[Lista-Algas] marine phycology course

[Andres Boltovskoy]

Summer course: Marine Botany

Where: Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington

When: June 15-July 17, 2009

Instructors: Dr. Charles O'Kelly okelly 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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