The Pivers Island Coastal Observatory (PICO) closed 2016 by reaching a major milestone – the 750th time point! Started in mid-2010 as an undergraduate independent student project focusing on ocean acidification, the coastal time-series has matured into a long term coastal sentinel, observing seasonal, yearly and interannual changes in the […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
17 posts
Climate, energy, and food security are three of the greatest challenges society faces this century. Solutions for mitigating the effects of climate change often conflict with solutions for ensuring society’s future energy and food requirements. For example, BioEnergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) has been proposed as an important […]
Approximately 100 sixth graders from Morehead City visited the Marine Laboratory to learn about marine science and experience a college campus. Six learning stations covered different aspects of marine science from fisheries to marine mammals to remote sensing. The Sarah Loftus, Courtney Swink and Bailey Slagle of the Marine Microbe […]
The goals of ensuring energy, water, food, and climate security can often conflict. Microalgae (algae) are being pursued as a feedstock for both food and fuels—primarily due to algae’s high areal yield and ability to grow on non-arable land, thus avoiding common bioenergy-food tradeoffs. However, algal cultivation requires significant energy […]
PhD student Sarah Loftus attended the 10th annual Algae Biomass Summit in Phoenix, AZ. The summit brings together individuals from academia, industry, and government who research, lobby for, and capitalize on the products and services provided by algae, notably biofuels, food, carbon capture, wastewater treatment, and more. Sarah won first place in the Young […]
Victoire Blanc-Garin visited the Johnson Lab from France for 6 weeks. While in Beaufort, her research focused on comparing the variability of outdoor cultures with those in constant conditions indoors. She showed that outdoor environmental conditions can be at times extreme, but generally the algae strains examined were able to […]
ZIJ presented at ISME16 in Montreal on the temperature regulation of Prochlorococcus photosynthesis and growth under the title, “The effect of temperature on gene expression and carbon uptake/release in diverse strains of Prochlorococcus” Its a good time to be a Microbial Ecology! Abstract: The ecological success of the marine cyanobacteria […]
Alyse Larkin successfully defended her PhD titled, “Ecological Controls on Prochlorococcus sp. Diversity, Composition, and Activity at High Taxonomic Resolution” She will continue working on marine microbial ecology at UC Irvine working as a postdoc. Congratulations!
On Saturday, the Johnson Lab welcomed hundreds of people into the laboratory as part of the Duke Marine Lab’s annual Open House event. The Open House is an opportunity for the public to tour DUML facilities, learn about ongoing research, and view some of that research in action. Upstairs in the Pilkey […]
Experts in the field of algal biology shared their recent successes with participants at the DOE Algal Biology Toolbox to further the community’s understanding of the current state of the art. These presentations ensure that a range of expertise is represented at the event. ZIJ presented pilot results from MAGIC- […]