of Marine Sciences Director Rick Luettich hosts a seminar presented by Norberto Nadal-Caraballo, Ph.D.. Presenter Affiliations: Leader, Coastal Hazards and Stochastic Processes Group, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center Title: Probabilistic Coastal … Read more

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.

An interdisciplinary seminar presented by UNC-CH Department of Marine Sciences graduate student, Rachel Canty. Seminar Title: Chemotactic influences on phytoplankton-bacteria interactions Abstract: Bacteria play an important role in cycling organic matter to higher trophic levels as well as providing inorganic matter to autotrophs. … Read more

UNC Marine Sciences’ Distinguished Professor Brent McKee hosts a seminar presented by UW Graduate Student, Emily Eidam Presenter Affiliation: University of Washington School of Oceanography Presenter Discipline: Marine Sediment Transport Seminar Title: Sedimentary processes contributing to delta evolution: Insights from the Elwha and Mekong … Read more

A research seminar presented by UNC Institute of Marine Sciences Graduate Student, Greg Sorg. Seminar Title: Testing the Effectiveness of Alternative Substrates for Subtidal Oyster Reef Construction Abstract: In North Carolina, the wild stock of Eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, is currently a … Read more