News and Events | Friday Harbor Laboratories

May 31, 2023 | Publications, Tide Bite

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.

Apr 25, 2023 | Publications, Tide Bite

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.

Mar 21, 2023 | Publications, Tide Bite

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.

Feb 22, 2023 | Publications, Tide Bite

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.

Jan 23, 2023 | Publications, Tide Bite

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.

Dec 27, 2022 | Publications, Tide Bite

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.

Nov 23, 2022 | Publications, Tide Bite

Tide Bite – December 2022

Ross Whippo is one of those FHL “addicts” who return as often as possible as they move through different career stages, with their scientific focus evolving through time. Ross could have written about his research efforts diving in kelp beds, but since we’ve had kelp-focused Tide Bites recently, we asked him to write instead about his seastar work.

Oct 26, 2022 | Publications, Tide Bite

Tide Bite – November 2022

The San Juan Archipelago is blessed with diverse marine and terrestrial habitats and organisms, but most of the research conducted at the Friday Harbor Labs focuses on the wet and salty side.

Oct 1, 2022 | Publications, Tide Bite

Tide Bite – October 2022

This month’s Tide Bite highlights another research effort that spans the divide between “basic” research into understanding the biology of a marine organism and “applied” research that helps us determine how best to ensure the long-term survival of that organism – in this case, bull kelp.

Aug 26, 2022 | Publications, Tide Bite

Tide Bite – September 2022

Sharks, like few other organisms on earth, hold a broad and deep fascination for humans. In this month’s Tide Bite one of our current postdocs, Lauren Simonitis, describes her research into the (in)famous but remarkably under-studied sense of smell of sharks.