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Celebrating the end of another successful academic year!

5/14/2025

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Master Jaclyn successfully defended her thesis!

4/22/2025

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Jaclyn did a great job defending her master thesis on the microbiome of the coral killer ascidian Trididemnum solidum on Wednesday April 16!
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Lindsey defended her Honors Thesis!

4/9/2025

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Congrats Lindsey on the successful defense of your Honors thesis on Monday, April 7! Great job!
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Another great Benthic Ecology Meeting!

4/9/2025

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Brenna, Jaclyn, Patrick and Susanna attended the 52th Benthic Ecology Meeting in Mobile, AL April 2nd to the 5th, 2025!
Brenna presented another chapter of her PhD thesis and Jaclyn presented her master results. Grace Kennedy from the Tolar Lab also presented on sea-squirts and their archaeal symbionts. It was great to reconnect with colleagues and friends from all over the USA!
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Happy Holidays and New Year 2025!

12/22/2024

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Wishing you all a peaceful and well deserved break. See you in 2005!
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Fall 2024 Graduation

12/17/2024

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This semester the iMESA Lab had a lot to celebrate!
- Eden, a PhD student at Dr. Posey's lab but who spent several semesters at the iMESA Lab doing permit fish population genetics graduated. Congratulations Dr. Garcia!
- Our DIS student Julia Depuis graduated with a Bachelor's in Marine Biology, yeayh Julia!
- Susanna had the honor to carry the banner for the College of Science and Engineering!
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125 attended the NC American Society for Microbiology annual meeting at UNCW!

10/12/2024

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The iMESA Lab and colleagues, Drs. Tolar, Kiser, Ushijima, Rhodes, and Frampton organized this year's NC American Society for Microbiology meeting at UNCW Center for Marine Science on October 12, 2024.
We welcomed 125 attendees from all over the state and enjoyed a fantastic plenary lecture by Dr. Anne Thompson, as well as numerous outstanding oral and poster presentations!
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CMS Open House 2024

10/5/2024

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Another UNCW Center for Marine Science Open House event is on the books! This year we had 1022 attendees walk around the different booths and learn about the many different research programs at the Center!
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Congratulations, Brenna!

9/14/2024

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Brenna just received an Owen Graham Kenan Fellowship, a merit-based award for students who demonstrate high academic achievement! Hard work pays off!! 🎉👏
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2nd Ascidian Taxonomy Workshop

6/24/2024

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The 2nd Ascidian Taxonomy Workshop was held at Coastal Carolina University from June 24 to 28, 2024 and was funded by NSF DEB-2122475.
Eleven ascidian taxonomist in-training  from 7 countries attended the event, including iMESA Lab members Brenna Hutchings and Jaclyn Levine!
The workshop was taught and lead by Drs. Stefaniak (CCU), Nydam (SOKA) and Lopez-Legentil (UNCW, iMESA Lab).
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    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

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The main goal of our research is to gain a deeper understanding of the impact that we, humans, have on the  environment and their inhabitants.
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