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[Andrés Boltovskoy (G)]

Marine Phytoplankton Taxonomy Workshop
The Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) and The Marine Biological Association (MBA) are delighted to announce that they are jointly running a Marine Phytoplankton Taxonomy Workshop. The course will run from 6-17 July 2009.
The proposed program will consist of a series of seminars and practical sessions, with tuition from specially selected international experts. The workshop is aimed at all those working in the marine phytoplankton field. A basic knowledge of plankton would be beneficial. 
For further enquiries please visit our website at www.mba.ac.uk/phytoplanktonworkshop.
For immediate assistance please email us at Phytotax09 at sahfos.ac.uk.


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Course: Marine Botany
Where: Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington
When: June 15-July 17, 2009
Instructors: Dr. Charles O'Kelly cokelly at hawaii.edu
Dr. Paul Gabrielson drseaweed at hotmail.com
For Whom: Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students (juniors, seniors).
Application Deadline: 1 February 2009
Course Summary:
        The theme of the course is "principles, methods, and applications of marine algal biodiversity studies", in particular the macro- and microalgae of benthic environments. This is a hands-on field and laboratory intensive course. Students will learn classical and contemporary methods to characterize, identify and classify algae; the theories underlying the methods; application of biodiversity information in research (e.g. benthic ecology, cellular evolution), regulatory (e.g. invasive species) and industrial (e.g. biofuels) settings. Students will gain practical experience in tools that are applicable worldwide, such as: specimen collection, preservation, and databasing; light and electron microscopy; DNA isolation and sequencing; computational approaches to phylogeny reconstruction. Field work will be extensive, as the diverse and species-rich aquatic habitats on and around San Juan Island are ideal for the examination of both macroalgal and microalgal diversity.
        Course structure: Lectures offered Mon. through Sat., 2 lectures/day except Saturday and on days with field work. Extensive lab time emphasizing tools and techniques to identify, culture and curate algae collected from natural field populations, including DNA extaction, amplification, sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. Numerous field trips to various marine and brackish water habitats around San Juan I. and to the exposed, outer coast. Book for the course is: Keys to the Seaweeds and Seagrasses of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska, Washington and Oregon by Gabrielson, Widdowson & Lindstrom (2006). Enrollment limited to 12.

        Financial Aid: Available from the Friday Harbor Labs (see WEB address below). For graduate students who are members of the Phycological Society of America, travel funds are available to attend a course at a biological station: http://www.psaalgae.org/soc/croasdale.shtm

For more information about the course, financial aid, and the Friday Harbor Laboratories, visit the FHL home page: http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/



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Advanced Tropical Phycology workshop 
        The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Bocas del Toro Research Station, has received a grant* to run an Advanced Tropical Phycology workshop from Aug. 14 to Sept. 4, 2009 modelled on the NATO Advanced Studies Institutes.
        The Workshop will be focused on participants from the Caribbean and the Americas.
        Please help advertise this great opportunity for graduate students, post-docs and young faculty working on algae.
        More information at: http://striweb.si.edu/taxonomy_training/future_courses/2009/2009_PASI_atp.html  


        *The grant is part of the US NSF's  Pan American Advanced Study Institutes (PASI) Program.  This is a jointly supported initiative between the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF). PASI's are short courses ranging in length from ten days to one month duration, involving lectures, demonstrations, research seminars and discussions at the advanced graduate and post-doctoral level. PASIs aim to disseminate advanced scientific and engineering knowledge and stimulate training and cooperation among researchers of the Americas in the mathematical, physical, and biological sciences, and in engineering fields. This phycological workshop continues adding to the considerable list of similar taxonmic workshops at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's wonderful Bocas del Toro Lab on the western end of Panama's Caribbean coas


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