The Johnson Lab hosted several presentations and demonstrations as part of DUML Open House 2019. The exhibits focused on the diversity and role of algae / phytoplankton in the coastal ocean as well as the biotechnological applications of algae for sustainable food, feed and fuels. Hundreds of visitors were able […]
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Happy holidays from the Johnson Lab! Hope plankton brings you something good this year. (Plankton converts to coal in ~300 million years.)
Dr. Zhiying “Bruce” Lu joined the Johnson Lab as a postdoctoral research associate and funded by the China Research Council. Dr. Lu’s research focuses on using recycled medium (used water) for growing microalgae as a source of food and fuel. At the Johnson Lab he will work as part of […]
On Saturday, April 1st, 135 middle school girls visited the Duke Marine Lab to take part in hands-on activities in the fields of microbiology, remote sensing, geographic information systems, environmental engineering, developmental biology, marine science, physics, and more. The goal of GEST is to expose girls to STEM opportunities and […]
Prof. Claudia Benitez-Nelson of the University of South Carolina visited the Duke Marine Lab and gave a stirring seminar on harmful algal blooms off of California. Claudia’s talk, “Neurotoxins and the Environment. Understanding the Production, Cycling and Fate of Domoic Acid Along the California Coast” was a fantastic mixture of oceanography […]
The microbe team welcomed two new students, Elsa (Jia Li) and Norah (Xue Rui), two visiting undergraduates to the group. They are joining the lab for 5 months to complete their undergraduate honors dissertations at Tianjin University, China. Both are working on the molecular diversity of microbes, in the context […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Johnson Lab welcomed ~50 scientists from universities across North Carolina to discuss ongoing and future studies in coastal marine ecology. Specifically, the NC Long-Term Marine Ecology Scoping Meeting worked towards: (1) identifying ‘Coastal’ NC assets including existing data and measurement/analyses capabilities among NC scientists, (2) refining questions, project goals […]