Tide Bite – October 2023

Greetings,

Summer researchers at FHL carry with them a sense of purpose and urgency: in the time they are here (it’s never long enough), they are focused on gathering data to address a conceived scientific question.  

Tide Bite – September 2023

As a very busy FHL summer wraps up, it’s fun to read this essay about one research scientist’s many summers at FHL, from lab neurobiologist staying in “primitive” huts, to Whiteley scholar housed in those elegant cabins.  

Tide Bite – August 2023

The Dining Hall & Kitchen: Heart of the FHL Campus
by Megan Dethier, FHL Director
A year ago we celebrated via Tide Bite the hard work and great attitudes of two essential FHL teams: the Maintenance and Custodial staffs.  

Tide Bite – July 2023

Many of us are (closet?) weather watchers – not just to see whether tomorrow will be a good day to garden or sail, but fascinated by patterns, extreme events, short- and long-term trends.  

Tide Bite – June 2023

Often, scientific advances are made when new methods are used to tackle old problems, like using modern genomics methods to study cancers.  This essay by Allie Tissot takes the opposite approach, using old methods (tried and true larval culturing techniques) to study new problems: impacts of modern aquatic contaminants on organisms.  

Tide Bite – May 2023

This Tide Bite is a bit different from most, in focusing less on a student or researcher’s work at FHL and more on how the ‘convening power’ of FHL can lead to wonderful brainstorming opportunities.  

Tide Bite – April 2023

FHL Fundraising: Past and Future
by Megan Dethier (with shared details from Rachel Anderson)
This Tide Bite celebrates our fundraising teams over the decades and honors the retirement of an amazing staff member, our Associate Director for Advancement, Rachel Anderson.   

Tide Bite – March 2023

I have a special place in my heart for seaweeds – one of the first family photos presaging my life as a marine biologist shows me eating seaweed in Maine at the age of 2.  

Tide Bite – February 2023

People often tell us that spending a quarter or a summer at Friday Harbor Labs as a student or intern was “life changing” or “transformative” for them.  Not uncommonly students who plan to head for a different career such as medical school come to FHL, find a new passion, and decide to study some facet of marine science instead.  

Tide Bite – January 2023

Most people are aware of the concept of invasive species – plants or animals that don’t “belong” in a given area and end up disrupting the local ecology in many ways.