Please see below for information about the 2012 Gordon Research Seminar and Gordon Research Conference on Oceans and Human Health: *Gordon Research Seminar on Oceans and Human Health (for Graduate Students, Post-docs, etc.): * *(June 2-3, 2012, University of New England, Biddeford, ME, USA)* * * The Gordon Research Seminar on Oceans & Human Health is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas. The effects of global climate change, coastal development, emergent pathogenic microorganisms, and anthropogenic pollutants present tremendous challenges to the fragile balance between humans and aquatic ecosystems. The Oceans and Human Health Initiative highlights the “One Health” approach to aquatic conservation by recognizing the consequences of human activities on marine and freshwater ecosystems, and how our actions impact the use of aquatic habitats as a source of recreation, sustenance, and economic well being. The Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) seeks to attract new Oceans & Human Health (OHH) scientists from diverse scientific backgrounds who are at a critical juncture in their career development. Students and post-docs attending the GRS on Oceans & Human Health will participate in a two day conference that provides a relaxed forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas. Students will also have the opportunity to interact with recognized leaders in the field of Oceans & Human Health. Areas of expertise include, but are not limited to, algal and microbial biology, epidemiology and public health, marine natural products, seafood production, molecular biology, oceanography, and toxicology. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Rita Colwell Applications for this meeting must be submitted by *May 5, 2012*. Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed (full) before this deadline. *GRS Speaker Abstract Deadline:* *May 5, 2012*. Submit online at: http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2012&program=grs_oceans *Gordon Research Conference on Oceans and Human Health: * *(June 3-8, 2012, **University of New England, Biddeford, ME, USA**)* Oceans interact with humans in both positive and negative ways and this interaction has become the foundation for an emerging "metadiscipline" called Oceans and Human Health. The 2012 Gordon Research Conference on Oceans and Human Health (OHH) will address several of the many disciplines comprising OHH that include oceanography, waterborne and seafood borne diseases, harmful algal blooms, epidemiology, comparative animal physiology, natural products and synthetic organic chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, social sciences, engineering, and other ocean-related areas. This conference will feature sessions on seafood, aquaculture, omics, natural disasters, climate change, forecasting, changes in fecal indicator detection, marine human pathogens, emerging chemicals of concern and communications, all as they relate to human health. It will have a session on the Deepwater Horizon to update the conferees on what research and restoration has transpired since the April 2010 oil blowout in Macondo Canyon. And finally, there will be discussions on a developing OHH initiative by the European Science Foundation’s Marine Board and the future of OHH in the U.S. As is the case with all GRCs, this conference will assemble experts in the several session areas who will present current information to junior scientists and graduate students in a very relaxed atmosphere. In addition to the formal presentations, poster presentations will provide opportunities for "one-on-one" discussions about OHH topics. Applications for this meeting must be submitted by *May 6, 2012*. Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed (full) before this deadline. Website: http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2012&program=oceans * * -- Leslie Burdett Hart, PhD Jardon and Howard Technologies, Inc. (JHT) NOAA/NOS/NCCOS Hollings Marine Laboratory 331 Ft. Johnson Rd. Charleston, SC 29412 Phone: 843-725-4831 Fax: 843-762-8737 Email: Leslie.Burdett@noaa.gov