The Committee reviews and evaluates new and existing courses, guides course director searches, and serves as a resouce for course personnel and administrators. Memmbership of the Committee for 1999-2000 is listed below. The opportunity for exchange with members of the summer research community, as well as for intensive individual research, makes these programs unique in science education. Summer courses last from six to nine weeks, and consist of formal lectures integrated with laboratory instruction and research. These courses are generally designed for graduate students and postdoctoral students.
Laboratories emphasize the application of the most current techniques.
The 2000 summer courses are described on our courses web server. Go to listing of course offerings. Special Topics Courses are intensive educational programs, one to six weeks long, that provide experience in specialized research techniques, or are lecture and laboratory courses in topics of current interest. These courses are intended for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and other professionals actively engaged in research. Descriptions of MBL Short Courses offered in 2000 are found on the MBL Education web server.