Thanks for all the public and private message so far on this issue of supervising and training for LSCM, ie, role of grad students in this....please keep the input flowing via the original message, not this one!. The more the better. These messages will be summarized for the administration. Thanks again. Fay Hansen-Smith, Associate Professor Dept. Biological Sciences Oakland University Rochester, MI 48309-4401 810-370-3574