Tide Bites

Tide Bites: Curious Minds, by Dominic Sivitilli

The lab was buzzing with excitement when I arrived. A few weeks into the summer term, the water tables of Lab 3 were teeming…

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Written by Dominic Sivitilli

Tide Bites: Vancouver, Darwin, Hoyle and the FHL Discovery of the Largest Known Muscle Cells, by Dennis Willows

This story begins at the Friday Harbor Laboratories, on a brand-new apartment deck overlooking Friday Harbor in summer 1963. An international crowd of scientists…

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Written by Dennis Willows

Tide Bites: Friday Harbor Fog by Jessica Lundquist

My family and I arrived at Friday Harbor Labs on June 26, 2021, just before Seattle recorded its hottest day on record (42°C or…

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Written by Jessica Lundquist

Tide Bites: Transformative Tools and Integrative Imaging by Karly Cohen

I have had the opportunity to study a diversity of structures and critters – from teeth and body armor like tough scales, to softer…

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Written by Karly Cohen

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Tide Bites: Kairos & the Ghost of FHL: Writing in the Moment, by Holly Shelton

Dr. Holly Shelton holds a PhD from the University of Washington in language and rhetoric along with MA degrees in Applied Linguistics and Teaching…

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Written by Holly Shelton

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Tide Bites: Seeding the Salish Sea: First Steps of an Eelgrass Restoration Project

Disappearance of eelgrass ( Zostera marina) might seem like a trivial topic to some, but it is actually quite a concerning phenomenon. Marine organisms…

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Written by Elizabeth Nilles, Michael Ramsey and Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria

Tide Bites: A Sunflower Star is Born

Among the world's hundreds of types of known starfish (or seastars as I'll call them), our Pacific coast sunflower stars are true record breakers.…

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Written by Jason Hodin

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Tide Bites: A Tale of Two Research Vessels by Megan Dethier

Visitors to UW Friday Harbor Labs in the last nine months – or those perusing our website, which is easier these days – have…

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Written by Megan Dethier

Tide Bites: Sea Otter Disturbance by Dr. Tiff Stephens

In the summer of 2017, I travelled to FHL for one of my usual short visits of reconnecting with resident scientists and diving into…

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Written by Dr. Tiff Stephens

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Tide Bites: Students Study Kelp Consumers

Katie Dobkowski is a visiting assistant professor at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and a mentor in the FHL summer REU program. She earned…

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Written by Katie Dobkowski, James Calhoon, Katrina Johnson and Muriel Dittrich

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TIDE BITES: Enhancing Resilience: a Constant Challenge in a Changing Climate

The ocean speaks a language that is understood globally. It has been the mother tongue for generations of people who base their life’s work…

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Written by Kirk Sato

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Tide Bites: Robert F.L. (“Liko”) Self, 1949-2020

Liko Self began his time at UW Friday Harbor Labs shortly after he completed his MS degree in what was then the Department of…

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Written by Pete Jumars, with Jim Eckman

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Tide Bites: Paying It Forward by Jen Burnaford

My first trip to UW Friday Harbor Labs was in 1995. After completing my undergraduate thesis on freshwater zooplankton and spending a post-bac year…

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Written by Jen Burnaford

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Tide Bites: The Virus That Changed the Tree of Life, by Victoria Foe

I came to FHL in 2000 to study cell division, to take advantage of the sea urchins, sea stars and sand dollars whose huge,…

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Written by Victoria Foe

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