On Saturday, August 1, the Duke Marine Lab hosted its annual Open House extravaganza. This year’s event was exceptionally well-attended, with more than 500 curious guests coming to explore our island community, learn about the history of the Marine Lab, and delve into the exciting research going on here. The Johnson Lab was bustling with …
The 2nd annual Duke Ecology Symposium was hosted at the Marine Lab this year, increasing participation of marine ecologists at the meeting. Over 70 researchers from Duke’s main campus and the marine lab attended the symposium, which included a poster session, oral presentations by PhD students and postdocs, and three keynote seminars. Keynote speakers were Dr. …
Jennifer Martiny from UC Irvine visited Duke University and presented her latest research on microbial ecology to the University Program in Ecology. Specifically, her work focuses on the generation, maintenance, and consequences of biodiversity. Currently they are investigating the mechanisms underlying microbial diversity patterns and the consequences of this diversity for ecosystem functioning, particularly in …
The Johnson Lab welcomed Adrian Marchetti from UNC-CH to DUML for a presentation on his latest research on marine diatoms. The presentation titled, “Insights into phytoplankton evolution and ecology through environmental genomics: individual genes to community transcriptomics” highlighted his groups latest research using molecular techniques to characterize the diversity and activity of this important marine …
On a beautiful Spring day, the Johnson Lab welcomed alumni, town visitors and many others for the official opening ceremony of the Pilkey Research Building. The new building, the first research laboratory at the Duke Marine Lab in over 50 years, is a state-of-the-art facility that embraces the beauty of its surroundings while providing modern …
The Duke Marine Lab hosted 20 international collaborators who met August 14-17 to present research and develop future research plans to mature the science of using marine microalgae (phytoplankton) as a feedstock for energy and fuel. Representatives of the algae biomass consortium include university labs (Duke, Cornell, San Francisco State, Mississippi, Hawaii, University of Norland), …
The Johnson Lab participated in Duke University Marine Lab’s annual Open House on Saturday, August 3rd. Members of the community were welcomed to Piver’s Island to visit campus and learn about the variety of ongoing research at DUML. At their station inside the Repass Center, the Johnson Lab explained their research on Prochlorococcus and the importance of marine …
The Johnson Lab was joined by local science teacher Jeff Carr from Camp Le Jeune High School and participated in Ocean Sampling Day, which is part of a coordinated effort to characterize oceans from around the globe on the summer solstice. Our participation was part of an on-going ocean acidification time-series (PICO) in collaboration with …
Sara Blinebry joined the team as a research technician whose work will focus on using algae as a source of biofuels. Sara was previously a member of the group as an intern while working towards her degree. Prior to rejoining our group, Sara worked with the core molecular facility at DUML. David Hurley joins the …