Seminar: My journey as a microbial oceanographer and an introduction to silica cycling in the Arctic

Katie Howe

Date: Friday, September 26

Time: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Seminar: My journey as a microbial oceanographer and an introduction to silica cycling in the Arctic.

Speakers: Dr. Katie Howe is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Kiel Reese and Krause Labs with the University of South Alabama and Dauphin Island Sea Lab.

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Fall Seminar Schedule

  • October 3:
    Speakers: Penny Demetriades, Luke Matvey, Elizabeth Leard, Marlee Mims
    Title: DISL/FDA Joint Program Fellow Presentations
    Bio: Penny Demetriades is a PhD student in Dr Kiel Reese’s Marine Geomicrobiology Lab. Luke Matvey is a PhD student at the Auburn University Shellfish Lab with Dr Tarnecki. Elizabeth Leard is a PhD student in Dr Krause’s PhySSI Lab. Marlee Mims is a PhD student in Dr Kiel Reese’s Marine Geomicrobiology Lab.

    • Penny Demetriades: Molecular-based Investigations of Microbial Source Tracking Within Mobile Bay
    • Luke Matvey: Defining interactions between farmed Crassostrea virginica (Eastern oyster) and Campylobacters
    • Elizabeth Leard: A Study of Vibrio ecology around Mobile Bay
    • Marlee Mims: Omic Insights into Decomposition: A Shrimp Story

  • October 17:
    Speakers: Dr Ben Freeman
    Title: Climate change in the tropics: The escalator to extinction and the stairway to survival
    Bio: Dr Ben Freeman is an Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia

  • October 24: Dr. Elizabeth Robinson, Louisiana Sea Grant Research Lab & Michael C. Voisin Oyster Hatchery

  • October 31: Graduate Student Prospectus Presentations: Jessica Hilliker, Gabrielle Davis

  • November 7: Dr. Jessica Pruett, University of Southern Mississippi

  • November 14: TBD

  • November 21: Dr. Missy Partyka, Auburn University Extension

  • December 5: BOATS Intern Symposium