November 11, 2015 – Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Opportunity: PhD Assistantship Fisheries Acoustics and Ecology, DEEPEND

November 11, 2015

International University seeks a doctoral student to work on a large collaborative project focusing on deep sea nekton in the Gulf of Mexico (http://www.deependconsortim.org/).

Bryan traveled to a Florida Strait sampling site to collect bacteria. He analyzed these samples to identify differences between microbial communities in the sea surface microlayer and underlying subsurface water. (Photo credit: Alexander Soloviev)

Grad Student Hamilton Hunts Oil Using Microbes

November 11, 2015

Bryan Hamilton never planned to be a microbiologist, but when the opportunity arose to study microbes that produce biosurfactant in response to oil exposure, he was drawn in completely.