Archived News

NSF supplement to study marine heatwave

July 2022
New collaboration with the Hoffman Lab at UCSB to study kelp ecosystem under marine heatwaves
 

NSF-IOS funds new biomechanics project

May 2022
3-year collaborative grant to investigate the functions of body extensions on plankton
 

New paper by best student presentation award winner

April 2021
Award winner Emily Branam published her work on barnacle’s spine https://academic.oup.com/icb/article/61/5/1905/6255750
 

Co-occurring, congener tubeworms have significantly different salinity tolerance

October 2020
Congratulations to Iris and Seneca for their first peer-reviewed publication. doi: 10.1007/s00227-020-03758-y
 

Feeding-swimming tradeoffs in barnacle nauplii

October 2020
Highspeed video of barnacle: https://osf.io/548qt/. Article doi: 10.1093/iob/obaa011
 

The pattern of fluctuation shapes acidification impact

October 2020
Congratulations to Daniel for his first peer-reviewed publication. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coaa008
 

Larval urchin swims to avoid acidic water

January 2020
Check out the new publication at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00227-019-3629-7.
 

Chan Lab rocked at SICB Annual Meeting

January 2020
Prof. Chan presented the new collaborative work with Prof. Mimi Koehl (UC Berkeley) and Prof. Benny Chan (Academia Sinica) on biomechanics on larvae. Swarthmore undergraduates presented their work on bacterial compound on larval urchin development. 
 

New Home at Swarthmore, PA, USA 

January 2019
Prof. Chan has started her appointment at Swarthmore College. She will be teaching marine biology in spring. 
 

Marine Invertebrate Larvae Under Global Climate Change

January 2019
MPhil. student Wilson Yeung from Chan’s lab explains why ocean acidification caused by the increasing global temperature imposes threats to marine invertebrate larvae such as sea urchins, a rare treat for sushi lovers. Watch the full video at https://youtu.be/9EgLWSVxJeI
 

We are Relocating

November 2018
Prof. chan and her lab will relocate to Swarthmore College, PA as of Jan 1st 2019.
 

Why barnacles larvae are shaped the way they are

November 2018
PhD student WONG Jin Yung published his meta-analysis on barnacle larvae morphology. Check out the new publication at https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0206973
 

NSF supplement to study marine heatwave

July 2022
New collaboration with the Hoffman Lab at UCSB to study kelp ecosystem under marine heatwaves
 

NSF-IOS funds new biomechanics project

May 2022
3-year collaborative grant to investigate the functions of body extensions on plankton
 

New paper by best student presentation award winner

April 2021
Award winner Emily Branam published her work on barnacle’s spine https://academic.oup.com/icb/article/61/5/1905/6255750
 

Co-occurring, congener tubeworms have significantly different salinity tolerance

October 2020
Congratulations to Iris and Seneca for their first peer-reviewed publication. doi: 10.1007/s00227-020-03758-y
 

Feeding-swimming tradeoffs in barnacle nauplii

October 2020
Highspeed video of barnacle: https://osf.io/548qt/. Article doi: 10.1093/iob/obaa011
 

The pattern of fluctuation shapes acidification impact

October 2020
Congratulations to Daniel for his first peer-reviewed publication. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coaa008
 

Larval urchin swims to avoid acidic water

January 2020
Check out the new publication at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00227-019-3629-7.
 

Chan Lab rocked at SICB Annual Meeting

January 2020
Prof. Chan presented the new collaborative work with Prof. Mimi Koehl (UC Berkeley) and Prof. Benny Chan (Academia Sinica) on biomechanics on larvae. Swarthmore undergraduates presented their work on bacterial compound on larval urchin development. 
 

New Home at Swarthmore, PA, USA 

January 2019
Prof. Chan has started her appointment at Swarthmore College. She will be teaching marine biology in spring. 
 

Marine Invertebrate Larvae Under Global Climate Change

January 2019
MPhil. student Wilson Yeung from Chan’s lab explains why ocean acidification caused by the increasing global temperature imposes threats to marine invertebrate larvae such as sea urchins, a rare treat for sushi lovers. Watch the full video at https://youtu.be/9EgLWSVxJeI
 

We are Relocating

November 2018
Prof. chan and her lab will relocate to Swarthmore College, PA as of Jan 1st 2019.
 

Why barnacles larvae are shaped the way they are

November 2018
PhD student WONG Jin Yung published his meta-analysis on barnacle larvae morphology. Check out the new publication at https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0206973