Posts Tagged ‘Marine Microbial Ecology’
New Programs at BIOS Pair Lehigh Students with Real-world Research Problems
Students from many disciplines can hone career skills, broaden perspective, and find inspiration at BIOS
Read MoreA Showcase for Innovative BATS Research
BIOS technicians, who conduct research from the BIOS-operated research vessel Atlantic Explorer, shared their work this month at a premier ocean sciences meeting.
Read MoreGrant Catalyzes New Study of Ocean Microbes at BIOS
BIOS has been awarded $6 million to support collaborative research on the distinctive microbial communities of the Sargasso Sea over the next five years.
Read MoreGrant Provides New Equipment for On-shore Analyses at BIOS
Tools of the trade: thermocyclers, like the one used by BIOS scientist Leo Blanco-Bercial shown above, enable scientists to target and amplify specific genetic sequences of interest, whether those sequences originate from the tiniest plankton or the biggest fish on a reef. The new Molecular Multi-User Facility will have similar instruments to facilitate molecular work for ocean ecology
Read MoreSmall Change, Big Improvement: Modified Method Captures the Ocean’s Most Abundant Organism
BIOS researchers realized that the ubiquitous, ecologically important marine bacterium “SAR11″ was getting short-changed in bacterial census data. With collaborators, they improved a common DNA-based method for measuring bacterial diversity in marine environments
Read MoreFrom Contaminants to Cures, Furman Undergrads Connect Ocean and Human Health at BIOS
Last month 13 pre-medical and health students from Furman University traveled to BIOS to spend three weeks delving into marine science for human good
Read MoreREU Student Presents at Aquatic Sciences Meeting
From Boston, to Bermuda, and beyond: REU student presents at Aquatic Sciences meeting in Spain
Read MoreMicrobial Oceanography Course at BIOS Celebrates 15 Years
Since 1999 undergraduate and graduate students from around the world have traveled to BIOS each summer to participate in the Microbial Oceanography course
Read MoreResearch Reveals Patterns in Viruses that Attack Cyanobacteria
A team of researchers found that even marine viruses have a distinct biogeography, showing that Bermuda’s geographic isolation has resulted in a different community of cyanophages even in the fluidity of an oceanic environment
Read MoreOcean Microbe Communities Changing, but Long-Term Environmental Impact Is Unclear
Source: Sciencedaily.com
ScienceDaily (Feb. 9, 2012) — As oceans warm due to climate change, water layers will mix less and affect the microbes and plankton that pump carbon out of the atmosphere — but researchers say it’s still unclear whether these processes will further increase global warming or decrease it