Biofilms 2000 was a great success!Biofilms 2000 Big Sky, Montana, July 16-20, 2000
Guest speaker: Dr. Rita R. Colwell, Director of the National Science Foundation
Scientific Organizers: J. William Costerton, Montana State University Hilary Lappin-Scott, University of Exeter Phil Stewart, Montana State University Rob Palmer, University of Tennessee
Students and Postdoc Travel Grants
Contact: ASM Conferences, 1325 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005; tel: (202) 942-9248; fax: (202) 942-9340;
CBE Biofilm Workshop at Biofilm 2000 Tuesday July 18 was a workshop day at Biofilm 2000. In addition to workshops at Big Sky, the CBE hosted a full day workshop at its laboratories at Montana State University in Bozeman. The CBE workshop featured confocal microscopy, molecular techniques, surface analytical techniques, respirometry, conventional biofilm analysis techniques, statistical considerations in biofilm analysis, and medical biofilm research techniques. For more details see Biofilm 2000 Workshop. If you have any questions, please contact Paul Sturman at paul_stu@erc.montana.edu or 406-994-2102.
Education Day, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, July 21, 2000. A special seminar on the National Science Foundation's "ERC Model" of interdisciplinary education, to show how it has shaped the biofilm field..." Key note speaker, Dr. Rita Colwell (NSF Director and Microbiologist) discussed NSF education initiatives.
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