This #PhycologyFriday, I want to highlight the awesome work that @laurenelees & her #UCIBioSci mentees are doing to understand how nitrogen (N) use by #kelp changes w/ location, form of N (including urea!), & N availability. Such cool stuff! @sierrahopelet @UCIEEB @UCIBioSci 🌊🌱
It was really great to gather for in-person end-of-quarter research presentations by our #UCIBioSci Bio 199 undergrads today! Here, Calvin Huang shows us results from a nutrient experiment in local tide pools - orange bars are pools w/ added N & P. @UCIEEB @UCIBioSci @UCIrvine
#UCIBioSci undergrad Joshua Lu is a Bio 199 student in our lab group studying nutrient and herbicide effects in local tidepools. Here, he’s prepping #Ulva #seaweed samples to measure impacts of storm & irrigation runoff on seaweeds’ internal nitrogen levels. @UCIEEB @UCIBioSci
.@laurenelees is measuring urea in seawater to quantify nitrogen uptake by #kelp. Check out that bright pink color! #UCIBioSci @UCIEEB @UCIBioSci
Undergrads can't come to the lab because of COVID, so did student presentations on historic discoveries and the scientists behind them. They were all amazing! Thanks to all who participated from @masrilab @RemiBuisson @MarcusSeldin labs and our own Sarah and Samuel!! #UCIBioSci
Every week, I meet w/ a group of new #UCIBioSci students (freshmen & transfers) to help orient them to @UCIBioSci & the @UCIrvine campus. Most of them haven't even been to campus, expect maybe to take a tour. It has to be super-hard to be a new student on campus right now:
So happy to see this pallet arrive at the #UCIBioSci loading dock here at @UCIrvine today, after a ⛴ & 🚚 journey of ~2,000 miles from AK to CA! Ready to come pick up your gear, @millerlp @gabkalb? #SitkaNSF @CascadeJBS
Last day of my #UCIBioSci Freshman seminar on marine biology. The students gave great presentations on #ocean #conservation: sustainable fisheries, plastic pollution, & living shorelines! @UCIEEB @UCIBioSci
Packed room for @LinhAnhCat's dissertation defense this morning: linking airborne fungal dispersal w/ ecosystem function. #UCIBioSci @UCIEEB
Today in my #UCIBioSci Freshman seminar, we worked on surveying and sampling techniques on the shore at Corona del Mar @UCIBioSci @UCIEEB
Today in my #UCIBioSci Freshman seminar, we quantified effects of snails (respiration) and seaweeds (photosynthesis) on changes in O2 concentrations. None of the students had seen photosynthesis or respiration in action before & they were super-excited! @UCIBioSci @UCIEEB
Many thanks to @SymbiontSam who led a hands-on demonstration about sea anemones w/ my #UCIBioSci Freshman seminar students today! @UCIBioSci @UCIEEB
Seastars are really cool. Check this out: https://youtu.be/K2G7L5hcEt8 (prepping for my #UCIBioSci Marine Bio Freshman seminar tomorrow 😀) @UCIEEB @UCIBioSci
Super excited to be teaching a @UCIBioSci @UCIEEB Freshman seminar on marine bio this quarter. It's called "The Life Aquatic" 😀🐠 #UCIBioSci
Measuring NPP and R today for #SitkaNSF. Hoping for a *productive* day. @Bernatchez_G @millerlp @UCIBioSci @SDSU_CMIL #UCIBioSci
