New lab sessions for sign up: Jan-Jul 2012

Your help is needed in the laboratory to sort out what we have found on our surveys! You do not need to have any training to join us in these sessions, there will be staff to guide you in the labs.

As Dr Tan Koh Siang showed during a Dialogue Session, we often have to take a much closer look to identify what we have found. So far, only 10% of our finds have been sorted out! Volunteers are needed to sort out invertebrates, fishes and tiny creatures. Here's what happens at a lab session.

Here's more about the upcoming lab sessions from an extract of Jonathan's email. His full email is on the Mega Marine Survey yahoo groups (accessible to registered volunteers).

The following lab sessions are available for sign ups. In the lab sessions, we will be working in the comfort of air conditioned labs either at Tropical Marine Science Institute's facilities at St John's Island or National University of Singapore's Kent Ridge Campus. You do not need to have any training to join us in these sessions, there will be staff to guide you in the labs. If you would like to take a close up look at the animals collected in our surveys, or if you wish to have a feel of what it feels like to be working in a lab environment, do join us for these sessions.

If you are interested in taking part in any of the sessions, please email jonathan_ngiam@nparks.gov.sg, with the session you would like to attend, as well as your full name and mobile number.


Date: 9 January 2012 (Monday)
Time: 8.45am - 6.30pm
Location: St John's Island
No. of volunteers: 5

Additional date (added in this message from Jonathan)
Date: 28 January 2012 (Saturday)
Time: 8.15am - 3.30pm
Location: St John's Island
No. of volunteers: 10

Date: 25 January 2012 (Wednesday)
Time: 8.45am - 6.30pm
Location: St John's Island

Meeting time: 8.45am
No. of volunteers: 3

Date: 26 January 2012 (Thursday)
Time: 8.45am - 6.30pm
Location: St John's Island
No. of volunteers: 3

Date: 27 January 2012 (Friday)
Time: 8.45am - 6.30pm
Location: St John's Island
No. of volunteers: 3

Date: 15 February 2012 (Wednesday)
Time: 8.45am - 6.30pm
Location: St John's Island
No. of volunteers: 3

Date: 16 February 2012 (Thursday)
Time: 8.45am - 6.30pm
Location: St John's Island
No. of volunteers: 3

Date: 17 February 2012 (Friday)
Time: 8.45am - 6.30pm
Location: St John's Island
No. of volunteers: 3

Date: 20 February 2012 (Monday)
Time: 8.45am - 6.30pm
Location: St John's Island
No. of volunteers: 5

Date: 23 February 2012 (Thursday)
Time: 8.45am - 6.30pm
Location: St John's Island
No. of volunteers: 3

Date: 31 March 2012 (Saturday)
Time: 2pm - 6pm
Location: Blk S2S, National University of Singapore

Meeting time: 1.45pm
No. of volunteers: 5

Date: 12 April 2012 (Thursday)
Time: 2pm - 6pm
Location: Blk S2S, National University of Singapore

Meeting time: 1.45pm
No. of volunteers: 5

What happens at a lab session?
See these posts of previous lab sessions.

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