Time:6:43 PM Subject: Stable Isotope Ecology Course Date:12/30/96 Stable Isotope Ecology Lecture and Laboratory Short Courses University of Utah ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This coming June 1997 we will again offer a lecture-laboratory short course in stable isotope ecology. These will be multi-instructor lecture (Biology 581, morning) and laboratory (Biology 582, 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. The courses will: * be offered June 16-27, 1997 at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City * be limited to 18 participants in order to maximize laboratory and instrument access * 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 * include a hands-on laboratory experience each day, including full access and use of two delta S mass spectrometers equipped with elemental analyzers as well as continuous flow capacities, a 252 mass spectrometer equipped with GC, continuous flow, pre-con, laser, and elemental analyzer capacities, and vacuum preparation lines for organic and inorganic compounds of biological interest * several 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 * provide an opportunity for students to run some of their own sample materials For more information and to apply to attend the course, please go to http://ecophys.biology.utah.edu/bio_581 For more information, contact Jim Ehleringer at [log in to unmask]