May 16 - May 23, 2008 vol. 44 no. 20

Friday, May 16

MARINE BIOLOGY SEMINAR - Snacks at noon, seminar at 12:15 p.m., 4500 Hubbs Hall. Jude Apple, Western Washington University, Shannon Point Marine Center, will present a lecture entitled "Biogeography of Estuarine Bacterioplankton Communities." (Tristan Carland, tcarland@ucsd.edu, 858-606-5381)

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION DEFENSE - 1:30 p.m., 4500 Hubbs Hall. Andrew King will defend his doctoral dissertation entitled "Iron Distribution and Phytoplankton Iron Limitation in the Southern California Current System." The public is invited. (Josh Reeves, jdreeves@ucsd.edu, x41694)

A TASTE OF DIVERSITY TG - 5 p.m., T-29. In celebration of the first anniversary of the Grassroots Diversity Action Working Group (GDAWG-SIO), we will showcase entertainment and food representing the diversity of our Scripps community. Featuring music by Guava Belly and Son Sin Fronteras. As always, everyone is invited to attend! (Elisa Maldonado, emaldona@ucsd.edu)

Monday, May 19

EARTH SECTION SEMINAR - Snacks at 3 p.m., lecture at 3:15 p.m., 4500 Hubbs Hall. John Grotzinger, Caltech, will present a lecture entitled "Mars Science Laboratory 2009: The Search for Water and Biosignatures." If you would like to arrange a meeting with John during his visit, please contact Joseph Ribaudo. (Joseph Ribaudo, jribaudo@ucsd.edu, x47260)

Tuesday, May 20

CASPO SEMINAR - 3:30 p.m., 101 Nierenberg Hall. Dr. Markus Jochum, National Center for Atmospheric Research, will present a lecture entitled "The Scripps-NCAR Connection: New Opportunities for Advances in Ocean, Atmosphere and Earth System Science Through SUNNY." Scripps Oceanography/UCSD/NCAR's New and Young (SUNNY) Program is an exciting new opportunity for Scripps graduate students to do computationally intensive research at NCAR with collaborating NCAR scientists. The seminar is sponsored by CASPO. (Art Miller, ajmiller@ucsd.edu, x48033).

Wednesday, May 21

ECOLOGY SEMINAR - 12:15 p.m., 4500 Hubbs Hall. Robin Ross and Lang Quentin, UC Santa Barbara, will present a lecture with a title to be announced. (Alison Cawood, acawood@ucsd.edu, x45539)

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION DEFENSE - 3 p.m., 4500 Hubbs Hall. Brad Erisman will present his dissertation defense entitled "Reproductive Biology and Evolution of Groupers, Seabasses, and Related Fishes." The public is invited. (Josh Reeves, jdreeves@ucsd.edu, x41694)

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY SEMINAR - Refreshments at 3:15 p.m., seminar at 3:30 p.m., 101 Nierenberg Hall. Tycho Huussen, graduate student from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, will present a lecture entitled "Deep Mixing in the Indian Ocean. How much? Where? And How?" (Christopher Wolfe, clwolfe@ucsd.edu, x44560)

GREEN FLASH CONCERT - 6-9 p.m., Birch Aquarium. Experience live music with stunning ocean views during Birch Aquarium at Scripps' Green Flash concert. Enjoy happy hour appetizers, craft beers, and wines provided for purchase by Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery. All aquarium exhibits are open for viewing. Wednesday's performer, deSoL, mixes melodic rock with fiery Latin rhythms. Tickets are $25 at the door, $20 by RSVPing at 858-534-4109. (Scripps Communications, scrippsnews@ucsd.edu, x43624)

Thursday, May 22

APPLIED OCEAN SCIENCE SEMINAR - 4 p.m., 330 NTV. Nicolas Ledantec, Scripps Oceanography, will present a lecture entitled "Lithologic Control on Canyon Morphology." (Courtney Wiley, cwiley@ucsd.edu, x47906)

Friday, May 23

MARINE BIOLOGY SEMINAR - Snacks at noon, seminar at 12:15 p.m., 4500 Hubbs Hall. Shannon Williamson, JCVI, will present a lecture entitled "Marine Viral Ecology: Metagenomic Approaches and Applications." (Tristan Carland, tcarland@ucsd.edu, 858-606-5381)

NOTICES

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY SEMINAR - Wednesday, May 28, refreshments at 3:15 p.m., seminar at 3:30 p.m., 101 Nierenberg Hall. Paula Perez Brunius, Physical Oceanography Department, CICESE, will present a lecture entitled "Aspects of the Circulation in the Southern Gulf of Mexico Observed from Surface Drifters" (Christopher Wolfe, clwolfe@ucsd.edu, x44560)

MARINE BIOLOGY SEMINAR - Friday, May 30, snacks at noon, seminar at 12:15 p.m., 4500 Hubbs Hall. Valerie S. Hohman, USD, will present a lecture with a title to be announced. (Tristan Carland, tcarland@ucsd.edu, 858-606-5381)

CLIMATE CHANGE AND BUSINESS COURSE - June 6-7. Scripps Institution of Oceanography has partnered with UC San Diego's Rady School of Management to present ﾳClimate Change and Business: Demystifying Science, Risk, and Reward,ﾲ a two-day course to demystify scientific conclusions as they relate to business risks and investing opportunities. Scripps and the Rady School have assembled a panel of national experts in science, media, finance, corporate governance, and business, including many from Scripps, to discuss how climate change will impact business. Scripps faculty are welcome to attend this course at a 50% discount. For more information, visit: rady.ucsd.edu/exec/open/climate-change. (Stephen Bennett, stephenbennett@ucsd.edu, 858-846-0065)

FELLOWSHIPS AVAILABLE IN ESTUARINE SCIENCE - California Sea Grant is accepting applications from qualified individuals to compete for CALFED Science Program fellowship opportunities in 2008. Sea Grant will administer and manage the fellowship program. Up to 12 fellowships are available in estuarine and riverine science for qualified predoctoral students and postdoctoral researchers. The fellowships will begin September 2008. The application deadline is 5 p.m., Friday, June 6, 2008. For complete details, see: www.csgc.ucsd.edu/EDUCATION/CALFED/CALFEDIndx.html. (Marsha Gear, mgear@ucsd.edu, x40581)

POGO-SCOR FELLOWSHIP FOR TRAINING - The Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) and its partner, the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), announce a special Fellowship for on-board training on an Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) cruise. One berth has been reserved on the next AMT cruise for the selected candidate. The programme is designed to promote training and capacity building leading towards a global observation scheme for the oceans. This fellowship program is open to scientists, technicians, graduate students (Ph.D.), and post docs involved in oceanographic work at centres in developing countries and countries with economies in transition. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to visit Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), in the UK, for one month prior to the start of the cruise to participate in cruise preparation and planning; to go on the cruise (5 October - 12 November 2008) and help make hydrological, bio-optical and ecological observations; and after the cruise to spend two additional months at PML, learning to analyze the results statistically and interpret them. Total period of Fellowship: 5 September 2008 - 12 January 2009. Candidates should be available to participate for the full period. The fellowship provides airfare and a stipend for living expenses for up to three months to stay in the UK before and after the cruise; the flight back from the Falklands; accommodation in the Falklands (on leaving ship); accommodation in UK (to join ship); ship messing fee; seafaring medical; and sea survival course. Deadline for application is June 15, 2008. More information and the application form is available on the POGO website: www.ocean-partners.org/Training_Education.htm. Prospective applicants are asked to contact Dr. Andy Rees, AMT coordinator, prior to completing an application. Contact for this POGO-SCOR Fellowship: Liz Humphreys, pogo@mba.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)1752 633 234, Fax: +44 (0)1752 633 102. (Scripps Communications, scrippsnews@ucsd.edu, x43624)

WHAT IS YOUR DIRECTOR DOING? - Week of May 19. On Monday, Director Haymet will attend a POGO Nippon Foundation meeting in London. On Tuesday, he will take part in a CleanTECH Executive Committee meeting and a tour of the San Diego Supercomputer Center. On Wednesday, Dr. Haymet will speak at the PaCOOS Board of Governors meeting before attending a Green Flash Series concert at Birch Aquarium. On Thursday, he will attend a Vice Chancellorﾹs meeting and lead an Executive Council meeting. On Friday, Dr. Haymet will participate in a UCSD Budget Committee meeting. (Joy Frye, jsfrye@ucsd.edu, x27738)

SHIP NEWS

=========================== Cruise Start Port Area/ Chief At Sea/ Dates End Port Navy Op Lat/Lon Scientist Total Days ===========================

R/V Roger Revelle

Mob: May 01 NW. Atlantic Dep: May 02 Fort Lauderdale NA06 32N/74W Brian Calder 30/30 Arr: May 31 Woods Hole NA06 37N/68W Dmo: May 31

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R/V Melville

Mob: May 15 NW Pacific Dep: May 15 Kao-hsiung NP12 23N/120W Transit 17/17 Arr: May 30 Honolulu NP12 21N/157W Dmo: May 30 ----------------------- -------------------- ---------------- Mob: May 31 In port Dep: May 31 Honolulu NP12 21N/157W Available 5/5 Arr: Jun 04 Honolulu NP12 21N/157W Dmo: Jun 04

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New Horizon

Mob: May 01 In port Dep: May 01 San Diego NP09 32N/117W Maintenance 36/36 Arr: Jun 05 San Diego NP09 32N/117W Dmo: Jun 05

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R/V Robert Gordon Sproul

Mob: May 15 Off San Diego Dep: May 16 San Diego NP09 33N/117W Timothy F. Duda 4/5 Arr: May 19 San Diego NP09 33N/117W Dmo: May 20 ----------------------- -------------------- ---------------- Mob: May 23 Off San Diego Dep: May 26 San Diego NP09 32N/117W Gerald D'Spain 7/11 Arr: Jun 02 San Diego NP09 32N/117W Dmo: Jun 02

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