Nautilus actively participates in a variety of efforts aimed at exchanging information with regulators, municipal, federal, and industrial clients, academic and consulting colleagues, and students in our field. These efforts facilitate the professional development of our staff and allow us to stay at the forefront of our field offering our clients the latest technical, regulatory, and political developments. A few recent examples of these activities include:

Toxicity testing/TIE seminars - by invitation of the Regional Water Quality Control Board - San Diego (2002) and Palm Desert (2003) Regions
California Water Environmental Association courses for professional educational credits - 2003 (General Toxicity testing/ TIE), 2005 (TIE/Ion Imbalance)
Co-instructor with Steve Bay (SCCWRP) - Toxicity Testing Training Course for Educators - SCAS (2003)
Annual guest lecture at San Diego State University for graduate "Topics in Toxicology" course. Annually since (1998)
Graduate Topics in Toxicology laboratory class offered annually on-site at Nautilus
TIE presentation for San Diego Municipal stormwater co-permittees and interested parties (2003)
Industrial Environmental Association. Invited to represent IEA on San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board Bacterial TMDL Committee (2004)
Industrial Environmental Association. Contracted to advise IEA on technical issues during their participation on State Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) Committee (2002)
In addition to these examples, Nautilus personnel also regularly present scientific findings of interest and address various regulatory issues at professional conferences at both a local and national level. At the 3000-person national conference of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry in 2004, Nautilus presented 7 platform and poster presentations.

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