Photos from June 2003 workshop (click on thumbnails for larger view, then browser back arrow to return):

We will offer a 4 week intensive summer Workshop on Microbial Diversity (through OSU Arts & Sciences Extension; contact Marc McClure) for advanced undergraduate students in 2003, 2004 and 2005.  The 2004 course is 7 June - 2 July, will be conducted at OSU and WSU, and will include one or more field trips to the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge.  Due to the intensive nature of the workshop, all students will be expected to live on site, unless they are local residents.  We have NSF funding to pay the tuition, and on-campus room and board for ten students, so that participants will be responsible only for travel to OSU and a non-refundable $150 registration fee (to cover the textbook and van rental).  The scope of the lecture, lab and field course will be microbial ecology and diversity, focusing on the halophilic microbes of the Salt Plains.  See application packet (link below) for selection criteria.

2003 syllabus (subject to change in 2004; ~150 KB pdf file)

Advertising poster (~250 KB pdf file)

Application packet, including selection criteria (~130 KB pdf file)

Approximate schedule (dates may be pushed later depending on response):

Powerpoint recruiting seminar (~19 MB self-extracting; password-protected, for internal use only)