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In Memoriam It is with profound grief that I must tell you that Dr. Mia Tegner,
research marine biologist in the MLRG, died January 7 in a scuba diving
accident off Mission Beach. Needless to say, words cannot express how
shocked and saddened we are by this terrible tragedy. In the short span
of three weeks, we have lost another of our fine biologists, creating
a great void in the fabric of SIO. Not only was Mia among our best and
brightest scientists, she was also a dedicated and tireless public advocate
for marine ecology and conservation issues. Our hearts and prayers go
out to Mia's family, her colleagues, and her many friends. In lieu of
flowers, people who wish to honor Mia can make gifts to Scripps Institution
of Oceanography to support kelp forest research. Calendar Friday, January 12 UNIFIED LAB FACILITIES PANEL - The next Unified Laboratory Facilities Panel (ULFP) meeting will be at 11 a.m. in 114 Scripps Building. Everyone is welcome to attend. (Pat Castillo, pcastillo@ucsd.edu) MARINE BIOLOGY SEMINAR - Gil Rosenthal, UCSD, will present "Natural and Sexual Selection on Male Visual Cues in Xiphophorus, a Neotropical Fish Genus" in 4500 Hubbs Hall at 12 noon. TEGNER MEMORIAL SERVICE - "Celebrating Mia, " a memorial service remembering our friend & colleague Mia Tegner, will be held for all to attend at the Birch Aquarium at 4 p.m. A wonderful slide show and a lovely reception will be held immediately following the program. Parking and admission is free. (Jill Ives, x43948) Tuesday, January 16 SPECIAL GENOMICS SEMINAR - Ian Paulsen, The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), will present "Insights into Physiology, Membrane Transport, Evolution and Pathogenesisfrom Complete Genome Sequences" in 4500 Hubbs Hall at 12 noon. Wednesday, January 17 SPECIAL MBRD GENOMICS SEMINAR - Mitchell L. Sogin, The Marine Biological
Laboratory at Woods Hole, will present "The Universal Tree of Life and
the Origin of Eukaryotes: Will Genomics Get to its Roots?" in 4500 Hubbs
Hall at 3:15 p.m. Thursday, January 18 MSPPC MEETING - The September meeting of the Marine Sciences Physical Planning Committee (MSPPC) will be held from 10:00-11:30 a.m. in 114 Scripps Building. In this meeting, MSPPC will be discussing design issues associated with the SIO Commons project. If you have any questions, please contact either Cathy Presmyk, x43860 or Jonathan Berger, x42889. AOS SEMINAR - Grant Deane will present ""Bubble Acoustics in the Surf Zone and Marine Boundary Layer" and Chris Halle will present "Snapshots of An Arctic Experiment (the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean experiment), and Momentum Exchange in the Upper Arctic Ocean" in 330 NTV at 4 p.m. Notices WELCOME! Please welcome Stephen Miller back to SIO as the new Head of the Geological Data Center. Stephen holds a UCSD BA in physics and a MIT MS in geophysics. He has held academic positions in various fields of marine geophysics at IGPP, WHOI, MPL, and UCSB. Since 1993, Stephen has worked with commercial technology-sector firms engaged in marine geophysical mapping, multibeam sonar systems, and international submarine cable networks, to name a few areas. He looks forward to alliances with Scripps PIs to develop proposals and build up GDC capability in the user-friendly provision of datasets and data analysis systems that enable future research and education. Interested PIs are encouraged to give him a call (x41898) and explore such alliances. NSF DECADAL PLANNING REPORT - The NSF Committee on Ocean Sciences at the New Millenium has posted a draft version of its report to NSF at http://www.joss.ucar.edu/joss_psg/publications/decadal/ (readers using Microsoft Explorer may wish to use http://www.geo-prose.com/decadal). Pre-publication comments on the report are encouraged. Note that at this stage comments cannot be general, e.g. whether a favored topic is highlighted or omitted, but should specifically address whether the committee has met its charge and whether the conclusions are substantiated by the information in the body of the report. -Russ Davis and Mark Ohman Ship News
R/V ROGER REVELLE In dry dock San Diego R/V MELVILLE
R/V NEW HORIZON In port San Diego R/V ROBERT GORDON SPROUL In port San Diego R/P FLIP In port San Diego R/V DAVID STARR JORDAN
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