The Northern Gulf Institute's annual conference will be held May 17-19 in Mobile, Ala., at the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel. The conference will include updates on the activities and direction of the institute, but the emphasis of the conference will be on research presentations and poster presentations by the NGI project teams. NGI, based at Stennis Space Center, Miss., is a NOAA cooperative institute that includes Mississippi State University, Florida State University, University of Southern Mississippi, Louisiana State University and Dauphin Island Sea Lab. (Source:
NGI, 03/02/11)