The Siren's Song - Listening to Phytoplankton Photosynthesis by Photoacoustics

Prof. Zvy Dubinsky gave a seminar about an innovative method for measuring photosynthesis. The seminar was at the Department of Evolutionary and Experimental Biology, Bologna, Italy, and was part of the UNIBO PhD program in Biodiversity and Evolution.

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After a brief introduction on photosynthesis basics... ...Prof. Dubinsky illustrated the details of the photoacoustics techinique he's developing.

 

 A technique which will be tentatively applied in CoralWarm.
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The audience, from PhD students to Professors, listens carefully.

 

 Prof. Dubinsky answers the many questions arisen during his talk.
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  Prof. Zvy Dubinsky.