WORKSHOP ON CARIBBEAN OCTOCORAL BIOLOGY
A NSF funded workshop on the ecology of Caribbean octocorals will be
offered June 3-9 at the Keys Marine Laboratory in the Florida Keys.The
workshop will be led by Drs.Howard Lasker and Peter Edmunds, with
contributing lectures from Drs. Juan Sanchez, Cathy McFadden, Lorenzo
Bramanti and Mary Alice Coffroth. The goal of the workshop is to promote
and facilitate research on octocorals in general and Caribbean species
in particular. The course will include field and laboratory
identification of shallow water Caribbean octocorals, and discussions of
their reproductive, population and community ecology.The workshop will
include both field collections and laboratory analyses.
A registration fee of $1,000 will cover on-site expenses including
housing and meals but does not include airfare and transportation to the
Keys Marine Lab.Substantial funding will be available to support
participation.
Applicants should send a letter of application, C.V. and brief statement
explaining your reasons for taking the course.Graduate students should
include contact information for a reference.If support is needed please
include a statement of financial need including a travel budget and any
available funding.Applications from both domestic and international
participants are encouraged.Applications should be sent to Dr. Howard
Lasker, hlas...@buffalo.edu <mailto:hlas...@buffalo.edu> no later than
February 15, 2019.
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Howard R. Lasker
Director, Graduate Program in Evolution, Ecology & Behavior
Professor, Department of Geology
Mailing Address:
Dept. of Geology
411 Cooke Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260-3050
Office:
443 Hochstetter Hall
Laboratory (shipping address):
474 Hochstetter Hall
University at Buffalo–North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260-3050
Phone: Office (716) 645-4870
Lab (716) 645-4876
Fax: (716) 645-3999
Website: http://www.geology.buffalo.edu/people/faculty/lasker.shtml
Graduate Program website: http://evolutionecologybehavior.buffalo.edu/
