Dear Colleagues, The Mexican Society for Marine Mammalogy (SOMEMMA), host of the* fourth biennial Marine Mammalogy Summer School (IV-E3M),* announces seven advanced modules that will take place in La Paz, Mexico, 20 and 21 July, 2019. Each advanced module is an *intensive course, aimed at professionals interested in learning new skills, postgraduate students or final year undergraduates*: *1) Ecotoxicology and Marine Pollution* (Instructor: Juan José Alava, UBC, Canada) *2) Stable Isotopes in Ecological and Environmental Studies* (Instructor: Seth Newsom and Emma Eliott, University of New Mexico, USa) *3) Telemetry as a tool for animal ecology* (Instructor: Tenaya Norris, TMMC, USA) *4) Conservation genetics* (Larissa Rosa de Oliveira, UNISINOS, Brasil, and Adrian Munguía-Vega, University of Arizona, USA) *5) Passive acoustic monitoring and photoID database management* (Sally Mizroch, Blue Sea Research and Armando Jaramillo, INECC, Mexico) *6) Introduction to marine mammal rehabilitation and disease* (Cara Field, TMMC, USA) *7) Behavioural ecology of marine mammals* (Diane Gendron, CICIMAR, Mexico; Concepción García, CICESE, Mexico; Sergio Martínez, UABCS, Mexico; course delivered in spanish) See more details on the modules and our instructors at https://www.escuelamexicanademamiferosmarinos.com/copia-de-programa-1 SOMEMMA strongly believes instrengthening capacity of our current and future marine mammalogists. Thus, we have strived to maintain costs extremely low: the advanced modules costs *235 US dollars* (early fee, prior to March 31st) for non SOMEMMA members, and *140 US dollars* (early fee, prior to March 31st) for SOMEMMA members. This fee *includes accommodation*, the course diploma, complementary material, and reading material).If you do not wish for accommodation, the fee is 185 or 110 USD. More details on registration costs can be found at: https://www.escuelamexicanademamiferosmarinos.com/copia-de-costo <http://www.escuelamexicanademamiferosmarinos.com> https://www.facebook.com/4Escu <https://www.facebook.com/4EscuelaMexicanaMastozoologiaMarina/> elaMexicanaMastozoologiaMarina <https://www.facebook.com/4EscuelaMexicanaMastozoologiaMarina/>/ <https://www.facebook.com/4EscuelaMexicanaMastozoologiaMarina/> If interested, please email Karina or Fabiola at escuelamexicanamm@gmail.com Hope to see you in La Paz! Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse & Fabiola Guerrero de la Rosa IV-E3M organizers escuelamexicanamm@gmail.com -- ----------------------- *Think of all the men who never knew the answers. Think of all those who never even cared. Still, there are some who ask why, who want to know, who dare to try.* (Rod Mckuen)