August 3 - 10, 2001 vol. 38 no. 31

In Memoriam

It is with sadness that we report that Martha Stallard has passed away. She was a nationally known marine organic chemist. Martha received a Ph.D. in oceanography from Scripps in 1974, with Prof. John Faulkner. She was born in Amarillo, Texas, and received a B.S. degree in 1969 from the University of Iowa. After receiving her Ph.D. degree, Martha worked as an independent investigator with many of the members of the Scripps chemistry division. There will be an informal memorial service on Saturday, Aug. 4, at 2 p.m. at Martha's home, 4125 Cole Way in Clairemont. All of Martha's friends and colleagues are welcome. Take 52 to Genesee to Appleton. Turn right on to Cole, then turn left on to Cole Way. (Prof. Edward Goldberg)

Calendar

Monday, August 6

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION DEFENSE - Christine Blackburn will defend her doctoral dissertation entitled "The Effects of Marine Natural Products on Basis Cellular Processes" in 4500 Hubbs Hall at 3 p.m. The public is invited. (Tim Ryan,tjryan@ucsd.edu)

SWFSC SEMINAR - Dr. Scott Shaffer, University of California, Santa Cruz will present "FORAGING ECOLOGY OF WANDERING ALBATROSSES: IMPACTS ON ENERGY EXPENDITURE AND LIFE HISTORY" on Monday, August 6, in the SWFC large conference room at 11 a.m. (Nancy La Roche, nancy.la.roche@noaa.gov)

Tuesday, August 7

WE WANT YOUR BLOOD - The Bloodmobile will be at SIO in the Marine Biology Service Yard on Tuesday, August 7, 2001 from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. All participants will receive a Hawaiian Print T-Shirt and a 2 for 1 Chargers Preseason Ticket Voucher. Walk-ins are also welcome. Please eat before donating and bring your picture identification and donor I.D. card if you have one. Please contact Lynn at x42830 to schedule an appointment. (Lynn Canella, x42830)

Wednesday, August 8

PERSPECTIVES ON OCEAN SCIENCE- Wake up your senses with a hot cup of coffee and the hottest new research from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the aquarium's next Perspectives on Ocean Science breakfast lecture. Join us for a stimulating presentation by Dr. Jeff Graham, "Filling the Hearts of Sharks: The Link Between Primitive and Modern Heart Mechanics," 7:30-9:00 a.m. in the aquarium's Galleria. Join physiologist Dr. Jeff Graham as he describes his research on the shark cardiovascular system. Sharks, as primitive fish, give us a new understanding about how hearts and their control mechanisms have evolved. Dr. Graham will show how he and his colleagues use state-of-the-art medical instruments to study the mechanisms that control ventricular fillings in sharks' hearts and how sharks respond to exercise. Please RSVP to 534-7336. Includes continental breakfast, parking validation and aquarium admission for the day. Aquarium Members: Free; UCSD/Scripps staff, faculty, students: $5; Guests: $8.

Notices

SCRIPPS OPEN HOUSE - It's baaaaaack! To celebrate the UCSD 40th anniversary, Open House will take place throughout campus on SATURDAY, OCT. 20. The Scripps Open House will be 11 a.m.-4 p.m. All at Scripps, the San Diego community, family, and friends are invited to this free event showcasing the science and fun of Scripps. Activities at Scripps being planned include science demonstrations; a surf clinic; music and entertainment by Scripps performers; food; tours of the pier, Old Scripps Building, and Old Directors' House; and lots of family fun! A request for volunteers will be coming, so please consider helping out. (Note: The Birch Aquarium at Scripps is self supporting, and therefore, will not be free for Open House. Regular admission applies; coupons and discounts are welcome.) (SIO Communications, x43624)

BAS BBQ TO DEBUT! Weekends in August at the Birch Aquarium: August 5- September 3 - A sizzling summer calls for sizzling a BBQ! Weekends in August, visitors to the aquarium will delight in fresh, hot barbecued food served in Smargon Courtyard near the new shark reef
exhibit. Make plans to bring your friends and family for a lunch outing overlooking the Pacific Ocean (and don't forget that we have thousands of fish to see too!). (Lydia Cobb, lkcobb@ucsd.edu)

GEOREF JOURNAL ARTICLE DATABASE - Great news for users of the GEOREF Journal Article Database! On the SIO Library homepage at http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio, the link to GeoRef now goes to the new Cambridge Scientific Abstracts' product. Finally.......GeoRef users can set up an "Alert" to receive weekly e-mail updates of new citations! You can save your searches and quickly run a complex search without re-typing terms and phrases. The new GeoRef provides a simpler way to use your bibliographic software (i.e. Endnote, Procite, Reference Manager, Biblioscape). If you need to know if a journal is indexed by GeoRef you can quickly check the GeoRef Serials List. Note: You should *not* use the CDL version of GeoRef (at Stanford) for citations to recent literature; the CDL version of Georef (at Stanford) has *not* been updated since October 2000. For more information about using GeoRef contact Susan Berteaux in the SIO Library. (sberteaux@ucsd.edu, x20534)

SHIP WEB SITE ADDRESS
CRUISE MAP INDEX/AREA/ CH SCI/INSTITUTION/ PORTS DAYS/AGENCY/
DATES PURPOSE/ PROPOSAL NO./ STATUS/CLEAR

R/V Roger Revelle http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/supp_groups/shipsked/Revelle/Revelle.html

R/V Melville http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/supp_groups/shipsked/Melville/melville.html
will depart when load-out is complete

R/V New Horizon http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/supp_groups/shipsked/NewHorizon/newhor.html

R/V Robert Gordon Sproul
http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/supp_groups/shipsked/RobertSproul/sproul.html

David Starr Jordan http://www.pmc.noaa.gov/schedule/ds.htm

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PLEASE NOTE - The SIO LOG is the in-house newsletter for staff, students, faculty, and retirees of Scripps Institution of Oceanography/ UCSD. All seminars, celebrations, lectures, and events are for these individuals only, unless otherwise noted. Public lectures will be advertised in the SIO LOG and in the local news media.