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Harmful Algal Blooms Cyanobacteria
(or blue-green algae) are often prolific in freshwater environments, including
the Public Lecture by Dr. Gregory Boyer, SUNY & Dr.
Juli Dyble, GLERL Date: Friday, March 2, 2007 Time: 9:00-10:30 am (coffee at 8:30) Location: This lecture is the second in a series of seminars focusing on pathogen
issues in Questions? Contact Dr. Erin Dreelin dreelin@msu.edu About the Speakers Dr. Gregory Boyer is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the State University
of is
working on harmful algal blooms that occur in both freshwater and marine
ecosystems. This
includes the toxic red tides that occur along the coast,
brown tides that occur off be
found in freshwaters ponds and lakes throughout the world. Dr. Boyer runs an analytical
facility for the study of algal toxins at ESF and is actively developing monitoring
methods for the toxins in the both
new and novel analytical methods to detect these toxins, as well as
understanding the
biochemical function these compounds play in the algae themselves. Dr. Juli Dyble is a Research Biologist with the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research
Laboratory. Her research focuses on the ecology and toxin production of cyanobacterial
harmful algal bloom (HAB) species. This includes environmental factors
that control cyanobacterial growth and toxin production, genetic regulation of
toxicity, development of molecular methods for the detection of HAB species and
the genetic diversity of cyanobacterial bloom communities. www-cyanosite.bio.purdue.edu ~Rita Jack ><><><><><>><><><><> Rita Jack Water Sentinels Project Sierra Club tel: 517-484-2372 www.sierraclub.org/watersentinels Make all |