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Michael Latz

Living Light in the Ocean Darkness

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Posted: September 17, 2013

Michael Latz recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on September 11, 2013. Latz is the principal investigator at the Latz Laboratory at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, where he is also a senior lecturer.

He discusses his research interests, including using interdisciplinary approaches involving biology, chemistry, and physics to investigate how marine organisms interact with their ocean environment; ecology of bioluminescence in the ocean; and the role of bioluminescent and fluorescent molecules.

Video Posted: September 17, 2013 | Running time: 2:57

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