Many of us have heard that oysters are an important part of our ecosystem, but many do not know why, or how to help protect them! In the Puget Sound we have two primary oyster species: the native Olympia oyster,
Oyster Sustainability
Megan Hintz presentation at the Pacific Shellfish Growers Association Meeting
In case you missed it, Megan gave a great presentation at #shellfish70, the 70th annual Shellfish Conference and Tradeshow sponsored by teh Pacific Shellfish Growers Association. Her whole talk was broadcast on Periscope, so you can see the whole thing here: https://www.periscope.tv/acid_safs/1jMJgAVDqgAKL. Great
Update on Olympia Oyster Hand Counts in the Becker Lab
It has been a crazy past couple of quarters in the Becker lab, everyone is working so hard! I have been conducting hand count identification on the plankton samples that we collected in the summer of 2015 from our two
Driven to Discovery–a video featuring the #BeckerLab!
With huge praise for Cody Char, our amazing video guy at UW Tacoma. A short video about our work in the Becker Lab at UW Tacoma.
A history talk??
It’s been a busy winter in the Becker Lab, and our posting habit fell off a little. We’re gearing up for a more public spring. But I wanted to jump on to do a little shameless self-promotion. I am very
Upcoming Public Talk
I will be giving a public talk as part of the Pacific Science Center’s Science Café series. This series seeks to bring scientists and public together in casual settings to talk about topics of interest. I’d love to see you there! Tacoma
The unsung heroes of scientific research
Here in the Becker Lab we are wrapping up another busy summer of field work. When I began planning for this field season I knew I couldn’t do it without our wonderful collaborators on this Washington Sea Grant funded research
Hunting Bivalve Larvae: A Field Report
It’s a quiet morning and the light rocking of the floating dock, small lapping of tiny waves against the shore, and clunking of boots on weathered planks can be heard. The field team arranges gear on a small skiff that
The Payoff: Poster Day!
This month we say goodbye to part of the Becker Lab. It seems like yesterday when I posted about their arrival! Now that spring quarter is over, the students taking the ten-week research experience class have finished their projects and
The Perfect Field Day at Mud Bay!
What makes for a good day of field work? Finding plenty of good data? Having nice weather? Having unexpectedly gracious hosts? Being able to sleep in? Having our day filmed by a professional photographer? Our field day at Mud Bay