EAPS

IAP Lecture - Predators in the Plankton: The Menagerie of Marine Microbial Eukaryotes
Date Time Location
January 21st, 2016 12:00pm-1:00pm 54-915
EAPS IAP Lecture Series 2016: Life in the Ocean
"Predators in the Plankton: The Menagerie of Marine Microbial Eukaryotes"
Speaker: Dr. Matt Johnson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Why do microscopic plants in the sunlit surface ocean eat one another? How can we preserve the natural whale population? What lives at sea-floor hydrothermal vents, and how? Scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reveal the extreme diversity of living organisms in the ocean. We will discuss recent advances in marine biology and ecology using modern tools from gene sequencing to the latest in underwater vehicles. Lectures take place in MIT Building 54 room 915, noon-1 pm unless otherwise noted.

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