Back to 2025 SBD Course Offerings Biodiversity: Exploring the Marine Diversity of Woods Hole Using Molecular Tools Overview Biodiversity: Exploring the Marine Diversity of Woods Hole Using Molecular Tools Schedule Meet the Faculty: Andrew Gillis Home Educational Opportunities Undergraduate Programs Semester in Biological Discovery (SBD) 2025 SBD Course Offerings Biodiversity: Exploring the Marine Diversity of Woods Hole Using Molecular Tools Biodiversity: Exploring the Marine Diversity of Woods Hole Using Molecular Tools Schedule Example Schedule: Date Morning Session 9am-12pm Afternoon Session 1-5pm TBD Welcome, Course Introduction (and MRC Tour) Intro to Biodiversity Art Course Intro to field site (Wood Neck Beach) Biodiversity Measurements Laboratory Oreintation Intro to Taxonomy The Tree of Life Morphology Analysis Into to Phylogenetics Specimen Preservation/Molecular Methods Fieldwork (Wood Neck Beach) Microorganisms & Microbiomes Fieldwork (Wood Neck Beach) Introduction to Staining and Imaging (Prep Samples DNA Sequencing) Art Course Diversity of Photosynthetic Organisms Team Meeting and Project Discussion Prep Samples DNA Sequencing Intro to Bioinformatics Fieldwork (Wood Neck Beach) Open Lab Fungal Diversity Team Meeting and Project Discussion Fieldwork (Woods Neck Beach) Art Course Invertebrates Open Lab Prep Samples DNA Sequencing Fieldwork (Wood Neck Beach) Vertebrates Open Lab/Presentation Preparation Biodiversity Crisis & Conservation Rehearsal Final Presentations/ Lab Cleaning Preparation Final Presenations Public Lab Art Course Final Presentation Final trip to field (animal release)