The iMESA Lab was well-represented at the UNCW Undergraduate Research Showcase on Saturday, April 27!
Meagan, Grace, and Taryn presented their research on sea-squirts: from the tinny microbial symbiont that helps them survive in marinas to the mighty invader that is taking over North Carolina shellfish farms and reefs!
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Susanna had a blast talking sea-squirts with Centro Acuario members on April 23, 2024!
Visit our Outreach webpage to learn more about those incredible yet understudied animals! Grace defended her Honors thesis on Ascidian abundance and diversity in shellfish farms of North Carolina on April 23, 2024! Congrats Grace!
The 52nd Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting was held in Charleston, South Carolina (USA) from April 10-14, 2024 at the Charleston Marriott.
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Susanna recently traveled to Spain (January 16-22, 2024) to give a seminar for the Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, and evaluate the PhD defense of Dr. Carles Galià-Camps.
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
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! 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!
On Friday, May 12, 2023, we celebrated the accomplishments of our honor students Payton VanMiddlesworth and Jordan Pilcher at UNCW's Honors Medallion Ceremony.
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