RedToL: Understanding the morphology of freshwater red algae

An NSF RedToL (Red Algal Tree of Life) Student Workshop on the morphology of Red Algae (Rhodophyta) was held at LUMCON (Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, http://www.lumcon.edu) in Chauvin (Cocodrie) LA, June 26-30, 2011.

Seven instructors and 28 undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows worked together in learning how to interpret morphological structures that are phylogenetically significant as viewed through light microscopy. Lectures were also given on red algal genomics and transcriptomics. Information about the workshop can be found at: http://www.bigelow.org/research/srs/hwan_su_yoon/red-tol-student-workshop

RedToL (http://dblab.rutgers.edu/redtol/home.php) is part of the National Science Foundation-funded Tree of Life Initiative to reconstruct the Red Algal (Rhodophyta) Tree of Life using phylogenetic and genomic approaches (http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5129).

This short lecture entitled "How can we identify freshwater red algae and what are the morphological characters that are systematically important at various taxonomic levels" was presented by Morgan Vis, Ohio University.

Invited instructors:
Wendy Nelson (NIWA New Zealand):
Charles O'Kelly (Friday Harbor Lab):

Fredericq lab, University of Louisiana at Lafayette:
Suzanne Fredericq (PI, instructor)
William Schmidt (Postdoc)
Joseph Richards (PhD student)
William Gardiner (Undergrad)
Gregory Lalonde (Undergrad)

Vis lab, Ohio University:
Morgan Vis (PI, instructor)
Daryl Lam (Postdoc)
Eric Salomaki, (MS student)
Emily Johnston (MS student)
Taylor Macy (REU student)

Saunders lab, University of New Brunswick, Canada:
Tanya Moore (Lab Manager)
Meghann Bruce (PhD student)
Gina Filloramo (PhD student)

Bhattacharya lab, Rutgers University:
Debashish Bhattacharya (PI)
Shraddha Desai (student)
Dana Price (PhD student)
Cheong Xin Chan (Postdoc)

Lopez-Bautista lab, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa:
Juan Lopez-Bautista (PI)
Haj Allali (Postdoc)
Michael Depriest (PhD student)
Drew Lathan (REU student)

Boo lab, Chungnam University, Korea:
Jeong Kwang Park (PhD student)
Ga Hun Boo (PhD student)

Yoon lab, Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences:
Hwan Su Yoon (PI)
Eun Chan Yang (Postdoc)
Huan Qiu (Postdoc)
Nicholas Schulte (REU student)

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