Previous seminars

Rocket science for conservation

Sunlight and cellular networks filling data gaps at sea

Robots and humans: Learning, interaction, and remote operation

Conservify: Open source conservation technology

Unusual dinoflagellate dominance in Monterey Bay examined with automated imaging flow cytometry

23rd Annual Intern Symposium

MBARI interns present their summer research, early presentations

Direct and indirect effects of temperature on fish distributions

Anthropogenic impacts along Florida’s longest river

Species boundaries and species diversity in a changing ocean

Systems engineering: Tools to avoid making critical trade-offs in silos

SeaCharger: An autonomous boat tackles the Pacific

Swarming and the future of oceanography

Exploration and ecology within mesophotic coral reefs

Designing effective interfaces to visualize and analyze complex data

Air, land, sea, and space: Open source robot tools for all

Scaling ocean observation with acoustic drifters

Video analysis at scale in the era of deep learning

Diversity of the Indo-Pacific Network (DIPnet): Novel solutions for the study of molecular ecology and evolution in the Indo-Pacific

Computer vision for underwater environmental monitoring

Designing ROV end-effectors for robust undersea physical interactions

Hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of the Carmel River bar built estuary

Deep-sea hydrothermal vents: Oases for life in oceans beyond Earth?

Deep-seabed mining on the horizon: Challenges, perspectives, and next steps

Using virtual reality to share the ocean

The private life of lipid membranes in model organisms

Drivers of coastal acidification in northern California Current estuaries

The physiology of phytoplankton in fluctuating light

Illuminating the seafloor with dark fiber seismology and the MARS cable

Linking lab and field: Physiological ecology in a new age

22nd Annual Intern Symposium

Jellyfish blooms: Beyond the slime

Designing more effective human-robot systems

Using science to change the world

Pteropods under multiple stressor effects in the California Current system

Fathom Antarctica: Drawing inspiration
under the ice as scientist and artist

How to be a science hacker

Eye of the Shoal—exploring the remarkable world of fish

The South Indian Ocean: A tale of physical-biogeochemical interactions

The freest of lunches: Using out-of-domain data to boost oceanographic image classification

Cryptic cycles and power laws in the anaerobic seabed bioreactor

Mālama honua: Bridging traditional knowledge and modern science through observation

Connecting the dots: The biology and conservation of whale sharks

Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust: Working to revitalize a healthy and sustainable fishing economy

Impact of seawater desalination on the marine environment. What do we know (and don’t)?

Diurnal rhythms in phytoplankton physiology and marine snow export observed from a Wirewalker autonomous platform

This talk will cover the biology and ecology of leatherback turtles, the current status of the population, challenges to recovery, and the actions we can take to help.

Ocean acidification impacts on krill and krill predators in the Southern Ocean

From Andean hummingbirds to Antarctic pteropods: Flapping flight mechanics in physically variable locomotor media

Micro-plants and mixing: The movements of 3D-printed phytoplankton

From microplastics contamination through jellyfish metabolism to ocean carbon flux

The secret life of elephant seals: Insights into the at-sea behavior of a mesopelagic predator

Real-time underwater imaging
and microscopy