From andy@cqs.washington.edu Wed Feb 10 18:43:03 1999 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.2+UW99.01/8.9.2+UW99.01) with ESMTP id SAA21260 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 18:43:02 -0800 Received: from salmo.cqs.washington.edu (salmo.cqs.washington.edu [128.95.148.161]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id SAA03523 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 18:43:02 -0800 Received: from localhost (andy@localhost) by salmo.cqs.washington.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA00450 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 18:46:36 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 18:46:35 -0800 (PST) From: Andy Cooper To: PSSCB Subject: Summer Courses and Research Opportunities at MLBS (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 13:27:37 -0500 From: Eric S. Nagy To: ECOLOG-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU Subject: Summer Courses and Research Opportunities at MLBS Mountain Lake Biological Station - 1999 Summer Courses and Research Opportunities The Mountain Lake Biological Station (University of Virginia) announces paid research opportunities and advanced field courses in field biology. We offer students hands-on experience and training in a wide variety of biological field studies. Our summer courses for 1999 include: Field Entomology Ecology of Mammals Field Ornithology Statistics for Field Biologists Ferns of the Southern Appalachians Conservation Biology Plant Diseases in Natural Systems DNA Techniques for Field Biologists Our NSF-funded REU program matches 10 qualified undergraduate students with visiting scientists for 10 weeks of advanced, independent research on a project of the students' own design. REU students are paid a stipend of $2,500 and do not pay room or board. Deadline for applications is March 1. Our station is located on a remote mountain top in southwestern Virginia and is home to a lively research, teaching and social community. For details on these programs, application material, and a list of research areas see our web page: http://www.virginia.edu/~mtlake You can also contact us by email, mail, fax or phone: Mountain Lake Biological Station Department of Biology 238 Gilmer Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville VA 22903-2447 E-mail: mtlake@virginia.edu voice: (804) 982-5486 fax: (804) 982-5626 .