Fort Johnson Marine Science Seminar Series
Place: MRRI Auditorium at Fort Johnson
Time: 4 p.m. on Friday afternoons, unless otherwise posted
Refreshments: before each seminar and at a TGIF with
the seminar speaker, which occurs at the White House or the Outdoor Classroom
after the seminar
Spring 2013 Seminar Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Committee Contact (Host) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11 | Brian Vasel NOAA-OAR Earth System Research Laboratory |
NOAA Atmospheric Research - Connecting Boulder, CO and Charleston, SC | Peter Kingsley-Smith, SCDNR (P. Kingsley-Smith) |
| Jan 18 | No Seminar | ||
| Jan 25 | Jamie Lead Univ. of South Carolina |
Nanomaterials and the Environment | Paul Pennington, NOAA (P. Pennington) |
| Feb 1 | Wayne McFee NOAA/NCCOS/NOS |
Not Your Normal Mass Stranding of Pilot Whales: South Carolina, December 2012 | Paul Pennington, NOAA (P. Pennington) |
| Feb 8 | Rosemary Jagus Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, Univ. of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences |
Translational Regulation in Dinoflagellates | Fran Van Dolah, NOAA (P. Pennington) |
| Feb 15 | Eric McElroy College of Charleston |
Parasites and Swimming Performance in Estuarine Fish | Craig Plante, CofC (C. Plante) |
| Feb 22 | Enrique (Ren) Salgado NOAA/JHT/CCEHBR |
Using Photos and Videos to Build a National Deep-Sea Coral Database | Paul Pennington, NOAA (P. Pennington) |
| Mar 1 | Mary Conley The Nature Conservancy |
Enabling the Conservation of Marine Resources through Ocean Planning | Susannah Sheldon, SC Sea Grant (S. Sheldon) |
| Mar 8 | No Seminar | Spring Break | |
| Mar 15 | Jose Maria Monserrat Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil (NIST guest/visiting researcher) |
Lipoic Acid Supplementation in Aquatic Organisms | Tracey Schock, NIST (P. Kingsley-Smith) |
| Mar 22 | David Evans NOAA/NCCOS/CCFHR - Beaufort Laboratory |
What Can Measurements of Mercury Concentrations in Marine Fish Tell Us? | Steven Christopher, NIST (P. Pennington) |
| Mar 29 | James Oliver UNC - Charlotte |
Vibrio vulnificus: Death on the Half Shell | Peter Kingsley-Smith, SCDNR (P. Kingsley-Smith) |
| Apr 5 | No Seminar | ||
| Apr 12 | William Sunda NOAA/NCCOS/Beaufort Lab |
Evolutionary Strategies in Marine Phytoplankton: Interrelated Influence of Nutrients, Cell Size, and Grazing Defense | Fran Van Dolah, NOAA (P. Pennington) |
| Apr 19 | No Seminar | ||
| Apr 26 | Alejandra Garcia Centre for Research on Nutrition and Development (CIAD) |
Sex Determination and Sex Ratios in Sea Turtles: From the Lab to the Field | Jessica McCoy/Ben Parrott, MUSC (J. McCoy/B. Parrott) |
Directions
Instructions & Information for Speakers for downloading:
Links to the Fort Johnson Partners
- Center for Coastal Environmental Health & Biomolecular Research, National Ocean Service, NOAA
- Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston
- Marine Biomedical & Environmental Sciences Program, Medical Univ. of South Carolina
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Members of the Fort Johnson Seminar Committee
- Rusty Day - NIST
- Peter Kingsley-Smith - SCDNR
- Jessica McCoy - MUSC Student
- Ben Parrott - MUSC
- Paul Pennington - NOAA
- Craig Plante - Grice Marine Lab, CofC (Chair)
- Susannah Sheldon - SC Sea Grant
- Evan Sherer - CofC MES Student
- Jessica Snyder - CofC GPMB Student