NGI holds conference next week

The Northern Gulf Institute Annual Conference is scheduled for May 18 to 20 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 by NGI project teams. One of the hot topics that will be discussed will be the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. NGI, a NOAA cooperative institute, focuses on research about the northern Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. Led by Mississippi State University, partners are the University of Southern Mississippi, Louisiana State University, Florida State University and the Dauphin Islana Sea Lab in Mobile. NGI has offices at Stennis Space Center, Miss. (Source: NGI agenda, 05/13/10)