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Subject: BBSR Summer Courses

Dear Colleague, The Bermuda Biological Station for Research is pleased to announce its 2003 Summer Course offerings. These courses are for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students. The courses are all field intensive and participation is limited to maximize interaction with the instructors. Please review the course offerings and forward the information to any interested students or colleagues. In fact, your assistance is so important that qualified students whom you recommend will receive priority for scholarship support! The deadline for application is March 15, 2003. Please alert your students to these courses by directing them to our website (http://www.bbsr.edu/Education/summercourses/summercourses.html) for application details or by forwarding this email to them. For more information, students can contact education@bbsr.edu . In addition to summer courses, your students might also be interested in our fall semester program that permits them to spend the entire semester in Bermuda taking marine science courses. Visit http://www.bbsr.edu/Education/URI/uri.html to see if the program would fit the needs of your students. Fred Lipschultz Bermuda Biological Station for Research ****************************************************************** Coral Reef Ecology June 8 - 28 Marine Ecotoxicology June 8 - 28 Microbial Physiology June 29 - July 19 Marine Genomics July 20 - 26 Human Health and Oceans July 6 - 26 Tropical Marine Invertebrates July 27 - August 23 Molecular Ecology & Physiology of Marine Symbioses July 27 - August 16 ****************************************************************** Coral Reef Ecology. June 8 - 28, 2003 Dr. Fred Lipschultz; Dr. Sam de Putron, BBSR An integrated introduction and exposure to active areas of research covering physiology, photosynthesis, population biology, competition, ecosystems and human impacts. Field measurements and subsequent lab analyses provide practical training in common methods of reef studies such as photosynthesis, calcification, species surveys, fish behavior, larval recruitment and algal growth. The course requires SCUBA certification. Marine Ecotoxicology. June 8 - 28, 2003 Dr. Jack Manock, University of North Carolina; Dr. Peter Wells, Environment Canada; Dr. Richard Owen, BBSR; Dr. Michael Depledge, University of Plymouth The three-week course focuses on current issues in marine ecotoxicology, assessing the impacts of anthropogenic substances using a wide range of chemical and bioassay analyses. Students perform chemical analyses and marine microscale bioassays on samples they collect from three near-shore environments. Results are reported and discussed in the overall context of performing ecological risk management decisions and assessing the biological effects resulting from organisms exposed to anthropogenic compounds. Microbial Physiology. June 29 - July 19, 2003 Dr. Craig Carlson, University of California, Santa Barbara; Dr. Stephen Giovannoni, Oregon State University Traditional microbiology to the most recent molecular approaches will be considered within the context of biogeochemical processes. Field trips and laboratory experiments in the open ocean and coral reef rich waters surrounding Bermuda. Marine Genomics. July 20 - 26, 2003 Dr. John Heidelberg, The Institute for Genomics Research (TIGR); Dr. Stephen Giovannoni, Oregon State University A brief introduction to genomic tools and the computational approaches useful in the analysis of high-throughput sequencing data to address specific hypothesis relevant to marine microbial ecology. A one week course. Human Health and the Ocean. July 6 - 26, 2003 Dr. Eric Dewailly, MD, Laval University and WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center on Environmental and Occupational Health, Québec; Dr. Clare Morrall, St. George's University, Grenada The ocean is a major source of food, yet food chain contaminants represent a public health risk. Ocean biodiversity is the source of new medical treatments, yet waterborne diseases and marine toxin poisining is increasing as global climate affects the emergence of infectious diseases. This course addresses these issues. Molecular Ecology and Physiology of Marine Symbioses. July 27 - August 16, 2003 Dr. Hank Trapido-Rosenthal, BBSR; Dr. Andrew Baker, Columbia University The course will uncover techniques of molecular biology, which can be used to address previously intractable physiological, ecological and evolutionary questions regarding symbioses in marine environments Tropical Marine Invertebrates. July 27 - August 23, 2003 Dr. Kathryn A. Coates, BBSR; Dr. Clayton Cook, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution; Dr. Penelope Barnes, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Invertebrate diversity of Bermuda's reefs, seagrass and mangrove habitats is examined systematically and in relation to biological associations, behaviors, body forms and habitats.

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