[CINC] Free Lecture - David Kushner speaking

[Lisa Rizzo]

Another Free dinner & lecture .  This public event is jointly sponsored by
Channel Islands National Park and Coastal Marine Biolabs with support from
the Ventura Port District. The student-centered kelp forest DNA barcoding
campaign is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation to
CMB.


*Barcoding Life’s Matrix - Merging genomics and cybertechnology to catalog
kelp forest biodiversity*
Date: July 17th, 2011 (5:00 p.m.)
Contact: Linda Santschi, Ph.D., 805-289-9275,
santschi at coastalmarinebiolabs.org
Location: Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor
Center,
1901 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura, CA 93001

Situated at the boundary of the Oregonian and Californian provinces, the
Channel Islands
National Park contains marine ecosystems of extraordinary complexity and
biological
diversity. Bioindicators – plant and animal species that provide vital signs
of kelp forest
health – are routinely monitored by Park biologists to track natural and
man-made impacts
on these fragile ecosystems. National Park Service (NPS) Biologist David
Kushner will begin
the evening’s program by discussing ecosystem changes and trends observed
through the
Kelp Forest Monitoring Program, the longest established bioinventory and
monitoring
program in the NPS. Sujeevan Ratnasingham, the bioinformatics lead at the
University of
Guelph, Ontario will then discuss how DNA barcoding, a new tool that merges
genetic and
computer-based technologies, can complement current efforts to catalog
marine
biodiversity and monitor ecosystem change through time. The program will
conclude with
a multimedia presentation by high school students who participated in a
residential
research experience hosted by Coastal Marine Biolabs in Ventura Harbor.
Through their
experience, students joined a community of scientists and institutions in
their goal to create
a comprehensive digital genetic archive of kelp forest fish and invertebrate
species.
Approximately 30 students participating in the NOAA-sponsored Ocean for Life
program
will attend the event to learn how genetic and computer-based technologies
can􀀃 help
monitor life in our oceans.

5:00 – 5:45 p.m. Informal buffet dinner/student mixer (in courtyard adjacent
to
auditorium)
5:50 – 6:00 p.m. Introductory remarks, Ralph Imondi, Ph.D. (CMB)
6:00 – 6:45 p.m. Guest lecture, David Kushner (CINP)
7:00 – 7:45 p.m. Guest lecture, Sujeevan Ratnasingham (U Guelph)
8:00 – 8:50 p.m. CMB student presentation
9:00 p.m. Concluding remarks, Linda Santschi, Ph.D. (CMB)

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