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Fri, May 11 Spoil Island Clean-up. Depart from Harbor Branch’s Ocean Discovery Center at 9:30am and return around 1pm. Help Harbor Branch take care of its recently adopted spoil island in the Indian River Lagoon. Learn about the biodiversity of the lagoon and what’s going on right now on the waterway with scientist and boat captain Dennis Hanisak and Ocean Discovery Center guide Sunny Gardner. Take a turn on the rope swing and enjoy the beauty of the IRL. Board the pontoon boat on the Harbor Branch-FAU campus. Bring your water shoes, gloves, and a brown bag lunch for the cooler. Reservations required. Call (772) 242-2559.

Tues, May 22 VIP Tour for HBOI/Members & Guests-Reservations required. 9:30am-11:30am. Meet at the Ocean Discovery Center at 9:30am. Join us for a morning of shoreline discovery on the Indian River Lagoon.

Wed, May 23 at 7pm

The Other Side of Harbor Branch: Conservation on the Scrub Ridge
Presented by Dr. Jon Moore
Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University

About the Lecture
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution was established in 1971 along the shoreline of the Indian River Lagoon. Large tracts of land were purchased at the inception of HBOI, but have remained relatively undisturbed since then. As the east coast of Florida has continued to develop over the decades, this undisturbed land at HBOI has become a de facto nature preserve. One particularly endangered habitat preserved along the west side of HBOI's property is Atlantic Coastal Ridge scrub. This presentation will describe research on and conservation of the endangered plants and animals found in scrub habitat.

Johnson Education Center, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University, 5600 US 1 North, Fort Pierce, FL. Telephone 772-242-2506.

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Sara Edge, Ph.D.

Assistant Research Professor

sedge4@hboi.fau.edu
772-242-2261

Education

(2001-2007) Ph.D. Environmental & Molecular Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia USA
(1997) B.A. Journalism, University of Georgia, Athens; presidential scholar

Professional Experience

(2008-present) Assistant Research Professor, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at FAU, Robertson Coral Reef Program, Fort Pierce, Florida
(2008) Post-doctoral Researcher, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at FAU, Robertson Coral Reef Program, Fort Pierce, Florida
(2007-2008) Post-doctoral Researcher, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Robertson Coral Reef Program, Fort Pierce, Florida
(2001-2007) Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Dissertation title: ‘Design and application of a microarray for testing coral response to environmental stressors’, Advisor Dr. Terry Snell
(1999-2001) Laboratory Assistant – Dr. Marc Weissburg;, GA Inst. Tech., Atlanta, GA.

Awards and Distinctions

(2008) Florida Sea Grant, Advanced molecular techniques for quantifying coral health: a workshop for Florida’s reef researchers, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University
(2004, 2006) IGERT Research Grant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Biology
(2004, 2005) IGERT Travel Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, Biology
(2003) Disease and Health Consortium / U.S. N.O.A.A. Scholarship Recipient; 1st International Coral Reef Ecotoxicology and Health Workshop, Bermuda

Teaching Experience

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Inst. at FAU:
(2008) OCB 4525 Molecular Microbial Marine Ecology; OCB 4525L Molecular Microbial Marine Ecology Lab
Georgia Institute of Technology:
(2006) BIOL 4490 Ecology Project Lab
(2005) BIOL 2336 General Ecology Lab
(2003 – 2005) BIOL 4490 Ecology Project Lab
(2002) BIOL 1510 Introductory Biology Lab; BIOL 2335 General Ecology; BIOL 4490 Ecology Project Lab
(2001) BIOL 1510 Introductory Biology Lab

Detailed CV

Research Interests

Use of molecular technology to detect and characterize environmental stress responses in corals
Investigate the effects of biotic and abiotic stressors on ecosystem health using biochemical and molecular approaches
Molecular mechanisms associated with marine invertebrate ecophysiology, species interactions, social behavior, invasiveness and disease
Ecotoxicology