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ALVIN dive AD-4836
*I am still unable to post pictures because of the bandwidth. I will update when I get to land in November. It’s been four days since I went to the ocean bottom at 2500 feet in the HOV ALVIN. I’m still in the afterglow of the adventure and processing the breadth and extent of the Continue reading
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If astronauts go to space then what do we call people who go to the bottom of the ocean?
We’re less than 24 hours away from our sampling site at 9° N in the East Pacific Ocean. The traverse to the site has been unusually long. Originally, we had been scheduled to leave from Panama City, which would have shortened our travel time by days. We left from Newport, Oregon because a research cruise Continue reading
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Day four, 8 days since home, 5 days from our destination
It’s been 8 days since I left home and it’s the 4th day at sea. We’re getting further off shore now, so the water is nice and blue. I’m expecting the sky to start sparkling with stars free of light pollution by tonight. We had to head inland a little yesterday because one of the Continue reading
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10/10 further from shore, but not far enough
The best way to deal with seasickness is to take a nap. As soon as I start to feel queasy, I lie down in my bunk and when I wake up I feel better. I have tried to power through seasickness before because there is a lot of work to do, but it only prolongs Continue reading
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Setting sail
* Unfortunately, due to the low bandwidth on the ship, I can’t upload any pictures. When I return home, I will post many. MANY!* The drive to Newport, Oregon to meet the RV Atlantis was beautiful. Coming from Florida where the days are only now dropping into the 80’s, the weather in the Northwest has Continue reading
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10-4
I’m on the second flight toward the first destination of my current adventure. I’ll be in Portland, Oregon in 3 hours. I’ll stay there for two days before I travel to Newport, OR with my boss, my fairy godmother Beverly and my fairy sister Yeong. It’s been 6 hours since I left Michael tearfully at Continue reading
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Third Time is a Charm
I’ll be going back to sea in less than two weeks. The time has come so quickly. I have known for two years since my last expedition that I would be returning to 9 degrees north of the equator in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, but I did not know exactly when until a few months Continue reading
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The Gordon Research Conference experience 2016
Notes from my 3 hour Delta delay at LaGuardia airport I am reflecting on the last 7 days that I spent at the Gordon Research Conference (GRC), Molecular Biology of C1 Micorbial Metabolism conference in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. The GRC meets every 2 years to exchange and present ideas from experts in the field Continue reading
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Do better
So many things have been happening that I don’t know where I should start. I have been working very hard trying to maintain balance between two very important parts of my life every day, week to week for almost two years in addition to taking care of my home, my husband, and my animal babies. Continue reading
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Finding Balance
This last semester, the start of my second year in graduate school has been extremely challenging. I’ve had a lot of challenge in my life, but navigating new challenges, or a unique array of old ones sometimes can be very exhausting. I took a genomics class, taught two Biology 2 lab sections, and still tried to get Continue reading
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