This is the autofluorescence of a mushroom coral tentacle under blue light. The red dots are algal symbionts.
I thought this was an artifact when I first saw it under TEM, but it turns out that this is a cross section of the barbed tubule in a cnidocyst.
This is me snorkeling with some clownfish in Karimunjawa.
This is me enjoying a pink sand beach in Komodo National Park with my matching hair.
This is an outplanting test site for the coral nursery I volunteered at. You can see a growth tree in the background with coral fragments hanging from the branches.
This is a TEM picture I took of a really nice gogli.
Anemone collections at Lighthouse Park.
Volunteering for Quest Food Exchange in Vancouver.
This is a herbarium press I made of the seaweed Pyropia, which is commonly called Nori.
I had to dissect and blend tissue from a giant sea anemone (yes, the task required garden shears). My lab mates took this picture to capture the demise of ‘Big Bertha.’
Nematocysts are the stinging cells found in cnidarians like anemones and jellyfish. These are from the mesenterial filaments of a mushroom coral and you can see that several of them have fired.
Coralline algae are a group of red algae that fortify themselves using calcium carbonate. These ‘tiny trees’ are arbuscular coralline algae.
Feeding experiment with kelp.
Mushroom corals are closely related to true corals, but form a separate clade.
Showcasing the abundance of Fucus, a brown algae that pops while you walk on it due to fluid-filled conceptacles.
This is an electron micrograph of mushroom coral tissue. I really liked how you could see the 9+2 microtubule structure.
This is from my directed studies in microscopy. You can click to view full version.
Participating in the Terry Fox run for cancer research.
One of my favorite summer activities is kayaking with my brother and sister while pointing out all of my favourite intertidal organisms.
I really enjoyed visiting the TRIUMF particle accelerator.
Searching for invertebrates with a nice view captured by labmate Waldan Kwong.
I helped Dr. Clarkston survey intertidal algae of British Columbia.
This is me getting geared up to volunteer at a coral nursery in Panglao.
Modeling field technique for the BIOL 209 students at UBC.
A cosmopolitan species of tiny anemones that brave the high intertidal zone.
Herbarium specimens I accessioned for the Beaty Herbarium.
