[ECOLOG-L] Marine Biology Opportunities

2013-10-15 Thread CARISSA R. SHIPMAN
Hello, So I am about to finish my masters in marine biology and will be starting a PhD in marine biotechnology next summer in the Philippines. I am looking for something to do in marine conservation and diving in the meantime (~6 months) either here in the US or abroad. Preferably an opportunity t

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Volunteer Divers Needed in Marine Protected Areas (Philippines), March/April 2013

2013-06-19 Thread CARISSA R. SHIPMAN
Hello, I am looking for funding for a PhD to search for anticancer compounds within sea slugs. My host university and advisor would be at the University of the Philippines, Diliman. I am a US citizen and will be done my Masters in marine biology sometime between the end of August and early October

[ECOLOG-L] Raising funds to survey Marine Protected Areas (Philippines), March/April 2013

2013-01-27 Thread CARISSA R. SHIPMAN
Hello everyone, I am raising funds through GoFundMe to survey Marine Protected Areas in the Philippines this March and April. You can read what I will be doing there in the below link. You may pass this on to others you may know who may be interested in my volunteer work. Thanks for your support.

[ECOLOG-L] Review on sea slug anticancer compounds

2012-12-18 Thread CARISSA R. SHIPMAN
Hello, I am a graduate student in marine biology interested in publishing a *review * paper I wrote for my seminar course. The focus of the paper is anticancer compounds from sea slugs and suggests several new species to be looked at using phylogenetics and systematics. I have done some research

[ECOLOG-L] Recommended books and courses for GRE prep

2011-01-06 Thread CARISSA R. SHIPMAN
Dear fellow scientists, I appreciate everyone's feedback with regards to GRE's. I took mine and was accepted into a Master's program which I am currently in and just started last semester. Presently, I am without research funding and realize this could be because of my GRE scores, however, I will

[ECOLOG-L] Retaking GRE for PhD

2011-01-05 Thread CARISSA R. SHIPMAN
Dear fellow scientists, I am curious to know whether I should retake the GRE to get into a good PhD program? I just completed my first semester of my masters. I spoke to a PhD student at Berkeley who stated that graduate programs are not emphasizing the GRE so much anymore, however I do not think