Workshops
Technical information workshops
There are three scheduled Workshops for NABS 2000 in Keystone, Sunday May 28th, hours
tentatively set for 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, with lunch included.
Scientific Writing and the Publication of Biological Research
led by two of the best writers in our field, David Rosenberg and Vince Resh. This will
be an excellent opportunity to learn from the "masters". The workshop will cover
a number of topics, including: i) The Scientific Publishing Revolution, ii) Organization
of Manuscripts, iii) Writing Made Easy, iv) Where to Publish, v) Submission of
Manuscripts, vi) Dealing with Editors and Reviewers, vii) Revisions, Proofs, and
Professionalism, and viii) Ethics of Publishing.
If there's time, they will also discuss writing research proposals, collaboration, and
other issues related to scientific writing.
Student discount
Taxonomy, systematics, and ecology of aquatic oligochaeta
This NABS 2000 Technical Information Workshop will be presented by Mark J. Wetzel
(Illinois Natural History Survey Center for Biodiversty, Champaign, IL), R. Deedee Kathman
(Aquatic Resources Center, College Grove, TN), Steven V. Fend (US Geological Survey, Menlo
Park, CA), and Kathryn A. Coates (Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc.). Workshop
Sponsors: This workshop is being underwritten by the NABS Technical Issues Committee and
the US EPA. Regular updates on this workshop can be found at http://www.benthos.org/Classified/index.cfm/task/Display/AdID/272
.
Tentative Worshop Agenda: Introduction to freshwater Annelida - current phylogeny and
systematics; Collecting techniques; Basic morphology; Specimen preparation; Use of keys;
Identification of the primary groups of freshwater annelids / families of oligochaetes;
Microscopical techniques (dissecting, compound, SEM); Printed and electronic resources;
Importance of Quality Assurance / Quality Control protocols. Registration for this
workshop will entitle the registrant to a reduced fee for purchase of: Kathman, R.D., and
R.O. Brinkhurst. 1998. Guide to the freshwater Oligochaetes of North America. iv + 264 pp.
For those who can't wait to 'split hairs', you can visit the following NABS
'Classified' (Publications) website - http://www.benthos.org/Classified/index.cfm/task/Display/AdID/159
for information on ordering this Guide immediately (and, by using the guide before
the workshop, compile your 'stump the experts' questions to share during the workshop and
bring to the 2nd Annual NABS Taxonomy Fair, organized by Dave Penrose).
Taxonomy Fair
Also, given the success of the Taxonomy Fair in Duluth, led by Dave Penrose, the
Technical Information Committee intends to sponsor another Fair at Keystone during the
poster session on Wednesday afternoon, May 31st. The "Fair" format consists of
taxonomy stations, each manned by a recognized expert of a taxonomic group. Participants
are free to bring their own specimens to these expert stations and are able to gain
personal access to the gurus of aquatic invertebrate taxonomy.
Teaching workshop
Teaching conundrums: approaches to introducing undergraduates to taxonomy and
statistics.
We are seeking participants interested in sharing lecture, laboratory, or recitation
techniques that have been used successfully to engage students in appreciating the
importance and beauty of these often-dreaded topics. Anyone willing to present a 15 minute
talk on their favorite technique should contact Pamela Silver by December 1, 1999 at:
Pamela Silver School of Science Penn State Erie Erie, PA 16563 (814) 898-7132, e-mail: psb3@psu.edu
Graduate Student Workshops
The Graduate Resources Committee has produced a wonderful collection of workshops
designed by graduate students for graduate students. Topics include Playing the
Funding Game (presenters Dr. Cliff Dahm, Dr. Amy Ward), Jumping in with
Your Eyes Open: The Job Search (presenters Dr. Gary Lamberti and others), and Developing
a Teaching Program (presenters Dr. Michelle Baker, Dr. Alex Huryn). The GRC
business lunch will be held between workshops and is free to graduate students who
register for the workshop by 1 May 2000. To register for the workshop, you can either: 1)
complete the online form, 2) complete the form in the
Spring Bulletin and mail to Matt McTammany, Department of Biology, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA, 24061-0406, or 3) e-mail Matt McTammany (mmctamma@vt.edu)
with the answers to the questions on the form. We are looking forward to seeing you at the
GRC workshops. If you have any questions or suggestions, contact Ross Thompson (thoro364@student.otago.ac.nz).
Larval Chironomid midge taxonomy
This workshop will be presented by Dr. John H. Epler, a foremost authority on
Chironomidae in North America. Dr. Epler prepared and presented the NABS Technical
Workshop on Chironomidae at the 47th Annual NABS meeting convened in Duluth in 1999.
Since chironomid larvae seem to be tops on most NABS members' lists of things to hate,
this workshop will stress larval chironomid morphology, identification and updates on
chironomid taxonomy for North America. Attendees should bring problem material and we all
will look at it. If you have your own compound scope and can bring it, please do so!
Registrants will receive an updated version of the workshop workbook used in last
year's Technical Workshop on Chironomidae.
This workshop will be held on Sunday, 28 May from 0900-1600, in the same area as the
two other workshops being presented that day and sponsored by the NABS Technical Issues
Committee (Susan Davies, Chair). *Lunch is on your own.*
There will be a limit of 20 (maybe 25) people for this workshop. The registration fee
will be $85 prior to the meeting; $95 at the meeting (if space remains).
Registration fees must be sent to (and made payable to) Dr. J.H. Epler (NOT to
NABS 2000!!!) before 1 May, 2000. If you have questions or registration fees to
send, contact Dr. Epler -
Dr. J.H. Epler, 461 Tiger Hammock Road, Crawfordville, FL 32327.
Telephone: (850) 926 3700; E-mail: jhepler@concentric.net
. Also, please visit his website at http://www.concentric.net/~jhepler/index.html
