DUML students from Juliet’s Biodiversity of Marine Invertebrates course and Dr. Josh Osterberg’s Marine Ecology course had a great class trip aboard the R/V Shearwater. We deployed an ROV over a shipwreck, performed plankton tows, and spotted plenty of dolphins. … Read More
Undergraduate researcher, Samantha George, presented her honors thesis work at the Western Society of Naturalists meeting in San Diego, CA. Her project explored how infection by boring sponge (Cliona celata) and elevated temperatures impact eastern oyster respiration rate and molecular-level … Read More
Our Bass Connections team, Climate Change Impacts on Farmed and Wild Oysters 2025-2026, wrapped up our big field experiment. The whole team got together – even our Durham-based students came to stay at DUML for the weekend!
One benefit of taking courses at the Duke Marine Lab is the direct access to the outdoors. Juliet loves taking her classes on field trips to explore our local coastal marine ecosystems and the diversity of organisms that live there.
We are so thrilled to welcome Callie (2nd from the left) and Henry (4th from the left) to the Wong Lab! Callie joins us as a James B. Duke fellow and Henry as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. Check out … Read More
We’re wrapping up a fun summer of field and lab work for our Bass Connection Oyster project, supported by two of our Bass Connections student team members, Jane Curry and Ryan Meshanko. Special thanks to Susan Hill for giving us … Read More
Even more undergraduate research happened this summer! Jane Curry (1st on the right) investigated the thermotolerance of eastern oyster larvae at different stages of development. Thanks to all those who helped out with late night oyster baby counting parties!
Undergraduates Samantha George (2nd from the left) and Tessa Nyhan (4th from the left) continued their research this summer in the Wong Lab as Bonaventura Research fellows. They investigated the effects of different environmental stressors on the heart rates of … Read More
Juliet, Emma Johnson (PhD student, Wong Lab), and Chris Klein (PhD Student, MCMF – advised by Dr. Tom Shultz) recently attended EPIMAR 2025, the 3rd International Symposium on Epigenetic in Marine and Aquatic Research, in Barcelona. Emma and Chris each … Read More
We had a great time at graduation this year, celebrating the many accomplishments of our new Duke graduates! Tani Valdez Rivas (left, Bass Connections student) and Lily Zhang (right, Wong advisee) were among the Master of Environmental Management graduates. Wong … Read More
