[Lista-Algas] Cyanobacteria and Human Health: Merging Ecology, Epidemiology and Neurologic Disorders

[Ricardo Echenique]

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Cyanobacteria and Human Health: Merging Ecology, Epidemiology and Neurologic 
Disorders 
<http://www.bowdoin.edu/earth-oceanographic-science/workshops/index.shtml>

4-6 August 2011 Bowdoin College, Brunswick Maine

Bowdoin College is sponsoring a three-day workshop, preceded by a one-day 
short course, focused on the linkages between marine and freshwater 
cyanobacterial blooms, toxicity, and human health impacts. The goal of this 
workshop is to bring together specialists in medicine, neurology, 
toxicology, epidemiology, ecology, oceanography and limnology from medical, 
academic, research, federal, state and tribal institutions to present and 
discuss the current state of understanding at the crossroads of these 
diverse fields as they relate to Cyanobacterial Blooms and Human Health. The 
objectives of this workshop are three-fold:



? Provide a synthesis of current understanding within each field of the 
cyanobacteria and human health connections;

? Generate synergistic collaborations between experts from diverse fields to 
develop strategies for epidemiological investigations within the context of 
environmental monitoring of compounds and organisms having potentially 
harmful consequences to human health;

? Identify successes and future challenges for the merging fields, 
particularly within the context of environmental change and increasing 
global populations.



Workshop Structure

The workshop will consist of invited plenary lectures in four topical 
sessions, short invited talks aimed to introduce topics for panel 
discussion, and contributed posters in all relevant areas.



Short Course

With the goal of education and cross-fertilization, a one-day short course 
will be held Wednesday 3 August 2011 at Bowdoin College. The course will be 
taught by four instructors, focused on the topics of the four plenary 
sessions. The lecturers will provide upper level undergraduate, graduate and 
non-specialists with the background and vocabulary necessary to participate 
more proactively in the workshop.



Poster Session
Participants are encouraged to submit a poster abstract. See the website for 
information.



For Information and Registration

http://www.bowdoin.edu/earth-oceanographic-science/workshops/index.shtml





Rosemary Armstrong

Environmental Studies Program Coordinator

Coastal Studies Program Coordinator

Bowdoin College

6700 College Station

Brunswick, ME  04011

Phone: 207-725-3396

Fax: 207-725-3989

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