https://www.mlarmstrong.com/home daily 1.0 2026-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a10bba47347a035325c50c1/1a684bf8-acf4-4e7e-985f-5c57e155e929/Sea+Urchin+Home+page.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a10bba47347a035325c50c1/19a2ad52-c0aa-489c-af28-eb85a03751d0/Untitled+design+%2855%29.png https://www.mlarmstrong.com/about daily 0.75 2026-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a10bba47347a035325c50c1/43872994-74a0-450d-9ba1-87dfe4b1ab49/IMG_0173.jpg About Graduation from Washington State University in May 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a10bba47347a035325c50c1/e4f3d6b0-8f7f-4832-8e25-1098c4201234/Group-Pic-2.jpg About UC Davis Population Biology Cohort in 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a10bba47347a035325c50c1/01004308-892c-4a9c-aa76-3f1a60da1c5f/Screenshot+2026-09-01+at+6.18.13%E2%80%AFPM.png About Carefully counting some larvae for an experiment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a10bba47347a035325c50c1/97f534d9-fd4c-40a6-9e89-c1ffdf340cbe/IMG_5921-2.jpg About Pushing beakers around Bodega Marine Lab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a10bba47347a035325c50c1/e823261a-0d1d-4a68-bc4e-95948872c727/IMG_2632-2-scaled.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a10bba47347a035325c50c1/21070d71-2ca4-42fd-9e5b-c857f39f4017/specimen-01a-spiny.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a10bba47347a035325c50c1/27f87bf7-4085-4eb1-a21a-42a749704829/2.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a10bba47347a035325c50c1/ee41cee1-75fa-41e3-b0c3-f1d5c05a9ad8/1.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a10bba47347a035325c50c1/8e186f70-df5c-43f8-9fcb-a9bd23d00487/Untitled+design+%2852%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a10bba47347a035325c50c1/27f87bf7-4085-4eb1-a21a-42a749704829/2.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a10bba47347a035325c50c1/549f6cf4-ec4e-44a5-9022-65745e7a8cc1/13-edited-snail+1.png https://www.mlarmstrong.com/research daily 0.75 2026-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a10bba47347a035325c50c1/1ddb8b61-7c22-4c69-83b3-6ed9b85441f9/specimen-11-cutaway.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a10bba47347a035325c50c1/1788388444469-0PJYCE7WHMJO03YC7YF7/IMG_0749-scaled-600x400.jpg Research - RNA extractions Julianna Porter and I taking larvae samples for RNA extractions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a10bba47347a035325c50c1/1788388443670-AUSM5W1CDVLRU657CPH0/pluteus-b8-0014-scaled-600x400.jpg Research - Pluteus Larvae Some charasmatic pluteus larvae preserved in 5% glutaraldehyde https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a10bba47347a035325c50c1/1788388442683-JXUF36884J5AJ0O3ZHCK/A3F21A8F-4CEC-4A01-A013-4C6D3D3DF13E-600x400.jpg Research - Larval Stage Checks Lots of enthusiasm over larval stage checks! 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