Join us for the Bodega Marine Laboratory Seminar Series! On 9/24, @catalicu.bsky.social, an Associate Professor at Cal Poly Humboldt, will present “Negative biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships in the context of microbial community assembly” Register: ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us for the BML Seminar Series! On 9/17, Holly Moeller @mixotrophe.bsky.social, an Associate Professor in the Dept of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology at UCSB, will present "Trade, Borrow, or Steal: How Acquired Metabolism Drives Evolutionary Innovation." ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We’ve had some requests to see our new research vessel — so here it is! 🌊🚤 Thirty-three @ucdavis.bsky.social undergrads ventured out for the inaugural class trips last week, with perfect weather & plenty of excitement on board. Watch for an announcement of the vessel’s name soon! 📸: John Largier

It’s early — almost too early — but @ucdavis.bsky.social microbiology major Leo Konefat has a low tide to catch. Follow 2025 EVE Scholar Leo through a summer spent at the Bodega Marine Laboratory investigating eelgrass wasting disease: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/best-job-ive-ever-had

Bodega Marine Lab’s new boat went out for its first sea trial last week. This involves running the engine at different speeds while staying close to shore for safety, so the team made the most of it by spelling “BML” with their route! We’re excited to welcome this vessel to our fleet! 📸: Abbey Dias

Join us for the Bodega Marine Lab Seminar Series! On 9/10, Beth Rose Middleton, a professor at @ucdavis.bsky.social, will present “From the Mountains to the Sea: Restoring Relationships for Landscape and Community Resilience” Register: ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Microplastics are everywhere—oceans, rivers, even bottled water. What does that mean for marine life & communities? Join UC Davis researcher Dr. Christina Pasparakis + the ToPEC Lab on 9/10 at 12pm PT for "Beneath the Surface: Advancing Science for a Cleaner Ocean." ucdavis.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us for the Bodega Marine Lab Seminar Series! On 9/3, Maya Groner, a Senior Research Scientist at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, will present "Warming seawater and disease in iconic crustacean fisheries" Register: ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us for the Bodega Marine Lab Seminar Series! On 8/27, Adrian Stier, an Associate Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present “Dynamic Seascapes: Feedbacks Between Habitat-Forming Species and the Communities They Host.” Register: ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The @ucdavis.bsky.social led Kelp RISES project and White Abalone Conservation program show what’s possible when federal funding supports science with depth and direction: reviving species, connecting disciplines, and keeping knowledge alive and growing. 🌊🐌🌿 arcg.is/0SOHeT3 #NSFfunded #NOAAscience

Join us for the Bodega Marine Lab Seminar Series! On 8/13, Bethanie Edwards, an Assistant Professor at University of California, Berkeley, will present “Oxylipin chemical signaling across trophic levels and ecosystems” Register: ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us for the Bodega Marine Lab Seminar Series! On 8/6, Jonathon Stillman, a Professor and Adjunct Professor at SFSU and UC Berkeley, will present “Does the thermal environment induce transgenerational plasticity in the porcelain crab, Petrolisthes cinctipes?” ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

WHALE hello there 👋🐋 A few giant visitors passed by Bodega Head on July 26, captured in these images by naturalist and Bodega Marine Reserve Research Coordinator, Jackie Sones. See more wild finds on her blog, The Natural History of Bodega Head: bodegahead.blogspot.com

How far do the ripple effects of #marinescience at @ucdavis.bsky.social go? Our new story series starts with Andrew Whitehead’s research on how #pollution changes fish biology for generations. It's a story of genes, justice, and lasting impacts: arcg.is/1uGiPj1 📸 Andrew Whitehead | ✍️ Lila Magbilang

Join us for the Bodega Marine Lab Seminar Series! On 7/30, @hankbaker.bsky.social, a postdoc in the Dept of Environmental Science Policy and Management at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, will present “Causes and consequences of variation in fish movement strategies” ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

UC Davis PhD candidate Elisabeth Sellinger traveled to France as part of the French American Doctoral Exchange (FADEx) Program in Marine Science. She explored international collaborations, connected with fellow ocean researchers, and even gave her biggest talk yet: buff.ly/dkRlHyP 📸: Joaquim Nassar

Students in Eric Sanford's BIS 124 and EVE 114 classes at the Bodega Marine Lab tested how seawater exposed to different sea star species might influence Black Turban snail feeding—and practiced skills they'll put to use in their own independent projects later this summer.

Maddie Armstrong’s Bilinski Fellowship at BML project brought science, sustainability and art together at the Bodega Marine Lab. Attendees dyed beanies with purple urchin spine dye, explored kelp forest ecology and toured the lab and reserve: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ac09...

Welcome to Spawn Stars - also known as ETX 127. Drs. Christina Pasparakis, Ellie Fairbairn, Cristina Torres-Duarte, and PhD student Zeke Spooner are teaching summer session students at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab how to spawn echinoderms, including sea stars, purple urchins, and sand dollars.

Join us on August 5th for "Engineering Ecosystems for Coral Recruitment and Survival", with speaker Dr. Linda Wegley Kelly, an Associate Research Scientist at @scrippsocean.bsky.social, and our 2025 lecturer in the Dr. Donald L. Mykles Distinguished Lecture Series: airtable.com/appEOgQ4D9g6...

UC Davis PhD Student Zeke Spooner's Bilinski Fellowship at Bodega Marine Lab project brought community members and researchers together for a series of beach cleanups to combat plastic pollution: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ac09... 📸: Zeke Spooner and Cristina Torres-Duarte

We still have a few spots open for free, docent-led public tours of the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory in July (although we will be closed on Friday, July 4th, and there will be no tours that day), and August dates are now available to reserve! 1/2 bodega-marine-lab-tours.eventbrite.com

UC Davis PhD student Shreya Banerjee centered her Bilinski Fellowship at BML on bringing marine genetics to life for students at Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep. Partnering w/ teacher Jasmine Daragahi, she led a class research project with hands-on lab work & a field trip to the lab: buff.ly/PhrGopB

UC Davis marine ecologist @dranyabrown.bsky.social studies microbes from coral reefs to seagrass beds, showing how ocean life is linked across ecosystems. “It’s all one ocean… it connects us all.” 🌊 marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/anya-br...

Join us on 8/5 for "Engineering Ecosystems for Coral Recruitment and Survival", a lecture by Dr. Linda Wegley Kelly, an Associate Research Scientist at @scrippsocean.bsky.social, and our 2025 featured lecturer in the Dr. Donald L. Mykles Distinguished Lecture Series: airtable.com/appEOgQ4D9g6...

Let’s sea what’s on the horizon for this grad! 🌊 Please join us in congratulating @ucdavis Marine and Coastal Science major Claire Low! 🎓 #UCDavisGrad #Classof2025

Came for the science, stayed for the sea, and left with a degree! 🌊 Please join us in congratulating UC Davis Marine and Coastal Science major Colby Kalasardo! 🎓 #UCDavisGrad #Classof2025 🎓

Waded through waves and coursework, now it’s time to celebrate! Please join us in congratulating @ucdavis Marine and Coastal Science major Lainie Mikeska! 🎓 #UCDavisGrad #Classof2025

Congratulations to Claire Murphy @clurmurph.bsky.social who has been awarded the 2025 CBS Dean’s Mentorship Award for her dedication to fostering inclusion & curiosity in science through hands-on research & guidance. Learn more. @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social biology.ucdavis.edu/news/champio...

Degree secured, coastal currents ahead! ⛵️ Please join us in congratulating @ucdavis Marine and Coastal Science major Zoe Fricker! 🎓 #UCDavisGrad #Classof2025

The #Classof2025 is making waves! 🌊 Please join us in congratulating @ucdavis.bsky.social Marine and Coastal Science major Serena Bhalla! 🎓 #UCDavisGrad

Sailed through the science, now onward to new shores! Please join us in congratulating UC Davis Marine and Coastal Science major Jessica Bartolome! 🎓

From tidepools to tassels, this Marine and Coastal Science grad is ready for what's next. Please join us in congratulating @ucdavis.bsky.social Marine and Coastal Science major Kylie Tretschok! 🎓 #Classof2025 #UCDavisGrad

Join us for the Bodega Marine Lab Seminar Series! On 6/18, Rob Lusardi, asst prof in the UC Davis Dept of Wildlife Fish & Conservation Biology, presents "Understanding how diverse and productive freshwater habitats contribute to species resilience in the Anthropocene" ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Deer crossing! 🦌 🦌 🦌 🦌 From the Horseshoe Cove webcam on the Bodega Marine Reserve: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/bml/webcam youtu.be/wA9WimT01W4

Anya Brown - @dranyabrown.bsky.social, marine scientist at @ucdavis.bsky.social & Nat Geo Explorer, studies how coral microbes shape reef resilience. “It’s the kind of thing that unites so much of life on Earth,” she says. 🌊🪸🐠 Read more in Nat Geo: www.nationalgeographic.com/impact/artic...

On #WorldOceansDay 🌊 and every day, we honor the coastlines that ground us, the species that inspire us, and the research that gives us hope.

Study published in @meps-ir.bsky.social finds tiny, hardworking cleaner fish play a role in reef microbial diversity. Learn more @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social @whoi.edu @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

Join us for the Bodega Marine Lab Seminar Series! On 6/11, Bushra Khan, a project scientist at the UC Davis Marine Pollution Studies Laboratory at Granite Canyon, will present "Integrating New Tools & Approaches into an Environmental Monitoring Program in California" ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

When reef fish need a deep clean, they head to the “spa,” where cleaner fish scrub away parasites and bacteria. A UC Davis–WHOI study led by @dranyabrown.bsky.social shows this may shape microbial health across coral reef ecosystems: www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news... 📸: Matthew Nicholson, UofM

At Bodega Marine Lab, a trio of @ucdavis.bsky.social PhD students transformed research into an unforgettable performance. "Artistic Visions of Coastal Renewal" explored adaptation, resilience, & creative connection through the lens of fashion, dance & film. marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/art-and...

Join us for the Bodega Marine Lab Seminar Series! On 6/4, Dr. Gina M. Chaput, a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at @ucdavis, will present “Unraveling the Eelgrass Microbiome: From Controlled Lab Experiments to Field-Scale Patterns” Register: ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

It’s kelp season! Ocean upwelling brings cold, nutrient-rich water that fuels bull kelp growth. Julieta Gomez (@farallonesnews.bsky.social) & Rachael Karm (Sonoma State) are growing #kelp at the Bodega Marine Lab to help restore coastal forests. www.petaluma360.com/article/ente...

UC Davis undergraduate Caroline Donohew spent a summer at Bodega Marine Lab investigating how an introduced species may be changing local invertebrate communities. Supported by the EVE Scholars program, her independent research explores the impacts of marine invasions. buff.ly/Y3cm3bf

Hi BlueSky! It’s time I introduce myself: My name is Karolina and I study seagrass-microbiome interactions 🌱🦠 and my first project has been published!! Check out how sediment affect seagrass performance and their microbes below! 🥳

Join us for the BML Seminar Series! On 5/28, Kayode Jegede, an asst prof of Cooperative Extension for Agricultural Toxicology at UC Davis, will present "Advancing Realistic Chemical Risk Assessment: Evaluating Relevant Mixtures and Soil Test Species for Environmental Protection" buff.ly/yjBlpLW

Couldn’t make it to our symposium on #microplastics, hosted jointly by the UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute and @deltacouncil.bsky.social? Watch the recordings here: Part One - youtu.be/vUWDuOXGuJM Part Two - youtu.be/nTfQSzxo6RM

Join us for the Bodega Marine Lab Seminar Series! On 5/21 Sascha Nicklisch, an Asst Prof in the UC Davis Dept of Environmental Toxicology, will present “Sabotaging Gatekeeper Proteins: Revealing the Molecular Mechanisms of Seafood Contamination by Legacy Pollutants” ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

If you ever need an hour of perfect waves, perfect weather, and perfect harbor seals: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSbI...

A speckled fawn and watchful doe appeared on the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Reserve today, the first we've seen this season. Still a little wobbly, the fawn follows its mom with bounding hops - its first lessons in the art of moving like the wind. 📸: Kristin Aquilino