The University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center is now accepting registrations for the 2017 Developmental Biology Teaching Workshop (DBTW) which will be held June 27-July 1 in Walople. First offered in 1992, DBTW has been a mainstay of summer programming at the DMC. The professional development workshop introduces developmental biology instructors to a variety of […]
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On Thursday, December 1, Kevin Du Clos successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole. The defense not only earned Du Clos a Ph.D. in Oceanography from the School of Marine Sciences, but it was also the conclusion of a long and productive research career at the DMC […]
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On Thursday, November 17, Jesica Waller, a graduate student in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, successfully defended her master’s thesis at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Waller’s research examines how lobster larvae may be impacted by ocean acidification and warming. Earlier this fall, her work received international media attention as the […]
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Carl Huntsberger and Whitley Gilbert are two new graduate students at the Darling Marine Center who would like their research to support better management of two of Maine’s most valuable natural resources—clean water and lobsters. Huntsberger was 9 years old when he got his lobster license. He knew that a legal-sized lobster, also known as […]
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Friends and neighbors of the Darling Marine Center are invited to an Autumn Dessert Social on Wednesday, October 19 to learn about the developing plans for the future of University of Maine’s marine laboratory. The social will take place in Brooke Hall on the DMC’s lower waterfront campus from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. The event […]
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Cascade Sorte, a biologist who documented a massive decline in wild blue mussels in the Gulf of Maine, will be at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) in Walpole, on Thursday, October 6, to present a “brown-bag” seminar. Her talk, “Global change consequences and coping mechanisms in coastal marine systems,” starts at noon. […]
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Dr. Molly Jacobs, a visiting researcher at University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) in Walpole, will present a “brown-bag” seminar at the center on Thursday, September 15th at 12 noon. Her talk is titled: Age-appropriate outfits? Decorating behavior in juvenile and adult decorator crabs (Oregonia gracilis). “My current work focuses on the behavioral ecology of crabs, […]
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Dr. Jim Estes, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz and a member of the esteemed National Academy of Science, will present a “brown-bag” seminar at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) in Walpole on Thursday, September 8th at 12noon. The talk is titled: Adventures in […]
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Remembering Bob Paine, his deep New England roots, and impacts on the University of Maine By Bob Steneck Everyone who knew Bob Paine was saddened to hear of his passing. He was a giant in the field of ecology. If you’ve ever heard of “keystone species” or “trophic cascades,” you’ve learned a bit of his […]
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This summer the DMC will host several noontime seminars. Please join us Wednesdays at 12:00pm in Brooke Hall, on the DMC’s lower waterfront campus. Bring a brown bag lunch if you wish. July 6 • Stuck on you? Slippery adhesion in the nuchal joints of squids Dr. Joe Thompson, Franklin & Marshall College (and long-time […]
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