Professional Larval Shellfish Trackers
The time has been flying by so fast, as our Research Experience class is now already in our fourth week of the quarter! Last week (April 16), we had our second lab day at Manchester Environmental Services National Lab. There,
Our current research class project is to look at the restoration of Olympia oysters in Washington. On April 9, 2015, we went to the Puget Sound Restoration Fund hatchery site in Manchester where they are trying to restore the populations
After a lonely winter with just me and Megan (@BivalveFanatic) holding down the fort, our lab is full of life again. This February, UWT alumna Michelle McCartha (@Geoduck_Pac) joined our group as a technician to take the lead on the
While we are working on this site, we’ve also been setting up a YouTube channel (under “Becker Lab”) to organize and disseminate some videos about shellfish larvae and our lab. We’re most excited about posting videos of larvae of some of
One of the things I love about being a marine biologist is sometimes I will pause and consider the absurdity of what I am doing at that moment. This week’s example was our trip to the Puget Sound Restoration Fund‘s
We are working on a much needed update to this page. We’ve got some great stuff in the works, so please come back soon and check us out!