http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/index.php News and current events from the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs, Mississippi en-us don.abrams@usm.edu (Don Abrams) Copyright(c)2012 http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/index.php http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/images/html/logo.gcrl.vertical.144.jpg 144 172 http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/events/docs/science.cafe.cork.10.31.12.pdf http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/events/docs/science.cafe.cork.10.31.12.pdf A Science Cafe event at the Gulf Coast Research Lab on Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Dr. John Cork Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans. Sheila A. Cork, Librarian at the New Orleans Museum of Art, will be Dr. Cork’s Halloween Helper. A slide show and discussion will provide a brief history of anatomy and dissection, then explore the human skeleton and the brain. Bones and skulls, and even a brain, will be available for examination. (Gloves provided.) 30 October 201117:00 CDT http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/mec/explore.a.seashore.program.details.php#parasites http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/mec/explore.a.seashore.program.details.php#parasites They creep, they crawl, they might eat us all! Do you know what your food eats or what eats your food before it reaches your plate? Explore the Mississippi Sound food web on a trawl trip aboard a research vessel with GCRL scientists to better understand the connections between people and the food they consume. Dare to up the icky ante during this weekend devoted to identifying parasites in coastal critters and gaining insight into the top of the food web. The program includes a Friday evening session, a Saturday morning trawl sampling trip aboard a GCRL research vessel, and an afternoon session in the lab with microscopes. Lunch is included. Fee is $20. 30 October 161117:00 CDT http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/resources.public.php http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/resources.public.php There's a special section of the GCRL website for the public. Included are tide tables, beach monitoring information, and upcoming events at GCRL. 16 November 2012 8:35:00 CDT