Silven Read
Lab Manager, Geography Spectral Lab, University of Victoria
MA Biology, Cal Poly Humboldt
BSc Biology, Virginia Tech
Spectral Lab Research:
I managed a project that studied kelp on the British Columbia coast and the impact of encrusting bryozoans through the DFO British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund. A latitudinal gradient of sites were selected to compare environmental variables such as sea surface temperature, salinity, and water flow. My responsibilities were to help run the Spectral Lab: managing grant expenses to match outlined project budgets; copy editing manuscripts for peer-reviewed publications; scheduling meetings among stakeholders, including government, private, and First Nations entities; ordering equipment; and more.
BACKGROUND:
Having studied and worked at universities, government offices, and in the private sector on both the science and administrative sides, I have benefited from amazing opportunities to participate in many different projects. My past experience encompasses a wide variety of topics, such as: correlation of hormones with autism or schizophrenia; distribution of chytrid fungal disease among amphibian populations; kelp cryopreservation protocol development for Nereocystis luetkeana; social amoeba competition with conspecifics using symbiotic bacteria; and spread of genetically modified grass pollen in a vulnerable agricultural system.
Expertise and Experience:
Organization of labs and data; budget management, purchasing, inventory; training personnel; scheduling and communications among stakeholders; copy editing; MS Office.
Latest Publications:
Coleman, L. J., Read, S., Sokhey, A. K., & Bisgrove, S. (2025). A simple and effective protocol for cryopreservation of germplasm of the bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana (Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology, 61(3), 623-632. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.70013
Mora-Soto, A., Schroeder, S., Gendall, L., Wachmann, A., Narayan, G.R., Read, S., Pearsall, I., Rubidge, E., Lessard, J., Martell, K., Costa, M. (2024). Back to the past: Long-term persistence of bull kelp forests in the Strait of Georgia, Salish Sea, Canada. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1446380. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1446380
Mora-Soto, A., Schroeder, S., Gendall, L., Wachmann, A., Narayan, G.R., Read, S., Pearsall, I., Rubidge, E., Lessard, J., Martell, K., Wills, P., Costa, M. (2024). Kelp dynamics and environmental drivers in the southern Salish Sea, British Columbia, Canada. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1323448. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1323448
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