Summer Course Opportunities
We invite individuals who will be offering special workshops and courses for undergraduate and graduate students to submit announcements by email to the ASLO Web Editor. Please include contact information and the date you wish to have the announcement removed.
Please note: Other opportunities for students, including internships, fellowships and assistantships should be submitted to the Student Opportunities Board.
- Microbial Oceanography at the University of Hawaii
Genomes to Biomes: A laboratory and field training course offered in Microbial Oceanography -
The 2008 summer course in Microbial Oceanography is run by the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (CMORE) with sponsorship by the Agouron Institute. We encourage applications from graduate students and post-docs with interest and experience in Microbial Oceanography. The six week summer course (June 2-July 11, 1008) includes daily lectures, laboratories, and an 8 day research cruise aboard the University of Hawaii's research vessel Kilo Moana. Students will be housed on the University of Hawaii campus. Housing, meal, and travel grants are available. Course information and an online application can be found at the C-MORE website.
Note that the application deadline is February 11, 2008. For additional information please contact Dr. Matthew Church at mjchurch@hawaii.edu
- Field Microbial Ecology course for undergraduates at Shoals Marine Lab
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JUNE 2 - JUNE 16, 2008
Credit hours: 4 semester credits
Prerequisites: One full year of college level biology
The microbial world dominates the biosphere in terms of biomass, diversity, and metabolic flexibility. This is a course designed to introduce students to collecting, observing, and identifying live representatives of these fascinating microbial organisms including bacteria, protists, fungi, and microscopic animals. Students will be instructed in the taxonomy and ecology of the basic groups of micro-organisms while learning to collect them in the field for observation, experimentation and culturing. Field observations will be emphasized along with the proper use of light microscopes. Current methods such as fluorescent microscopy, staining including DAPI and FISH, sterile technique, and culturing will be covered during laboratory sessions. SML is an ideal location for a course of this type due to the many habitats available including marine coastal environments, intertidal environments, and hundreds of small ponds of varying salinity, nutrient status, and oxygenation. Since many protists are relatively fragile and best studied in the field before more detailed observation in the laboratory, each student will be supplied with a portable field microscope to permit effective field surveys and observations of fresh live material at their study sites.
Faculty:
Erik Zettler, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA, USA
Dr. Linda Amaral-Zettler, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA
For more information, go to: http://www.sml.cornell.edu/sml_cc_mme.html