A tray of clams with jack-o-lanterns faces.
Happy Halloween! We made some clam-o-lanterns...! π
Curious about Interface of Change research on clams in Kachemak Bay? Learn more...! Visit: www.alaska.edu/.../interfac...
@alaskaepscor.bsky.social
Alaska EPSCoR is dedicated to improving Alaska's research capacity. Our project, "Interface of Change," investigates Gulf of Alaska ecosystems, marine subsistence and mariculture species, and coastal communities. linktr.ee/alaskaepscor
A tray of clams with jack-o-lanterns faces.
Happy Halloween! We made some clam-o-lanterns...! π
Curious about Interface of Change research on clams in Kachemak Bay? Learn more...! Visit: www.alaska.edu/.../interfac...
π¨ Catch up on Alaska EPSCoR news in our October newsletter!
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πΈ L to R: Erica Ebert, Tara Borland, Brenda Konar, Davin Holen, and Courtney Breest traveled to Hydaburg to organize a Mini Alaska Science Olympiad event for Hydaburg School.
Women in a panel presentation audience a conference room turned around listening and smiling.
Registration is now open for IGNITE 2026! π₯
IGNITE: Individual Growth & New Ideas Through EPSCoR/INBRE will take place Jan. 7, 2026 at the BP Energy Center in ANC.
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Register by Nov. 19 to be considered for travel funding to attend. alaska.edu/ignite
Two small Cessna airplanes are parked beside a rural Alaska airstrip with spruce trees and mountains in the background. Light snow covers the ground, trees, and mountains. The mountains are backlit by a twilight winter sun.
βοΈ Alaska EPSCoRβs Interface of Change project is offering up to $1,500 for spring travel to present at a conference or attend a training. Open to students, staff & faculty from any Alaska higher ed institution. Apply by 5 PM AKDT, October 24! Info: alaska.edu/epscor/opportunities/travel-funding/
06.10.2025 17:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0More information on the program and application at: www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
20.08.2025 23:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 03-year PhD student fellowships are available through UAF College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences for prospective students have received the distinction of NSF EGRFP Honorable Mention. Fellowships begin in May or Aug. 2026, and the application window is open now through Jan. 15, 2026.
20.08.2025 23:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Now that the red seaweeds team completed their first year of field sampling, grad student Lindsay Meyer is visiting UAA to work with postdoc Monica Brandhuber on assessing the metabolomics of red seaweeds that were grown in different environmental settings! πΏπ¬
22.07.2025 19:20 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Alaska EPSCoR Interface of Change researchers are studying clam ecology and population dynamics in Kachemak Bay in partnership with the Seldovia Village Tribe. This week, SVT environmental scientists Katrina Hecks and Stephen Payton are sampling clams at a beach near Seldovia.
#FieldworkFriday
π’ Call for Artists: Coastal Transitions π
Alaska EPSCoR + In a Time of Change invite artists to apply for a new 2-year art-science collaboration. Selected artists work with scientists & communities to investigate coastal social-ecological themes in the Gulf of Alaska.
Apply by 8/29
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The red seaweeds near Haines, Alaska are getting bigger! π
#phycologyfriday #fieldworkfriday
π¦ͺπ We threw a Kachemak Bay bivalves party this year for the University of Alaska Fairbanks Arctic Research Open House!
#AROH #AROH2025 #UAF #ArcticResearch #NanookNation
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Juneau CFOS UAF MS student Lindsay Meyer, UAF Mariculture Lab tech Maribel Vera, and their field team "snap freeze" red seaweed samples on dry ice immediately to preserve them for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for metabolomics analysis.
#PhycologyFriday #fieldworkfriday
It's hooligan season, and the Chilkoot Indian Association are studying the threatened fish's population year to year.
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Red seaweeds shine like brilliant garnets across the intertidal near Haines, Alaska. π
@uafairbanks.bsky.social College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Juneau grad student Lindsay Meyer is collecting samples near Haines over the course of its spring growing season.
#phycologyfriday #fieldworkfriday
π±Have a great idea for community-based research or education in the Gulf of Alaska?
Apply for one of our Interface of Change seed awards by May 30!
π Missed our 'how to apply' webinar? Watch the recording.
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Deadline reminder: Applications for our professional development travel awards are due this Friday, April 18 at 5 p.m. AKDT!
www.alaska.edu/epscor/oppor...
Young woman holding up a net of some kind, smiling, on a dock. There is a snowy hill in the background and she is dressed warm.
Want to learn about mariculture and marine environmental science research happening in Valdez?
Catch the 3rd annual PWSC Environmental Sciences Symposium May 2 in person at the main PWSC campus in Valdez or online via Zoom.
More info:
pwsc.alaska.edu/pwsc-news/pw...
A vial of a baby red seaweed.
Two women collecting seaweed samples on rocky show. It is overcast, and they are dressed warm.
Wet red seaweed growing on a rock on a rocky beach.
Red seaweed fieldwork is underway for the Interface of Change project! πΏβ¨
π§ͺ Samples of red ribbon (Devaleraea mollis), red stiff ribbon (Palmaria hecatensis), and seawater are collected bimonthly March through June at two red seaweed harvest sites near Haines, AK. #phycologyfriday #fieldworkfriday
Have you met @soffox.bsky.social? They are one of the awesome graduate students conducting research with @uafairbanks.bsky.social fisheries genomicist @jessicaglass.bsky.social, one of the Interface of Change research leads!
12.04.2025 01:55 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Town buildings nestled in front of large spruces and a snow-tipped mountain. It is dusk, and the full moon is high in the sky. One large building is most prominent; it has many windows, and the bottom of the building is stone-walled. Mounted upon the stone wall are the words, βWelcome to Cordovaβ with five large salmon around the words.
βοΈ Alaska EPSCoRβs Interface of Change project is offering up to $2,500 for spring travel to present at a conference or attend a training. Open to students, staff & faculty from any Alaska higher ed institution. Apply by 5 PM AKDT, April 18! Info: www.alaska.edu/epscor/oppor...
11.04.2025 17:54 β π 1 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0The Interface of Change project began July 2024 following 2 years of engaging with #GulfOfAlaska communities to develop research relevant to the needs of #Alaskans. Our leadership team met to reflect on our first year of initiating research, holding community meetings, and sparking innovation.
10.04.2025 18:09 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0π± We are now accepting applications for #SeedFunding for #research & #education projects that expand our Interface of Change project or develop new directions from #GulfOfAlaska community members. ππ¦ͺπΏ
Deadline: May 30, 2025, 5 pm AKDT.
π Learn more: alaska.edu/epscor/opportunities/seed-funding