This summer UnderTheC alum, Kelsey Ellis, and I joined the Cassar Lab from Duke University for a research cruise out of Bermuda. This was our cruise track which has striking resemblance to the Bermuda Triangle so naturally we were a little concerned about returning: The ship was the R/V Atlantic Explorer owned by the Bermuda … Continue reading
Graduating from college can be a daunting adventure. Your friends may be getting jobs, joining the Peace Corps, or living with their parents. But maybe you’ve decided to go to grad school! Hopefully you have some clear motivations and experience for doing so. Now, how do you start? Luckily, your friends at UNdertheC have all … Continue reading
Does your blog seem a little sluggish? Wishing you could ditch the coal-burning furnace keeping the internet connection blinking? Worried that your blog’s carbon footprint is embarrassingly large considering it doesn’t even have feet? My fellow blogger, you need some renewable energy, which means it’s probably time to call on Megan Schutt. Megan has been … Continue reading
This week officially marks one whole year here at UNC working on my master’s degree so I decided to take some time to reflect on a few broad things I learned. Hopefully this post will provide you with some perspective on graduate school and advice if you are starting soon. 1. Word soup is better … Continue reading
As anyone who’s watched Shark Week knows, marine science can be pretty glamorous. It’s easy to envy oceanographers when our office is a coral reef or salt marsh. But what happens during the winter, when temperatures in North Carolina plummet to a frigid 26 °F (shut up New England) and we’re stuck in our labs … Continue reading
This post is a sort of follow-up to an earlier post, “Getting Started with Bioinformatics”. Two years ago, if I were to read that post, I would’ve thought that while bioinformatics if obviously powerful, it is not that relevant to me as someone more inclined in “classic field-based wildlife biology”. In such a profession, I … Continue reading
This guest post was written by Rachel Wimmer. Rachel is a senior at the College of William & Mary studying biology and marine science. She works in the Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Lab at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science studying seagrass ecology under Jon Lefcheck. She also serves as an EcoAmbassador for W&M’s Committee … Continue reading
For people doing ecological research, the trend of increasing demand for bioinformatic skills is obvious. I’ll never forget seeing the picture below for the first time when my current adviser gave a talk at N.C. State University and finished with this image to describe how future ocean microbiome research may be conducted. There will be … Continue reading
I’ve been thinking a lot about science communication recently. From translating my research about nitrogen cycling into a lesson plan for high school students (via SciREN) to applying for science communication workshops, I feel like everything I’ve done recently has revolved around effectively communicating science to a non-scienctist audience. Which is equal parts great (!) … Continue reading
Our first Green Your Weekend post resulted in Congress banning microbeads, if we ignore the fact that correlation does not imply causation. We figured it only made sense to harness this blog’s obvious political influence with another easy tip to make your weekend a little greener! And because everyone’s thinking more pink than green this … Continue reading
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