Summer course on embryology of marine invertebrates - 3, June 2019
Time and place: JUNE 09-30, 2019, the Pertzov White Sea Biological Station (WSBS), Russia
The WSBS is located on the wild and scenic coast of the Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea (66° 34' N, 33° 08' E) exactly on the Polar Circle. This is a remote and isolated academic settlement accessible only by a boat from the nearest village Poyakonda. Station facilities comprise a number of recently upgraded laboratories with recirculating seawater system, cLSM, and SEM. The station has good diving facilities and a fleet of motorboats and small vessels designed for benthic and pelagic sampling.
Please check the WBS website for detailed information about the station: http://en.wsbs-msu.ru/
Course description: Thank to our strong instructor team we will be able to hold the lectures and practical classes devoted to embryology of different invertebrate groups and demonstrate various approaches in culturing and experimental embryology.
The Course program covers all major metazoan lineages (Porifera, Cnidaria, Annelida, Mollusca, Bryozoa, Crustacea, Nematoda, Echinodermata). Daily lectures will be devoted to basic knowledge of comparative embryology of invertebrates as well as they unveil the recent research progress in the all fields of development. The Course will provide the participants with a unique opportunity to get on-hand experience in embryology of invertebrate species of the White Sea. Practical sessions will include the methods of culturing of marine invertebrates and methods of experimental embryology and different visualization techniques (including classical zoological drawing, photo-, time-lapse-recording, immunocytochemistry and different types of microscopies (light, fluorescent, cLSM, SEM).
Please find more information about the similar courses, which were organized at WSBS in 2010 and 2016.
Objectives: · the diversity of the development within marine invertebrates; · illustration techniques (drawings, and various miscrocopies); · experimental techniques: immunocytochemistry, cell proliferation, cell lineages tracing, pharmacological modulation.
DRAFT PROGRAM:
Participants: Maximum 14.
Teachers: Maria Ina Arnone Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy Andreas Hejnol University Bergen, Norway Casey Dunn Yale University, USA Andreas Wanninger University of Vienna, Austria Carsten Wolff Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany Alexander Ereskovsky Mediterranean Institute of Biodiversity and Ecology, FRANCE Grigory Genikhovich University of Vienna, Austria Carmen Andrikou Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, Norway Yulia Kraus Lomonosov MSU, Russia Olga Kotenko St.-Petersburg State University, Russia Vitaly Kozin St.-Petersburg State University, Russia Andrey Lavrov Lomonosov MSU, Russia Andrey Prudkosky Lomonosov MSU, Russia Igor Kosevitch Lomonosov MSU, Russia Vladimir Malakhov Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Guest lecturer:
Svetlana Maslakova Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
To participate please send us: · motivation letter (maximum 1 page); · CV (maximum 5 pages); · a recommendation letter from a current supervisor; · formulaire with personal data (please download FORMULAIRE); · statement of financial need, if applying for WSBS scholarships (maximum 300 words).
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Complete applications should be sent to embryo@wsbs-msu.ru with the following subject: “application for the Embryo Course_your last name”.
Target group: MSc, PhD students, young researchers.
Application deadline: February 28, 2019.
Room&Board Students enrolled in the class should expect simple living conditions with outdoor facilities (rooms for 4–6 people), which however are well compensated by beautiful scenery and untouched nature. Full board consists of three meals a day. Vegetarian options are available, however we can not provide Kosher or Halal meals, due to isolated location of the field station.
Visa: International students are required to have entry visas to travel to the Russian Federation. Russian entry visas can be obtained at a local Russian Embassy or Consulate. All supporting materials will be sent upon acceptance to the course.
Medical insurance: All students enrolled in the class are obligated to have personal medical insurance including medical evacuation coverage.
Organizers: The White Sea Biological Station, Moscow State University, Russia:
Alexander Tzetlin Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova Yulia Khramova Denis Nikishin Stanislav Kremnyov Tatiana Bagaeva
Contacts: embryo@wsbs-msu.ru http://en.wsbs-msu.ru/ twitter.com/2016Wsbs
SPONSORS:
https://www.biologists.com/
https://www.traektoriafdn.ru/
merckmillipore.com / sigmaaldrich.com
https://www.dia-m.ru/company/ We acknowledge Dr. Tatiana Belevich and Dept. of Hydrobiology, MSU, for providing us algae cultures for feeding invertebrate larvae 
Atlas of the White Sea Invertebrates Development. 3rd Summer Course on Embryology of Marine Invertebrates, June 9-30, 2019, WSBS MSU, Russia. — М.Pero, 2019. — 44 с.

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