Rika Anderson
I’m an assistant professor at Carleton College in the Biology department. The overarching goal of my research is to understand how life co-evolves with its environment over time. We use next-generation sequencing tools to better understand the processes that drive microbial and viral evolution over time. We collaborate with astronomers, geologists, chemists, and atmospheric scientists to ask big-picture questions in astrobiology and oceanography.
Contact
Assistant Professor of Biology
Office: Hulings Hall 313
Phone: (507) 222-4382
Email: randerson@carleton.edu
Microbial ecology and evolution in deep-sea hydrothermal vents
Evolution of early microbial metabolisms
What is bioinformatics?
Bioinformatics is the study of large amounts of complex biological information. Often, that biological information takes the form of sequence data, which we obtain from the genomes of organisms ranging from tiny viruses to humans. We use computer software to analyze that sequence data in order to reveal patterns that can tell us something about the way an organism or group of organisms has mutated, adapted, or evolved.
The last decade has seen a revolution in terms of the rate at which sequence data can be produced, and bioinformatics is a fast-growing field that has applications across all biological disciplines. Ultimately, bioinformatics is a tool that is used to ask biological questions, ranging from “what mutations are responsible for giving rise to a specific cancer?” to “what is the genetic diversity of the whales living in this part of the ocean?” to “how does my gut microbiome change when I get food poisoning?” Increasingly, bioinformatics is becoming a crucial tool for biologists across many disciplines, and this will only continue to grow as our sequencing capabilities become faster and cheaper.
And besides, it’s a pretty powerful feeling to know that you have 10 million sequences at your fingertips, waiting for you to reveal a pattern that could teach you something fascinating about the organisms you’re studying.
Rika Anderson
I’m an assistant professor at Carleton College in the Biology department. The overarching goal of my research is to understand how life co-evolves with its environment over time. We use next-generation sequencing tools to better understand the processes that drive microbial and viral evolution over time. We collaborate with astronomers, geologists, chemists, and atmospheric scientists to ask big-picture questions in astrobiology and oceanography.
Contact
Assistant Professor of Biology
Office: Hulings Hall 313
Phone: (507) 222-4382
Email: randerson@carleton.edu
ROBERTINA SEBJANIC - SOUNDS OF TROUBLED WORLDS = SONGS OF SERENITY
Robertina Sebjanic – Sounds of Troubled Worlds = Songs of Serenity
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Author:
Robertina Sebjanic
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Author:
Chris Chafe
TIM WEAVER, JONATHAN BERGER, STEPHEN PALUMBI – CHORAL CORAL – SONIFICATION TOOL IN MAXMSP
Tim Weaver, Jonathan Berger, Stephen Palumbi – Choral Coral – Sonification tool in MaxMSP
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Author:
Tim Weaver
Jonathan Berger
Stephen Palumbi
Ocean Memory: Ecoacustics, Audification and Sonification Workshop #2
Ocean Memory: Ecoacoustics, Audification and Sonification Workshop #02
Sound plays a significant role in formulating and preserving memory through its ability to communicate non-verbally with meaning and affect. The inherent temporal nature of sound allows for the representation of processes on multiple time scales.
This workshop focused on the potential of sound in capturing and expressing ocean memories. We invite musicians, data and sound artists, marine scientists, neuroscientists, and any related areas.
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Author:
Stefan Helmreich
Professor of anthropology at MIT
SIREN – A WebAudio framework for sonification
Tristan Peng and Hongchan Choi, SIREN – A WebAudio framework for sonification
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Author:
Tristan Peng
Hongchan Choi
October 26, 2020
The Ocean Memory Project has awarded $50,000 in seed grants to support researchers and practitioners exploring ocean memory. The projects chosen represent a wide range of teams and approaches to advancing and deepening our understanding of ocean memory, especially tied to cognition and genomics which was the subject of an Ocean Memory workshop held virtually in June 2020.
“We’re very excited about this first set of seed grants,“ said Ocean Memory Co-Leaders, Jody Deming, Daniel Kohn, and Heather Spence. “The projects and the players involved represent a remarkable diversity of perspectives and ways of expressing creativity that will continue to enrich our collective understanding and experience of ocean memory while strengthening ties within and beyond the ocean memory network.”
SEED GRANT PROJECTS:
Blue Dreams – A video projection artwork of ocean memory at monumental scale for global audiences, $10,000
- Samantha Joye, Marine Biogeochemist, University of Georgia
- Rebecca Rutstein, Visual Artist
- Rika Anderson, Marine Virologist, Carleton College
- Tom Skalak, Science and Innovation Strategist
Combining scientific inputs, artistic abstraction, and animation, this project aims to develop a prototype model of a large-scale video art piece to inspire awe for the role that microbes play in ocean memory and human life. The team envisions their piece projected on the side of large, prominent buildings in cities around the world.
Descent & Transformation: A Multichannel Video/VR Installation, $10,000
- Kathie Foley-Meyer, Mixed Media Artist and Doctoral in Visual Studies, University of California, Irvine
- Max Marcellus, Video Producer, HARBOR Picture Company
- Melody Jue, Professor of English, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Stefan Helmreich, Professor of Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Through the creation of an immersive gallery and virtual reality experience, this team will apply the construct of Ocean Memory to explore Blackness using ocean residence time of Black Africans tossed overboard during the Middle Passage. The experience tracks the journey from country of origin, deck of a slaver, overboard into the ocean, descent into the depths, and transformation into an elemental/microbial presence.
The Ocean Memory Cabaret, $10,000
- Lisa D’Amour, Playwright, PearlDamour
- Monique Verdin, Artist and Storyteller, Another Gulf is Possible
- Alexander Kolker, Coastal Ecologist and Assistant Professor, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
- Julie Huber, Microbial Oceanographer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Integrating climate justice, ocean health, and community engagement, this project creates an Ocean Memory Cabaret experience in the Gulf of Mexico region. Scientists, elders, artists, and activists will offer perspectives on ocean memory through stage performances and podcasts.
An analog analysis of the ocean and climate: Exploring Ocean Memory and the materiality of historic data, $5,000
- Patrick Rafter, Ocean and Climate Scientist, University of California, Irvine
- Christine Lee, Interdisciplinary Artist and Assistant Professor of Art, Arizona State University
- Kathie Foley-Meyer, Mixed Media Artist and Doctoral Student in Visual Studies, University of California, Irvine
This exploratory, process-focused project will perform an analog analysis of the ocean and climate change. Scientific data and expertise on past ocean conditions will be translated in three rounds of interpretation and response by artists using a variety of media. The products will include physical representations of data sets and videos of the process that would be shared on social media and potentially suitable for exhibition.
Overcoming the Ineffability of Ocean Memory in 3 Nodes (OIOM x3): Octopus Cognition, Genomic Transcoding & Non-anthropocentric Storytelling, $15,000
- Timothy Weaver, Biomedia Artist and Professor of Emergent Digital Practices, University of Denver
- Dana Hemes, Artist and Exhibition Content Developer, New York Hall of Science
- Dominic Sivitilli, Doctoral Student in Comparative Psychology and Astrobiology, University of Washington
- Stephen Fiore, Professor of Cognitive Psychology, University of Central Florida
These three ”nodes” of work are connected by their aim to move beyond human expressions of ocean memory. One node will design an interface that allows humans to experience the virtual body and distributed cognition of an octopus in informal science settings. Another will explore data sonification and develop an interactive listening space for trans-species memory, with the goal to empower audiences through body movements and embodied cognition that create novel listening environments. A third will explore storytelling as a means to preserve and shape collective memory, asking who/what are the ocean storytellers? How can humans share these ocean memories?
Funded by a $500,000 grant from the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative in 2018, the Ocean Memory Project is a collaborative network of more than 30 scholars and practitioners across the sciences, arts, and humanities. For more information on the Ocean Memory Project history and current activities visit www.oceanmemorypoject.com.
Contact: oceanmemoryproject@gmail.com
Ocean Memory collaborator Monique Verdin traces the indigenous Mobilian Trade Language words for “Big Country” to the area between the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers in her new collaborative book – Return to Yakni Chitto: Houma Migrations. Released by The Neighborhood Story Project, the book includes a collection of photographs and essays by Verdin with an opening essay by Houma historian and philosopher Michael Dardar, words by Houma elders Anesie & Jane Verdin and their granddaughter Allison Rodriguez, as well as poems by Ray Moose Jackson and stories by ArtSpot Productionsdirector Kathy Randels and Mondo Bizarroco-director Nick Slie.
Published by the University of New Orleans Press. Available online through www.https://www.
Author:
Monique Verdin
Writer and Activist