Marine science: NGI conference is next week

The Northern Gulf Institute Annual Conference is scheduled to begin May 18 at the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel in Mobile, Ala. The conference will include updates on the activities and direction of the institute, with an emphasis on research presentations and poster presentations by the NGI project teams. One of the hot topics to be discussed will be the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The conference ends Thursday. (Source: NGI agenda, 05/13/10) NGI, a NOAA cooperative institute, focuses on research about the northern Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. It's led by Mississippi State University, partnering with the University of Southern Mississippi, Louisiana State University, Florida State University and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Alabama. NGI has offices at Stennis Space Center, and will eventually move into the new Mississippi State Science and Technology Center being built at Stennis.