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<H2>2009 Courses</H2>
<H3>Pan American Advanced Studies Institute<BR>Advanced Methods in Tropical
Phycology</H3>
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<P align=justify>This is an NSF-funded, 3-week workshop for international
graduate students, post-docs, and young investigators. The focus is on
state-of-the-art methods and concepts for the study of macroalgae. Caribbean
macroalage are rapidly increasing in profile and importance, as local
anthropogenic impacts and climate change lead to decline of coral-dominated
reefs and their replacement by algal-dominated habitats. </P>
<P align=justify>The PASI combines lectures, laboratory exercises, and fieldwork
lead by a diversity of established experts and young professionals in one of the
richest phycological floras of the Caribbean, Bocas del Toro, Panama. Lectures
will cover recent advances in algal taxonomy and systematics, training in
methods for DNA barcoding, modern imaging and bioinformatics approaches to
curation of samples, and hot-topics lectures on photobiology and photosynthesis,
terrestrial algae, chemical ecology, and human impacts on reef algae.
Participants will give presentations about their own work and will have the
chance to conduct a research project in collaboration with the experts or other
participants.</P>
<P><STRONG>Dates: </STRONG>Aug. 14 - Sept. 4, 2009<BR><STRONG>Location:
</STRONG>Bocas Research Station, Bocas del Toro, Panamá</P>
<P><STRONG>Download:</STRONG> <A href="../../PDFs/tc_PASI_algae_flier09.pdf"
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<H4>SCHEDULE</H4>
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<LI><STRONG>Week 1: </STRONG><BR>Lectures: Recent advances in taxonomy and
phylogeny of macroalgae <BR>Field and Lab: Floristics of Bocas del Toro
<LI><STRONG>Week 2: </STRONG><BR>Lectures: Hot topics in phycology<BR>Field
and Lab: Application of the hot topics
<LI><STRONG>Week 3:</STRONG><BR>Lectures: Participant Presentations<BR>Field
and Lab: Independent and collaborative projects
<LI><STRONG>Participating Experts</STRONG> will include the following (pending
confirmation)<BR>Dr. Brian Wysor<BR>Dr. Suzanne Fredericq<BR>Dr. Wilson
Freshwater<BR>Dr. Renato Crespo Pereira<BR>Dr. Rafael
Riosmena-Rodriguez<BR>Dr. Susana Enríquez Domínguez<BR>Dr. Juan
Lopez-Bautista<BR>Dr. Guillermo Diaz-Pulido<BR>Dr. Rachel Collin<BR>Dr. Amy
Driskell </LI></UL>
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<H4>Application Procedure</H4>
<P align=justify>This workshop is directed towards graduate students, post-docs
and young faculty, and will be conducted in English. Please e-mail your CV, 1
letter of recommendation, and a 1-2 page statement explaining your background
and reasons for participating, to Rebecca Rissanen at <A
href="mailto:RissanenJ@si.edu">RissanenJ@si.edu</A> before February 15, 2009.
Limit 20 participants. </P>
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<H4>Fellowships</H4>
<P align=justify>To be considered for a need-based fellowship, applicants should
submit a description of their need, their efforts to obtain funding from other
available sources, and a travel budget with their application. Registration fees
and/or travel costs can be supported.</P>
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<H4>Registration Fee</H4>
<P>Fees for participants without Fellowship support will be $800 to cover the
cost of room and board.</P>
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