We are now accepting applications for the 2024-2025 funding cycle of the Padilla Bay Foundation Graduate Research Award in Estuarine and Natural Resource Science. This award provides $6,000 for graduate or advanced undergraduate students to conduct research that is relevant for management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems.
Applications are due Friday, March 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM (Pacific). More information and how to apply are in the 2024 PBF Graduate Research Award Flyer. 

Some courses to consider for Spring Quarter!

Spring 2024 Marine Biology Courses – Details about elective and core course options for Spring 2024!
Diversity Courses for Undergrads: Undergraduate courses currently offered or co-listed within our college focused on topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the context of environmental science and studies. These courses meet the university’s Diversity Requirement (DIV).
COOL COURSES FOR SPRING 2024: check out these unique Arts & Sciences offerings. 

Fulfills: Organismal processes elective
FISH 497C Special Topics: Applied Marine Animal Physiology
SLN 21577
T, TH 9:00-10:20; labs on  M or T afternoon
Instructor: José Guzman
Pre-reqs: FISH 250 or FISH 311 or FISH 312 AND FISH 270 or BIOL 220
Restricted to AFS and MARBIO juniors and seniors through Feb. 19
ADD CODE: https://tinyurl.com/safsaddcode (form will open on Feb. 7) 

The Shorelands & Environmental Assistance (SEA) program within the Department of Ecology is looking to fill a Regional Section Manager (WMS Band 2) position. This position is located in our Headquarter Office in Lacey, WA. Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the duty station.
Ecology established the Coastal Monitoring & Analysis Program (CMAP) in 1996 and has recently added complementary work units including a Shoreline Mapping Unit and Coastal Engineering Team as part of the newly titled SEA Applied Coastal Research and Engineering (ACRE) Section. 

Join the Program on Climate Change Undergraduate Cohort and the Society for Ecological Restoration for a planting party! This party will be held on Thursday February 29th from 3:00-4:30pm at the Heron Haven work site, near Drumheller fountain.
This a description of a typical work party: 
Work parties typically involve the removal of invasive species (such as English ivy, Himalayan blackberry, and holly) and planting native species. 

For questions, please email Jessica Glass (jessica.glass@alaska.edu).

Postdoctoral Fellow: Evolution of Ice-Binding Proteins in Intertidal Invertebrates

The fellow will investigate the extent to which IBP production exists and is environmentally correlated across select lineages of intertidal invertebrates that inhabit the Arctic and subarctic. This includes generating genomic and transcriptomic datasets of several species. The project includes fieldwork, labwork, comparative genomic analysis, and coordinating specimen collection. 

Project description: A 2-year MS level graduate student project is available in the Fall of 2024 or earlier for a student interested in the development of genome-wide DNA methylation-based methods for aging Pacific halibut as an alternative to current traditional aging methods. The MS student will be jointly supervised by faculty at Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage, AK, and biologists and quantitative scientists at the International Pacific Halibut Commission in Seattle, WA and the Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Juneau, AK, to develop and validate an epigenetic clock and high-throughput genomic methods for age estimation that will inform the Pacific halibut stock assessment. 

Students Explore Aquatic Sciences (SEAS) is excited to announce our annual spring Aquatic Sciences Open House will be held on Saturday, May 18th, 2024 from 10am – 4pm.
The Open House is open to the public and offers a free and family-friendly day of hands-on learning to celebrate science and research that relates to water. Visitors can tour a research vessel and experience real working science labs here at the university. 

ACS-LA is currently accepting applications for their 2024 Research Grant in the amount of $3,000 to be awarded to a qualified cetacean researcher.

My name is Patty and I am the new president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Cetacean Society. I wanted to make sure that all eligible researchers are aware of our grant and I thought I would reach out to you personally in case you know of anyone who could benefit by receiving this grant money towards their research. 
  

Apologies for the mass email, but Mark Denny and I are spreading the word that we will be teaching biomechanics at UW Friday Harbor Laboratories this summer (June 10 – July 12). You can get the details here: https://fhl.uw.edu/courses/course-descriptions/course/ecological-biomechanics-2024/.
Application review begins in early March and financial aid is available.  The course is pitched for grad students, but would be a great experience for an advanced undergrad, post-bac, post-doc or adventure-seeking professor.