Are you interested in Soil Ecology and Biogeochemistry? The 5th Annual Summer Soil Institute is your opportunity to gain an integrated perspective with world-renowned faculty to address critical questions using current analytical techniques, experimental approaches, and instructional models.
The 5th Annual Summer Soil Institute (SSI 2014) is designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate students, post-docs, professionals, faculty, and K-12 teachers. SSI 2014 will be held on June 15-28, 2014, and is located at the confluence of the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains, at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Topics covered during the Summer Soil Institute will be directed towards answering: What are the physical, chemical and biological components of soil? What do molecular techniques tell us about soil biodiversity? How does soil chemistry affect carbon and nutrient cycling? How are soil processes affected by global change? For more information and to apply, please visit our website: http://soilinstitute.nrel.colostate.edu. After reviewing the website, if you are interested in attending SSI this year, and would like more information, please Email us at: [email protected] Applications due March 3, 2014. Additional Information Summer Soil Institute participants will get hands-on experience with lab, field, and modeling techniques including: Soil physics and biochemistry: Pedology Organic matter fractionation Stable isotopes Soil respiration Trace gas fluxes NMR, FT-ICR-MS, and XRD Soil biology-microbes and fauna: DNA extraction Quantitative PCR Enzyme activities Microscopy-based identification Soil food web modeling The SSI Faculty Instructors: Noah Fierer (Soil Microbial Ecology and Molecular Techniques) M. Francesca Cotrufo (Soil Organic Matter and Stable Isotope Applications) Eugene Kelly (Pedology and Geochemistry) John Moore (Soil Ecology, Food Web Modeling) Mary Stromberger (Soil Microbiology) Markus Kleber (Mineral-microbial interactions and organic matter turnover dynamics) Diana Wall (Biodiversity, Sustainability, Soil Fauna) Matthew Wallenstein (Soil Microbial Ecology and Molecular Techniques) We hope that you can join us this year for the 5th Annual Summer Soil Institute at Colorado State University Sincerely, 5th Annual Summer Soil Institute Committee Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO SSI Web: http://soilinstitute.nrel.colostate.edu/ SSI Email: [email protected]
