Inessa Chandra

Ocean lover, curious and curiouser, let's get dirty, beauty through the lens of science, Marine Bio PhD, giant kelp

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First week after moving to France! Ate lots of crepes and seafood, explored Brittany @MenehamBretagne @Le_MontStMichel, and visited my new workplace at @SBRoscoff.

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Successfully defended my dissertation on how #seaweeds experience time! Had an amazing PhD @USC_MEB. Now it's off to France for my post-doc!

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And got to explore Seattle for the first time! #ChihulyGG @mirotea

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So thankful I got to attend #PSAISOPISEP2024! Presented my research and was one of the Bold Award winners! Met a lot of awesome algae people and got to spend time with these goobers

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Also successfully arranged my friends' bachelor/bachelorette party (escaped in time and karaoke'ed hard) and saw them married!

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And then spent some time with my family in Sydney

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What an amazing summer! Got to dive the #GreatBarrierReef

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Crashed #IPMB2024 as one of 3 brown algal researchers. Luckily the plant scientists were pretty cool about it.

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Ride or die? These 2 ladies are my dive or die. Living the #mermaid life! #cozumel #scubadiving

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#NewProfilePic P.C. Jason Goode

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Miguel studied how nutrients and temperature interact to affect #kelp on an enzymatic level. He scuba dove to collect kelp samples, managed 8 different experimental conditions, handled 100+ cuvettes, and learned how to use an elemental combustion analyzer! PC: Jason Goode

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I had a wonderful summer of research @USCWrigley with the help of Zinsmeyer REU Declan Bulwa and Wrigley REU Miguel Sanchez! In addition to helping me with my own research, they conducted their own, original experiments on #Vibrio and #kelp. PC: Jason Goode

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Declan investigated #Vibrio ecology and taxonomy in relation to eelgrass and kelp habitats. He free dove to collect 50+ water samples from around Catalina, inoculated 100+ petri dishes, isolated and DNA extracted 70+ colonies, and sent in 50 samples in for sequencing!

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Times flies when you're having fun 😎 This is 2023 Wrigley Fellow @InessaChandra's third summer at #WrigleyMSC, and she's doing research on kelp senescence to build more understanding of how we can support new kelp growth. #FellowsFriday ⁠https://t.co/XaicqeIvgv

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⁠Just a typical summer day for Zinsmeyer Fellow Declan Bulwa, who is conducting his research on Vibrio abundance in the waters surrounding #WrigleyMSC.

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I've been wanting to see a #GiantSeaBass since I first dove at #Catalina in 2020. Today, not only did I see my first- I saw three! #CasinoPoint

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They also visited the #intertidal and observed different organismal behaviors. On the way back home, we briefly traveled with a bison! PC: Jake Davis, Inessa Chandra

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Super impressed with my ENST483 students this @USCWrigley Maymester! They've been learning the different aspects behind ecosystem function and our capacity for #Sustainability. It's only the 2nd week, but they've been busy! PC: Jake Davis

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In another, they took water samples from different habitats (rocky reef, eelgrass, kelp) to see if they reduce the presence of potentially pathogenic #Vibrio. PC: Inessa Chandra, Jason Goode