Isla Mar Research Expeditions 2015 | Page 4

TRAININGTHENEXT GENERATIONOF SCIENTISTS our vision Ou r m ission is to pr ovide exception al ser vice in m ar in e scien ce edu cation , fiel d-based r esear ch tr ain in g an d exper ien ce an d pu bl ic ou tr each in ocean con ser vation . W e tail or ou r ser vices to u n der gr adu ates an d ear l y car eer scien tists; we pr ovide th e tr ain in g th ey n eed to con du ct in depen den t pr ojects an d col l ect qu al ity data. Ou r goal is to pr esen t a fiel d-based r esear ch or ien tation th at wil l equ ip ou r stu den ts with th e sk il l s th ey n eed to be com petitive in th e fiel d of m ar in e scien ce. Th is fir st year for u s pr oved a su ccessfu l star t an d a pr oof-of-con cept exper ien ce to give u s a h el pfu l boost in to th is ar en a of scien tific edu cation . W e h ad two in ter n s in Ju l y wh o wer e abl e to assist l ocal gr adu ate stu den ts wil l pr ojects r an gin g fr om DNA extr action to l ion fish sam pl e pr ocessin g. W e wil l con tin u e to coor din ate an d h ost fiel d cou r ses for u n der gr adu ates, wor k in g in con ju n ction with pr ofessor s wh o al r eady h ave establ ish ed fiel d cou r se cu r r icu l u m with wh ich we can pr ovide excu r sion s an d tr ain in g to com pl em en t th ose pl an s.