Biology
Mitochondrial Bioenergetics and Organismal Responses to Environmental Change
Nishad Jayasundara, University of Maine
Sponsored by: Biology Department
Local fishermen assist leatherback research
After several years, Kara Dodge began to do other work with turtles, in particular a “TurtleCam” project with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution engineer Amy Kukulya. The project involved tagging and […]
Read MoreNew Technology Will Listen For Underwater Whale Traffic In An Effort To Reduce Ship Strikes
Scientists from the Benioff Ocean Initiative and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have deployed a a hydrophone, or underwater microphone, to listen for whale traffic in the Santa Barbara Channel. They […]
Read MoreNASA eyes the ocean: How the deep sea could unlock outer space
“When hydrothermal vents were discovered in 1977, it very much flipped biology on its end,” says Julie Huber, an oceanographer who studies life in and below the seafloor at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) on Cape Cod. “People knew that organisms could live off of chemical energy, but they didn’t imagine they could support animal ecosystems.”
Read MoreWHOI Joint Program Student Short Talks: Is Productivity Enhanced at the Middle Atlantic Bight Shelf-Break Front?
Andrew Hirzel, MIT-WHOI Joint Program
Sponsored by: Biology Department
WHOI Joint Program Student Short Talks: Early Exposure to HAB Toxins and Later Life Consequences
Alia Hidayat, MIT-WHOI Joint Program
Sponsored by: Biology Department
WHOI Joint Program Student Short Talks: Functional Traits Provide New Insight into the Succession and Resilience of a Hydrothermal Vent Invertebrate Community Recovering from Volcanic Disturbance
Lauren Dykman, MIT-WHOI Joint Program
Sponsored by: Biology Department
Lobstermen seek help in protecting right whales
Michael Moore, a scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, raised the concern that the “torturous” process the fisheries service was undertaking to write and enact the new regulations would […]
Read MoreBGC-Argo Observations and Ecosystem Forecasting for the Western Pacific Ocean
Fei Chai, University of Maine
Sponsored by: Biology Department
Know Your Ocean Science Chats: River Herring Network
Abigail Archer, Barnstable County Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Marine Program & Woods Hole Sea Grant
Sponsored by: WHOI Discovery & Visitor Center
There will be no Biology Department seminar today
Know Your Ocean Science Chats: Microplastics in the Ocean: Fact or Frenzy?
Mark Hahn, WHOI
Sponsored by: WHOI Discovery Center & Visitor Center
Blue sharks use eddies for fast track to food
Blue sharks use large, swirling ocean currents, known as eddies, to fast-track their way down to feed in the ocean twilight zone—a layer of the ocean between 200 and 1000 meters deep containing the largest fish biomass on Earth, according to new research by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the Applied Physics Lab at the University of Washington (UW).
Read MoreSharkCam reveals secret lives of basking sharks in UK
An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) known as the REMUS SharkCam has been used in the UK for the first time to observe the behaviour of basking sharks in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland.
Read MoreCracking the secret of green crabs
A feature story on Carolyn Tepolt, an assistant scientist in the WHOI Biology Department, and her research on the invasive green crab.
Read MoreInfrared Cameras Could Help Ships Avoid Whales
An interview with Dan Zitterbart, a WHOI scientist who is testing a new thermal infrared imaging system to detection whales in busy waterways to prevent ship strikes.
Read MoreA tunnel to the Twilight Zone
Scientists track hungry blue sharks as they ride swirling currents down to the ocean twilight zone—a layer of the ocean containing the largest fish biomass on Earth
Read MoreA tunnel to the Twilight Zone
Scientists track hungry blue sharks as they ride swirling currents down to the ocean twilight zone—a layer of the ocean containing the largest fish biomass on Earth
Read MoreBiology Department Summer Student Presentations
Poster Session to Follow
Sponsored by: Biology Department
Why do pilot whales strand? We ask experts
To find out what causes these mass strandings of whales, WMNF interviewed Darlene Ketten, a senior research scientist at Boston University and at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Part of her research involves pathologies associated with whale strandings.
Read MoreA Snail Story: Phenotypic and Genotypic Divergence in Littorina saxatilis in the Gulf of Maine
Sarah E. Kingston, Bowdoin College & University of Maine
Sponsored by: Biology Department
Why Do Some Animals Have Such Bizarre Pupil Shapes?
Lydia Mathger, MBL
Sponsored by: Biology Department
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Ron Bassar, Williams College
Sponsored by: Biology Department
Exploring Applications of Seq-Well, a Low-Cost, High Throughput System for Single Cell RNA and DNA Sequencing
Riley Drake, MIT
Sponsored by: Biology Department