Calendar of Events

November 4

St. Anastasia Community Association meeting in Lohman Auditorium 7:00 p.m. Mike Greenberg and Jose Nunez, both Whitney Lab scientists, will speak about their project to record all the species found in the Matanzas Inlet Basin. Public welcome.

November 11

Whitney Lab closed for Veteran's Day

November 12

Evenings at Whitney; How to catch more fish: the biomechanics and neurobiology of fish swimming in turbulence with James C. Liao, Ph.D., associate professor of biology at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida; 7:00 p.m. in Lohman Auditorium, CMS

November 13

Seminar: Tonia Hsieh, Department of Biology, University of Florida; The evolution of terrestriality in a marine fish, 1:00 p.m. in Room 233, CMS

November 14

Whitney Lab Board of Trustees meeting in CMS, 9:00 a.m. (orientation for new members at 8:00 a.m.

November 26-27

Whitney Lab closed for Thanksgiving

December 1

Whitney Laboratory Lecture at University of Florida: 4:00 p.m. in HPNP Auditorium in HPNP Complex. Martin Chalfie, Ph.D., William R. Kenan Jr. Professor and Chair of the Dept. of Biological Sciences at Columbia University, scientific adviser for the Whitney Lab and 2008 Nobel laureate in chemistry will present GFP. Lighting Up Life. Reception for Dr. Chalfie before the lecture at 3:00 p.m. in the HPNP Reception Hall. All are welcome.

December 2

Whitney Laboratory Lecture at Whitney: 11:00 a.m. in Lohman Auditorium. Martin Chalfie, Ph.D. will present GFP. Lighting Up Life to the Whitney Lab and it's community. Public is welcome but seating is limited. Please pick up free tickets at the Center for Marine Studies or Whitney Administration Bldg. Admittance is not guaranteed without a ticket.

December 2

St. Anastasia Community Association meeting in Lohman Auditorium 7:00 p.m. George Sedberry, Superintendent of Gray's Reef National Sanctuary, will talk about the National Marine Sanctuaries Program, particularly Gray's Reef is in the Atlantic Ocean, 20 miles east of Sapelo Island, Georgia. SACA is supporting a proposal to either create a new sanctuary off our shore or to extend the existing sanctuary from Georgia to our area. Public welcome.

December 5

BioBlitz of the River to Sea Preserve. 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Registration at 8:30 a.m. in CMS

December 10

Evenings at Whitney; Outsmarting rising water for 8000 years: an archaeology of ancient cultures of the St. Johns River Valley with Kenneth E. Sassaman, Ph.D., Hyatt and Cici Brown Professor of Florida Archaeology, University of Florida; 7:00 p.m. in Lohman Auditorium, CMS

December 11

Seminar: Burt Singer, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida; Integrated vector management for malaria control: past experiences and opportunities for the future, 11:00 a.m. in Room 233, CMS

December 12

Right Whale Observer Training in Whitney Hall; 2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.