From owner-bionews@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Fri May 24 02:24:16 2002 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id A63B017B47 for ; Fri, 24 May 2002 02:24:06 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CFB217B4D for ; Fri, 24 May 2002 02:23:56 +0100 (BST) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 6022) id 7639517A80; Fri, 24 May 2002 02:23:50 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86D3B17AB9 for ; Thu, 23 May 2002 22:26:02 +0100 (BST) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 60001) id 51FCC17AD4; Thu, 23 May 2002 22:26:00 +0100 (BST) To: bionet-announce@net.bio.net From: lopez@HBOI.edu (Jose Lopez) Newsgroups: bionet.announce Subject: Course Announcement: Molecular Studies of Marine Biological Diver sity Organization: BIOSCI/MRC Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" X-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBFC417AB9 for ; Thu, 23 May 2002 22:25:57 +0100 (BST) X-Received: from sailfish.hboi.edu (unknown [208.219.69.3]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A87517A6D for ; Thu, 23 May 2002 22:25:55 +0100 (BST) X-Received: by smtp.hboi.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Thu, 23 May 2002 17:32:19 -0400 X-To: "'bionews@net.bio.net'" X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 02:23:50 +0100 (BST) Sender: owner-bionews@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Course Announcement: Molecular Studies of Marine Biological Diversity on the Indian River Lagoon, Florida and the Florida Keys, July 22 - August 3, 2002 Study of intra- and interspecific genetic variation of selected marine invertebrates. Laboratory and field studies will compare diversity found among tropical mangrove and coral reef habitats in the Indian River Lagoon and the Florida Keys. In a marine conservation and molecular ecology context, lectures and practical laboratory work will cover modern techniques such as marine invertebrate (e.g, cnidarian, poriferan etc) tissue preparation, DNA purification, genomic fingerprinting, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and molecular phylogenetic and bioinformatics analyses. Experiential and critical learning will be emphasized by the field trips and practical laboratories. This an International Biodiversity Observation Year (IBOY) 2001-2002 Approved Project (http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/IBOY). Open to upper level biology students and teachers. 3 graduate semester hours credit, transferable from FIT. Substantial tuition waivers (ca. 30% of costs) will be available on a competitive basis to well qualified applicants. The course is limited to 17 students and will begin on the campus of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Ft. Pierce, FL. Course fees include lab fees, tuition, accommodation and travel to the Florida Keys Marine Lab. Dr. Jose V. Lopez (Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Assistant Scientist and course instructor) with guest lecturers To Be Announced. (Last egistration deadline - June 15, 2002) Applications can be downloaded from the web site http://www.hboi.edu/marineed/marineed_home.html For more information and course fees please contact Dr. Dennis Hanisak (hanisak@hboi.edu) or Jill Sunderland, 800-333-(HBOI), X506, and visit the following website for further updates: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/8169 --- .