I’m delighted to introduce our newest lab member, Isaiah Milton, who will be joining our lab this summer through the Woods Hole Partnership Education Program. Isaiah just finished his junior year at Hampton University, where he is majoring in Marine and Environmental Science. At his home institution, Isaiah works in a genetics lab researching microRNAs in the…

We’re excited to report that Nora McNamara-Bordewick will be joining our lab this summer as a WHOI Summer Student Fellow. Nora is completing her junior year at Barnard College, where she is majoring in Cellular and Molecular Biology and minoring in Women’s Studies. At her home institution Nora works in a biology lab researching the cellular…

We’ve just had a new review article published: Tarrant AM, Nilsson B, and Hansen BW. 2019. Molecular physiology of copepods – from biomarkers to transcriptomes and back again. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. D: Genomics and Proteomics. 30:230-247. I will post the “author’s manuscript” as soon as I’m allowed, and I can share the proof/pdf upon request…

February 6-8 2019 (Note: this is #28 in a series of posts describing my NSF-sponsored fieldwork in Antarctica aboard the Laurence M. Gould) We’re making our long journey home and were able to stop off in Palmer Station for a couple of days. This is a chance to pick up samples, drop off bits of…

February 3, 2019 (Note: this is #27 in a series of posts describing my NSF-sponsored fieldwork in Antarctica aboard the Laurence M. Gould) It’s the first time I’ve seen true night since crossing the Drake Passage. These days the sun is down from about midnight until around 4 am. So far, it’s been too overcast…

February 2, 2019 (Note: this is #26 in a series of posts describing my NSF-sponsored fieldwork in Antarctica aboard the Laurence M. Gould)   Last night and today we did our last night/day pair of depth-stratified net tows (see my earlier post about the MOCNESS). The image above shows a 5-gallon bucket filled with the contents of…

January 29, 2019 (Note: this is #25 in a series of posts describing my NSF-sponsored fieldwork in Antarctica aboard the Laurence M. Gould) I’ve been a bad blogger. I mentioned a while ago that we dropped the birders off on Avian Island for a few days of intensive bird studies. I forgot to write that we did…

January 27, 2019 (Note: this is #24 in a series of posts describing my NSF-sponsored fieldwork in Antarctica aboard the Laurence M. Gould) Today was a good day. I collected samples of copepods (Calanus propinquus) that I’ve been incubating in the lab for five days. I’m trying to understand how different species of copepods, feed,…

January 25, 2019 (Note: this is #23 in a series of posts describing my NSF-sponsored fieldwork in Antarctica aboard the Laurence M. Gould). The featured image by Patricia Thibodeau shows a bunch of pteropods…look to see the beautifully extended wings on a few in the lower corner. While I’ve been developing increasing copepod-centric tunnel vision,…

January 23, 2019 (Note: this is #22 in a series of posts describing my NSF-sponsored fieldwork in Antarctica aboard the Laurence M. Gould). The photo above of Debbie Steinberg deploying a plankton net was taken by Patricia Thibodeau. We’re working away like busy little bees here on the ship, trusting that our day-to-day efforts will…