presents
The Planet Ocean Seminar Series
The Planet Ocean Seminar Series is offered to the general public to provide an opportunity for the greater Wilmington community to benefit directly
from the topics of information available to the Center in its study areas.
The Planet Ocean Seminar Series is free and open to the public. However, due to limited seating, reservations are required.
The seminar will be presented in the main auditorium at the UNCW Center for Marine Science , which is located off
Masonboro Loop Road. The seminar will begin promptly at 6:30 in the auditorium. A reception will follow the seminar at
7:30. To make reservations or for further information, please call UNCW Center for Marine Science at (910) 962-2301.
Bluefish Society membership entitles you to preferred seating at Planet Ocean seminars and much more. Please join our "school"
of Bluefish Society members and help us keep the outreach tradition at CMS "afloat." For details, call us at 910-962-2493.
UNCW Center for Marine Science
5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane
Wilmington, NC 28409
When Molluscs Fly
with Dr. Richard A. Satterlie
Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor of Marine Science,
UNCW Department of Biological Sciences
Tuesday, September 21, 2004, 6:30 p.m.
When Molluscs Fly
with Richard A. Satterlie, Ph.D.
Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor of Marine Science
UNCW Department of Biological Sciences
Y
ou might say that Dr. Richard Satterlie “does
the locomotion,” to paraphrase the old
song. A recent addition to the UNCW faculty,
Dr. Satterlie studies how the
nervous system controls
movement. His unlikely ally
in this important research
is a fascinating, inch-long
organism known as Clione
limacine, sometimes called
the naked sea butterfly.
Clione is a nearly transparent, shell-less mollusc
with distinctive physical characteristics devil’s horns and angel’s wings. The
wings beat continuously, enabling
the creature to “fly” about at
depths of up to 100 meters
in the cold waters of
the northern Pacific
Ocean. Dr. Satterlie’s
research into the neurobiology of this tiny
mollusc has possible implications for the fields
of robotics and computer-generated muscle
stimulation.
D
r. Satterlie has published more than
sixty articles on the neural control of
locomotion in marine animals. He received his
Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa
Barbara. During his tenure at Arizona State
University, he was a Fulbright Scholar
at the University of St. Andrews in
Scotland and a Guggenheim Fellow.
In addition to his research activities,
Dr. Satterlie’s academic career has been
distinguished by numerous teaching
awards.
Please join us for the first seminar
in the 2004-2005 Planet Ocean series:
When Molluscs Fly
with Dr. Richard A. Satterlie
September 21, 2004
UNCW Center for Marine Science
Auditorium
Seminar 6:30 p.m. / Reception 7:30 p.m.
Center for Marine Science
5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane
Wilmington, NC 28409
To reserve seats, call Center for Marine Science
910-962-2301
For directions or more information about CMS,
please visit our website:
http://www.uncw.edu/cmsr
Accommodations for disabilities may be requested by
contacting CMS three days prior to the event.
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