News and Updates

Four Undergrads, Four Home Runs: A Spring Highlight Reel
undergraduates
sea star
oyster
research

Highlighting Hannah Nowers, Noah Ozguner, Hazel Abrahamson-Amerine, and Christina Zhang’s undergraduate research

Steven Roberts
Jun 11, 2026

Unlocking the Secrets of Tunicate Stress Responses
tunicate
cell

Highlighting Celeste Valdivia’s Master’s Research

Steven Roberts
Mar 19, 2026

Decoding Coral Gene Regulation: Tensor Decomposition and Elastic Nets Meet Marine Epigenetics
machine learning
ai

A recap of Kathleen and Steven’s talk for the UW eScience Institute

Steven Roberts
Mar 12, 2026

When Tolerance Has Limits
crab
acidification

What Juvenile Snow Crab Reveal About Ocean Acidification

Steven Roberts
Feb 25, 2026

Epigenomics in Chile
teaching
aquaculture

Teaching, Collaboration, and New Directions in Aquaculture Research

Steven Roberts
Jan 30, 2026

Can Oyster Parents Prepare Their Offspring for What’s Next?
oyster
aquaculture

Immune Training at its Finest

Steven Roberts
Jan 11, 2026

Mothers Know Best
clam
aquaculture

Maternal Signaling Boosts Larval Resilience Under Ocean Acidification

Steven Roberts
Nov 13, 2025

From Blue to Pink
oyster
aquaculture
resazurin

How a Simple Dye is Revolutionizing Oyster Physiology Research

Steven Roberts
Nov 11, 2025

Earliest Map of Oyster Germline Development Unlocks Pathway Toward Sterile Aquaculture
oyster
aquaculture
primordial germ cell
scRNAseq

New Publication

Steven Roberts
Oct 27, 2025

Intertidal Innovators: Art + Science Collaboration Brings the Shoreline to Life
education
earthlab
intertidal

EarthLab Innovation Grant–funded program connects high school students with Seattle’s nearshore ecosystems through creative expression

Steven Roberts
Sep 26, 2025

Using Metabolomics and Lipidomics to Unlock Marine Resilience
metabolomics
lipidomics

A New Perspective on Best Practices

Steven Roberts
Sep 24, 2025

Building Resilient Oysters: Launching the SORMI Project
aquaculture
stress
We are excited to share that our proposal, Development of SORMI (Summer Oyster Resilience and Mortality Index): A Quantitative Tool for Improving Field Survival, has been…
Steven Roberts
Sep 5, 2025

Scientific Breakthrough in Sustainable Aquaculture
aquaculture
sterility

New Sterility Induction Technique for Sablefish Shows Promise

Steven Roberts
Jul 14, 2025

Celebrating Undergraduate Research
shellfish
capstone

Genevieve Buchanan and Henry Berg Present Their Capstone Projects

Steven Roberts
Jun 16, 2025

Spotlight on Fellowship Success
epigenetics
genetics
climate

Zachary Bengtsson and Kathleen Durkin Earn National Recognition for Climate Resilience Research

Steven Roberts
Jun 12, 2025

Decoding Marine Memory
epigenetics

Epigenetic Insights from EPIMAR2025

Steven Roberts
Jun 11, 2025

🌟 Undergraduate Research Highlight
aquaculture
stress

Madeline Baird Presents at UW Symposium

Steven Roberts
May 15, 2025

Environmental Priming in Practice
aquaculture
stress

Former Lab Member Publishes Insightful Study on Aquaculture Resilience

Steven Roberts
May 7, 2025

Exploring the Non-Coding RNA Landscape in Reef-Building Corals
coral
lncRNA

New Preprint Drops

Mar 17, 2025

Unlocking the Future of Shellfish Aquaculture Through Genomics
aquaculture
epigenetics

A new review on the state of the field

Feb 21, 2025

Cracking the Code of Pacific Cod
cod
Alaska

How Genetics and Climate Shape the Future of Our Oceans

Laura Spencer
Feb 20, 2025

Harnessing Shellfish Environmental Memory for a Resilient Future
wsg
talk

Understanding the Power of Environmental Memory in Shellfish

Steven Roberts
Feb 10, 2025

Coral Larvae and Thermal Stress
paper
coral

Unlocking Nitrogen Assimilation as a Mechanism for Symbiotic Stability

Feb 8, 2025

Turning the tide
dna
education

Chris Mantegna, ’21, is studying how pollutants affect shellfish in our food web — and training a new generation of marine scientists.

Nov 8, 2024

Exploring Pacific Cod Resilience in a Warming Ocean
cod
Alaska
In our latest update on the Pacific cod juvenile temperature study, we've gained deeper insights into how these remarkable fish respond to different temperatures. This…
Laura Spencer
Nov 6, 2024

Deep dive into the handbook
handbook
audio

Listen in on the conversation

Sep 14, 2024

Hatchery-based Environmental Conditioning Activities
oyster
stress

an annual progress report

Steven Roberts
Aug 30, 2024

Assessing Oyster Viability Under Environmental Stress
oyster
stress

Insights from LSAMP Summer Research Efforts

Aug 22, 2024

Intertidal Innovators
education

Community Showcase at Golden Garden Park combining art and science

Aug 19, 2024

Ostras en Chile
oyster
presentation

Oportunidades y desafíos para una diversificación acuícola

Aug 6, 2024

Exploring How Environmental Conditions Impact Atlantic Salmon’s Defense Against Sea Lice
salmon
epigenetics

A collboration with INCAR at University of Concepcion

Jul 1, 2024

Cmplexities of Gene Expression
methods
tools

Exon-Level Analysis

May 25, 2024

Unraveling the Intricacies of Enrichment Analysis
methods
tools

A Peek into Our Lab Meeting

May 9, 2024

Hatchery Field Day at Point Whitney
methods
tools

Unveiling the Oyster Stress Testing Framework!

May 6, 2024

Hardening in oysters drives increased growth
oyster
aquaculture

It’s a stage specific thing

Mar 8, 2024

Decoding the Olympia Oyster
genomics
oyster
conservation

A Decade of Genomic Exploration and Conservation Insights

Feb 29, 2024

Are you really prepared?
methods
tools

An in depth discussion of why planning is key!

Feb 2, 2024

Sharing the Good Word of Marine Epigenetics
course
genomics
methods
website

A Dive into Steven’s Recent Austral Summer Institute Course at the University of Concepcion

Jan 19, 2024

Exploring the Impact of Marine Heatwaves on Pacific Cod
cod
genomics
epigenetics
rna-seq

Insights from CICOES Researchers

Jan 17, 2024

Clam Gonad RNAseq Analysis
rnaseq
aquaculture
clam
stress

Happy 2024!

Megan Ewing
Jan 4, 2024

Western Society of Naturalists
wsn
meeting
seastar

Grace #2’s meeting recap!

Grace Leuchtenberger
Nov 22, 2023

Celebrating LGBTQ+ in STEM
LGBTQ+
diversity
inclusion
dei

Feature article with Aspen

Nov 18, 2023

Western Society of Naturalists
wsn
meeting
seastar

Meeting Recap!

Grace Crandall
Nov 15, 2023

Insights from Pacific Oysters in a Heating Ocean
triploid
aquaculture
oyster
stress

A Commentary on our Recent Article

Nov 4, 2023

AquaMine
genomics

A Treasure Trove for Aquatic Genomics Research

Oct 23, 2023

MarineOmics.io
paper
genomics
methods
website

Steering the Future of Genomic Research in Aquatic Nonmodel Species

Oct 9, 2023

Unveiling the Blueprints of the Sea
mussel
genome
Chile

The Genome of Mytilus chilensis

Oct 4, 2023

Marine science mentoring over the summer at FHL
fhl
mentoring
spotlight

Feature on UW SAFS Website

Sep 18, 2023

Uncovering Population-specific Resilience to Ocean Acidification in the Olympia Oyster
paper
acidication
oyster
ostrea
tag-seq

A Deep Dive into Our Latest Publication

Steven Roberts
Sep 15, 2023

The Double-Edged Sword of Triploidy in Pacific Oysters
triploid
aquaculture
oyster
stress

New Research Highlights Increased Vulnerability to Climate Stressors

Steven Roberts
Sep 15, 2023

Genetics: Does it really matter?
paper
highlight
code
Here I will describe a recent, cool paper and try to also highlight 1) some of the material covered in our class on Proposal Writing and Professional Development, and 2)…
Steven Roberts
Feb 18, 2023
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