NSU Currents Spring 2014 Newsletter - Volume XXIV, Issue 1

* Purkis, S. J. , Rowlands, G. P. , and Kerr, J. M. (2014). Unravelling the influenceofwater depthandwave energy on the facies diversity of shelf carbonates. Sedimentology . DOI: 10.1111/sed.12110. * Richards, V. P. , Suzuki, H., Stanhope, M. J., and Shivji, M. S. (2013). Characterization of the heart transcriptome of the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). BMC Genomics 14(1): 697. * Richards, V. P. , Grieg, T. W., Fair, P. A., McCullough, S. D., Politz, C., Natoli, A., Driscoll, C., David, V., Hoelzel, A. R., Bossart, G. D., and Lopez, J. V. (2013). Patterns of population structure for inshore bottlenose dolphins along the eastern United States. Journal of Heredity 104(6): 765–778. DOI: 10.1093/jhered/est070. Sutton, T. T. (2013). Vertical ecology of the pelagic ocean: classical patterns and new perspectives. Journal of Fish Biology 83(6): 1508–1527. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12263. Victor, B. C. , Alfaro, M. E., and Sorenson, L. (2013). Rediscovery of Sagittalarva inornata n. gen., n. comb. (Gilbert, 1890) (Perciformes: Labridae), a long-lost deepwater fish from the eastern Pacific Ocean: a case study of a forensic approach to taxonomy using DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 3669(4): 551–570. Wilson, C. E. W., Lopez, J. V. , and Smith, R. P. (2014). The use of microfluidic devices in synthetic biology. In Recent Developments in Biotechnology Vol. 4: Systems and Synthetic Biology . *indicates OC student as an author Oceanographic Center Publications (continued from page 11) 12 TwoPh.D. CandidatesGraduate In the 2013–2014 academic year, the Oceanographic Center has had twoof its Ph.D. candidates successfully defend their dissertations. Andrea Bernard was the recipient of the 2012 annual Oceanographic Center Fishing Tournament Scholarship. Gwilym Rowlands’ degree was funded in part by the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation. Andrea Bernard : “Population connectivity in the ocean: A genetic view of upper trophic level fishes displaying contrasting reproductive and dispersal life histories.” Committee: Mahmood Shivji, Ph.D., chair; Kevin Feldheim, Ph.D.; Jose Lopez, Ph.D.; and Samuel Purkis, Ph.D. Dissertation. December 10, 2013. Gwilym Rowlands : “Remote sensing the diversity, distribution, and resilience of coral reef environments.” Committee: Samuel Purkis, Ph.D., chair; James Goodman, Ph.D.; Andrew Bruckner, Ph.D.; and Bernhard Riegl, Ph.D. Dissertation. August 8, 2013. Study, Relax at New Graduate Student Center In fall 2013, the OC opened its Graduate Student Center. Located on the second floor of the Forman Building, in the area that was once the library, the center is open to all students to study, collaborate, and relax before classes or at any time. In addition to providing students with a study area, the center also serves as a central location for the Oceanographic Center’s Peer Mentorship Program and student support services for students on campus and at a distance. Eric Carlson, M.S. student, relaxes in one of the lounge areas in the student center. M.S. students Alex Marks and Bethany Brockhoff study before class. Third Summit Trains Mentors This winter, the Peer Mentorship Program hosted its third annual Mentorship Summit. This summit aids in training current students to assist first-year students in their transition to the Oceanographic Center, both academically and socially, by providing support and resources from seasoned student mentors. This year, Nicole Fogarty , Ph.D., assistant professor, gave a presentation to the group about traits necessary to a good mentor. OC peer mentors received their recognition certificates for completion of their training. From left: Kayelyn Simmons; Allison Santos; Nicole Fogarty, Ph.D., assistant professor; Ian Rodericks; Amanda Costaregni; Eric Burdett; Sonia Ahrabi-Nejad; Matt Ware; Lauren O’Connell; and Chris Grissett.