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education 69Brown-MBL Graduate Program inBiological and Environmental SciencesThe Brown-MBL Graduate Program in Biologicaland Environmental Sciences unites MBL and BrownUniversity’s combined research and educationexpertise in biology, biomedicine, and environmentalsciences and offers talented graduate students thechance to work with scientists at both institutions.The program has experienced robust growth sinceits creation less than three years ago, doubling insize in 2005. Five new first-year graduate studentsmatriculated into the program in 2005, joining fivestudents previously enrolled.The Brown-MBL affiliation not only provides aone-of-a-kind training experience for graduatestudents, but also a ripe environment for facultyexchanges and research collaborations between thetwo institutions. The affiliation also enables MBLinvestigators and Brown faculty the opportunity topursue joint appointments at the two institutions. Ajoint appointment for an MBL faculty member allowsa scientist to serve as a mentor in the joint programor offer a course at Brown. Ecosystems Center Seniorscientist Ed Rastetter taught an ecosystems modelingcourse at the MBL during the Brown intersessionin January 2006 and a team of Brown faculty andEcosystems Center staff at Brown are teaching a courseon the human impacts on ecosystem functioningduring the spring 2006 semester.STUDENTSMarselle Alexander-Ozinskas, Ecology and Evolutionary BiologySusanne DiSalvo, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and BiochemistryGilian Galford, Geological SciencesLorin Jakubek, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and BiochemistryKristy Kroeker, Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyErica Lasek-Nesselquist, Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyVinh Nguyen, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and BiochemistryApril Shiflett, PathobiologySeeta Sistla, Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyNatalie Stephens, PathobiologyJustin Widener, PathobiologyMBL FACULTY with BROWN APPOINTMENTSLinda Amaral Zettler, Bay Paul CenterSeth Bordenstein, Bay Paul CenterLinda Deegan, The Ecosystems CenterRobert Greenberg, Program in Molecular PhysiologyStephen Hajduk, Bay Paul CenterJohn Hobbie, The Ecosystems CenterChuck Hopkinson, The Ecosystems CenterDavid Mark Welch, Bay Paul CenterAndrew McArthur, Bay Paul CenterJerry Melillo, The Ecosystems CenterChris Neill, The Ecosystems CenterDavid Patterson, Bay Paul CenterBruce Peterson, The Ecosystems CenterEd Rastetter, The Ecosystems CenterGus Shaver, The Ecosystems CenterMitchell Sogin, Bay Paul CenterJoe Vallino, The Ecosystems CenterJennifer Wernegreen, Bay Paul Center