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October 7, 2005 COMB Hosts 2005 Marine Estuarine Environmental
Sciences Colloquium October 7-8 Baltimore, MD- UMBI's Center of Marine Biotechnology was the host for the 2005 Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences (MEES) Colloquium, October 7-8. This was the second time COMB has hosted the MEES Colloquium. Graduate students displayed their research posters to show the variety of topics they have been working on. The MEES graduate program offers master of science and doctoral degrees covering restoration ecology, aquaculture, fisheries management, oceanography, marine biotechnology, toxicology, environmental chemistry, remote sensing, and landscape ecology. The MEES program collaborates with National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Smithsonian Institute, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, the National Zoo, and other widely recognized research organizations. 
(From left to right) Dr. Kennedy Paynter, UMCP Director of MEES; Michael Bonsteel, UMES; Rachel Borgatti, HPL; Dr. Jennie Hunter-Cevera, President of UMBI; Dr. Donald F. Boesh, President of UMCES; Dr. Yonathan Zohar, Director of COMB; Sonja Fagervold, COMB.
 
Dr. Yonathan Zohar, Director of COMB, giving the welcome. Dr. Kennedy Paynter UMCP,
Director of MEES, speaks about the MEES program.
 
Graduate student's view research posters MEES graduate students and faculty meet in auditorium
### Celebrating our 20th anniversary year, UMBI is Maryland's premier biotechnology research institute within the University System of Maryland and was established in 1985. The University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI) consists of five major research and education centers and is dedicated to advancing the frontiers of biotechnology. UMBI’s centers of research include: CARB, the Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology located in Rockville; CBR, the Center for Biosystems Research located in College Park; and COMB, the Center of Marine Biotechnology, MBC, the Medical Biotechnology Center, and IHV, the Institute of Human Virology, all located in Baltimore. For more information, visit www.umbi.umd.edu
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