Oregon Institute of Marine Biology

10/14/2026

~Promotion to Full Professor Seminar - Aaron Galloway
Please join us Friday, October 23 at 3:30pm - OIMB Boathouse Auditorium
Join via Zoom if you can't attend in person: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/94047064324
This seminar will be recorded.

10/13/2026

Interested in the coast and local issues? Join us on the southwest coastal campus for “Oregon Abroad: Coastal Environments”. The program is open to all majors with no prerequisites 🌊 For more information, check out our University of Oregon page: https://naturalsciences.uoregon.edu/OIMB

10/08/2026

We are excited about the naming of our new little Pacific Red Octopus, Bubbles!
You can see more of Bubbles and tank mate, Sq**rt by visiting Oregon Institute of Marine Biology's outreach center, The Charleston Marine Life Center. The CMLC is open Wednesdays through Saturdays from 11 am to 5 pm.
Happy World Octopus Day! ~

10/02/2026

Want a chance to name a real live "small" Pacific Red Octopus? Here is your chance! Votes are taken in person at the CMLC. One vote per visitor. The winning name will be announced on World Octopus Day, October 8th.

Come check out our small new addition located at the Charleston Marine Life Center Open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm. ~

10/01/2026

~At the 14th International Larval Biology Symposium in Woods Hole this week, OIMB Professor Emeritus Craig Young was recognized during a research symposium entitled “A Larval Legacy: Reproductive Ecology from the Subtidal to the Deep Sea - a Session in Honor of Craig Young.” Craig also gave a keynote talk on four decades of larval studies in the deep sea, and the conference offered a pre-screening of Born in the Abyss, an IMAX documentary featuring Craig as scientific advisor and expedition leader. A group of OIMB students, faculty, and alumni were at the symposium to help celebrate Craig’s long and accomplished career. Congratulations, Craig!

09/30/2026

Beautiful! ~
Visit this beauty located at our Charleston Marine Life Center.
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology's CMLC is open Wednesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Our new piling tank is gorgeous! Come take a look and challenge yourself to find mussels, barnacles, anemones, worms, sponges, tunicates, fish, algae and more!

09/23/2026

Drs. Nicole Nakata (OIMB alumn) and Richard Emlet’s brittle-star research has spawned a lovely CAS Connection article about their recent paper on larval diversity and development along the Oregon coast.
You can read it here: https://cas.uoregon.edu/news/cas-marine-biologists-discover-new-plankton-off-oregon-coast

The larval images are beautiful and does make you wonder how many you swallow when you swim in the ocean. ~

Stories are drawn across cave walls, written into history books and verbally passed down through generations. The origins of storytelling are rooted in survival, and it’s such an essential skill, it’s a core part of the curriculum in the College of Arts and Sciences.

09/21/2026

Check out our summer newsletter featuring a recap of our summer Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE), highlights of our OIMB community, and updates from the Charleston Marine Life Center!
https://mailchi.mp/uoregon/oimb-tidal-exchange-spring-2026-v6p8cm84wl

09/11/2026

Reading for enjoyment as a child is important to becoming a lifelong reader and is linked to academic achievement. Read more about it here: https://bit.ly/4xNc1MN

Six ways to encourage children’s love of reading 📚

UO literacy experts say all reading is good reading, whether it's text or digital, nonfiction or comics.

Reading for enjoyment as a child is important to becoming a lifelong reader and is linked to academic achievement. Yet research also indicates that the time children spend reading outside of school is on the decline.

Learn tips for supporting children’s love of reading from an early age 🔗 https://bit.ly/4xNc1MN

09/11/2026

This is really something special! ~

The first time I saw a video of someone oohing and aahing after trying on a pair of EnChroma’s color blindness–correcting glasses, I was intrigued. My father is color-blind, and I was excited at the prospect that after a lifetime of confusing reds with greens, he might finally get to see the wor...