FHL Open House – May 12, 2018
Please join us on San Juan Island to explore UW’s internationally acclaimed marine labs.
Once a year we open our doors and encourage folks to come see what we’re doing! As you find your way across our beautiful FHL campus, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at our facilities and learn about the research being done here.
Read more »January 2018 Tide Bites
As we take a break from FHL teaching for the winter quarter and retreat to warm labs full of good questions and better critters, it is a nice time to reflect on the impact of our educational mission.
FHL Tide BitesDecember 2017 Tide Bites
Dear FHL friends and supporters,
Happy Holidays! I hope that you enjoyed the long Thanksgiving weekend. We have so much to be thankful here at Friday Harbor Laboratories! It has been a difficult year in so many ways in our country, but here at FHL, the UW College of the Environment and the University of Washington, we continue to strive for excellence, diversity, equity and inclusion.
November 2017 Tide Bites
Happy Halloween! The leaves have turned and are dropping in the windy storms that have blown through the San Juan Islands, and the Autumn quarter students at FHL were pressing apple cider last weekend.
FHL Tide BitesOctober 2017 Tide Bites
Director’s Message:
It’s October 1st and our FHL Autumn Marine Biology Quarter and Pelagic Ecosystem Function Apprenticeship are off to fine starts! We’re happy to also be hosting the Three Seas undergraduate students at FHL for diving, molecular work, research, and learning about the unique environment here on San Juan Island.
September 2017 Tide Bites
Happy September 1st to all FHL scientists, students and supporters!
Wow, where did the summer go? We had a very busy one here at FHL, with many events to celebrate our researchers, outreach program, and friends.
August 2017 Tide Bites
This month’s Tide Bites is titled “What Happens to San Juan Sea Urchins in the Absence of Predatory Sea Stars? – Investigating the Relationships Between Baby Green Urchins, Coralline Algae, and Crabs” by Dara Yiu
FHL Tide BitesJuly 2017 Tide Bites
This month’s Tide Bites features Sasha Seroy, a graduate student in the Oceanography Department at the University of Washington, advised by Dr. Daniel Grünbaum.
“Understanding the Effects of Ocean Acidification on Predator-Prey Interactions”
by Sasha Seroy
Summer 2017 FHL Seminar Series begins today
We start the FHL Seminar Series for the summer with:
John Wares, University of Georgia
“RNA expression and disease tolerance are associated with a “keystone mutation” in the ochre sea star Pisaster ochraceus”
William Kem, University of Florida
“Paranemertes Toxin as a Template for Designing New Drugs?”
Join us every Wenesday at 7:00 pm in the Commons.
Upcoming Summer 2017 Events at FHL
Paul Illg Distinguished Lectureship
Dr. Lauren Mullineaux, a biological oceanographer, Senior Scientist and Chair of the Biology Department at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, will present two lectures.
Public lecture: Monday June 26, 7pm San Juan Community Theater, “Are deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities resilient to disturbance?”
Scientific lecture: Wednesday June 28, 7pm FHL Commons, “Larval behavior in response to cues in a dynamic ocean.”
Koz Fest
Please join us for a memorial celebration of Gene Kozloff at FHL on Saturday July 29, 3pm-6.