Author: Juliet Wong

Bonaventura fellow, Tamsin John, investigated the impacts of hypoxia on juvenile oysters, Crassostrea virginica, for her summer research project. Great work, Tamsin!

We are thrilled to share our new paper, “A haplotype-resolved genome assembly of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum, a keystone Caribbean reef herbivore” published in Genes. Check it out here!

Wong Lab PhD students Henry, Callie, and Emma mentored local Carteret County high school student interns through hands-on research projects this summer through the Community Science Initiative’s, STEM Pathways II program. You can learn more about it here!

Duke Climate+ students Sophie Chi, Arushi Singh, and Anna Zhang worked with Callie (project manager), Henry, and Juliet to investigate how environmental conditions affected gene expression patterns in oysters from two different farm sites. They presented their work at a … Read More

This summer, the Wong Lab hosted Hannah Floyd from Princeton University. Hannah is conducting her senior thesis in the lab, investigating the thermal tolerance of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus. We look forward to having her visit the lab again … Read More

Congratulations to all our recent graduates! Undergraduates Ruth Havener, Samantha George, Tessa Nyhan, and Jane Curry were all their Graduation with Distinction. Andrew Barfield, the Wong Lab’s first research technician, graduated with his Masters in Environmental Management.

The Wong Lab participated in the Growing Exploration in Science and Technology (GEST) event hosted here at the Duke University Marine Lab. This event hosts middle school students from Carteret County and surrounding communities. Students engage in hands-on science and … Read More

Congratulations to Ruth Havener, Tessa Nyhan, and Jane Curry for their completion of their Graduation with Distinction (GWD) senior honors thesis projects! All three recently presented their GWDs to the Nicholas School community at the Spring Symposium.

Callie Hundley (Ph.D. student), Emma Johnson (Ph.D. student), Ruth Havener (undergraduate, Graduation with Distinction), Scarlett Schwimmer (undergraduate, Bass Conx), and Reid Wygal (undergraduate, Bass Conx) presented at Oceans Week, hosted by Oceans@Duke. At the same time, Henry Sun (Ph.D. student) … Read More

The Bass Connections team, Climate Change Impacts on Farmed and Wild Oysters 2025-2026 presented their work at the joint Atlantic Estuarine Research Society (AERS) and Southeastern Estuarine Research Society (SEERS) meeting in Morehead City, NC. Great work, team!