Press
Recent Press and Media Coverage:
Marine sciences professor receives NSF CAREER award (April 2022) - PI Holly Bik received a prestigious 5-year early-career grant from the National Science Foundation.
The Taproot Podcast Interview (January 2020) – “Staying Afloat – Time Management in a Sea of Obligations” - see also the companion blog post with links and resources
BOOM: Biomechanics on our Minds Podcast Interview (July 2019) – talking about fashion in science and how to navigate scientific conferences
California Sea Grant announces new faculty awards (March 2019) - PI Holly Bik was funded to carry out a project focused on “Assessing the health and productivity of Southern California estuaries using high-throughput sequencing of benthic meiofauna”
Microbiome Study Suggests Marine Nematodes Are Not Picky Eaters (April 2018) - press release for Schuelke et al. 2018 study published in Molecular Ecology
UC Merced RadioBio Podcast Interview (October 2017) – graduate students interview Dr. Holly Bik during a seminar visit
“How ATMs spread Money and Microbes”, Radio Interview for the WGBH Innovation Hub (December 2016) - interview about Bik et al. 2016 study published in mSphere
People Behind the Science Podcast Interview (April 2015) - Episode #251 "Sequencing Species in Deep-Sea Sediments”
Radio segment on the "Academic Minute" (July 2014) – I gave an “elevator pitch” of my research program on this two-minute segment produced by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Education
Courses currently taught at UGA:
MARS 3450 Marine Biology
BINF 8001 Introduction to the Institute of Bioinformatics
Previously taught courses at UC Riverside:
Biol 020 The Dynamic Genome - a research-based alternative to an introductory biology course - freshmen undergraduates complete a unit focused on nematode DNA barcoding, including taxonomic identifications (microscopy), PCR, Sanger Sequencing, and basic bioinformatics. Course materials freely available on GitHub.
BIOL/NEM 159 Biology of Nematodes - lecture-based, upper division undergraduate course
MCBL 211 Microbial Ecology - team-taught graduate course, a core requirement of the UCR microbiology graduate program.
Outreach
Deep-Sea News (DSN) - http://www.deepseanews.com/
A popular marine science blog written by practicing scientists (Dr. Holly Bik is an Associate Editor and contributing writer). The mission of DSN is “demystifying and humanizing science in an open conversation that instills passion, awe, and responsibility for the oceans.”