New Grice Bog and Wetland Garden

Posted on February 5, 2015 by phillipsse1

A new and exciting project will be underway at Grice this month. Groundbreaking will begin on a new wetland and bog garden located on the Southeast corner of the building. This project was spearheaded by graduate students Rebecca Balazs and Sharleen Johnson, with assistance from Lab Manager Greg Townsley. Rebecca and Sharleen wrote a proposal and received a small grant from the ECOllective Fund from CofC’s Office of Sustainability. The Garden will utilize condensation runoff from the HVAC chiller on Grice’s roof. This water will be piped to a small pond, then distributed to a couple of wetland container gardens, including one which will be an acidic bog where native carnivorous plants will reside. The large amount of condensate water was originally pooling on the east side of Grice, which could potentially damage the building. Construction will begin February 14, 2015. You can view the layout below.

Grice Professor and Post-doc Article Gets Published in “The Marine Biologist” Magazine

Posted on January 8, 2015 by phillipsse1

Grice Professor, Erik Sotka, and Post-doctoral Fellow, Stacy Krueger-Hadfield, have recently written a short article in The Marine Biologist about the efforts of the Sotka lab studying the evolutionary ecology of an invasive red seaweed, Gracilaria vermiculophylla. They discussed the the mutualism formed between the alga and a decorator worm called Diaptra cuprea in the Southeastern US as well as the work they will be embarking on in 2015 sampling the extant range of the seaweed, both native and non-native. To learn more about their work, you can contact Erik (sotkae@cofc.edu) or Stacy (kruegersa@cofc.edu). Also, visit the website for the Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) http://www.mba.ac.uk/.

2014 Folly Beach Christmas Parade

Posted on December 16, 2014 by phillipsse1

As we do every year, Grice was a part of the 2014 Christmas Parade at Folly Beach. “Octoclaus” made his annual appearance and we won “Best Beach Themed Float”!

REU Students Wind Down the Summer

Posted on August 7, 2014 by phillipsse1

Summer is coming to a close as the ten REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) finish up their research experience here at Grice. The students arrived at the end of May from all over the country, as well as one from Puerto Rico, and will depart this week. They had a fun-filled summer working with mentors and graduate students on various projects including topics such as hammerhead sharks, snapping shrimp, sheepshead minnows, and horseshoe crabs. The Colloquium took place in the SCDNR Marine Resources Research Institute Auditorium where each REU got to present their research to Grice and SCDNR employees, staff and faculty.

CofC Senior Project 2014 visits Grice

Posted on July 23, 2014 by phillipsse1

Thirty students from the Science & Math session of the College of Charleston’s Senior Project visited Grice this month. Their day was filled with a plankton workshop, touch tank, tour of the Collections room, as well as learning about several research projects going on currently with graduate students. Senior Project is a competitive annual college-prep program where rising high school seniors get a chance to experience a week of “college life”. You can read more about it here.

Guidance Counselors Visit Grice

Posted on June 20, 2014 by phillipsse1

Grice received a visit by 40 high school guidance counselors from Chicago, Illinois who had been visiting various Colleges and Universities for a week. After visiting College of Charleston, the Admissions department thought it would be a treat for them to come see what all goes on at Grice. On Friday, June 20th, Pete Meier (Marine Operations Manager) and Emily Phillips (Lab Assistant) gave them some historical facts about Fort Johnson, as well as a tour of the Collections Room, the Wet Lab, and then took them outside to see the dolphins in the harbor. Other previous schools they visited besides College of Charleston included Duke University, University of NC Chapel Hill, Elon University, and University of NC Wilmington.

Grice Welcomes New Lab Manager

Posted on June 16, 2014 by phillipsse1

Greg Townsley recently started as Grice’s new Lab Manager, and is very excited to be here. Greg’s educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology from Ohio State University and a Master’s in Environmental Studies through the MES program at CofC. He lived in Charleston for 20 years before moving to Northern Utah for 4 years where he worked first for the US Forest Service and then as a Facility Manager/Research Technician for an Algae Biofuel research facility at Utah State University. While in Utah, Greg did a lot of hiking and learned to snowboard. He currently lives in West Ashley with his dog and cat, and his hobbies include photography, cooking, sampling craft beers, and hunting for old vinyl records in thrift stores. Greg is happy to be back in Charleston among good friends, the beautiful scenery and warmer winters.

Grice 2014 Newsletter

Posted on May 23, 2014 by phillipsse1

The newest edition of the Grice Newsletter has been mailed out this month, for all of you who are interested in the news and happenings at Grice recently. If you didn’t receive one in the mail you can view the electronic copy here.

2014 Grice Marine-ival

Posted on May 12, 2014 by phillipsse1

The annual Grice Marine-ival festival took place on Saturday, May 3rd this year and was a great success. Over 100 students, faculty, staff and family members attended, and nearly $300 was raised for the Marine Biology Graduate School Association (MBGSA)! The students won the student vs. faculty volleyball game, and the faculty won the student vs. facutly kickball game. Other events at the festival included a cookout, bake sale, cornhole tournament, fiddler crab races, face painting, water balloon fight, and digging for sharks teeth.

The Natural Touch

Posted on August 30, 2009 by phillipsse1

Dr. Julian Harrison III (1934 – 2009), Professor Emeritus of Biology at the College of Charleston, was a lifetime volunteer with the Charleston Museum. An article by Albert E. Sanders, Curator of Natural Sciences, was published in the Summer 2009 issue of The Charleston Museum newsletter, Provenance.

Grice Marine Laboratory

News and updates from across the harbor

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