Previous Workshops

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November 2-6, 2009, Plymouth, UK. A fully-open 5-day PRIMER workshops held at the Marine Biological Association’s Citadel Hill building in Plymouth with . This was taken by Prof Bob Clarke (PRIMER-E and PML), with assistance from Ray Gorley (PRIMER-E), with 32 participants. Photo...

August 17-21, 2009, Vancouver BC, Canada. A fully-open, 5-day PRIMER course led by Dr Paul Somerfield (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) with 27 participants, at the Aquatic Ecosystem Research Laboratory of the UBC Fisheries Centre, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver. The local organiser was Jamie Slogan.

June 1-12, 2009, Auckland, New Zealand. A 10-day workshop attended by 35 participants, consisting of a 5-day PRIMER course (June 1-5) led by Prof Bob Clarke (PRIMER-E and PML) and a 5-day PERMANOVA+ course (June 8-12) led by Prof Marti Anderson (Professor of Statistics at Massey University, Auckland). The course was hosted by the Massey Institute for Information and Mathematical Sciences, Albany Campus, Auckland, with the local contacts Michelle Campbell and Colleen Van Es. Photo…

June 11-16, 2009, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia. A fully-open, 5-day PRIMER course led by Prof Bob Clarke (PRIMER-E and PML) at the La Trobe University campus in Albury/Wodonga (NSW/VIC) over the period Thursday June 11 to Tuesday June 16. There were 34 participants and the local organiser was Rachel Bahrij of La Trobe University.

February 23-27, 2009, Plymouth, UK. This was a full re-run of the previous week’s PRIMER workshop at the Marine Biological Association’s Citadel Hill building in Plymouth, scheduled at late notice in response to the overwhelming demand for places at this year's February course – a further 25 participants attended. It was taken by Bob Clarke (PRIMER-E and PML), with assistance from Paul Somerfield (PML) and Ray Gorley (PRIMER-E). Photo...

February 16-20, 2009, Plymouth, UK. A fully open 5-day PRIMER course at the Marine Biological Association’s Citadel Hill building in Plymouth, with 35 participants. This course was taken by Bob Clarke (PRIMER-E and PML), with assistance from Paul Somerfield (PML) and Ray Gorley (PRIMER-E). Photo...

February 9-13, 2009, St Petersburg FL, USA. A fully open 5-day PRIMER course at the Clam Bayou Marine Science Education Center (USF), Boca Ciega Bay, led by Dr Paul Somerfield (Plymouth Marine Laboratory). The local organiser was Walt Jaap. Photo...

December 1-12, 2008, Univ W Australia, Perth. As in other recent years, this latest in the series of 2-week UWA workshops had about 35 places, with about half of them available to non-UWA participants. It consisted of a 5-day PRIMER course (led by Bob Clarke of PRIMER-E and Plymouth Marine Lab) and a 5-day PERMANOVA+ course (led by Marti Anderson, Univ Auckland). Local contact was Euan Harvey. Photo...

December 3, 2008, Sydney, NSW. A one-day workshop aimed at existing PRIMER v6 users, walking through some of the features of the PERMANOVA+ add-on. This was led by Marti Anderson (Univ Auckland) and organised as a satellite workshop of the Ecological Society of Australia's 33rd Annual Conference, Sydney, 1-5 December. Check the ESA meeting website www.ecolsoc.org.au/conference/esa08. Photo...

November 24-27, 2008, Dept Water & Energy, Parramatta, Sydney, NSW. A mainly closed 4-day PRIMER workshop, largely for DWE employees, led by Bob Clarke and organised by Ivor Growns (Univ New England, Armidale)

November 3-7, 2008, Plymouth, UK. A fully open 5-day PRIMER course at the Marine Biological Association’s Citadel Hill building in Plymouth, with 28 participants. Taken jointly by Bob Clarke (PRIMER-E and PML) and Paul Somerfield (PML), with assistance from Ray Gorley (PRIMER-E). Photo...

September 22-26, 2008, San Francisco Bay CA, USA. A fully open 5-day PRIMER course at the SF Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Romberg Tiburon Center CA, led by Dr Paul Somerfield (Plymouth Marine Lab), for 25+ participants. Organiser Marina Psaros, local administrator of the SF Bay NERR Coastal Training Program. Photo...

April 21-25, 2008, St Andrews NB, Canada, Huntsman Marine Science Centre. A fully open 5-day PRIMER course for 30 participants, led by Bob Clarke. The contact was the Huntsman’s associate director, Gerhard Pohle, at the Atlantic Reference Centre.

March 10-14, 2008, Corpus Christi TX, USA. Mainly open 5-day PRIMER course for 30 participants at the Ocean Drive campus of Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, courtesy of Prof Paul Montagna of the Harte Research Institute. The course was led by Dr Paul Somerfield of Plymouth Marine Laboratory. The local contact was Ryan Fikes at. Photo...

March 3-14, 2008, Bologna, Italy. This was a 2-week course with a 4-day PRIMER component from Bob Clarke, a 3-day univariate experimental design and biodiversity component given by Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi (Univ Pisa, Italy), and a 4-day component on multivariate analogues of analysis of variance for higher-way designs and related topics (PERMANOVA+ component), taken by Marti Anderson (Univ Auckland, New Zealand). The local organiser was Laura Airoldi (Univ Bologna). Photo...

February 18-22, 2008, Plymouth, UK. A fully open 5-day PRIMER course at the Marine Biological Association’s Citadel Hill building in Plymouth, for 35 participants. Photo...

January 14-18, 2008, Ponte Vedra Beach FL, USA. Open 5-day PRIMER course held at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, nr St Augustine, Florida, courtesy of the GTM NERR manager, Michael Shirley. Led by both Bob Clarke and Paul Somerfield (Plymouth Marine Lab). Local organiser was Diana Eissing. Photo...

Albury-Wodonga NSW/VIC, Australia, November 19-23, 2007. A partly-open 5-day PRIMER course held at La Trobe University, Wodonga campus, filled with 30+ participants. The local organiser was Rachel Bahrij. Photo...

Plymouth, UK, October 29-November 2, 2007. A fully-open PRIMER workshop. Filled at 30 participants. Photo...

Uniontown PA, USA, October 1-5, 2007. Fully open 5-day PRIMER course held at the Fayette campus of Penn State Univ, Uniontown, with 25 spaces. Photo...

Evora, Portuga, September 17-21, 2007. A 5-day PERMANOVA+ course (filled, at 30+ participants) taken by Marti Anderson (Univ Auckland) on multivariate analogues of analysis of variance for higher-way designs, and related topics. This built on, and extended, the methods and computational tools in PRIMER, so was aimed at participants with a background either in experimental design and univariate analysis of variance or previous knowledge of multivariate methods (but with a target audience of ecologists and other environmental scientists, not mathematical statisticians). The local organiser was Teresa Cruz.

Fairbanks AK, USA, August 27-31, 2007. A 5-day PRIMER course at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks campus, with some spaces for participants from outside Alaska. Filled at 24 participants. Local organiser Katrin Iken. Photo...

Penang, Malaysia, July 23-27. Restricted entry, 5-day PRIMER course at the WorldFish Center, Penang, for Natural Resources Managament staff, and national and regional collaborators with the Center from S E Asia, South Pacific and African countries. Filled at 22 participants. Local organiser Alexander Tewfik. Photo...

Perth, W Australia, June 25-July 6, 2007. A re-run of the course format offered in July 2006 at University of Western Australia. The capacity is up to 35 participants with around half the places open to all-comers. This is a 2-week workshop with the PRIMER component on the first 5 days followed by a further 5 days on multivariate analogues of analysis of variance for higher-way designs, taken by Marti Anderson (Univ Auckland), participants being required to enrol for both weeks. Local organiser was Euan Harvey. Photo...

Fullerton, Los Angeles CA, USA, June 11-15, 2007. Fully open 5-day PRIMER course. Local organiser is Steve Murray (Dean, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, State University of California at Fullerton). Photo...

Monterey Bay CA, USA, March 26-30, 2007. 5-day PRIMER course, with local organiser (Rob Sherlock) from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing. The workshop was closed at 30 participants. Photo...

Albany NY, USA, March 5-9, 2007. Fully open 5-day PRIMER course, held at a hotel close to the Albany International airport, New York state. The local organiser was Kelly Nolan. Photo...  

Fairhope AL, USA, February 12-16, 2007. 5-day PRIMER course with places open to all-comers, at the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Local organiser was Scott Phipps. Photo...

Boise ID, USA, January 22-26, 2007. 5-day PRIMER course partly for USGS staff, but also open to all-comers. The local organiser was Terry Maret. Photo...

Honolulu HI, USA, January 8-12, 2007. 5-day PRIMER course with places open to all-comers, at the East-West Center, Univ Hawaii. The local organiser was Matt Dunlap. Photo...

Lisburn, N Ireland, UK, November 27-December 1, 2006. Closed 5-day PRIMER course for EHS-related staff, held in the Environment & Heritage Service buildings in Antrim Rd, Lisburn. Local organiser was David Rogers. Photo...

Plymouth, UK, October 30-November 3, 2006. Fully open 5-day PRIMER course for up to 33 participants, held in the Marine Biological Association building on Plymouth Hoe. Photo...

St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, October 16-20, 2006. Fully open 5-day PRIMER course for 30 participants. Local organiser was Walt Jaap. Photos...

Pisa, Italy, September 4-15, 2006. Held at Univ Pisa, with a capacity up to 36 participants. Local organiser was Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi. This was a 2-week workshop in which the PRIMER component (taken by Bob Clarke and Ray Gorley) was during the first week, followed by components on univariate experimental design and analysis (by Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, Univ Pisa) and multivariate analysis of complex experimental designs (by Marti Anderson, Univ Auckland, assisted by Ray Gorley, PRIMER-E). Photo...

Perth, Western Australia, July 3-14 2006. Held at Univ W Australia; capacity is up to 35 participants and half the places are open for all-comers. Organiser was Euan Harvey. This was a 2-week workshop in which the PRIMER component (lectures by Bob Clarke, assisted by Ray Gorley, PRIMER-E) took place over the first 5 days. It was followed by a 6-day component on analysis of variance for higher-way designs for univariate and multivariate data, taken by Marti Anderson (Univ Auckland), assisted by Russell Millar (Univ Auckland) and Ray Gorley (PRIMER-E). Photo...

Bangor, UK, June 5-9 2006. Closed course for CCW staff only. Photo...

New Brunswick, Canada, April 24-28 2006. Fully open 5-day PRIMER course for 20-25 participants. Local organiser was  Gerhard Pohle, acting director of the Huntsman Marine Science Centre.

Cantho City, Vietnam, March 27-31 2006. Closed course for local participants only. Photo...

Austin, Texas, 27 Feb - 3 March 2006. 5-day workshop, primarily mounted for staff of EPA and Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept, but 3 or 4 places were opened up to external participants.Local organiser was Janet
Nelson. Photo...

Wellington, New Zealand, 30 Jan - 3 Feb 2006 . Open course for c.25 participants, at NIWA, Wellington. Photo...

Plymouth, UK, 31 October – 4 November 2005. 5-day open course for 30+ participants. Photo...

Olympia, Washington State, USA, 26-30 September 2005, at the WA Dept Fish & Wildlife.

Perth, Western Australia, 4-15 July 2005. Not fully-open workshop for 35 participants; 2-week advanced course at the Univ Western Australia, on experimental design and univariate and multivariate data analysis (4 days on PRIMER taken by Bob Clarke, other 6+ days taken by Marti Anderson of Auckland, NZ). Local organiser was Euan Harvey. Photo... Bob video...

Rhode Island, USA, 13-17 June 2005. 5-day open course for 25 participants organised by US EPA and Univ RI, to be held at the Bay Campus, Narragansett. Photo...

Ft Pierce, Florida, USA, 23-27 May 2005. 5-day open course for 25-30 participants at the US Horticultural Research Lab, ARS/USDA. Local organiser was Terence Evens ('T.J.'). Photo...

Texas A&M Univ, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, 16-20 May 2005. 5-day open course for 30+ participants. Local organiser was Erin Albert of the Center for Coastal Studies, Texas A&M.

Funchal, Madeira (Portugal), 12-15 April 2005. 4-day open course for about 25 participants, under the auspices of the Madeira Delegation of the Portugese Biologists’ Association (held in English, as all PRIMER courses are).

Plymouth, UK, 28 February – 4 March 2005. 5-day open course for 30+ participants. Photo...

Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA, 24-28 January 2005. 5-day course held at the Hampton Inn, Cocoa Beach, restricted to USGS staff from throughout the US. Organised by Ian Waite (USGS Portland). Photos...

Ensenada, Mexico, 17-21 January 2005. 5-day course for up to about 30 people, at Universidad Autonoma Baja California Norte, mainly aimed at Mexican participants. Photo...

Plymouth, UK, Nov 1-5, 2004. 5-day open course for up to about 30 participants. Photo...

Azores (Ponta Delgada), 12-15 October 2004. Full 4-day workshop, open to all (statistical background not a prerequisite). Programme and registration details from Francisco Wallenstein (University of the Azores). Photo...

Burnham, Essex, UK (CEFAS lab), 28-31 September, 2004. 4-day workshop, restricted to staff from any CEFAS lab.

Split, Croatia (Inst of Oceanography and Fisheries), 20-23 September, 2004. 4-day workshop, restricted to Croatian institutions undertaking marine ecology. Organiser Melita Perharda. Photo...

Genoa (S. Margherita Ligure), 30 August – 10 September, 2004. Two week advanced course on Experimental Design and Data Analysis (first 4 days on PRIMER, other sessions by L Benedetti-Cecchi and M J Anderson). Local organiser Mariachiara Chiantore. Photo...

Perth (University of Western Australia), 28 June – 9 July, 2004. Two week advanced course on Experimental Design and Data Analysis (jointly with M J Anderson and UWA statistics department). Photo...

Hong Kong, Swire Institute of Marine Science, June 7-10, 2004. 4-day open course. Photo...

Porto, Portugal, May 4-7, 2004. 4-day open course. Photo...

Hunstman Marine Science Centre, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, April 26-29, 2004. 4-day PRIMER course for up to about 25 participants, open to all-comers. Photo...

Plymouth, UK, March 1-5, 2004. 5-day open course for up to about 30 participants. Photo...

Stockholm University, February 17-20 2004. 4 day open workshop. Contact Dr Kajsa Garpe. Photo...

Loyola University, New Orleans, January 6-9, 2004. USA. 4-day open course for up to 30 participants. Photo...

MAFRI, Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, December 1-4, 2003. 4-day open course (re-run of Monash course, due to demand). Jointly organised by Angus Webb at Monash University and Liz Morris at MAFRI, Queenscliff.

Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, November 24-27, 2003. 4-day open course for up to 30 participants. Jointly organised by Angus Webb at Monash University and Liz Morris at MAFRI, Queenscliff.

Plymouth, UK, November 3-7, 2003. 5-day open course for up to about 30 participants. Photo...

October 6-9, 2003. FMRI, St Petersburg, Florida, USA. 4-day open course for up to about 24 participants. Photo...

South Beach, Oregon, USA, 20-22 June 2003. A 3-day PRIMER 5 workshop (9am – 5.30pm each day). Local organiser: Gayle Hansen, Hatfield Marine Science Center. Satellite workshop to the Phycological Society of America meeting in Oregon, June 14-19 covering general applications in ecology and environmental science.

University of Lecce, Italy, 25 May – 6 June 2003. Detecting Multivariate Changes in Biological Assemblages: Experimental Design and Data Analysis. Further information... Photo...

Plymouth, UK, 3-7 February 2003. Open course. Photo...

Plymouth, UK, 6-10 January 2003. Open course. Photo...

University of Murdoch, Marine Lab of the School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Freemantle, Western Australia, 11-13 November 2002. 3-day open course, with about 15-18 places.

Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities, University of Sydney, Australia, 9-11 July 2002. 3-day course, with about half of the 25-30 places open to non-EICC staff/students.

Fullerton, California, USA, 17-21 June 2002. Organiser, Prof. Steven Murray. Photo...

Huntsman Marine Science Centre, St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, 29 April-2 May 2002. Open course, 19 participants. Photo...

Plymouth, UK, 4-8 March 2002. Open course, 22 participants.

Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida, USA, 11-14 February 2002. Open course (organisers: Bjorn Tunberg and Joan Kaminski). Photo...

Florida Marine Research Institute, St Petersburg, USA, 5-8 February 2002. Open course with 25 places (organisers: Walter Jaap and Gil McRae)

CEFAS labs, Burnham-on-Crouch, UK, 15-17 January 2002. Closed course for  CEFAS staff.

Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities, University of Sydney, Australia, 21-23 November 2001. Open course (was fully subscribed at 30 places). Organiser Dr Gee Chapman.

Plymouth, UK, November 2001. Open course. Photo...

Plymouth, UK, October 2001. Darwin project. Organizer Mel Austen, Plymouth Marine Laboratory. Photo...

Institute of Oceanology research centre at Skorpilovski, Bulgaria, October 2001. Photo...