Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University

Integrating Cultural Resources for Sustainable Oceans - Great Opportunity!

Juvenile sea stars inside specialized tanks

First sea stars in our brand new facility at @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social ! ⭐

The Hopkins Internships - Summer Undergraduate Research Funds Poster Fair at Hopkins showcased undergrads’ summer research on kelp, fisheries, neural activity & more. Funded internships give students a launchpad into real science alongside Stanford faculty, postdocs & grad mentors.

On Wednesday, August 6, Hopkins Marine Station welcomed 10 members of Stanford’s Undergraduate Advising (VPUE) team, including Undergraduate Advising Director Julia Burrows, for a full-day visit.

The team connected w/ faculty & interns to explore ways to bring more Stanford undergrads to Hopkins.

On August 1, 2025, SESUR & SURGE Undergrad Research programs from @stanforddoerr.bsky.social visited Hopkins Marine Station.

Barbara Block welcomed the cohort, students toured active research labs, and they got hands-on with a touch tank at The Point before heading to Macabee Beach.

Fieldwork season has officially started!
We monitored kelp forests in Argentina 🤿
We monitored kelp forests in Isla de Cedros, Mexico 🤿
In two weeks, we will monitor the kelp forests of Baja California Peninsula 🤿
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Absolutely gorgeous green algae from Puerto Rico! 🇵🇷 Possibly Boergesenia forbesii / Valonia forbesii. I believe that the bubbles are single, inflated cells - amazing!

A series of large scrapbook volumes sit on a table in a library. The closest album is the oldest and the fattest.

A look inside the oldest album. There is a photo of Timothy Hopkins, who donated money to build the marine station, and a letter from Hopkins to the director of the marine station at that time (1934), Walter K. Fisher.

Last but not least, I grabbed the scrapbooks that document the history of @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social. Only the first album has been scanned & this is now at the top of my digitization list. Totally irreplaceable. 4/

Hopkins welcomed students from Bridge Builders LA, a nonprofit that expands opportunity for youth, for a hands-on intro to ocean science and research. Students toured labs, met w/ researchers and graduate students, and learned about pathways from high school to college to careers in marine science.

On July 24, we welcomed the Stanford Young Investigators to Hopkins! 🌊

These inspiring high schoolers are spending their summer diving into science & sustainability through Stanford’s K–12 outreach. During their visit, they learned about whale research & checked out the dive locker 🤿

The ocean is looking gorgeous today! Views from @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social 🌊

This #PhycologyFriday we found an amazing diversity of marine algae during the gorgeous low tide @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social

@brookeweigel.bsky.social @lowelab.bsky.social @baronelab.bsky.social

First week of the HI-SURF & BSURP summer internship programs at #HopkinsMarineStation

This year’s cohort is made up of students who have joined labs across the station, including the Micheli, Weigel, Block, De Leo, Voskoboynik, Lowe, Barone, and Goldbogen Labs.

First day of our mini-course centered on advanced imaging of marine larvae! Everyone is excited spawning sea urchins! 🤓

Today Pieter and Sebastian @streichan.bsky.social showed the students how to build a light-sheet microscope! 🤯

Job Alert! We are recruiting one postdoc to work on spiralian embryos and their crazy polar lobes. More info about this HFSP-funded position on our website baronelab.org: scroll to the end, click on "this could be you"...start your adventure!

Students of our mini-course imaging kelp with @brookeweigel.bsky.social!

The start of summer research at Hopkins 🦭

Reflections on the wonder of the oceans Scholars and staff from across the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability share their greatest wonder about the oceans and what drives them to study the sea.

This #WorldOceansDay, we asked school community members what experiences and insights inspire their wonder for the oceans. Here’s what they had to say: stanford.io/43w27mi

Today in Born Predators: Why would you need a shark biologist to investigate a slam dunk shark attack? Well, she knows a lot about the way sharks behave and can say what’s normal. And what might be unusual. And what might be impossible
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Really nice pride event @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social! Happy June, y’all 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Progressive Pride Flag made in 2022 by Dr. Justin Luong from photos taken by Justin Luong of California Native Plants. #Pride #Pride2025 ##CaliforniaNativePlants

Happy Pride from California Native Plants!

Happy Pride month! While this is a time to celebrate, it is also a time to protest. Currently, there are more than 900 bills under consideration in the United States that would negatively impact trans and LGBTQ+ people. Now more than ever, we need to show up & support LGBTQ+ rights 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

The sea lions have taken over the beach in Monterey again! What a sea lion party 🎉

You’re on a boat in a small bay near where the movie Jaws takes place. It’s a deep summer night. A dear friend is in the water, and you find there’s a huge, tagged white shark in that same bay. What’s your reaction? What do you do? How does it turn out?
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Energy science for sustainability Stanford professors Tony Kovscek and Roland Horne discuss how data, decarbonization, and artificial intelligence are reshaping energy science and engineering.

Global energy systems have undergone major changes over the past 25 years. Looking ahead to the next quarter century, how can energy scientists and engineers help inform smart energy decisions? Stanford professors Tony Kovscek and Roland Horne discuss: stanford.io/4dBTVEi

A great Thursday at Hopkins Marine Station 🦭

Toothsday 5/27: we’re posting Chapter 2 of Born Predators. Hennessey senses the wide ocean as layers of sight, sound, smell, taste, & electrical signals broadcast by her prey. Her predator’s brain integrates, evaluates & decides. Her mother’s brain plans
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