UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute
@ucdmarinescience.bsky.social
At the UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute and
Bodega Marine Laboratory, we dive deep into discovery, nurture marine stewardship, and outswim the ordinary.
Bodega Marine Laboratory, we dive deep into discovery, nurture marine stewardship, and outswim the ordinary.
Ready for the big reveal? It’s a… boat! 🎉⚓️🚤
We’re thrilled to welcome the newest member of our fleet: the Upwell Rider! This new addition to the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory was officially named last week and will help researchers and students explore our coast.
📸: John Largier & Jessica Lee
We’re thrilled to welcome the newest member of our fleet: the Upwell Rider! This new addition to the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory was officially named last week and will help researchers and students explore our coast.
📸: John Largier & Jessica Lee
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Ready for the big reveal? It’s a… boat! 🎉⚓️🚤
We’re thrilled to welcome the newest member of our fleet: the Upwell Rider! This new addition to the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory was officially named last week and will help researchers and students explore our coast.
📸: John Largier & Jessica Lee
We’re thrilled to welcome the newest member of our fleet: the Upwell Rider! This new addition to the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory was officially named last week and will help researchers and students explore our coast.
📸: John Largier & Jessica Lee
Throwback treat: @ucdavis.bsky.social Professor Jay Stachowicz talking Halloween fashion… for decorator crabs! 🦀✨
#ThrowbackThursday to the day 20 yrs ago when my postdoc advisor had to meet w/ me in the teaching lab downstairs b/c he was setting up his decorator crabs for an ABC News segment on Halloween costumes. #MarineLife #Invertebrate 🎃🦀 @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social youtu.be/IYxerHqVPpE?...
ABC News Decorator Crabs
YouTube video by Matthew Bracken
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October 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Throwback treat: @ucdavis.bsky.social Professor Jay Stachowicz talking Halloween fashion… for decorator crabs! 🦀✨
Tsoi Wong, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent the summer interning as a land steward at the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Reserve, working alongside reserve steward Luis Morales on hands-on habitat restoration projects: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/news/wear-or...
To Wear or Not to Wear, That is the Question
To wear or not to wear these clothing, that was my question everyday as a land steward intern. Most of my internship was spent outdoors doing fieldwork for habitat restoration, specifically invasive p...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Tsoi Wong, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent the summer interning as a land steward at the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Reserve, working alongside reserve steward Luis Morales on hands-on habitat restoration projects: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/news/wear-or...
Arwinder “Aru” Singh, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent a summer interning at Bodega Marine Lab, working with the ToPEC Lab on fisheries research through the California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/hooked-...
Hooked on Conservation: A Summer in Rockfish Research
My passion for wildlife, ocean ecosystems, and a love for the beach, led me to an incredible opportunity to bring that curiosity into the field through an internship at UC Davis’s Bodega Marine Labora...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Arwinder “Aru” Singh, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent a summer interning at Bodega Marine Lab, working with the ToPEC Lab on fisheries research through the California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/hooked-...
Meet the strawberry anemone (Corynactis californica), also called the club-tipped anemone. Learn more about this small but striking predator, found in rocky reefs and kelp forests along the CA coast, courtesy of our Aquatic Resources Group at the Bodega Marine Lab.
Creature Feature: Strawberry Anemone
Meet the strawberry anemone (Corynactis californica), also called the club-tipped anemone. This small but striking predator is found along the California coast. Growing to just about an inch across,…
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October 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Meet the strawberry anemone (Corynactis californica), also called the club-tipped anemone. Learn more about this small but striking predator, found in rocky reefs and kelp forests along the CA coast, courtesy of our Aquatic Resources Group at the Bodega Marine Lab.
Vanessa Cordova, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent a summer interning at the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Laboratory discovering how much she enjoys the balance between field work and lab science: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/muddy-s...
Muddy Shoes and Microbes
Hello, my name is Vanessa Cordova, and this summer, I had the chance to intern at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab through a partnership with Santa Rosa Junior College. I am a first-generation student t...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Vanessa Cordova, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent a summer interning at the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Laboratory discovering how much she enjoys the balance between field work and lab science: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/muddy-s...
With support from a Bilinski Fellowship at Bodega Marine Lab, @ucdavis.bsky.social PhD candidate Elisabeth Sellinger collaborated w/ @farallonesnews.bsky.social & Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries to highlight the power of #seagrass to store carbon & sustain coastal life: youtu.be/p3MfEPjE8aw
Seagrasses: Our Planet's Secret Climate Hero
YouTube video by BodegaMarineLab
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October 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
With support from a Bilinski Fellowship at Bodega Marine Lab, @ucdavis.bsky.social PhD candidate Elisabeth Sellinger collaborated w/ @farallonesnews.bsky.social & Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries to highlight the power of #seagrass to store carbon & sustain coastal life: youtu.be/p3MfEPjE8aw
What connects eelgrass, abalone, kelp, and oyster farms? The science that sustains them. Meet the researchers restoring species, rebuilding coasts, and shaping a more resilient future for California’s shores in our Fall 2025 issue of Tideline: mailchi.mp/ucdavis/tide...
Science That Sustains Species and Shorelines
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October 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
What connects eelgrass, abalone, kelp, and oyster farms? The science that sustains them. Meet the researchers restoring species, rebuilding coasts, and shaping a more resilient future for California’s shores in our Fall 2025 issue of Tideline: mailchi.mp/ucdavis/tide...
Esmeralda Padilla-Garcia, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent a summer at the Bodega Marine Lab working w/ the California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program & finding unexpected connections between marine science & a passion for human health: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/my-summ...
My Summer with Fish
Hello, my name is Esmeralda Padilla-Garcia, and this summer I had the opportunity to intern at the UC Davis – Bodega Marine Laboratory through my school, Santa Rosa Junior College. I am currently enro...
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October 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Esmeralda Padilla-Garcia, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent a summer at the Bodega Marine Lab working w/ the California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program & finding unexpected connections between marine science & a passion for human health: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/my-summ...
We’re excited to share that Andrea C. Alfaro has been appointed the new director of the UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute, effective January 1, 2026. She will also serve as director of the Bodega Marine Lab.
Read the announcement from @ucdavisresearch.bsky.social here: buff.ly/RzKwN30
Read the announcement from @ucdavisresearch.bsky.social here: buff.ly/RzKwN30
October 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We’re excited to share that Andrea C. Alfaro has been appointed the new director of the UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute, effective January 1, 2026. She will also serve as director of the Bodega Marine Lab.
Read the announcement from @ucdavisresearch.bsky.social here: buff.ly/RzKwN30
Read the announcement from @ucdavisresearch.bsky.social here: buff.ly/RzKwN30
Federal funding fuels discoveries that flow #FromLabsToLives. @ucdavis.bsky.social researchers are reviving kelp & white abalone, tracing pollution’s legacy, and showing how seagrasses safeguard coasts: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/ripple-effec...
📸: Jessica Lee, @karolcha.bsky.social, Whitehead Lab
📸: Jessica Lee, @karolcha.bsky.social, Whitehead Lab
October 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Federal funding fuels discoveries that flow #FromLabsToLives. @ucdavis.bsky.social researchers are reviving kelp & white abalone, tracing pollution’s legacy, and showing how seagrasses safeguard coasts: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/ripple-effec...
📸: Jessica Lee, @karolcha.bsky.social, Whitehead Lab
📸: Jessica Lee, @karolcha.bsky.social, Whitehead Lab
Enjoy a stunning post-storm morning in Horseshoe Cove on the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Reserve: youtu.be/F-bIMfiUwJs
Beautiful morning in Horseshoe Cove
YouTube video by BodegaMarineLab
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October 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Enjoy a stunning post-storm morning in Horseshoe Cove on the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Reserve: youtu.be/F-bIMfiUwJs
Qing Fields, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent a summer internship studying intertidal snails at Bodega Marine Lab, combining fieldwork, lab research, and her talent for scientific illustration to explore how feeding ecology shapes snail anatomy: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/becomin...
Becoming A Snail Dentist
My name is Qing Fields, and I’m an SRJC student dual majoring in Biology and Natural Sciences, with plans to transfer to CSUMB in the fall of 2026 to study Marine Science and Scientific Illustration. ...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Qing Fields, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent a summer internship studying intertidal snails at Bodega Marine Lab, combining fieldwork, lab research, and her talent for scientific illustration to explore how feeding ecology shapes snail anatomy: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/becomin...
POV: You’re dulse — a red algae grown at the Bodega Marine Laboratory to feed endangered white abalone.
Happy #WorldAlgaeDay from our tanks to yours!
Happy #WorldAlgaeDay from our tanks to yours!
October 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
POV: You’re dulse — a red algae grown at the Bodega Marine Laboratory to feed endangered white abalone.
Happy #WorldAlgaeDay from our tanks to yours!
Happy #WorldAlgaeDay from our tanks to yours!
Lucas Hernandez-Real, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent the summer interning in the Brown Lab at Bodega Marine Lab, studying seagrass wasting disease and discovering how collaborative and rewarding marine research can be: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/special...
A Special Summer at the Bodega Marine Laboratory
Hi, I’m Lucas, a SRJC student who is transferring to UC Davis in the fall of 2025. At Davis, I will be majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology. This summer, I had the pleasure of working unde...
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October 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Lucas Hernandez-Real, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent the summer interning in the Brown Lab at Bodega Marine Lab, studying seagrass wasting disease and discovering how collaborative and rewarding marine research can be: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/special...
Keith Mo, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent his summer interning at the Bodega Marine Lab, assisting with abalone and seaweed research in Dr. Sara Boles’ lab: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/my-time...
My Time at the Bodega Marine Lab
My time at BML was spent working with Dr. Boles on researching abalone (Haliotis spps.) reproduction and larval success. Dr. Boles has spent her career working with California abalone, investigating t...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Keith Mo, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, spent his summer interning at the Bodega Marine Lab, assisting with abalone and seaweed research in Dr. Sara Boles’ lab: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/my-time...
Elisabeth Sellinger and Karolina Zabinski, PhD candidates at @ucdavis.bsky.social, study how #seagrass, sediments & #shellfish adapt under stress, while also navigating uncertainty in their own careers. Both kinds of resilience rely on federal support: arcg.is/1KTj02
October 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Elisabeth Sellinger and Karolina Zabinski, PhD candidates at @ucdavis.bsky.social, study how #seagrass, sediments & #shellfish adapt under stress, while also navigating uncertainty in their own careers. Both kinds of resilience rely on federal support: arcg.is/1KTj02
Katie Brenninger, a @santarosajc.bsky.social student, spent a summer interning in the CHANGE Lab at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, gaining hands-on experience with seagrass mesocosms, new lab technologies, and the challenges of keeping research tanks clean: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/seagras...
A Seagrass Summer
I am a second-year Environmental Science major at Santa Rosa Junior College and will be transferring to UC Santa Cruz this fall to complete my undergraduate degree. I spent my summer at the Bodega Mar...
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October 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Katie Brenninger, a @santarosajc.bsky.social student, spent a summer interning in the CHANGE Lab at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, gaining hands-on experience with seagrass mesocosms, new lab technologies, and the challenges of keeping research tanks clean: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/seagras...
Katherine Pearson, a @santarosajc.bsky.social student, spent a summer internship at the Bodega Marine Laboratory gaining new skills in the field and lab, and fresh inspiration for her future in marine science. marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/my-summ...
My Summer with Bull Kelp, Sea Urchins, and Abalone
Katherine Pearson is a biology student who just finished at SRJC and is transferring to Cal Poly Humboldt in the fall semester of 2025. She is majoring in marine biology but hopes to major in biochemi...
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September 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Katherine Pearson, a @santarosajc.bsky.social student, spent a summer internship at the Bodega Marine Laboratory gaining new skills in the field and lab, and fresh inspiration for her future in marine science. marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/my-summ...
Jafet Torres, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, shares how a summer internship at Bodega Marine Laboratory opened the door to seagrass research, while exploring future paths in marine science: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/first-s...
First Steps in the Field
I came into the Bodega Marine Laboratory summer program completing as a third year from Santa Rosa Junior College. I had applied the previous two years for this internship with no success, until this ...
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September 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Jafet Torres, a student at @santarosajc.bsky.social, shares how a summer internship at Bodega Marine Laboratory opened the door to seagrass research, while exploring future paths in marine science: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/first-s...
For @santarosajc.bsky.social student Alex Margand, a summer internship at the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Lab meant learning the ropes of fisheries science — literally — while sampling fish with the California Collaborative Fisheries Research Project: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/fishing...
September 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
For @santarosajc.bsky.social student Alex Margand, a summer internship at the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Lab meant learning the ropes of fisheries science — literally — while sampling fish with the California Collaborative Fisheries Research Project: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/fishing...
Join us for the Bodega Marine Laboratory Seminar Series! On 9/24, @catalicu.bsky.social, an Associate Professor at Cal Poly Humboldt, will present “Negative biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships in the context of microbial community assembly”
Register: ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register: ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Join us for the Bodega Marine Laboratory Seminar Series! On 9/24, @catalicu.bsky.social, an Associate Professor at Cal Poly Humboldt, will present “Negative biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships in the context of microbial community assembly”
Register: ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register: ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us for the BML Seminar Series! On 9/17, Holly Moeller @mixotrophe.bsky.social, an Associate Professor in the Dept of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology at UCSB, will present "Trade, Borrow, or Steal: How Acquired Metabolism Drives Evolutionary Innovation."
ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Join us for the BML Seminar Series! On 9/17, Holly Moeller @mixotrophe.bsky.social, an Associate Professor in the Dept of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology at UCSB, will present "Trade, Borrow, or Steal: How Acquired Metabolism Drives Evolutionary Innovation."
ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We’ve had some requests to see our new research vessel — so here it is! 🌊🚤
Thirty-three @ucdavis.bsky.social undergrads ventured out for the inaugural class trips last week, with perfect weather & plenty of excitement on board. Watch for an announcement of the vessel’s name soon!
📸: John Largier
Thirty-three @ucdavis.bsky.social undergrads ventured out for the inaugural class trips last week, with perfect weather & plenty of excitement on board. Watch for an announcement of the vessel’s name soon!
📸: John Largier
September 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We’ve had some requests to see our new research vessel — so here it is! 🌊🚤
Thirty-three @ucdavis.bsky.social undergrads ventured out for the inaugural class trips last week, with perfect weather & plenty of excitement on board. Watch for an announcement of the vessel’s name soon!
📸: John Largier
Thirty-three @ucdavis.bsky.social undergrads ventured out for the inaugural class trips last week, with perfect weather & plenty of excitement on board. Watch for an announcement of the vessel’s name soon!
📸: John Largier
It’s early — almost too early — but @ucdavis.bsky.social microbiology major Leo Konefat has a low tide to catch. Follow 2025 EVE Scholar Leo through a summer spent at the Bodega Marine Laboratory investigating eelgrass wasting disease: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/best-job-ive-ever-had
“The Best Job I’ve Ever Had”
It’s early—almost too early to be out walking. But Leo Konefat, a rising third-year undergraduate at UC Davis and one of the 2025 EVE Scholars, has an urgent appointment with a low tide.
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September 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It’s early — almost too early — but @ucdavis.bsky.social microbiology major Leo Konefat has a low tide to catch. Follow 2025 EVE Scholar Leo through a summer spent at the Bodega Marine Laboratory investigating eelgrass wasting disease: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/best-job-ive-ever-had