ANNOUNCING: Summer 2013 Field Courses and REU Opportunities Mountain Lake Biological Station

Mountain Lake Biological Station (University of Virginia) is pleased to announce its summer program of field-based undergraduate and graduate-level credit courses offered by nationally recruited faculty, and its NSF REU undergraduate research internship program, now in its 21^st year. Work at MLBS focuses on field-based ecology, evolution, physiology, and behavior.  Located in the southern Appalachians. Learn more about the programs and apply on-line:

Courses:   http://mlbs.org/summercourses

Plant Conservation and Diversity– Zack Murrell, Appalachian State

Techniques in Conservation Biology- Melissa Aikens, University of Virginia

Wildlife Disease Ecology – Sonia Altizer, University of Georgia & Courtney Thomason, Texas Tech University

Behavioral Endocrinology – Caitlin Gabor & Andrea Aspbury, Texas State University

Biology of Fungi – Rytas Vilgalys, Duke University

Landscape Drawing Large and Small – Megan Marlatt, University of Virginia

REU:  http://mlbs.org/reuprogram, a 10 week learning and living research experience for undergraduates program.

Please forward this information to colleagues or students you think might be interested. 

Thanks for your help!  Best wishes, happy and safe holidays.

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