Barrow — January 17
17 January 2012 We woke up a little late this morning after yesterday’s late night. Victoria and I met to go over plans for the day and to discuss the… Read more »
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Day 2 in Barrow
Marc Frischer continues his account of his and Victoria Baylor’s research trip to Barrow, Alaska. 15 January 2012 Today we again woke up early and began setting up our labs.… Read more »
Monday 2 May 2011 – Mystery Object
Today is another day of cleaning and packing. Before getting back to the packing job we decided to pack-up all our samples, get them into the dry liquid nitrogen shipper… Read more »
Sunday 1 May 2011 – Last Lab Day
Today was our last full lab day and the beginning of the end for this trip. After breakfast in the cafeteria, Zac and I began to purify bacterial messenger RNA… Read more »
Wed 27 April 2011 – Lab Day
After yesterday’s first day on the ice, today was supposed to have been spent processing all the samples we collected. However, we forgot our special set of RNA-only pipettes and… Read more »
Wed 27 April 2011 – Lab Day
After yesterday’s first day on the ice, today was supposed to have been spent processing all the samples we collected. However, we forgot our special set of RNA-only pipettes and… Read more »
Tuesday 26 April 2011 – Ice Camp! First Sampling Day.
Finally, the labs are set-up (took most of yesterday), all our gear is clean, organized, and ready for use, and was a sunny (almost 19 hours worth) and not too… Read more »
Ice Camp! – January 25, 2011
We’re getting there! With our team mostly in place (Debbie Bronk and Karrie Sines arrived today), we’re now only missing our fearless leader Tish Yager. Tish, due to family obligations,… Read more »
Skidaway Institute scientists study Arctic climate change
Climate change will have profound effects on the Arctic ecosystem, and those effects may be felt around the world. Skidaway Institute of Oceanography professor Marc Frischer is launching a three-year… Read more »
Skidaway Institute awarded NSF grants
The Skidaway Institute of Oceanography has received two research grants from the National Science Foundation totaling more than $761,000. The awards are being funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment… Read more »