The global ocean is solar powered. Unicellular eukaryotes (protists) numerically dominate coastal upwelling ecosystems where they form massive spring algal blooms that support the world’s… Read More
The biogeochemical cycling of sulfur is intrinsically tied to a diverse suite of microbial reactions. Freshwater environments rich in sulfur can serve as interesting field… Read More
Microbial interactions dictate community structure and function yet are difficult to identify in a high-throughput and accurate way directly from the environment. Co-occurrence networks can… Read More
Course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) curriculums are a valuable way for undergraduates to conduct real research through their university classrooms, especially in departments that have… Read More
The ocean stores an enormous amount of carbon and so plays an important role in regulating how much CO2 stays in the atmosphere. When organisms… Read More
The department of Biological Sciences is hiring a Full-Time, Teaching-Track faculty position. Apply HERE. Read More
In an effort to protect aquatic life from hazardous chemical exposure, regulatory agencies develop water quality criteria, numeric standards that describe the maximum concentration of… Read More
Toxin-producing harmful algal blooms threaten human health, marine ecosystems, and coastal economies. Pseudo-nitszschia multiseries, a blooming species common in western U.S. coastal waters (including California),… Read More
Dr. David Hutchins published a News and Views commentary on an important new paper in Nature on “Sinking diatoms trap silicon in deep seawater of… Read More
Oxygen Deficient Zones (ODZs) are major sources of dissolved metals to the global oligotrophic oceans, but can also be sources of climatically important gases like… Read More
