Author: Julia Hammer

New undergrad, grad student, and faculty paper out on clown anemonefish

Nocturnal parental care and the role of parents in hatching their eggs in the clown anemonefish Madison Pacaro, Tina Barbasch, Michaela Rogers, Juan Chavez, Peter Buston, John Majoris Parental care is a critical component of many breeding systems that enhances both parent and offspring fitness. It is widely recognized that parental care varies in quality and quantity in response to […]

Dr. Xiaozhou Ruan selected as Hariri Junior Faculty Fellow

Dr. Xiaozhou Ruan selected as a 2023 Hariri Junior Faculty Fellow. The Hariri Institute for Computing’s Junior Faculty Fellows program aims to both recognize outstanding early-career computing and data-driven researchers at Boston University and support their continued development by connecting them with one another and with the Institute community at large through various mechanisms and […]

New Collaborative Paper on Predator Behavior on Coral Reefs

Recently published paper  in Proc Roy Soc B. This paper resulted from teaching Coral Reef Dynamics in 2019, and has a very diverse set of co-authors including  1) All undergraduates enrolled in the course, 2) Five BU Biology PhD students that span 5 different laboratories: Nick Ray, Tina Barbasch, Katey Lesneski, Brian Kennedy and Karina […]

Marine Science Association E-board named for Fall 2022

The e-board for the student-run Marine Science Association has been named for Fall 2022. President: Abby Hagen Vice President: Reid Thompson Treasurer: Taylor Walker Secretary Delaney Foster Interested in joining? Want to know what we’re up to this year? Email msa@bu.edu or find us on Instagram @MSAatBU

Marine Semester 2022 starts off with a splash

The Fall 2022 Marine Semester began with a two day orientation focusing on field work and snorkel skills to be used throughout the semester. Pictured are a group of students working in the BU Pool on snorkel training that they will use for classes in New England and Belize.  

Faculty and Staff visit Calabash Caye Field Station

In anticipation of our return to the Calabash Caye Field Station in Belize, faculty and staff recently visited the station to scout out field sites for Marine Semester classes and meet with Belizean partners and colleagues. Curious about what we saw? Check out the whole trip at bumarine.smugmug.com

Pete Buston Published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Faculty member and BUMP Director Pete Buston published a review of the evidence for strategic growth in social vertebrates, in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution.  The review highlights phenotypic plasticity. the ability of a genotype to express different phenotypes in response to variation in environmental conditions. The authors review examples of strategic growth in social […]

Annual Lang Lecture – Dr. Heidi Sosik

Announcing this year’s annual Lang Lecture in Marine Science: Dr. Heidi Sosik Life and Death in the Plankton, Stories from cytometry and imaging in the ocean Thursday, April 14th at 6pm 8 St. Mary’s Street, PHO 206 The lecture will be livestreamed here:   Heidi Sosik is a Senior Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic […]