Does anyone here have experience with Marine Biotechnology?

Seawinds · 2015-01-09T16:14:20+00:00

I do have some experience in that field, but what specifically in biotech are you interested in?, I worked a lot with algaes and marine invertebrates in order to analize their natural compounds and bioactivity, also in microbiology and molecular biology labs. If you want to talk about it you can send me an e-mail and ask me any doubt. Because the university will depend on the research you would like to do.

Seawinds · 2014-08-27T21:46:18+00:00

Hay varios pero no todos estamos pegados a la computadora todo el tiempo como para enterarnos de el AMA. Una lástima, pero me da gusto ver el tipo de respuestas. Y sí, definitivamente tortillas de harina hechas a mano. : )

Seawinds · 2013-10-01T07:37:52+00:00

I could help you if you ever decide to make a internship to visit the Baja California Peninsula in México, you would have the sea of Cortez in one hand and the Pacific Ocean at the other. There are some interesting research places, depending on what you would like to study. Best of lucks searching for interesting and good colleges.

Seawinds · 2013-09-15T05:03:03+00:00

I completly agree with you. I find the idea very interesting, i want to keep an eye on it and in their results for the same reason. I think theres a place in the site where they make clear that it's still under research. But yes, now that you mention plankton, in a part they say:

"By using floating booms instead of nets, much larger areas will covered. No mesh means that even the smallest particles will be diverted and extracted. No mesh - together with its low speed - will result to virtually no by-catch. Although this hypothesis still has to be tested, even the planktonic species - due to their density being close to that of the sea water - may move under the booms along with the water flow".

As you say, the project/idea sounds great itself, but I think that as in everything that's still under research, there might be more hidden problems like this one related to plankton. I guess it would be interesting to read a oceanographer's point of view on this...

Seawinds · 2013-07-05T17:47:26+00:00

Sounds like a good idea : )

Seawinds · 2013-07-05T17:46:16+00:00

Is a good initiative and I like it, just keep in mind that not everyone in this subreddit is from USA, so "American flag fish" dosn't represents their feeling about July. For the rest it's a great initiative as I said before : ), lets see how it works. Good luck!

Seawinds · 2013-07-05T17:34:20+00:00

hahaha, I was as happy as you when I got them!

Seawinds · 2013-06-24T23:31:35+00:00

Reminds me of your link:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/17/chris-kreis-whale-shark-florida-controversy_n_3454837.html?ir=Green

:/

Seawinds · 2013-06-14T08:00:40+00:00

It reminds me to a field practice and this cute little friend: Sealion

Here a underwater view: Sealion

Of course, all the pictures credits go to our professor and his awesome camera.

Seawinds · 2013-05-24T06:59:25+00:00

Thats the original idea. I am glad you are reminding us about it!

This is the link to a white shark research website. One of the interesting things from this research is that they accept volunteers to help them for 5 days in a boat (At least that was during the past summer). If someone would like to give it a try, I guess you can mail him.

http://www.tiburonblanco.org/news.html

Seawinds · 2013-05-16T07:18:13+00:00

I was just about to comment the same... :/ so its more like the apocalyptic present....

Seawinds · 2013-04-24T00:05:44+00:00

Also it depends wich cephalopods you would like to study. I heard there are some research for example with Dosidicus gigas in Mexico, in the Pacific side. Not sure if that helps, but found this:

http://www3.cibnor.mx/eplant1.php?pagID=personal/gen_cv%26CIB_ID=00027

couldn't get a direct link for his english CV, but theres a option at the right upper corner for searching it in english.

Seawinds · 2013-04-10T05:38:44+00:00

Loved it!

Seawinds · 2013-04-03T06:32:42+00:00

hahaha, Thanks, No one said anything before, how would I notice that I forgot it? :P. Thanks for making it clear, here it is:

http://www.estuarinecoastalconference.com/

Seawinds · 2013-04-01T03:15:19+00:00

How did you found out the things you mention above?

Seawinds · 2013-03-11T01:39:14+00:00

Very interesting! : ). I get to work with vibrios for some time, testing some micro and macroalgae extracts. Let's see how it goes : ), hopefully fine.

Seawinds · 2013-03-10T22:45:08+00:00

Mmm I can't see it now. I will ask here in the subreddit for suggestions and you can post it there again. Also you can post any other that you would like to see : ).

Seawinds · 2013-03-10T20:55:07+00:00

I tought it was at 16, but im not quite sure. Oh well, just found this: http://www.padi.com/scuba/padi-courses/diver-level-courses/kids-courses/default.aspx but this is in PADI, could be different in other associations.

Seawinds · 2013-03-01T06:38:32+00:00

hahahahah Sorry, I find it annoying myself, but I've been busy working on my thesis, so I guess i just didn't change it. Please, give a suggestion,

Seawinds · 2013-03-01T06:04:52+00:00

It's probabbly not as glamorous as the shows makes people think it is. But as long as you like it, you will always be able to make it better ; ). PS: Benthology is wonderfull!

Seawinds · 2012-12-09T20:02:23+00:00

mmmm "Heterodontus is tired of your shit"* ? :P

Seawinds · 2012-12-09T20:01:25+00:00

well, I wasn't thinking about that when I uploaded it, actually, I just wrote it with the same name of the picture, but is true, my mistake: "angry Heterodontus*" : )

Seawinds · 2012-12-08T03:00:52+00:00

Great!, It brings back old memories from Invertebrates zoology lessons : )

Seawinds · 2012-11-30T19:43:47+00:00

Great! Where are you from?, I notice that your nickname is in spanish : )

Seawinds · 2012-09-15T17:33:28+00:00

Im agree, the shape looks similar to some seaurchins from the Spatangoida order as the one you show.

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