The iMESA Lab Site
  • Home
  • Who We Are
  • Outreach
  • Ascidian Gallery
  • Publications
  • Get In Touch
  • Home
  • Who We Are
  • Outreach
  • Ascidian Gallery
  • Publications
  • Get In Touch
THE

iMESA Lab

Picture

@the NC branch of the American Society for Microbiology meeting!

11/8/2023

0 Comments

 
Brenna Hutchings, Patrick Erwin, and iMESA Lab collaborators: Grace Kennedy and Bradley Tolar, presented their research on ascidian symbionts in Durham, NC, November 4, 2023
0 Comments

CMS Open House

10/9/2023

0 Comments

 
The iMESA Lab had a great time informing the general public of what we do during the UNCW Center for Marine Science Open House, October 7, 2023.
Over 750 people came to learn more about our work, the oceans and ways they can help, LOVE IT!
0 Comments

A very successful sampling trip to Belize!

7/15/2023

0 Comments

 
July 4, 2023, iMESA Lab members Patrick Erwin, Susanna Lopez-Legentil and Brenna Hutchings joined researchers from SOKA, Marie Nydam, and CCU, Lauren Stefaniak and Nick Gulnick, to travel to Belize and collect ascidians from mangroves, reefs and seagrass meadows! We stayed at the amazing Carrie Bow Research Station (Smithsonian) for a week and returned with over 200 samples to analyze in the lab!
0 Comments

Celebrating our Honors Graduates!

5/15/2023

0 Comments

 
On Friday, May 12, 2023, we celebrated the accomplishments of our honor students Payton VanMiddlesworth and Jordan Pilcher at UNCW's Honors Medallion Ceremony.
0 Comments

NC Science Festival and The Invasive Sea Squirts!

4/24/2023

0 Comments

 
The iMESA Lab got to talk about Invasive Sea-squirts for 5 hours at the NC Science Festival - Full STEAM Ahead!
Friday April 21, 2023 at UNCW Watson College of Education
0 Comments

UNCW MI CASA Program

11/18/2022

0 Comments

 
On November 11, 2022, the iMESA Lab hosted 3 Hispanic/Latino high school students within the UNCW MI CASA program and introduced them to the cool Science we do!
Click HERE for more information about this great program lead by Centro Hispano
0 Comments

@the NC American Society for Microbiology meeting!

11/5/2022

0 Comments

 
Brenna Hutchings, Brandon Rose and Patrick Erwin assisted to the NC branch meeting of the American Society for microbiology in Boone and presented some of the neat work they are doing on ascidian symbionts and cetacean gut microbiomes1
0 Comments

Susanna is inducted to UNCW's $1M Club!

9/26/2022

0 Comments

 
The UNCW James F. Merritt Million Dollar Club is an exclusive club of researchers who, due to their commitment to excellence, are on the cutting edge of research, teaching, and service, reaching $1M in total external funding during the 2022 fiscal year.
0 Comments

Brenna is awarded a prestigious Ruth Turner Scholarship!

9/2/2022

0 Comments

 
Brenna applied and successfully obtained a Ruth D. Turner scholarships in Marine Biology for her project entitled "Teamwork throughout evolutionary time: characterizing the gut and tunic associated microbiomes of four Belizean ascidian species". Priority is given to proposals involving molluscs, so Brenna's work on the ascidian microbiomes was highly regarded! Congratulations Brenna!!
Picture
0 Comments

In Belize!

7/30/2022

0 Comments

 
iMESA Lab members Brenna Hutchings and Susanna Lopez-Legentil went to Belize July 20-28, 2022 to collect sea-squirts from harbors and mangroves!
0 Comments
<<Previous

    The iMESA Lab

    Our Lab seeks to advance current knowledge on marine animals’ susceptibility to human impacts and coastal ecosystem health and resiliency

    The Lab is located at the Center for Marine Science of the University of North Carolina Wilmington

    Picture
    MAKE A GIFT

    Archives

    November 2023
    October 2023
    July 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    November 2022
    September 2022
    July 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.