News - Menden-Deuer Lab

Susanne recognized as a 2020 ASLO Sustaining Fellow

Congratulations Susanne for being part of the 2020 ASLO SustainingFellows (https://www.aslo.org/congratulations-to-the-2020-class-of-aslo-fellows/). The whole lab is thrilled to see Susanne recognized as having sustained excellence in aquatic science and always contributing to fostering a diverse community to create and communicate knowledge . We look forward to the online 2021 Aquatic Sciences Meeting when Susanne will be officially honored.Unfortunately we won’t Read More …

Congratulation Jason for your (URI)2 Grant

Jason just received an Undergraduate Research Grant (URI)2 for building a PlanktonScope, a plankton visualizer designed with an open-hardware, open-software mentality (https://www.planktonscope.org/discover). A perfect match between his engineering background and his work in the lab. We are all looking forward to perform the first plankton observations in the next few months. Well done Jason.

Pumpkin Carving

A little late, but it was so nice to meet all together, safely, last month in Victoria’s and Jacob’s yard to carve our pumpkins. Looking forward next year to do this without any covid restriction. Right now, stay at home as much as possible and stay safe.

Jacob’s paper on temperature acclimation of phytoplankton published in L&O

What are the effect of temperature acclimation on phytoplankton growth and productivity? In his first first author paper since he has been working in the Menden-Deuer Lab, Jacob investigated the influence of temperature fluctuations on the growth acclimation of marine phytoplankton. During a 3 week period, he tested on the lab’s strain Heterosigma akashiwo the Read More …

NES-LTER Fall Cruise to study the effects of marine heat waves on ocean life

Mikayla, Victoria and Pierre are back from the EN657 NES-LTER fall cruise on board the R/V Endeavor. This exceptional fall cruise provided the opportunity to investigate the effects of marine heat waves on ocean life, following this particularly warm summer. Moreover, it was a unique opportunity for the Menden-Deuer lab to have access to phytoplankton Read More …

Double the fun, LTER samples the North East Shelf to supplement the summer cruise.

Pierre, Mikayla, and Victoria, are free on the open seas after two weeks of quarantining and multiple covid tests. The reduced science personal and R/V Endeavor crew are running the LTER transect line after the summer cruise was cut short due to concerns about covid on the ship. Jason, took this great photo as the Read More …

Andria presents her final data for the SURFO program

Last week, Andria presented the culmination of her summer work, and it was amazing! Andria worked with Pierre remotely all summer from her home in Mississippi, proving that you can do amazing, creative science with minimal lab resources. Andria was able to observe changing phytoplankton populations that correlated with wind speed, using a homemade phytoplankton Read More …

Susanne recognized for being an outstanding L&O Associate Editor!

Dissemination of research through publications takes the dedication and hard work of editors and reviewers. Susanne’s dedication and service to Limnology and Oceanography has reinforced its status as a leading journal in the aquatic science.

Cynthia Beth Rubin reflects on covid-19 in a collaborative work on roundness

Cynthia’s beautiful piece, Ciliates in the circular void, can be viewed in this online book alongside the work of other artists that were asked to reflect on the pandemic and the idea of roundness in and medium they wished.

LTER in the time of covid-19

Pierre and Victoria are traversing the northeast continental shelf on the 6th NES LTER cruise. This summer cruise looks a little different with a reduced science crew all aboard wearing face masks after being in isolation for two weeks prior to the cruise. Fair winds and following seas, friends!