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BIOLOGY OF THE INNER EAR EXPERIMENTAL
AND ANALYTICAL APPROACHES
We write as co-directors of the 2009 MBL Special
Topics Course "Biology of the Inner Ear:
Experimental and Analytical Approaches" to ask for
your help in encouraging students, post-docs and
colleagues, new to this field, to apply for
admission to this course which will be offered at
the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
from August 9-30, 2009.
This three-week multi-disciplinary course
provides a focused and intense approach to
instruction and hands-on laboratory training in
cutting-edge techniques and many specialized
methods that can present sizable barriers for
individuals who wish to enter into investigations
of the inner ear, including the dissection of inner
ear sensory organs. The students are introduced to
the fundamentals of inner ear research through
lectures, research seminars, roundtable
discussions, and informal interactions when
students and instructors work side-by-side in the
laboratory. The course fosters the development of
the students as investigators working in the inner
ear, emphasizing not just what is known, but also
the opportunities for important discoveries,
innovative new approaches, and the translation of
those discoveries into meaningful improvements in
our understanding of the inner ear. The course is
designed to accommodate a relatively small number
of students and is suitable for individuals with
backgrounds in the biological, chemical, and
physical/computational sciences.
We seek to draw some of the brightest and most
talented minds in science into this field and
provide them with an elevated platform from which
to launch careers in the biology of the inner
ear.
If everyone can get at least one person to apply
that would be TERRIFIC!
The MBL has generous resources to defray most of
the costs for attending this course.
Please help us get the word out about this
educational opportunity.
The application deadline is April 24,
2009.
For more information please ask potential
applicants to visit.
http://www.mbl.edu/education/courses/special_topics/bie.html
or to contact Carol Hamel, Admissions
Coordinator, (508) 289-7401; or mailto: admissions@mbl.edu
Thanks for your help.
Jeff Corwin and Jeff Holt
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