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February 2005

Date: Event:

02/01/05 The Ecosystem Center Seminar - “Stable Isotope Analysis of Food Webs in Acid Sensitive Ponds” - William Hagar, University of Massachusetts-Boston - Lillie Auditorium, 12:15 PM

02/01/05 Application deadline for MBL summer courses

02/02/05 Woods Hole Black History Month Presentation - Linsey Lee, Oral History Curator at the Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society and author of Vineyard Voices-Words, Faces, and Voices of Island People, will introduce a documentary film she produced entitled “Vineyard Voices: A Person of Color” featuring 92-year-old Dean K. Denniston, son of the first African-American minister on Martha’s Vineyard - 12:00 PM, Redfield Auditorium, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

02/03/05 The Bay Paul Center Seminar Series - "A new class of eukaryotic retroelements" - Irina Arkhipova, Harvard University – 4 PM, Candle House 104/105

02/04/05 Analytical & Quantitative Light Microscopy - application deadline

02/06/05 NeuroStereology Workshop - application deadline

02/08/05 The Ecosystem Center Seminar - “Advances in Offshore Aquaculture in the Northeast U.S.: the UNH Open Ocean Aquaculture Project” - Richard Langan, University of New Hampshire - Lillie Auditorium, 12:15 PM

Woods Hole Black History Month Presentation - Jocelyn Chadwick, Associate Professor of Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education will speak on sensitive cultural issues in education. “I believe no scholar or teacher can ever know all there is to know in this field and that one must never limit a student’s potential just because of where he/she lives, how he/she looks, or what his/her past experiences have been.” - 4:00 PM, Redfield Auditorium, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

02/10/05

The Bay Paul Center Seminar Series - "A functional gene approach to study marine microbial diversity, protein evolution and gene expression" - Ashita Dhillon, MBL – 4 PM, Candle House 104/105


State of the MBL address - Dr. Bill Speck - Swope Meigs Room, 10 AM and 2 PM

02/11/05 Falmouth Forum Series - "Khrushchev: The Man and His Era" - William Taubman, 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author

Bump Research Discussion - "An Experimental and Comparative Study on the Relative Role of Bottom-up and Top-down Control of Macroalgal Growth" - Mirta Teichberg, Boston University Marine Program - Noon, Candle House 104/105

02/15/05 Summer Housing applications due

Woods Hole Black History Month Presentation - James McBride, author of The Color of Water, will be available for an informal discussion of his critically acclaimed memoir. His book, which spent two years on the New York Times bestseller list, has sold more than 1.7 million copies in the USA and has been published in 16 languages and in more than 20 countries - 4:00 PM, Woods Hole Science Aquarium, National Marine Fisheries Service - (ID required for entrance.)

Following this gathering, James McBride will give a presentation at the Morse Pond School Auditorium in honor of Falmouth Book Week. While admission is free, a donation of a non-perishable food item for the Falmouth Service Center will be appreciated.
 
02/17/05 The Bay Paul Center Seminar Series - "Asking Immunology Questions in Experimental and Human Schistosomiasis" - Dan Colley, University of Georgia at Athens – 4 PM, Candle House 104/105

The Woods Hole Historical Museum Winter Craft Workshop - Making a Sailor's Ditty Bag - 7:15 PM, Woods Hole Public Library lower meeting room. All workshops are free, except for a materials charge, and open to the public, although class size is limited and pre-registration is required. Register by calling the Museum at 508-548-7270.

02/18/05 BUMP Research Discussion - "An experimental and comparative study on the relative role of bottom-up and top-down control of macroalgal growth" - Mirta C. Teichberg, Boston University Marine Program - 12 PM, Candle House 104/105
   
02/21/05 MBL HOLIDAY - President's Day

02/24/05 The Bay Paul Center Seminar Series - "Rio Tinto, Mars, and the Quest for Life Beyond Our Planet" - Linda Amaral Zettler, MBL – 4 PM, Candle House 104/105

Woods Hole Black History Month Presentation - The Harambee, An Ethnic Potluck Feast Welcoming Everyone of Every Race - Justin Petty, Professor and Director of Broadcast Media Technology at Roxbury Community College, will give a presentation on the origin and evolution of the steel pan, an acoustic instrument. Besides his lecture, Petty will entertain live at the Harambee with other members of the Pan Loco Steel Band. Don’t forget to bring your favorite potluck dish and wear your most colorful, comfortable clothing for this wintry Woods Hole event that is sure to transport you to the warmth of the Caribbean! - 4:00 PM, Swope Dining Room, Marine Biological Laboratory

 
02/25/05 BUMP Research Discussion - "How do stepping-stones of available habitat affect gene flow in neritid snails?" - Eric D. Crandall, Boston University Marine Program - 12 PM, Candle House 104/105

  COMMUNITY EVENTS:

Power Yoga with Carmina Mock - Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays - 12:00 PM - Candle House Loft

Soft Yoga with Carmina Mock - Tuesdays & Thursdays - 12:00 PM - Candle House Loft

  Pilates - Mondays & Wednesdays - 5:10 PM; Tuesdays & Thursdays - 7:00 AM - Meigs Room, Swope