Time:8:13 PM
  Subject:      Stable Isotope Ecology course                 Date:12/22/98

1999 Stable Isotope Ecology (Lecture and Laboratory Short Courses)

University of Utah, June 13-25, 1999

<http://ecophys.biology.utah.edu/bio_5470>

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These will be multi-instructor lecture (Biology 5470, morning) and laboratory
(Biology 5475, afternoon) short courses offered to graduate students and
postdoctoral investigators interested in learning more about the application
of stable isotopes at natural abundance levels for environmental and
ecological studies. We will set aside an additional 5 openings for the
lecture course only (Biology 5470).  The courses will:

1)  be offered June 13-25, 1999 at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City

2)  be limited to 18-20 participants (Biology 5470/5475) in order to maximize
laboratory and instrument access; an additional 5 openings will be available
for the lecture course (Biology 5470)

3)  consist of a morning lecture-discussion course and an afternoon
laboratory course; there will be 10 course instructors, experts selected from
across the country for their breadth and for their interest in teaching and
interacting with students

4)  include a hands-on laboratory experience each day, including full access
and use of two delta S and one delta plus mass spectrometers equipped with
elemental analyzers as well as continuous flow capacities, a 252 mass
spectrometer equipped with GC, continuous flow, pre-con, laser,
common-acid-bath, and elemental analyzer capacities, and vacuum preparation
lines for organic and inorganic compounds of biological interest

5)  many of the evenings will be set aside for discussions of current
research interests and also there will be opportunities for social events in
the nearby Wasatch Mountains

Typically our applicants have come from all across the United States as well
as from many different foreign countries.  We seek students with broad
interests.  Past participants have had backgrounds in different disciplines,
including animal and plant physiology, ecology and ecosystem science,
anthropology, atmospheric science, marine science, oceanography,
paleontology, and geology.

Applications will be accepted until February 17, 1999. Check out the home
page at <http://ecophys.biology.utah.edu/bio_5470>.  We will notify you about
February 27, 1999 regarding your acceptance into the course and how to begin
planning for lodging arrangements, tuition payments, reading materials, etc.

Jim Ehleringer
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