https://www.ramirezlaboratory.com/news-1 daily 0.75 2023-04-25 https://www.ramirezlaboratory.com/news-1/get-out-there-n9t2h-jed3n monthly 0.5 2022-06-07 https://www.ramirezlaboratory.com/news-1/why-deserts-matter-too-maymt-fhky7 monthly 0.5 2022-06-07 https://www.ramirezlaboratory.com/news-1/new-hope-in-old-appalachia-lly88-5lx77 monthly 0.5 2022-06-07 https://www.ramirezlaboratory.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/26741d91-ffcb-4329-9130-caaffb07648d/DSC01871.JPG https://www.ramirezlaboratory.com/blog/octopus-odyssey-leg-2 monthly 0.5 2025-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/00683969-bd4f-49ca-b6e6-feb69e214044/takeoff.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey (Leg 2) - Make it stand out Leaving Los Angeles behind… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/7e50b09a-21c3-4aae-857c-0d4490ffcf76/AlmacenRamirez.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey (Leg 2) - Make it stand out The one and only Mr. Oscar Manuel Almacen (left) and yours truly (right). First-year graduate student in my laboratory the evening before embarking in his first scientific cruise! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/914f20d6-fc0c-4bdb-8f7a-fdd9c68d3db4/Falkor.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey (Leg 2) - Make it stand out A majestic site awaited us a few miles off shore. Boarding R/V Falkor too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/01a3e3dc-7292-4373-98cd-71f7f5687a48/AlmacenFalkor.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey (Leg 2) - Make it stand out The Ramírez lab enjoying the sites from the wonderful game room on R/V Falkor too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/807f4848-a254-413e-bc7c-6ca6083f744a/safetytraining.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey (Leg 2) - Make it stand out The usual day one formalities at sea. Safety training for all. Valeria Naranjo-Aguilar and Oscar Almancen, demonstrate safety equipment use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/efe1369d-8eee-42ce-aed8-73c7887fcdf1/Sub.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey (Leg 2) - Make it stand out Subastian awaiting the green light for a dive. T-4 days! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/46f2849e-c431-4741-8ae0-09447ca6b83c/BBQ.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey (Leg 2) - Make it stand out Departure BBQ, a Falkor too classic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/e5431c4a-b963-4007-9b26-30df5843ef57/BBQ2.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey (Leg 2) - Make it stand out The heat from the coals and the setting sun compete for my attention. They both win as Panama recedes in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/19cc0f59-adcd-4609-94dc-9be0e6cd5840/OscarVictor.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey (Leg 2) - Make it stand out Mr. Almacen claims victory over his old Professor! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/9e5ce8b6-ed52-49de-a848-f6c8b72d6c45/WheatAction.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey (Leg 2) - Make it stand out Science Talks: Dr. Geoff Wheat in action. He likes the fluids! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/4040e459-d643-4c2f-aa01-4f5ece401a4f/WheatModel.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey (Leg 2) - Make it stand out Geochemical Oceanography model photoshoot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/29868399-1d74-4b68-ad37-bd1cec3b35e6/Leonardo.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey (Leg 2) - Make it stand out Leonardo discusses his maritime battle scars with Janet. https://www.ramirezlaboratory.com/blog/2023-nasa-gl4u-bioinformatics-bootcamp monthly 0.5 2023-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/82c0f32c-a538-4a63-8567-a4be469ed89a/DSC_0507.JPG Lab Blog - 2023 NASA GL4U Bioinformatics Bootcamp - Make it stand out CSULA student Irene Ngo analyzes fecal microbiome data collected from mice experiments performed on the International Space Station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/2776d68d-0b36-4cae-84fa-9733053736e5/DSC_0516.JPG Lab Blog - 2023 NASA GL4U Bioinformatics Bootcamp - Make it stand out CSULA student James Araiza (middle) discussing microbiome analysis pipelines with Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine invited faculty attendee, Professor Brian B. Oakley (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/8e314c17-ba91-4f0b-93fe-7098e70a1daf/DSC_0519.JPG Lab Blog - 2023 NASA GL4U Bioinformatics Bootcamp - Make it stand out JPL Planetary Protection engineer, Dr. Lisa Guan, discusses pre-flight approaches to minimizing inadvertent forward contamination of Mars-bound spacecraft with Earth microbes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/3e0743cd-99ce-4975-ad10-de0e501d780c/IMG_3757+2.jpeg Lab Blog - 2023 NASA GL4U Bioinformatics Bootcamp - Make it stand out Dr. Amanda Saravia-Butler delivering a hands-on bioinformatics-focused introduction to Unix and R. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/102a7906-ae05-4210-82c0-8319f1127df8/DSC_0502+%281%29.JPG Lab Blog - 2023 NASA GL4U Bioinformatics Bootcamp - Make it stand out Yours truly discussing the history of microbial ecology metrics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/b86c155c-d495-475d-ab77-9b7978c330a3/DSC_0492+%281%29.JPG Lab Blog - 2023 NASA GL4U Bioinformatics Bootcamp - Make it stand out Dr. Micheal D. Lee’s interactive bioinformatics lecture on alpha-diversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/b1909dbc-a039-41fb-93e1-f414d4f459c1/IMG_3754.jpeg Lab Blog - 2023 NASA GL4U Bioinformatics Bootcamp - Make it stand out Dr. Amanda Saravia-Butler discussing Illumina sequencing with Professor Brian Oakley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/6a617041-97cf-4af8-af4b-6e8701217456/DSC_0497+%281%29.JPG Lab Blog - 2023 NASA GL4U Bioinformatics Bootcamp - Make it stand out Dr. Micheal D. 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Flying over Baja California, south-bound, with the Mexican mainland across the sea. The blue of the waves, surrounded by the desert brown, perfectly blends into the sky. The atmosphere, hydrosphere, and continents blend effortlessly as pastel colors in an artist’s palette. Photo Credits: Ramírez, GA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/2fbe80f5-4e65-4c8d-ab12-a0a31fa5f7f3/IMG_2833.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Dr. Beth N. Orcutt, our expedition’s co-chief scientist, delivering opening remarks at our pre-cruise symposium at the University of Costa Rica. Photo Credits: Ramírez, GA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/36890387-d5da-447b-b857-d3f2c0bb914f/IMG_2871.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Octopus Odyssey Expedition Artist at Sea, Carlos Hiller, and Costa Rican Cellist Sonia Bruno delight the expedition party with an amazing hour-long musical and live painting performance. 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Photo Credits: Alex Ingle / Schmidt Ocean Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/67fb5a87-0c31-4456-8760-cbe79a8a52e7/FKt230602-SunsetDuringBBQ-20230601-Ingle-1362.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out One of two charcoal grills responsible for speeding up the chemistry of food materials and bringing on the magic of our ocean sunset BBQ departure to the high seas. Photo Credits: Alex Ingle / Schmidt Ocean Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/0edc441a-7aaf-44f9-b742-cae6bfe800cf/FKt230602-DepartureDayFalkorToo-20230526-Ingle-0584.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Octopus Odyssey Expedition Departure Photo Credits: Alex Ingle / Schmidt Ocean Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/bbb7f9ac-8303-4adb-b5c9-5912fab3a94a/test1.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Map of the Dorado seamount. The feature is depicted in meters beneath the seafloor. Bathymetry data courtesy of Andy Fisher, Rachel Lauer, and Rob Perrin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/f2dbe945-672a-4064-ab02-227bfce64fd7/Subastian_0529.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Subastian, ready for action. Photo Credits: Ramírez, GA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/bbe8b9ca-e486-4d14-bd15-d35642145ffb/FKt230602-Dive529FirstOctopus-20230603-Ingle-2110.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Excitement building as we approach the rocky gates of the Octopus’ Garden led by world octopus expert Janet Voight (in red). Photo Credits: Alex Ingle / Schmidt Ocean Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/c6563bda-96b6-47c0-8b14-896d4de725e7/FirstOctopus_0529.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out First Octopus spotted in this dive! Photo Credits: Ramírez, GA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/461bda41-ecf9-4a9e-ae78-08590dee607d/Females_0529.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Egg brooding females in the background. Microbial colonization experiments being deployed. Photo Credits: Ramírez, GA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/86eff2af-74f2-4e88-8280-a1c1b8705e42/Art_529.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out A dive one inspired master piece by El Maestro Carlos Hiller. Photo Credits: Ramírez, GA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/7682dd69-5017-4ae6-ad2f-10ff1cd6dc38/142B07B2-A1C2-430D-B888-3D61AB3B2883.JPG Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out El Dorado Seamount octopus hatchlings Photo Credit: Dr. Holly Lutz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/db8b5d12-ef3d-450d-8685-ffc76cea1abe/e94571ec-1382-4541-810b-69a74aa6e77c.JPG Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out ROV Subastian upon its triumphant return to the surface world. Photo Credits: Ramírez, GA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/815e15d4-6b69-46c7-a11a-1951d5d05009/FKt230602-ROVSampleRecoveryAndProcessing-20230604-Ingle-2635.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Professor Maria Isabel Sandoval (white coat) and Dr. Maila Guilhon sample freshy collected hemipelagic sediment from the outskirts of Dorado Seamount. Photo Credits: Alex Ingle / Schmidt Ocean Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/bdbc7c58-98ca-4d58-856d-344de1230926/FKt230602-ROVSampleRecoveryAndProcessing-20230604-Ingle-2607+%281%29.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Team sediment at work in the ROV hanger extruding push cores. No better way to spend warm late evenings at sea. Photo Credits: Ramírez, GA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/ce9a02bc-1075-419a-aa4c-0fec81e0d0da/FKt230602-Dive529FirstOctopus-20230603-Ingle-2074.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Male octopus (note the curled arm which is actually a copulatory organ at the tip) patiently or frustratingly impatiently (who knowns!) awaits mating opportunities. 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Photo Credit: Ramírez, GA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/66aff1f2-a256-4cd6-b99c-f597a0a2d67a/IMG_3065+2.jpeg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Sea Pig Photo Credit: Ramírez, GA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/005d2f29-43fb-456a-aa68-386e376a22be/IMG_3066+2.jpeg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Sediment push core collection. Photo Credit: Ramírez, GA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/ac28532d-9858-4aad-a59a-dcebde91494f/IMG_3070.jpeg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out ROV Subastian returning to the photic world from after working 24 hours in the abyss below. Photo Credit: Ramírez, GA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/1ef7f576-445c-4afe-b775-e3a7b094bbca/IMG_3073.jpeg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Porewater geochemical sampling. Sterile syringes and a special long nose filter are used to, using a vacuum, slurp mud juice out of pre-drilled holes on the side of the plastic core. These samples, collected at known depth beneath the seafloor (top part of the core above), primarily informs me on what microbes in the mud breath. The breathing menu at sediment this age includes, in addition to oxygen, nitrate, dissolved manganese, iron, and potentially sulfate. Photo Credit: Ramírez, GA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/daf359cd-0ff0-4437-80b5-48bde1c00f78/FKt230602-MissionControlDive531-20230605-Ingle-2698.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out ROV control room excitement as we explore the world of the tripod fish. Co-Chief Scientist Beth Orcutt (in the back), Professor Rachel Lauer (glasses) and yours truly, enjoy the wonderment of this tree-legged creature. Photo Credits: Alex Ingle / Schmidt Ocean Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/a2769e7c-2664-4a23-b458-ad9b303df422/IMG_3081.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Davy Jone’s chess table? This incredible geological formation sparked plenty of conversation during my ROV watch. Photo Credits: Ramírez, GA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/9c3236a4-20ef-4d74-8fb0-da4f45fa50a5/IMG_3086.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out What is perhaps the first depiction of the natural surrealism of the seafloor tripod fish. Photo Credits: Ramírez, GA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/cba9412c-2afe-4367-9389-3179e77b6d53/FKt230602-NewSpeciesOfOctopusIdentified-20230606-Ingle-2952.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Janet Voight, world Octopus authority, examines a new specimen. Photo Credits: Alex Ingle / Schmidt Ocean Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/17449272-d638-46cf-a4dc-741bfbc3a1fe/Screen+Shot+2023-06-11+at+11.29.37+AM.png Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Bathymetric map of Tengosed Seamount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/57ffd62d-af1a-4824-b065-49226e1b5baf/IMG_3157.PNG Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Suspected skate egg nursery near the summit of Tengosed seamount. The ROV Subastian collects a mermaid purse to test the viability of the eggs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/84ef8632-a8f0-4187-b71f-c4ec8300328e/b694f469-4a9a-4e76-8366-98dc6ee5f31f.JPG Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Viable skate egg, further suggesting that the Tengosed seamount environment maybe a skate nursery, analogous to what we observed with Octopus nurseries at El Dorado outcrop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/35e19353-23b0-4213-bc6b-73930eb2b3eb/IMG_3154.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out The summit throne of the Tengosed seamount Monarchs, King Anemone and Queen Sponge, presiding over their kingdom of darkness and cold amongst their royal invertebrate court. Eternal guardians of Nature’s secret treasures. No doubt, a sight best enjoyed with Grieg’s own I Dovregubbens hall as the sound track! Our very own Costa Rican seabed Troldhaugen! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/263b297c-a208-432b-beb6-efa5e518a557/IMG_3152.PNG Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Squid: Nope!!!, Ink & Jets! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/87cc2b78-05e6-4e2f-8a6d-162c334f1420/IMG_3153.PNG Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out A siphonophore, perhaps tens of meters in length. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/9676f40d-0d99-479b-bc2b-2b24c46c9ef9/IMG_3141.jpeg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Frijoles negros a la schnitzel con vista a la eternidad del asunto, Mae! -Pura Vida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/700f364f-6cb0-4a12-acbf-c4b27d085db4/IMG_3144.jpeg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out A blitz battle evening. With 1 min and 56 sec remaining on the clock, having just indulged in a G-rank pawn capture by a sagacious queen attack, Dr. Lutz seeks additional opportunities for castigation against Dr. Semedo’s troops. Let history know that this battle raged on in the high seas, at approximately 9.25N & -87.0W, aboard the Falkor too barque, on the first hour of June 11th (locally, -6h UTC) of the 23 year of the 21st century, anno Domini*. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/ae87f0c2-9b13-4f24-ab84-16d6ffd84ca3/IMG_3133.jpeg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Another triumphant return of Subastian from the depths of the abyss. This is what we train for! Scientific treasure loaded ROV back to our surface world. All troops to main deck! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/a21c60fa-0e91-49df-8b39-0fb4e4bbb7cf/Caballito_bathy_waypoints_2.png Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out Two unnamed seafloor features in the Costa Rican Pacific. The incompletely mapped one to the East (right, note the planned planned raster lines directly below it) is putatively called “Caballito”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/3801c7bb-d348-40a1-90f9-effcb6c8f9cc/IMG_3150.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out One of our two artists-at-sea, El Maestro Carlos Hiler, working on the next ocean masterpiece from the beautiful yacht-like aft lounge on the morning of the hump day of our expedition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640f5ed8f65687378dc8daa3/b9dffdae-0a04-4289-9d68-dc2fa309cacd/FKt230602-ROVRecoveryDive534-20230610-Ingle-3770.jpg Lab Blog - Octopus Odyssey - Make it stand out ROV Subastian breaching the hydrosphere-atmosphere interface after another successful mission completed. 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