Our first field day was on May 7, the day that everyone was waiting for during the past six weeks. Our research group has been working hard, planning and preparing field gear for this day. Everyone was so excited. Finally,
A little shameless self-promotion
Look what popped up on the UWT Homepage today!
Our Second Manchester Visit
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,
Puget Sound Restoration Fund hatchery in Manchester
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
Visit our YouTube Channel
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
Doping oysters and stealing their embryos
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