Rich Lab:Summer Courses
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- Frontiers in Reproduction
Lead Director: Mario Ascoli Section Directors: Lane Christenson, Rafael Fissore, and Lawrence Reynolds An intensive six-week laboratory and lecture course designed for advanced graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, newly independent scientists and physicians who seek training in modern state-of-the-art methods and a broad view of current concepts in all areas of reproductive biology.
- Microbial Diversity
Directors: Jared R. Leadbetter and Dianne K. Newman An intensive 6.5 week course for graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and established investigators who aim to learn how to cultivate and genetically manipulate metabolically and phylogenetically diverse microorganisms. Students will also be exposed to state-of-the-art imaging and bioinformatic techniques used to study not-yet-cultivated microbes. Guest lecturers from a wide array of microbiology subfields will contribute to enhancing the intellectual richness of the course.
- Neural Systems & Behavior
Directors: Andre Fenton and Hans A. Hofmann An intensive eight-week laboratory and lecture course focusing on the neural basis of behavior, including the cellular and synaptic levels, sensory and motor systems, neurogenetics, and the analysis of complex systems. Intended for graduate students, postdoctoral students, and independent investigators who wish to gain a broad perspective on neural systems and how they produce behavior.
- Neurobiology
Directors: Graeme Davis, and Timothy A. Ryan An intensive and comprehensive laboratory-oriented course in cellular and molecular neurobiology intended primarily for advanced doctoral or postdoctoral students and for clinical scientists who have completed their residency training and are beginning independent research careers. Established investigators interested in acquiring expertise in areas of neurobiology beyond their own research specialty will also be considered.
- Physiology: Modern Cell Biology Using Microscopic, Biochemical and Computational Approaches
Directors: Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Wallace F. Marshall, and Rob Phillips An intensive laboratory course that provides a unique interdisciplinary training environment at the interface between cellular and computational biology. Students with backgrounds in both the biological and physical/computational sciences are encouraged to apply.
- Biology of Parasitism: Modern Approaches
Directors: Kirk Deitsch and Gary Ward A unique course for advanced graduate students, postdocs, and independent investigators, who are seeking thorough training in modern approaches to the study of protozoan and helminthic parasites.
- Embryology: Concepts & Techniques in Modern Developmental Biology
Directors: Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, and Richard R. Behringer An intensive six-week laboratory and lecture course for advanced graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and more senior researchers who seek a broad and balanced view of the modern issues of developmental biology.
- Geobiology course [1]
Now entering it’s 11 year, the International GeoBiology Course is an intense, multidisciplinary summer course exploring the coevolution of the Earth and it's biosphere, with an emphasis on how microbial processes affect the environment and leave imprints on the rock record. Participants get hands-on experience in cutting-edge geobiological techniques including molecular biology, bioinformatics, geochemistry, petrology and sedimentology, and work in research groups to solve relevant questions.
- Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry and Ecology summer course [2]
Iso-Camp is a multi-instructor lecture (Biol 7473) and lab (Biol 7475) short course offered to graduate students and postdoctoral investigators interested in learning more about the application of stable isotopes to environmental and ecological studies. About 40 students attend each June.
- Isotopes in Spatial Ecology and Biogeochemistry (SPATIAL Short Course) [3]
The SPATIAL (Spatio-temporal Isotope Analytics Lab) Short Course represents a bridge between theory and measurement, introduced in ITCE Course 1, and regional-to-continental scale research. It builds on the skills and knowledge base developed in Course 1 or equivalent stable isotope biogeochemistry coursework to introduce current research themes in large-scale ecology and environmental Earth science, theoretical and technical aspects of assembling and working with large, spatially distributed datasets, and analytical and computational tools available to support such work. The course emphasizes stable isotopes as a research tool, and their unique capacity to address many ecological problems, but also stresses the integration of isotopes with other data types and methods within a geospatial framework.
- Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry (ZOL 824 at Michigan State University) http://www.zoology.msu.edu/news/6/164/Short-Course-Stable-Isotope-Biogeochemistry-ZOL-824.html
Led by Nathaniel and Peggy Ostrom (even years). A 2 unit course focused on Principles of stable isotope chemistry applied to biogeochemical problems: climate change, ecology, contaminants, oceanography, limnology, and paleobiology.
Course features: • Cooperative learning through lecture & laboratory instruction • Hands-on experience • Discussion of experimental design, sample handling, field techniques • Exposure to rapidly developing techniques, e.g.: • Automated analysis of O and H isotope values on organic matter • Automated measurement of trace gases (e.g., N2O and CH4) • Multi-element (H, C, N, S, O) isotope systematics on bulk organics • Multi-element (H, C, N) molecular-level isotope systematics • Exposure to new state-of-the art instrumentation
