Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts

Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Technician | Amundsen Science

Amundsen Science is hiring a new ROV Technician to work with their Comanche ROV, named ASTRID!
Deadline: January 30, 2025.

Please spread the word ☺️

amundsenscience.com/job-openings...

🦑 🧪 #Marine #Ocean #OceanEngineering #Engineering #Technology #ROV #Submersible

The AGM will be held at #17DSBS on Tue, January 14, 2025! ****

It was a pleasure to attend #MIW2024 miw2024.org in Monterey, USA!

Before, I had processed ROV video & identified bottlenose dolphins & measured colour of propagules off photographs. This is my 2nd workshop involving marine imagery.

I look forward to using some of these techniques in the future!

I'm happy to report that my contract has been extended to the end of December!

I am currently working on a grant proposal for a different project!

🧪🦑 Here are some stills from the last 3 days in the SG̲áan K̲ínghlas-Bowie Seamount MPA from ~800-300 m depth!

We'll be diving later today & revisiting the same 4 sites for the rest of the week!

Keep checking the schedule for changes: tinyurl.com/nepdep2024.

20/ #nepdep

🧪🦑 On the way up from the skate nursery on Day 5, our @roposrov.bsky.social Team sprung to action when they spotted and managed to catch video of a Gonatus squid brooding its eggs!

See UTC Time: 22:32:14
tinyurl.com/Gonatus

We've since found out that this is rare footage!

/19 #nepdep

🧪🦑 Check out the @roposrov.bsky.social livestream!

They've spotted their first octo and coral!

youtube.com/live/7nwi-lW...

🧪🦑 The deadlines for early bird registration & financial aid for #17DSBS have been extended to July 31st!

Whether you come to stay up-to-date on the all the new, hot deep-sea research, meet new mentors or colleagues or accumulate bountiful swag, join us in Hong Kong next January!

Thanks! 😊

🦑🧪 I am excited to begin a 3-mo contract in the Ocean Conservation Lab at the University of Victoria!

I will mainly be working in a team to build traitORS, an open source database for conservation and management of the Canadian Offshore Pacific Bioregion!

For more info: tinyurl.com/TraitsProject

🦑🧪 A well-deserved recognition for this amazing team!

🦑🧪 Only two days left!

I now have my SVOP (Small Vessel Operator's Proficiency) certification!

This means that I am now able to captain commercial boats up to 12 m, with a maximum of 12 passengers, in Canada!

Janet smiling and standing outside of the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, BC, Canada.

I am excited & grateful to start my first day as a volunteer Invertebrates Assistant at the Royal BC Museum!

I will be helping re-organize the Invertebrate Zoology collection, developing my skills in taxonomy and pursuing specific career goals & interests.

🧪🦑 Come take in all the new research in deep-sea biology, and meet new colleagues and friends with us in Hong Kong next January!!

I finally got my MED-A3/SDV-BS & ROC-M certifications! SVOP is next month.

I learned a lot AND got to watch the cold water video from my time at Bamfield MSC for at least the 4th time in my life!

My favourite part: 23:38 "to join his hypothermic partner, Antoine"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDPt...

For sure!

I'm not sure if anyone has tried eating them. It would be interesting to look into.

🦑🧪 maenas**

Six green crabs congregating on a pile of mussel shells. I took this photo at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre in 2015.

I am happy to begin new contract work with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, which will last from early Feb to late Mar!

My work will involve data extraction, calculations & preliminary advanced statistical analyses, which will contribute to management of the invasive green crab, Carcinus maenus.

Check out the new article that I wrote for the Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility @roposrov.bsky.social about their contract work last summer piloting the ASTRID ROV for Amundsen Science!

tinyurl.com/y6pmc5fa

This article was written in close collaboration with Fisheries & Oceans Canada NL

Thanks! 🙂

@sigwartae.bsky.social
@cordeslab.bsky.social
@bighamkt.bsky.social

🦑🧪 I am excited to announce that I have been selected to serve as the Media Trustee of the Deep-Sea Biology Society!

It is truly an honour to be able to join this enthusiastic group in leadership & to be able to directly contribute to decisions and initiatives within the @dsbsoc.bsky.social!

🦑🧪 Totally tubular: exploring morphology in bioluminescent tubeshoulders (Platytroctidae) by @emilycarr.bsky.social at the American Museum of Natural History in the Evolution of form and function: Phenotypic plasticity session. #SICB2024

🦑🧪 High-resolution tracking of zooplankton reveals metabolic control of diel vertical migration, presented by Cory Berger at @whoi.bsky.social in the Division of Animal Behavior Best Student Presentation Marlene Zuk Award competition. #SICB2024

🧪 Investigating the spectral responses of insect ocelli, presented by Marisa McDonald at the US Air Force Research Labs in the Light and Vision session. #SICB2024

🧪 Using environmental imaging to interpret and plan behavioural studies, presented by James Foster at @unikonstanz.bsky.social in the Light and Vision session. #DungBeetle #PolarizationVision #SICB2024

🧪 Putting color in context: backgrounds affect the perception and discrimination of color signals, presented by Sönke Johnsen at Duke University, chair of the Light and Vision session. #SICB2024

🧪 Spiders got the blues: Rh2 prevalence in salticid secondary eyes with species specific localization, presented by Sophia Hanscom at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Light and Vision session. #SICB2024