GRADUATE STUDENTS ON BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE
Ascophyllum nodosum is a brown seaweed and a ubiquitous member of intertidal communities throughout the temperate North Atlantic. This cold- and calm-water loving species has long strappy branches and air bladders along its axis. It grows in dense stands that are up to a meter tall – forming beautiful floating meadows at high tide and thick, floppy mats of seaweed […]
Read moreMost of us learned back in grade school that mitochondria are the power plants of our cells. These tiny organelles, some as small as half a micrometer, give our cells the energy needed to carry out basic functions. Our teachers probably spent just as much time covering mitochondria as they did covering the endoplasmic reticulum (our cell’s factory) and the […]
Read moreIf norepinephrine were suddenly deleted from the face of the earth, you probably wouldn’t wake up in the morning. If you did, you might not get very far from the covers. Norepinephrine is small molecule that is found in the central and peripheral nervous system and it is a master arouser. If you’ve got a problem, norepinephrine is going to […]
Read moreOriginally posted at SciPos. I’m getting frightfully close to finishing, launching chapter manuscripts off into the ether of The Journal Submission Process. Each morning for the week or so after, I cringe as I open my email, hoping to not hear anything from those journals. Then at least I can breathe a sigh of relief knowing my paper has likely […]
Read moreIn December of last year I dusted off my nice suit, pleasantly learned that I can still tie a tie, and took a job with an environmental non-profit in Galveston called Artist Boat. It’s a small but passionate organization dedicated to promoting the preservation and awareness of coastal and marine ecosystems through science and art. This is my first experience […]
Read moreSome of our dedicated readers might have noticed that our content slowed down to a crawl this spring, then stopped entirely for a few months as the site went dark. It turns out that the website had fallen into a state of disrepair, and was condemned by the Internet’s building inspector (that is, our web hosting service). But that’s all (hopefully) […]
Read moreIt’s Friday and that means that it’s time for our Friday link dump, where we highlight some recent papers (and other stuff) that we found interesting but didn’t have the time to write an entire post about. If you think there’s something we missed, or have something to say, please share in the comments section! According to a recent analysis […]
Read moreIt’s Friday and that means that it’s time for our Friday link dump, where we highlight some recent papers (and other stuff) that we found interesting but didn’t have the time to write an entire post about. If you think there’s something we missed, or have something to say, please share in the comments section! Nature just released “Statistics for […]
Read moreIt’s Friday and that means that it’s time for our Friday link dump, where we highlight some recent papers (and other stuff) that we found interesting but didn’t have the time to write an entire post about. If you think there’s something we missed, or have something to say, please share in the comments section! Jon recently posted a great […]
Read moreGetting into grad school is a lot of work. By now, most North American PhD programs in ecology are in the “recruitment phase”. Students have already taken their GRE entrance exams, contacted professors, obtained letters of recommendation, written applications, and waited. Soon they will be visiting prospective universities for the dreaded interview weekend. Below is a list of things (originally published in 2014) […]
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