Biodiversity: Exploring the Marine Diversity of Woods Hole Using Molecular Tools Schedule

Example Schedule:

Date

Morning Session 9am-12pm

Afternoon Session 1-5pm

TBD

Welcome, Course Introduction (and MRC Tour) Intro to Biodiversity

Art Course

Intro to field site (Wood Neck Beach) Biodiversity Measurements

Laboratory Oreintation Intro to Taxonomy

The Tree of Life

Morphology Analysis Into to Phylogenetics

Specimen Preservation/Molecular Methods

Fieldwork (Wood Neck Beach)

Microorganisms & Microbiomes

Fieldwork (Wood Neck Beach)

Introduction to Staining and Imaging (Prep Samples DNA Sequencing)

Art Course

Diversity of Photosynthetic Organisms

Team Meeting and Project Discussion

Prep Samples DNA Sequencing

Intro to Bioinformatics

Fieldwork (Wood Neck Beach)

Open Lab

Fungal Diversity

Team Meeting and Project Discussion

Fieldwork (Woods Neck Beach)

Art Course

Invertebrates

Open Lab

Prep Samples DNA Sequencing

Fieldwork (Wood Neck Beach)

Vertebrates

Open Lab/Presentation Preparation

Biodiversity Crisis & Conservation Rehearsal Final Presentations/ Lab Cleaning

Preparation Final Presenations

Public Lab

Art Course

Final Presentation

Final trip to field (animal release)