I am honored to receive the Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association/VIMS Fellowship for 2020-2021. As this years recipient, I had the opportunity to present to TOGA members at their annual meeting about my research. Last summer I started a new project on growth in juvenile oysters in the Chesapeake Bay.
Thank you to TOGA for being so welcoming, asking excellent questions, and sharing a love and enthusiasm for shellfish! I look forward to hopefully meeting you all in person in during 2021!
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Noel Clark, undergraduate in Marine Science, presented a wonderful talk at this years Western Society of Naturalist meeting! Her talk, titled "Age and growth of the Pismo clam (Tivela stultorum) in California" can be viewed online!
Check out the recording here May day! May day! (literally!) Today is May 1st and this afternoon I successfully defended my Masters research on Pismo clams in California! While COVID-19 required that the defense be virtual and not the format I was expecting, we had a tremendous turn out from collaborators, volunteers, friends, and family. Thank you all for your support and help throughout the last 2.5 years! My next steps are taking me to Virginia! I accepted a PhD position with the Molluscan Ecology Lab at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. I'm so excited to dive into research on another bivalve - the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Stay tuned for new developments!
This year WSN was in beautiful Ensenada, Mexico. Our lab group completed a whirlwind trip for the conference. Arriving on Thursday and departing on Sunday. Many hours of driving, a stop for coffee at Handlebar Coffee in Santa Barbara, and multiple driver changes - we made it there and back again! (There and back again, a biologists tale?) The Pismo project had 3 presentations this year!
Noel Clark, Marine Science Undergraduate, presented a poster on the age and growth of Pismo clams in California. Sara Park, Biology Undergraduate, shared an oral presentation on life history parameters in Pismo clams. Her work focuses on annual reproductive cycles and body condition. I presented on our statewide survey work, looking at habitat associations with clam presence, density and biomass across California. Everyone provided us with great feedback and encouragement at the conference! Thank you to all who helped make this project happen! Especially the Bill and Linda Frost Fund, which supported undergraduate research! Last night was the final evening of the Morro Bay Science Explorations series for 2019. The theme of the talks was shellfish and aquaculture and our project was lucky enough to be invited to speak about our work on Pismo clams.
The other two speakers focused on oysters in central California:
The audience was wonderful, engaged, and asked really great questions after the talks! I'm thankful for the opportunity to share our work and hope to see a few familiar faces at our fundraiser on May 29th at 7Sisters Brewing! Concert for the clams! |
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