Marine Microbial Macroecology Lab

Niall's last day

Sunday, 09 September 2025

Niall McGinty, zooplankton ecolgist and long-time advisor for students past and present, has moved on to a new position in Iceland. Congratulations Niall!

Lab group 2025-09

PhD defences in Summer 2025

Thursday, 08 August 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Mohammad Amirian (Statistics) and Dr. Nuwanthi Samarasinghe (Oceanography) who defended their Ph.D. theses this summer!

Dr. Mohammad Amirian

Dr. Nuwanthi Samarasinghe

Bedford Basin plankton sample

Monday, 04 April 2025

Plankton images from the Bedford Basin (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) sampled on 7 April 2025. Images taken by our lab manager, Dr. Ruby Hu.

planton image

planton image

planton image

planton image

planton image

planton image

planton image

planton image

planton image

Bedford Basin planton sample

Saturday, 02 February 2025

In January 2025 we took water samples from 10 and 40 m depth in the Bedford Basin (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada). The following two collages show images of the 51-335 µm size fraction taken and arranged by our lab manager, Dr. Ruby Hu.

10 m depth

40 m depth

Happy New Year

Tuesday, 01 January 2024

Happy new year to all!

Gingerbread village.